tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post4735663399927934319..comments2024-02-26T00:16:00.996+00:00Comments on Ramblings from an English Garden: Waltham AbbeyBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05799594980600477320noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-35078389326976081252008-10-25T15:51:00.000+01:002008-10-25T15:51:00.000+01:00We love to visit the magnificent old churches. We...We love to visit the magnificent old churches. We tried to visit a lot of them in our 4 years of traveling around the U.S. & Canada.<BR/>SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11360047123820906113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-65238222030877315832008-10-25T14:22:00.000+01:002008-10-25T14:22:00.000+01:00Hi MumFinally put my last post up for 2008, over a...Hi Mum<BR/>Finally put my last post up for 2008, over at From Under The Maple. <BR/><BR/>Hopefully it will come out of hibernation in the New Year.<BR/><BR/>Love Janie<BR/>xxxJaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13500429132266962255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-85461964428324388352008-10-25T11:56:00.000+01:002008-10-25T11:56:00.000+01:00Looks beautiful. I'll put it on my list :)Looks beautiful. I'll put it on my list :)duopastoralehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05629791757005585762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-60393992873386147992008-10-25T03:35:00.000+01:002008-10-25T03:35:00.000+01:00I could almost smell the crisp, clear, cool air! ...I could almost smell the crisp, clear, cool air! Beautiful pictures. I especially love the doors!Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-19396835393327915142008-10-25T00:38:00.000+01:002008-10-25T00:38:00.000+01:00more fantastic pictures--another lovely tour. than...more fantastic pictures--another lovely tour. thank you for indulging us. <BR/><BR/>BTW, love your new masthead. I suspect all those piccies are from your own garden flowers, correct?Mmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379020705220234984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-41577390668526997782008-10-24T20:08:00.000+01:002008-10-24T20:08:00.000+01:00So glad you came to visit! I am a substitute teac...So glad you came to visit! I am a substitute teacher now that i am retired. I "sub" 20 days a year as part of my retirement package.<BR/>I do follow your blog- it is so fascinating to me! I love all your traavelogues! Keep posting!!! Please!Schotzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11760220403263190065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-62910482967503793732008-10-24T18:31:00.000+01:002008-10-24T18:31:00.000+01:00I had to look forever to find this and when I did,...I had to look forever to find this and when I did, it didn't have the lyrics I learned as a child. But the melody is the same. We sang it in grade school! ;^)<BR/><BR/>Our version had robins, sparrows, blue jays and larks in an English Country Garden. Here's the link with the tune and lyrics:<BR/><BR/>http://www.nurseryrhymes4u.com/NURSERY_RHYMES/Page_843.htmlTess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-64272068934113537502008-10-24T17:48:00.000+01:002008-10-24T17:48:00.000+01:00Oh my , Waltham Abbey! I love it for a very speci...Oh my , Waltham Abbey! I love it for a very special reason.When I retired I starting taking an oil painting class from my 89 year old friend who was a professional in her heyday and she had been commissioned to do the cloisters of WA years before. She had loved<BR/>it so much that she started another one later in life but had laid it aside for many years. When she started teaching a few of us she took it out of mothballs to finish and as she applied the last stroke, she said, "Now, Carolyn, this one is for you." Of course, I was awestruck but it now hangs in my great room and I have blogged about it several times. It is in several pictures on my blog and in the sidebar. It is the focal point of my secret place where I commune with God. The light streaming through the iron gate seems to shine right on me as I read and study God's WORD! Awesome! I want to go to Waltham Abbey so badly some day!Schotzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11760220403263190065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-82335755352972524032008-10-24T14:54:00.000+01:002008-10-24T14:54:00.000+01:00I have always loved Abbeys and Cathedrals. I am gl...I have always loved Abbeys and Cathedrals. I am glad I live near a very nice Cathedral. <BR/>Have a wonderful weekend, dear Barbara. xTinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621965766127311539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-44576708321327605652008-10-24T13:47:00.000+01:002008-10-24T13:47:00.000+01:00I was fascinated to visit Waltham Abbey with you, ...I was fascinated to visit Waltham Abbey with you, as I was there a couple of weekends ago. It's one of my favourite places, partly because of its recycled abbey walls. I must also blog about that day - and then the next day, when we went to Ingatestone, Margaretting and Mountnessing. I used to play darts in that Inn when I was a lass!Sue Krekorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076417498229441909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-29146977221730683392008-10-24T03:22:00.000+01:002008-10-24T03:22:00.000+01:00A fascinating place. That ceiling is wonderfully ...A fascinating place. That ceiling is wonderfully decorated.<BR/><BR/>In the second "chancel" photo I was studying the nativity scene and then looked at the row of carvings above it. I see the Lamb, symbolic of Christ, and then I see a wolf (fox?) and heron to the left. The wolf is drinking from a bowl and the heron is standing over him. The same pair is also on the right but the heron is feeding the wolf. I wonder what that is all about?Sara at Come Away With Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677354270954094291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-25268372838403805602008-10-23T23:25:00.000+01:002008-10-23T23:25:00.000+01:00A lovely Abbey tour! Thank you! Every time I come ...A lovely Abbey tour! Thank you! <BR/><BR/>Every time I come to your blog the song "robins and sparrows, blue jays and larks..." (you know the rest)comes into my head! ;^)Tess Kincaidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04889725786678984293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-82996745180353604652008-10-23T22:59:00.000+01:002008-10-23T22:59:00.000+01:00It's always interesting, a little hard to process,...It's always interesting, a little hard to process, that there were civilized people in the 7th century, when here, all the people were living in teepees and houses made of sticks. English history is so fascinating.Aubreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287705196381038216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-52058258793763914822008-10-23T22:58:00.000+01:002008-10-23T22:58:00.000+01:00Is Blogger back yet? I sure hope so...nothing wors...Is Blogger back yet? I sure hope so...nothing worse than losing a comment!<BR/><BR/>This visit to Waltham Abbey was very interesting. I always like to enlarge the photos...that way, I actually found King Harold up above the door...the door's trim looks so futuristic...like tire tread. ;D<BR/><BR/>Also found the likenesses of the deceased very amusing...the gent lying on his side on top of his lady also on her side. <BR/><BR/>Were those astrological signs on the ceiling? I think so.<BR/><BR/>You always know how to end a day the right way...tea (???) and carrot cake.<BR/><BR/>Oh, I do like the new items that you were able to add to your sidebar. I'm so glad that it's finally working for you again.Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-43613053848616172232008-10-23T21:54:00.000+01:002008-10-23T21:54:00.000+01:00What a beautiful tour...on the spur of the moment!...What a beautiful tour...on the spur of the moment! How fun to be able to things without a lot of planning on occasion. And thanks for including the history...most interesting.Judy https://www.blogger.com/profile/00929685771427155673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-86054429806159836482008-10-23T21:36:00.000+01:002008-10-23T21:36:00.000+01:00Another great visit. And of course you should ment...Another great visit. And of course you should mention the carrot cake - yum! <BR/>I have to choose a topic for a paper for my English history course and I think I'm going to do one on English architecture around the time of the conquest. I'll look up this site for more research. <BR/><BR/>LorrieLorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-89784404930453861792008-10-23T19:54:00.000+01:002008-10-23T19:54:00.000+01:00Hia Barbara- that was utterly fascinating- seeing ...Hia Barbara- that was utterly fascinating- seeing the ceiling with the months of the year personified and the zodiac signs. I was looking at the merge of the building styles too- as if they had local masons working in the Norman style still but with a more modern possibly continental architect. Such a difference in styles. I was enlarging so many of the pictures. Thank you for taking a pic of the old fresco. It is so easy to forget just how much decoration there was in early Medieval Churches that was designed to teach the illiterate, inspire, and illustrate the Bible. Wonderful post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-36285750556601300812008-10-23T18:30:00.000+01:002008-10-23T18:30:00.000+01:00Yes, you should mention the carrot cake!I love it ...Yes, you should mention the carrot cake!<BR/>I love it when you have had a splendid outing you top off the day with snacks. That's the way to live!<BR/>Such a lovely place and I'm only sad I never went there.<BR/>Harold Godwinson - now that's name.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-87067667807062335812008-10-23T16:01:00.000+01:002008-10-23T16:01:00.000+01:00Wonderful history, funny they are laying on there ...Wonderful history, funny they are laying on there side. I miss your visits to my blog.<BR/>PatsyPatsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17862394699499538591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3606833213419475387.post-19080852151305619142008-10-23T13:40:00.000+01:002008-10-23T13:40:00.000+01:00How wonderful to be able to drive 30 minutes and b...How wonderful to be able to drive 30 minutes and be in such a beautiful and interesting place like the Abbey! What a special blessing.<BR/><BR/>LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com