Misc.

In the shopping arcade in Ipswich town centre. Thank you for your visits and comments, much appreciated

East Runton, Norfolk As I Walked On The Beach, a poem by Francis Duggan The surf waves did roll foaming up a white spray As I walked on the beach on a cool Autumn day The terns in the shallows for their small prey did dive Most creatures in Nature must hunt to survive The silver gulls as usual in numbers to be seen And a pair of pacific black backed gulls their feathers did preen And a pied shag on a rock held her wings out to dry After fishing when wet she finds it hard to fly Every day in Nature something new to be seen An artist on canvas could paint such a scene So much in the Earthly Goddess to love and admire Of singing her praises could one ever tire The day is not sunny a cool fifteen degrees Yet there is a freshness in the ocean breeze.

Where has my egg and bacon gone???

Sculpture in the grounds of Burghley House, Lincs. Burghley was built for Sir William Cecil, later 1st Baron Burghley, who was Lord High Treasurer to Queen Elizabeth I, between 1558 and 1587 and modeled on the privy lodgings of Richmond Palace. It was subsequently the residence of his descendants, the Earls and Marquesses of Exeter, and since 1961 is owned by a charitable trust established by the family. Lady Victoria Leatham, a daughter of the 6th Marquess and a well-known antiques expert and television personality ran the House as a Director of the Trust from 1982 to 2007. She has been succeeded by her daughter Miranda Rock. The house is one of the principal examples of 16th-century English Elizabethan architecture and also has a suite of rooms remodeled in the baroque style, with carvings by Grinling Gibbons. The main part of the house has 35 major rooms on the ground and first floors. There are more than 80 lesser rooms and numerous halls, corridors, bathrooms and service areas. In the 17th century, the open loggias around the ground floor were enclosed. Although the house was built in the letter E in honour of Queen Elizabeth, it is now missing its north-west wing. During the period of the 9th Earl's ownership, and under the guidance of "Capability" Brown, the south front was raised to alter the roof line, and the north-west wing was demolished to allow better views of the new parkland.

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sow; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war; and a time of peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Just for fun....

If you were coming in the fall, a poem by Emily Dickinson If you were coming in the fall, I'd brush the summer by With half a smile and half a spum, As housewives do a fly. If I could see you in a year, I'd wind the months in balls, And put them each in separate drawers, Until their time befalls. If only centuries delayed, I'd count them on my hand, Subtracting till my fingers dropped Into Van Diemen's land. If certain, when this life was out, That yours and mine should be, I'd toss it yonder like a rind, And taste eternity. But now, all ignorant of the length Of time's uncertain wing, It goads me, like the goblin bee, That will not state its sting.

Experimenting in the garden with the water butt.

Experimenting in the garden with the water butt.

Experimenting in the garden with the water butt.

Experimenting in the garden with the water butt.

This channel is regularly dredged. Beware of deep water And deep holes Do not cross the channel Fast moving water. Thank you for your visits and comments, much appreciated

This is the nearest ID I have been able to come up with. It is a very large shell about 12 inches wide. I found it in the gardens of a country park.. Quite how it got there I do not know! If anyone out there knows differently as to the name of it, I would be glad to hear from you.