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Table Mountain is a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town. The views from the top of the mountain were fantastic, but this view looking up to Table Mountain was my favorite.
Medieval Dining Table - Detail, Adam Tower, Chirk Castle (Castell y Waun), Chirk, Wrexham, Wales. National Trust. c.1295-1310.
A closer look at the medieval table setting in the Adam Tower - a wedge of hard yellow cheese commanding the foreground, a wicker basket of pastries, clay jugs and cups, wooden bowls of bread and fruit, all bathed in the soft light filtering through the diamond-paned leaded window beyond. It is an arrangement so naturally composed it could have been painted by a Dutch Old Master.
Cheese - The Soldier's Staple
The prominent wedge of hard cheese in the foreground is the most telling detail on this table. Hard cheese was one of the most important foods in a medieval garrison's provisions - it kept well, travelled well, provided protein and fat, and required no cooking. English castle garrisons of the Edwardian period were routinely provisioned with quantities of hard cheese alongside salted meat, dried fish, oats and ale. A castle like Chirk, guarding a strategically vital valley on the Welsh Marches, would have maintained stores sufficient to withstand a siege - and cheese was a cornerstone of those stores.
Bread and Pastry
The raised pastries in the wicker basket, the flat loaves in the wooden bowls - bread in various forms was the foundation of the medieval diet at every social level. A garrison soldier at Chirk in 1300 would have received a daily bread allowance as a fundamental part of his wages. The darker, coarser bread visible here reflects the reality of medieval baking - white bread was a luxury of the wealthy, while garrison troops ate maslin bread made from mixed grains. The raised pies and pastries served a practical double purpose as both food and edible container, their thick crusts acting as a form of cooking vessel.
Ale, Not Water
The clay jugs and cups on this table would have contained ale rather than water - clean water was unreliable in medieval times, and ale of varying strengths was the universal drink of the garrison, from the constable to the lowest foot soldier. The Chirk garrison would have had its own brewhouse as a matter of necessity.
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122 Pictures in 2022 - 7 Apples and/or Pears
This is the table in the kitchen at Standen (National Trust). There was at least 1 real apple in the trug, but most of the apples and pears seemed to be plastic :(
I've always been a huge fan of blue and white dishes and porcelain so when I saw this table setting in the Halfway House Inn I just had to have a record of it.
A little more tilting, this time in Copenhagen :) Jacob is 8 weeks old tomorrow, can't believe how quick that time has gone!! Sorry if I'm a little behind with some of your Photostreams, I'm trying to catch up :)) Have a great weekend
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My new kitchen table... got it on Craigslist (love it!)
I have a tiny dining area in my kitchen and this small Country French Desk/Table fits the space perfectly.
I got the pottery in my parent's home town in North Carolina. It was created by a local artisan, B.R. Hilton. He wasn't home the day we got to his shop. He had a note that said, write down what you buy, and leave the money. You're on the honor system!
The peak on the left is Table Rock Mountain. I have soooo many mountain shots still, but I'll try to start breaking them up a bit. I don't want you all to get bored!
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...at her fave place now in winter, so she can get a good view out thru the window.
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Crazy Tuesday: In the middle
Looking straight down at (and through) the round glass finial of a table lamp. Underneath is the light bulb. The camera focused on the inside bottom of the finial, where it screws on to the lampshade structure (silver, but the light makes it look gold).
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A lonely table & chair I captured wandering the narrow streets of Hania, Crete.
Yay, this is also my first ever Explore!! :D (February 27th, 2012)
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I've literally taken thousands of photos of Table Mountain in my (previous) lifetime... 99% of which have never been seen by anyone except me.
Most of those photos are very similar to other photos which I have edited and shared, but since no two photos of Table Mountain from Blaauwberg beach could ever be exactly alike, I still have many photos that are worthy of editing and sharing.
This is one of those photos... captured shortly before sunset in July 2017.
And yes, in case you were wondering, I did get very wet a split-second after pressing my shutter.