... of the seven deadly sins, the eighth and most horrid is emotional blackmail ... whilst for this blogger, the only sacred thing is life itself
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Monday, December 28, 2015
i found this picture by tom la fontaine a while ago and was delighted to get so many responses when i posted it on the malmesbury now and then facebook page ... particularly these words from anne neal which brought the horses to life again
Anne Neal I've been talking to an old Moonraker about the picture, and thought you may be interested to know ........The horses in the picture were Percheron's, and belonged to Percy Webb, who bought them at the late Col.Llewellyn Palmers sale, approx 1962. One of the horses was used by one of the Pagintons to enter into Malmesbury carnival as Steptoe and son........The late Jesse Webb,of Bristol Street, used one of the horses to bring a load of manure down to Bristol St. There it would stay in the road until Jesse returned from returning the horse and cart, and then he would move it.........the old Moonraker remembers ian la Fontaine well and thought him a very nice fellow.
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Friday, December 25, 2015
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Sir Philip Sydney's wonderful sister ... Lady Mary Sydney Herbert
her epitaph ...
Underneath this sable hearse,
Lies the subject of all verse,
Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother.
Death, ere thou hast slain another
Fair and learned and good as she,
Time shall throw a dart at thee.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Sidney
Thursday, December 17, 2015
i always try my hardest to get a window seat ... last week i saw this geological feature as we flew south over pamplona ...
http://info.igme.es/cartografia/magna50.asp?hoja=142&bis=
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