Q images

Pentax Q-S1, 06 telephoto zoom lens.

One of the pieces of chainsaw art on the Quagmire Bridleway. Pentax Q-S1, 06 telephoto zoom.

Only count the sunny days. I'm not certain why this sundial on a memorial in the churchyard has the date 1661 as it is clearly not that old. It was also telling the wrong time...

One of the odder things I have found dumped in a hedgerow... Seen whilst out cycling, 29-03-2021. The quote is by Rainer Maria Rilke. Pentax Q-S1, 01 prime,

This monument is in All Saints Church, St Paul's Walden, Hertfordshire. The inscription reads: Nigh to this place ly interred ye bodies of Henry Stapleford Gent: & Dorothy his wife : The said Henry was servant to Queen Elizabeth King Iames and King Charles until ye time Of his death & departed this life ye XXX of May Ano Dni 1631 & aged 76 yeares : Dorothy his wife dyed ye 11th of February Ano Dni 1620 & aged 72 yeares … the said Henry & Dorothy Having issue then & yet living Dorothy married to Henry Henn Esq who had issue Mary who died at ye age of VI months and & lyeth here interred by her grandmother […] Pentax Q-S1, 06 zoom lens.

The figure of the grand-daughter who pre-deceased her parents and grandparents was was buried with them, hold a skull to indicate this. All Saints, St Paul's Walden. Pentax Q-S1, 06 zoom lens.

Seen in the churchyard of St Helen's, Wheathampstead. Here lyeth the body of William Lawrance, son of John and Ann Lawrance of this parish (Gerish states Feb 5 1729) Pentax Q-S1 and the 01 prime lens.

Detail from the tombstone of William Lawrance. Pentax Q-S1, 01 prime.