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St Michael, All Angels and the Holy Cross, Wormegay, Norfolk
One of East Anglia's more remote churches, half a mile from the nearest road down a long track. A place of silence and stillness. On the face of it a 13th Century church, but there is more to this than meets the eye.
For the second half of the 19th Century, Wormegay and Tottenhill churches were in the hands of one of the great Norfolk church eccentrics, the Reverend William Henry Henslowe. It would be no exaggeration to call Henslowe a controversial figure, but in fact the upset and acrimony he caused in his postings previous to Wormegay had caused him to be quietly moved on until, at the age of 38, he washed up here, where he would spend the rest of his life as perpetual curate. Some of his previous scrapes shine a positive light on his character. As acting chaplain to the Royal Artillery Regiment at Woolwich, he preached a series of sermons which were so increasingly critical of the brutality of military discipline in the barracks that eventually his superiors banned him and locked the doors of the chapel against him. The publication of the sermons in 1836 caused a national uproar and led to improvements in the Army's care of its ordinary soldiers. He applied for, and obtained the curacy of Southery in Norfolk, but fell into dispute with the new owner of the living, a wealthy brewer, who had purchased it for the benefit of his son.
And so in 1840 Henslowe came to Wormegay. An early controversy here occured in 1844, when Henslowe's failure to baptise a dying child in time led to him to refuse a Christian burial for it. Unfortunately for Henslowe, the child's parents were prominent Methodists and the event became a national scandal. It was not until a similar controversy at Akenham in Suffolk some thirty years later that there was a change to the national burial laws, allowing ministers of all denominations to bury in parish churchyards.
Henslowe was an early follower of the Oxford Movement, and an enthusiast for the introduction of High Church liturgy. This did not endear him to all of his parishioners, many of whom were non-conformists. He was against the establishment of a national School in Wormegay because the board was made up principally of Methodists, who on one occasion marched their charges out of his service (National School children had to attend the parish church) and then let the school fall moribund so that only a few girls attended, the other children travelling elsewhere to schools in what were perceived as less High Church parishes.
As was common with several prominent figures in the early Anglo-Catholic movement, there was a certain amount of fantasy injected into Henslowe's perception of church history. On the strength of his name, he decided that he was a direct descendant of Hengist the warrior chieftain who had invaded East Anglia in AD 454. He began to invest his parishes with an increasingly bizarre mythology, changing his spelling of Wormegay to Wermigey, and in 1854 publishing a long prose poem about it called Wermigey, or the Weir Amid the Water: A Norfolk legend of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses. By 1867, when he presented to the church the Bible which is still in use today, he had changed the spelling further to Wyrmygey, and the cover of the Bible records its donor as The Hon. and Right Rev. the Bishop-Rector Henslowe-Ministro. This may seem odd, but it was simply that, in the Middle Ages, the Rectories of Wormegay and Tottenhill had been the preserve of Wormegay Priory. Since the Prior had the status of a Bishop, in 1848 Henslowe had decided that he too was now a Bishop thanks to taking on the Rectories. He converted the early 17th Century back of a pulpit into a Bishop's throne, marking it Cathedra Wormegay around the original date, and Henslowe Ministro around the date 1848 below.
Henslowe died in 1890, and by the bequest of his will the church was almost entirely rebuilt, only the tower and the east wall of the chancel surviving. It is this wall which retains the church's most interesting feature, two elaborate image niches facing west either side of the east window. They are painted with canopies and curtains hanging from cords. Another old survival is an eroded stone depicting the crucifixion. In the 1980s, Mortlock saw this outside, on the west face of the tower. Today, it sits inside the church on the north side of the chancel.
What? You thought I'd dissapeared? I'm too big to hide (and those of you who have met me in person know that to really be true!). We're on vacation--even the Stikfas came!--and will be posting a pile of photos soon...
Random postings of photos I have taken over the last few years. Explore the photo set to find other work by the artist or of the same theme or event.
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Think posting a letter and going to church don't really go together? Think again!
When plans were announced to shut down the post office in West Hampstead, local vicar Fr Andrew Cain suggested it into moving St James, West Hampstead, creating a brand new community social space and hub.
From the tiny village of Sheepy Magma in Cambridgeshire, the first church to host a post office, to the heart of London, churches are becoming the place to go - there are at least 35 in church buildings of all denominations according to the Church of England.
Picture credit: The Sherrif Centre at St James West Hampstead
VICTORIAN ROYAL MAIL TYPE A POSTING BOX AT CHATHAM DOCKYARD IN AN EAST LONDON BOROUGH SUBURB STREET VENUE KENT ENGLAND 12-09-2015 DSCN0861
Posting this photo today - 10 Jan 2019 - because:
a) I applied for Vancouver Intl Auto Show media credentials to cover the launch day. Photos from last year: flic.kr/s/aHsmi1jCSa
b) Heard the Nissan Leaf now has an upgrade that includes, "A new 214-HP Electric Motor and an improved battery help make the ride even more thrilling. Plus, an all-new standard Quick Charge Port2 with enhanced capacity up to 100KW means you can get back on the road faster than ever." Oh and 226 miles of range!
PHOTO CREDIT: Joe A. Kunzler Photo, AvgeekJoe Productions, growlernoise-AT-gmail-DOT-com
Posting three snaps from in the yard yesterday.Our Krazee girl Suki decided the trash pan was a good place to have a nap:))
I think it would make a good poster for the plight of so many throw away animals in our society today..."I am not trash..."
many old stamps the oldest being Christmas 1980 also 1991, 1993, 1996, 2000 and a couple not from Christmas time. Oh and definitives from Wales & Northern Ireland. I did lots more envelopes than this, many with the 4 from 1980 and the 8p + 8p + 2x17.5p 1980
And since this photo I've used an Andy Goldsworthy from 2003 [apparently, according to my local post office, they were not very popular] and a Glastonbury Thorn from 1986
After the Weyman lightweights, shown in the previous posting, the next batch of Guys were delivered to Tynemouth in 1955. These had Orion bodies also, but were constructed by Metro Cammell, tipped the scales at 7t 0cwt, but were much better fitted out.
However the best was yet to come, the final batch of Guys in 1956, with handsome Park Royal bodies. THey were also lightweights and weighed in at seven tons fifteen cwt. But they were nice buses when viewed from inside and out, the only thing they lacked was a 6LW engine, rather than the penny pinching 5LW. It was always rumoured that the BET heirarchy were never very happy about the Northern General group buying Guy Arab's. They would have much preferred them to buy their vehicles from those nice people at AEC and Leyland, with whom they had a cosy commercial agreement for large discounts on big orders. In 1957 they got their wish Leyland PD2s and AEC Reliances. In the early 1970's I had the chance of buying one of these Guy Arabs from W. North, the Sherburn in Elmet dealers, failed to do so and have been kicking myself ever since.
They also had, for BET group vehicles a relatively long life. For the last two years of their lives they were transferred to the parent company "Northern", being withdrawn about 1970.
I am not sure where service 6 went, except that it ran round the back of our council estate. It started from Northumberland Square in darkest North Shields and ended up (I thnk) at Chirton Grange. This photograph must have been taken towards the end of its career with tynemouth as it has come off the longer trunk routes to Newcastle and is working a North Shields local.
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-- Let the sound of the shutter always guide you to new ventures.
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Posting from this series after a long time..
Early morning at Kolkata's famous wasteland - Dhapa, situated in the eastern periphery of the city. You can get to see the dumping hillock at the far end.
Shot on Ilford Pan F Plus @ ISO 40, Pt-Pd toning in PS.
Random postings of photos I have taken over the last few years. Explore the photo set to find other work by the artist or of the same theme or event.
All photos © Ian Cox. If you would like to use this image please ask first. Best viewed as a set here
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Random postings of photos I have taken over the last few years. Explore the photo set to find other work by the artist or of the same theme or event.
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Tonight, I am posting six photos taken on our outing to the Caroni Swamp in Trinidad, on 19 March 2017. While these photos bring back great memories for myself, they are probably of little interest to most people. Also, they are poor quality images. For that reason, I am posting them at night, when probably most people will not be on Flickr. I will post my usual three images tomorrow morning, though they are far from good photos.
This outing really was the highlight of our holiday, kept to the last but one day in Trinidad. There was just one more outing the following morning, and then we spent that afternoon hanging out at the Asa Wright Nature Centre, photographing some of the birds and packing our bags ready for leaving in the middle of the night to catch our first flight home.
On this day, we hiked to see the unusual Oilbirds in the morning and then we went to the Caroni Swamp in the afternoon and evening. We were lucky enough to see a Masked Cardinal along the edge of the Caroni Swamp, before going on the boat to see the Scarlet Ibis.
At the Swamp, my six friends and I were privileged to be able to watch the arrival of huge flocks of amazing Scarlet Ibis flying in to roost. Will add this YouTube link (not my video) to give an idea of what our boat ride was like - including the large snake curled up in a tree over our heads! All the other boats we saw were packed full of people, but we were given a boat to ourselves, which was great.
This adventure was only the second holiday of any kind, anywhere, that I have had in something like 30 or 35 years! The other holiday was a wonderful, one-week trip with my dear friends from England, Linda and Tony, when we went down south to Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Tetons in September 2012. I have had maybe half a dozen weekends away, including to Waterton National Park, which have helped keep me going.
Six birding/photographer friends and I decided that we would take this exciting trip together (from 12-21 March 2017), spending the first two or three days on the island of Tobago and then the rest of the time at the Asa Wright Nature Centre on the nearby, much larger island of Trinidad. We decided to take a complete package, so everything was included - accommodation at both places, all our food, and the various walks and day trips that we could choose from. Two of my friends, Anne B. and Brenda, saw to all the planning of flights and accommodations, which was so very much appreciated by the rest of us. I could never have done all this myself! We were so lucky with our flights, as we were just in time to get Black Friday prices, which were 50% off!
What a time we had, seeing so many beautiful and interesting things - and, of course, everything was a lifer for me. Some of these friends had visited Costa Rica before, so were familiar with some of the birds. There was a lot more to see on Trinidad, so we were glad that we chose Tobago to visit first and then spend a longer time at Asa Wright. It was wonderful to be right by the sea, though, at the Blue Waters Inn on the island of Tobago. Just gorgeous.
The Asa Wright Nature Centre, on Trinidad, is such an amazing place! We stayed in cabins up or down hill from the main building. Really, one doesn't need to travel away from the Centre for birding, as so many different species visit the Hummingbird feeders that are right by the huge, open veranda, and the trees of the rain forest high up the mountainous road. The drive up and down this narrow, twisting, pot-holed road was an adventure in itself! Never would I ever do this drive myself - we had a guide who drove us everywhere in a minibus. I had read many accounts of this road, lol! There was enough room for two vehicles to pass each other, and the honking of horns was almost continuous - either to warn any vehicle that might be coming fast around the next bend or as a sign that drivers knew each other. The drive along this road, from the coast to Asa Wright, took just over an hour each way.
I still miss the great food that was provided every single day at Asa Wright and even the Rum Punch that appeared each evening. I never drink at all, so I wasn't sure if I would even try the Punch - glad I did, though, as it was delicious and refreshing. Breakfast, lunch and dinner were all served buffet-style, with a great variety of dishes from which to choose. To me, pure luxury. So very, very grateful to have been invited to be part of this amazing adventure.
This is a video that I came across on YouTube, taken by Rigdon Currie and Trish Johnson, at many of the same places we visited on Trinidad and Tobago. Not my video, but it made me feel like I was right there still. Posting the link here again, so that I won't lose it.
I also came across the following 27-minute YouTube video of the flora and fauna of Trinidad, filmed by John Patrick Smith in February 2015.
HERE IT IS:
The Mind Treads Through Strange Thinkings When You Have Nothing Left (that you care) To Lose:
For instance, what if there is some type of sacred, or divine, energy, that brings loss to us, so that this energy can effectively see through our ugly past and pain.., into the universal abundance of light and gain?
***.
If we can fuse hydrogen into helium, why not?
We are made of the stars after all...
Perhaps I should tread more lightly and not concern myself so much with corporeal limitations...?
I already feel like an empty vessel.
I want so badly to fill it up
(.take.another.one.).
***.
Despair, Terror, and those other undesirable Types have taken up too much space already.
It's time for this to start to stop.
Everything stops ... Eventually.
***.
*I wrote this on 11-21-11 while waiting for the medical examiner to come and pronounce my dad's "official" TOD.
.****.
My father was only one man. A great man, yes, but I included a more intimate post today because of the thousands of lives taken from us 11 years ago today. I am only one person. We are only one family. The people of New York, the United States, and around the world, instantly lost so many.
***.
I guess I'm saying.., this is my dedication to the victims, the heroes, the dead, the survivors, and all of us affected.
With love,
DAH.
*sorry for the resolution, this was a short notice posting! :/
I don't really have any good badger shots, this is a captive one taken at the British Wildlife Centre, but I'm posting it to make a point.
Since going to London for the BWPA this week, where Chris Packham was the host of the event, and since listening to his speech about badgers, this is what I've decided to do, to do my bit. I'm not active on any other forums, so Flickr is where I'll make my point.
In England, now, badgers are being shot every night, its a kind of war zone, in the vain attempt to control bovine TB. Badgers tend to live in the same environment as cattle (but you don't need me to tell you which was there first!) and its believed that they spread the disease. Its also known, at least the scientific advice is such, that culling the badgers won't prevent the spread of the disease, it will make it worse because it will increase the movement of badgers. I'm against this cull (I don't even like the word cull, it seems like a coward's way of saying kill). Its destroying the community life in a number of badger setts, its causing pain and suffering to the animals and its not going to achieve its aim. Its aim is to kill 70% of the badgers in a given area, but admissions have been made that no one knows how many badgers are there in the first place. So nothing about this cull can work.
A point Chris Packham made, that I hadn't thought of before, was what message is this sending round the world? Its destroying our authority on the preservation of any kind of wildlife and puts us in a position where we can no longer complain about or act against whale hunting for example. It spells disaster.
Its a disgrace that we're going out at night killing and maiming innocent animals BECAUSE WE WANT TO EAT MEAT. This is my point, not Chris Packham's. WE EAT TOO MUCH MEAT. There is something each and every one of us can do, and it would have the desired effect over time. Boycott meat, particularly beef. There is no need for humans to eat meat in the quantities we do, and I'm not asking anyone to become vegetarian, just reduce the quantity of meat you eat. Producing meat from land uses four times the acreage than producing foods of other kinds, so if demand went down, farmers would grow crops instead, leaving more room for wildlife. Eating meat is not only bad for us, but is unethical. To my certain knowledge, the beef cattle reared in the fields surrounding my house go to McDonalds. Its just all big business. McDonalds are a huge company with large resources and they know just how to encourage us to buy their products and how to get children hooked on their foods. So we eat more and more beef, but if we resist the temptations put before us for their profit, we can influence what is grown.
Not only is meat bad for us in the quantities most people eat it, but the methane produced by the cattle is a very large contributor to the greenhouse gasses causing problems to the planet. Its not just me saying this, its well known that meat production is expensive in terms of land use, its well known that its bad for our health, its well known that methane is a greenhouse gas. So by one action, we could improve our health, improve the health of the planet, and reduce the danger to badgers.
I want the cull to stop, though I don't think it will. But in the long term we could save badgers by not eating so much beef. You don't have to be an activist to do this, you don't have to go on demonstrations, you don't have to put yourself in any kind of danger.... its simplicity itself!
Rant over..... I hope one or two of you have read this, of course with the new flickr some people will just comment without opening the picture, so anyone who says "nice shot" gets deleted from my contact list.... I mean it (but they will never know because they won't have read this!). I'm also pretty certain that there isn't one person out there who will change their eating habits to help the badgers, probably not even the activists and protesters.... because we're a selfish and greedy bunch, and its destroying our planet, but no one cares enough to actually do anything that makes a difference. But I hope I'm wrong, and if you think eating less meat can help, please spread the word.... I can't do this on my own!
I welcome comments of any kind on this debate..... but I have a feeling a lot of you will keep quiet and slink away without saying anything..... :(
A long but interesting speech here:
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1mxVO...
If you'd like to sign the petition "Stop the badger cull NOW", follow this link:
Continuing a series from a night photo shoot held at Wilmington&Western's yard. I'm late posting, but hoping everyone enjoys the upcoming images.
Ai (& her siblings) relaxing in the afternoon sun, with their mother, Shizuka looking on in the background. I quite like the way the shallow depth of field has isolated the mother from the cub in the foreground.
Tama Zoo, Tokyo.
Sigma 120-300mm f/2.8 APO EX DG + Canon Extender EF 1.4x 11.
Thanks so much Sherilyn for posting the topic early! I would have taken photos anyway but it gave me a specific reason and focus.
ODC2 - Our Daily Challenge - Silhouette
There just has to be some compensation for waking before dawn and this was mine this morning!
A gorgeous sunrise that was changing so quickly that by the time I grabbed my camera and unlocked the door it had already changed from what I had seen through the kitchen window!
It had been raining during the night and the ground was soaking wet and I was in the garden in my PJ's, without shoes on!!
Then I heard the neighbour start his car up and as I really didn't want to be seen in my garden in my PJ's so I retreated indoors and realised I could do some shots showing how I got yesterday's photo!! Will add them in comments later!
This was taken on maximum zoom with the camera pushed against a vertical wall for some stability (no tripod)! Set on the dawn/dusk setting on the camera!
Have a fantastic Friday and Wonderful Weekend everyone
Photo taken for Our Daily Challenge: Handle with Care
And Todays Posting #85 Baskets, bags, and boxes: containers often go unnoticed. Make a photo focused on the container rather than the contents.
And Scavenge Challenge #13 Liven up your photostream with something purple!
And 112 Pictures in 2012 #90 Purple
Posting a few shots of the magnificent animals I captured during my visit at Hazelhead Park Pets Corner, Tuesday 23rd October 2018.
Well worth a visit, animals are well looked after, great access for photo's , we had a great time .
Hazlehead Pets Corner
Animal attractions at Pets’ Corner in Hazlehead Park include alpacas, kune kune pigs, geese, turkey, chickens, sheep, goats, Shetland pony, miniature donkeys, fish, reptiles, budgies, ducks, finches, chipmunks, guinea fowl, ferrets, rabbits, chinchilla, guinea pigs, Vader the Burmese python and Gethin the pygmy goat.
Opening times
November to March - 10am to 3.15pm
April to September - 10am to 5.30pm
October - 10am to 4.15pm
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I found this beautiful Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) butterfly perched in a shrub of native Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum, Rosaceae) - a perch in the sun on a chilly day. The butterfly looks black and white when it flies, but it is really rich chocolate brown with creamy yellow wing margins. The blue spots are wonderful. I don't see them very often, sometimes in midsummer (like this), but usually in midwinter. This completes a trio of the butterflies that I usually find in midwinter, including the Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) and the California Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica). A couple of days ago, I spotted a little Blue (Polyommatinae, Lycaenidae) butterfly flying by. The years also fly by! (San Marcos Pass, 16 January 2017)
I had an appointment in town his morning, so I got a late start for new photos today. I took my usual walk in the canyon, and had some luck finding critters! I also found some mushrooms, and I'm falling behind with posting photos. We do have more rain expected on Wednesday night and Friday and again on Sunday, which might give me a chance to catch up. It's a good problem to have.
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Very late tonight, I am posting the last seven photos from a local wetland, taken on 4 June 2020.
Monday, 8 June 2020: our temperature at noon is 14C (windchill 14C). Sunrise is at 5:22 am, and sunset is at 9:48 pm. It was beautifully sunny this morning, but then clouded over with some rain.
This morning, I have posted a few more photos taken on 4 June 2020. I decided to skip a day, just so that I could post a few of the photos taken at a local pond first. I took more photos the previous day, when I went to the Saskatoon Farm to pick up a food order. It had been about four weeks since my previous visit, because of my car needing to be repaired, and it felt so good to get food. The Farm is now open fully, but of course still following all the regulations about self-distancing and sanitizing. People are seated at a distance in the restaurant, which worked well. I have really missed being able to wander around the Farm the last few months and to enjoy a meal there. After my visit, I came straight home, dropped off my groceries, and then headed out for a short drive along my usual backroads SW of the city. I will start dealing with that day's photos once I have finished posting shots taken the following day.
My quick visit to a local pond on 4 June was so enjoyable. I noticed a mother and her two elementary-school-aged children sitting on one of the two benches. I was so impressed seeing both children with their pads of drawing paper. sketching the scene in front of them. I asked them if they knew the names of the different kinds of ducks and other birds. They didn't, so I explained who was what. The boy wanted me to spell the names and he carefully wrote everything down in the corner of his drawing. I asked his mother if I could take a photo of his artwork, letting her know that I would take only his hands holding up his picture (no face). The birds in today's postings were the same birds that they saw themselves - except the Red-necked Grebe which I posted yesterday, that was a mere tiny speck near the far end of the pond. I had to zoom right in to see if it was, in fact, a bird. It was just a delight that this family was so keen on learning everything.