Tulips flower a little later at my Devon allotment on the hill.
A nice surprise on Sunday as I’d forgotten I planted Queen of the Night there.
#tuliptuesday
#gardening
#tulips
Another 📷 from Tavistock.
Embroidered pulpit fall depicting the life of St Eustachious, a Roman general who saw the cross between the antlers of a deer while out hunting, and became a Christian martyr.
#TextileTuesday
#embroidery
I enjoyed a few quiet hours at my allotment yesterday. The blossom on my Rosemary Russet apple tree looks promising.
#appleblossom
#blossom
#aallotment
#fruit
Tomb of John Fitz MP (d.1590), and wife Mary, with only son John kneeling. St Eustachious Church, Tavistock,
It seems young John was a thoroughly bad lot, a drunkard who got into fights and murdered one, perhaps two men.
#monumentsmonday
Buttercups sparkling in the sun on my allotment walk today.
#wildflowers
#buttercups
#SundayYellow
#Devon
Hope you enjoy Exeter. Be sure to visit the Cathedral.
An array of 19th century stained glass at St. Eustachious, Tavistock, including one by William Morris from designs by Edward Burne-Jones.
#StainedGlassSunday
#otd 18April 1594 Sir Walter Raleigh’s mother made her will as she lay ill at her home near Exeter Cathedral .
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The tower at St. Eustachious, Tavistock, raised mid 15th century during rebuilding of the 14th century church.
#SteepleSaturday
Apple blossom, a few lingering tulips and forget-me-nots in my Devon garden this week.
#FlowersOnFriday #blossom #garden
14th and 15th century, but there was an earlier church on the site.
15th century octagonal font on a more recent pedestal St Eustachious,Tavistock. Sir Francis Drake may have been baptised here.
Does anyone know anything about the stone stoup that stands nearby - perhaps older?
#FontsonFriday
Today’s a ‘Vera’ hat day!
I called into Waterstones in Exeter @waterstones_exeter and signed copies of A Woman of Noble Wit for the Historical Fiction table .
A selection of doors at St Eustacious, Tavistock, Devon, a fascinating 14th/15th century church on earlier foundations, restored 1844-5
I was there yesterday in the rain, so outside 📷from a brighter day last year
#AdoorableThursday
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What a lovely poem ! Thank you. 😊 I love the tulips ‘showy conversation’. 😊
Tucked away in a corner at St Eustachius, Tavistock there’s a piper carved in wood.
He’s presumably a survivor from medieval or 16 century bench ends that were replaced in the 19th century.
#woodensday
#woodcarvingwednesday
Betsy Grimbal’s Tower, a 15th century remnant of Tavistock Abbey repaired and rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries.
#WallsOnWednesday
Almost the last of the tulips in my Devon garden. It was sunny yesterday !
#tuliptuesday #tulips #garden
Wonderful!
Magnificent cloth of gold and red silk damask velvet cope commissioned by Henry VII late 15th century, likely worn by Wolsey in France in 1521
📷2021 the Stonyhurst vestments at Hampton Court ‘Gold and Glory’ exhibition
#textiletuesday #Tudortuesday
A well- connected lady!
Joan Wadham (d. 1583) oddly depicted behind her 2 husbands in St. Winifreds, Branscombe, Devon.
The author of this old guidebook c
didn’t approve of her extraordinary monument’s relocation to its current position in the 18th century .
#MonumentsMonday
I couldn’t resist butying these during a visit to the Devon Rural Archive yesterday.
Old guidebooks have fewer glossy photos than their modern equivalents but often reveal fascinating details.
#guidebooks
#devon
Yes - excellent lunch!
Fragmented and faded but still rather fine. Medieval glass from 14th & 15th C in St John’s Chapel at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol.
#StainedGlassSunday
#Medievalsky
King Henry VIII in the Great Hall of St Bartholomew's Hospital. After dissolving the monastic houses, including this hospital, Henry was persuaded by the City of London authorities to allow the hospital to reopen. #Tudors #StainedGlassSunday
