365 Project, week 24.
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gillo's a little under two hours ago. We had a great time at both. Both make it into the pics of the week, and I will post more about both over the next few days, but first, here are the pics for Monday August 10th to Sunday August 16th - and include our wedding-cake hill, Ramsey in bloom and an amazing hat.
Monday - as usual I spent the afternoon doing a clinic at the hospital - it was late by the time I finished - and the full porters' wheelchair park caught my eye.
Tuesday - work took me south - I watched this young herring gull striding back and forth on the wall at Castletown -
Wednesday - I was in Ramsey and I thought the hanging baskets on the Town Hall were really impressive -
Thursday - I could have done with the day off to pack - but no such luck! However I passed through the village of St Johns and it occurred to me that I am almost half way through the year and I haven't put up a picture of Tynwald Hill - at least I don't think I have...
Tynwald Hill is the place where all our laws must be read out in Manx, to anyone who wishes to go and hear, on July 5th - without this they are not law.
The hill has had soil brought to it from each sheading (political division of the island) and the wedding cake shape is so that chairs can be put onto each circle for the members of the House of Keys, Deemsters, and so on to sit whilst the laws are read.
Friday morning we were up very early - we had to be at the Sea Terminal by 7a.m. We sailed to Liverpool on the Manannan, a fast-craft - and were in Coventry by just after 1p.m. It was lovely to see friends old and new, andhesadevil gave me my 'pass it forward' gift - a beautiful shawl, with a ring and pin fastening, that she knitted for me -
The picture shows it on the bed in our hotel room.
The hotel had a brilliant 'chill-out' area where we gathered to drink coffee and eat muffins - here iskazzy_cee chilling out!
We also chilled out with the odd glass of wine, but the pic was taken at coffee break. The giant chairs were a big, big, hit!
Sunday - we had a meeting, a raffle (Yay! I got a beautiful book of Tolkien related art!) Then, as people started to go for trains, we transferred ourselves togillo's car - and went, with a few others, for a tour of Kenilworth Castle where gillo gave us a personally guided tour. I have lots of lovely pictures of the castle - but both gillo and quinara said that pic of the day had to be this wonderful American tourist in the hat!
Her floral cart-wheel of a hat just drew our eyes - we couldn't help it!
I have my talk to post, chapter nineteen of Brotherhood to post, lots of pics to post... I should be around a lot over the next few days - as long as work doesn't wear me out tomorrow!
gillo's a little under two hours ago. We had a great time at both. Both make it into the pics of the week, and I will post more about both over the next few days, but first, here are the pics for Monday August 10th to Sunday August 16th - and include our wedding-cake hill, Ramsey in bloom and an amazing hat.Monday - as usual I spent the afternoon doing a clinic at the hospital - it was late by the time I finished - and the full porters' wheelchair park caught my eye.
Tuesday - work took me south - I watched this young herring gull striding back and forth on the wall at Castletown -
Wednesday - I was in Ramsey and I thought the hanging baskets on the Town Hall were really impressive -
Thursday - I could have done with the day off to pack - but no such luck! However I passed through the village of St Johns and it occurred to me that I am almost half way through the year and I haven't put up a picture of Tynwald Hill - at least I don't think I have...
Tynwald Hill is the place where all our laws must be read out in Manx, to anyone who wishes to go and hear, on July 5th - without this they are not law.
The hill has had soil brought to it from each sheading (political division of the island) and the wedding cake shape is so that chairs can be put onto each circle for the members of the House of Keys, Deemsters, and so on to sit whilst the laws are read.
Friday morning we were up very early - we had to be at the Sea Terminal by 7a.m. We sailed to Liverpool on the Manannan, a fast-craft - and were in Coventry by just after 1p.m. It was lovely to see friends old and new, and
hesadevil gave me my 'pass it forward' gift - a beautiful shawl, with a ring and pin fastening, that she knitted for me - The picture shows it on the bed in our hotel room.
The hotel had a brilliant 'chill-out' area where we gathered to drink coffee and eat muffins - here is
kazzy_cee chilling out!We also chilled out with the odd glass of wine, but the pic was taken at coffee break. The giant chairs were a big, big, hit!
Sunday - we had a meeting, a raffle (Yay! I got a beautiful book of Tolkien related art!) Then, as people started to go for trains, we transferred ourselves to
gillo's car - and went, with a few others, for a tour of Kenilworth Castle where gillo gave us a personally guided tour. I have lots of lovely pictures of the castle - but both gillo and quinara said that pic of the day had to be this wonderful American tourist in the hat!Her floral cart-wheel of a hat just drew our eyes - we couldn't help it!
I have my talk to post, chapter nineteen of Brotherhood to post, lots of pics to post... I should be around a lot over the next few days - as long as work doesn't wear me out tomorrow!
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Date: 18/08/2009 08:16 pm (UTC)Psst, your html is broken. ;-)
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Date: 18/08/2009 08:16 pm (UTC)Lovely picture of
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Date: 18/08/2009 08:24 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 18/08/2009 08:27 pm (UTC)The shawl is a beautiful gift and I would love one of those chairs. Congrats on winning the book.
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Date: 18/08/2009 08:28 pm (UTC)OMG that hat! And with those pants! My eyes! My eyes!
*runs around smacking into things*
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Date: 18/08/2009 08:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 18/08/2009 08:35 pm (UTC)That hat is... Peculiar, to say the least.
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Date: 18/08/2009 08:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 18/08/2009 08:39 pm (UTC)The shawl is lovely - and Kazzy was tempted to smuggle one of the chairs out and take it home - on her Smart Car... it would have looked like a tortoise!
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Date: 18/08/2009 08:40 pm (UTC)Nice pics. I particularly like Karen in the special chair!
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Date: 18/08/2009 08:44 pm (UTC)Did you get the cabinets sorted?
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Date: 18/08/2009 08:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 18/08/2009 08:46 pm (UTC)i like that picture of Karen too.
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Date: 18/08/2009 08:48 pm (UTC)And the US tourist in the hat... er, wow. I'm at a loss...
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Date: 18/08/2009 08:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 18/08/2009 09:02 pm (UTC)I'm pleased you like the shawl.
Finally, the pic of the breakout room cried out to be made into a cartoon.
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Date: 18/08/2009 09:04 pm (UTC)The hat just caught our eyes - and then we had difficulty dragging them away from it!
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Date: 18/08/2009 09:06 pm (UTC)The most amazing thing about the hat is that the brim was formed by a circle of wire with the floral fabric stretched across it - so it tended to wobble and sway as she walked too. Practical though!
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