Dearest City of Yorke, 'tis a truth universally acknowledged that me and thee have enjoyed something of a love-hate relationship throughout my tenure within this fair city.
This evening all is forgiven.
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Wishing everyone a very Happy Easter 🐣
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If Tuesday was captured in an expression, then carved in stone and topped with moss?
⛪ Parish Church of St Oswald. Fulford. York. UK.
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Amid slivers of cloud and as mossy gravestones stand proud under a dappled warm afternoon sky - the aged trees cast no shadow over an iconic church spire.
⛪ Parish Church of St Olave. York. UK.
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Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄
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Wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas. 🎄
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Monday afternoon. The view from my world.
From my garden to their forever home. A little ancestral grave festive gift and tidy up for my maternal 2 x Greats.
🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.
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II. For this bed of concrete to be ‘well rammed’ was composed of ‘5 parts of broken bricks and 1 part of the best stone lime freshly burned’.
Be still my beating heart!
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As summer shadows dance across verdant grass, iconic familiar old stones are bathed in a low evening sun.
⚰ The Cholera Burial Ground. York. UK.
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III. Although it would take a few years before the doors of the York Penitentiary in Bishophill would open, and Gray died shortly after - it all began with a letter.
HAPPY LETTER WRITING DAY!
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Thursday. The view from my world as I find myself lost among the long forgotten dead of the Parish of Micklegate in York.
What a day to be alive!
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Lichen topped and standing tall amid cotton clouds - a monument to recollect the life of one MARGARET DEWAR (1860-1939) and that of her family in Queenstown.
⚰ Queenstown Cemetery. New Zealand.
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And, not a cloud in sight.
Saturday afternoon. The world from my world.
🔔 The Abbey. Selby. North Yorkshire. UK.
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A old stone cross against a backdrop of coloured leaf.
The view from my world today.
🪦 The Parish Cemetery. Selby. North Yorkshire.
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Elegant pilasters, cornicing and one iconic window.
The view from my perch as I enjoy a late lunch and a brief respite from the archive transcribing more death and despair.
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In Remembrance Of?
Alas, their name may now be lost to history but their beautifully weathered memorial still remains.
The view from my world today.
🪦 Parish Church of St Denys. York. UK.
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A little lych gate loitering.
The view from my world at noon.
🔔 Old St Oswald Church. Fulford. York. UK.
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Enjoying a moment or three away from the genealogy desk to sleuth awhile among the tombstones.
The view from my world today.
🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.
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"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn" ~ Hal BORLAND
The whitest of blossom against a cloudless backdrop of sky blue. The view from my world today.
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Saturday morrow. Against the palest of skies - gentle shadows glide across the tombstones. The view from my world.
🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.
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St Stephen's Day. Worn sandstone amid a clear December sky. The view from my world.
🪦 Parish Church of St Mary. Whitby. North Yorkshire. UK.
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'What is Christmas? It is the tenderness of the past, courage for the present, and hope of the future.' ~ Agnes M. PAHRO
Wishing you a Happy Christmas! 🎄
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Friday afternoon. Despite a chill in the air - unearthing the resting place of the long forgotten continues.
🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.
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Friday morning. The view from my world as I make the acquaintance of our beautiful cemetery cat.
🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK.
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