A Little Bit of Life

Just a bit of life before continuing with Lavenham photos

Have not spent as much time as I like too visiting blogs and writing posts as life has been extremely busy

Let's have a look at the late Summer garden first

not so much colour now

My whimsy corner almost finished but not quite

Now you see him (the Grasshopper)

But now you don't (almost) as he blends in with the grass

Had Oliver stay for most of the week early August

and here he is preparing to land at London City Airport with Grandad's flight simulator

and here Grandma is keeping him busy

after which he asked if he could clean the garden furniture

A beautiful day teaching him to swim in the North Sea

Bekah came to stay for the last day

late August both Grands came to stay again while Mummy made a flying business visit to the States

She did not want to take her Mini Mouse dress off

Great opportunity for Grandma to go scooting in the park before she had to give the scooter back

As it was school holidays Oliver and Bekah had a great time playing with grandchildren from next door

As we have steps between us our two gardens became an extended play ground for the day before taking them to the park

The week in between the Grands staying I attended brilliant studies in Ancient Hebrew at a Summer School we hold in Pilgrims Hall led by the team from Torah International

Certainly not a new subject for me but really good to understand the vocabulary of the original Hebrew

We took a journey within the Scriptures looking into the finished work of the Jesus. He is No Separation and we are designed by our Creator to walk in Heaven on earth in No Separation (unity).

Totally immersed in Him and He in us. 

We looked at new scientific information about the human brain and how it functions according the the design of the Creator in order for us to walk in the above.

Neuro Science is now able to watch the human brain in real time action. Their descriptions of what they can now see are an incredible match to what the Hebrew Scriptures tell us about humanity created to walk Heaven and Earth in No Separation.

One of the things I have been doing this week is trying to catch up in the garden. Having had the wettest Spring and Summer for over a 100 years and then a hot spell my garden was so overgrown that Alan could not find me (until he called my name) when I was out there pruning in the thick of it!

Also got a little 'deep cleaning' done - something I have had to forget about this year.

Taking a break tomorrow to visit Lullingstone Castle and World Garden and yes, I will take my camera.

The coming weeks hold some interesting and exciting happenings but will leave those for a later post. It will be back to Lavenham for the next few.

The Guildhall - Lavenham Part 6

Away from generally wandering around Lavenham and homing in on some places of interest, the first being The Guildhall.
Built about 1530, it is one of four guildhalls that once existed in Lavenham. The Guildhall and the two adjoining buildings together form a section of an  early Tudor street.  

The building is now owned by The National Trust and the tearoom at one end is a rare example of a Tudor shop, goods being traded through the two arched windows, and the Guildhall itself demonstrates the skill of the late mediaeval carpenters and wood carvers.

The primary objects of Lavenham gilds were religious - they were not trade associations. The gilds were dissolved at the Reformation. During Queen Mary's reign, in 1555, prisoners were housed in the building and from 1596 to the late 1600s it was the Town Hall, afterwards becoming a prison which closed in 1787. Later, it served as a workhouse, an almshouse and, in  the 19th century, a wool store.

Let's go inside

and first down  into the cellars

then to the top floor to see a little of life in the past

looking out onto the Market Place

then out into the garden at the back

here we see remnants of the prison

and here the mortuary with funeral cart

(still more to come)

Lavenham Part 5

As we continue our walk around Lavenham we are gradually returning towards the centre of the village

Shilling Grange which belonged to John Schylling, whose will is dated 1476 

de Vere House dating from 1425 holds a lot of history but is now turned into holiday apartments

The family are reputed to be descended from the days of Caesar, but certainly from Alfonus de Veer of New Zealand, who married Countess Katherine of Flanders, daughter of Arnold II. Their son Aubrey de Vere, came to England and held land under Edward the Confessor. He took sides with William the Conqueror in 1066, and following the Norman conquest, the two Lavenham manors of Overhall and Netherhall were given to him and he married Beatrix, the Conquerer's sister.

There has been much controversy over who actually wrote Shakespeare. Thought possibly that Edward de Vere 1550 was the writer?

There is much more but I am sure that is enough 

The Priory

The sign says "The Gardener's House"

We will finish our walking here but there is still a lot to post on this beautiful village