tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post2979322806616775184..comments2024-03-22T12:57:57.273-05:00Comments on WOUNDED BIRD: KIRKSTALL ABBEYJune Butlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-90654204260405258922010-09-04T08:45:14.896-05:002010-09-04T08:45:14.896-05:00JCF, then I agree with part of you.
And the sun s...JCF, then I agree with part of you.<br /><br /><i>And the sun shone!</i><br /><br />DP, pure poetry, yes?June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-23776206968400334432010-09-04T02:26:17.325-05:002010-09-04T02:26:17.325-05:00And the sun shone!And the sun shone!Doorman-Priesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06407399232593479871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-27413830945311877782010-09-04T01:22:36.275-05:002010-09-04T01:22:36.275-05:00Well, I said it was only a part of me, Mimi. ;-/
...Well, I said it was only a <i>part</i> of me, Mimi. ;-/<br /><br />In the case of monastic ruins, it's just that I <i>would</i> to see full Anglican monasteries again (just because I'm not so called, doesn't mean I don't think {more} others are).JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-1002268915235691502010-09-02T20:42:07.482-05:002010-09-02T20:42:07.482-05:00JCF, I like ruins. In the case of Kirkstall, I be...JCF, I like ruins. In the case of Kirkstall, I believe I would not want them restored. They're beautiful just as they are. Other church and abbey ruins that I've seen have a certain grandeur about them that I would not want changed.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-85620085489873234892010-09-01T22:40:55.297-05:002010-09-01T22:40:55.297-05:00I always feel a certain ambivalence re church/mona...I always feel a certain ambivalence re church/monastic ruins.<br /><br />They are starkly lovely. You can literally <i>see</i> the silence...<br /><br />...and yet part of me would LOVE to see them <i>restored</i> (w/ a full company of Anglican Cistercians inside, praying the Hours!)<br /><br />Perhaps that's just part of the "Now/Not Yet" paradox in which we live, "while the Lord tarry."JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-45926767612232789482010-09-01T18:22:05.257-05:002010-09-01T18:22:05.257-05:00Looking forward to that! :-) Me like pretty pictur...Looking forward to that! :-) Me like pretty pictures.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-66160093512699661652010-09-01T18:08:57.227-05:002010-09-01T18:08:57.227-05:00Cathy, it would have been lovely to have you along...Cathy, it would have been lovely to have you along. Wait till you see my pictures from Golden Acre Park in Leeds. The pretty pictures make themselves there.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-7206923098778047352010-09-01T17:50:55.854-05:002010-09-01T17:50:55.854-05:00Anyway, your pics are lovely. Now I'm wishing ...Anyway, your pics are lovely. Now I'm wishing I had visited Leeds.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-27103667600813865572010-09-01T17:50:12.358-05:002010-09-01T17:50:12.358-05:00I haven't mastered my camera either. It's ...I haven't mastered my camera either. It's the same with all technology, really - who has the time? ... Do you have the time? I don't.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-10143478659523954902010-09-01T17:02:11.266-05:002010-09-01T17:02:11.266-05:00Thanks, Cathy. I confess that I'm surprised m...Thanks, Cathy. I confess that I'm surprised myself at how good some of my pictures came out. I could probably do even better if I read the instruction booklet and learned more about the different features of my camera that I never use.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-65316341631978344372010-09-01T16:54:57.978-05:002010-09-01T16:54:57.978-05:00Oooo I envy you the visit to the Abbey. I love an ...Oooo I envy you the visit to the Abbey. I love an old ruined church. How beautiful your pics are, Mimi.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14082263093224795131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-18681367988901273172010-09-01T13:00:17.308-05:002010-09-01T13:00:17.308-05:00Susan and Leonardo, thank you.
Susan, you'r...Susan and Leonardo, thank you. <br /><br />Susan, you're right. I poked the camera through or over the fence whenever I could.<br /><br />Lapin, did you ever visit the Abbey? It seems to me that it's a bit of a well-kept secret, not spoken of nearly as much as other ruins. I'd never heard of Kirkstall until last year.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-48176844036791704442010-09-01T12:42:39.112-05:002010-09-01T12:42:39.112-05:00My paternal Gt Gt Grandfather was born nearby in t...My paternal Gt Gt Grandfather was born nearby in the 1790's. His father had lived at Kirkstall since the 1760's.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-19688274383151976512010-09-01T12:24:34.845-05:002010-09-01T12:24:34.845-05:00Wonderful, glorious England and you (and Scotland ...Wonderful, glorious England and you (and Scotland too)...thanks Mimi for the visual adventures.Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2174812066017196444.post-27723916527458553592010-09-01T11:15:57.681-05:002010-09-01T11:15:57.681-05:00Your pictures are lovely, Mimi. I take it that sin...Your pictures are lovely, Mimi. I take it that since the fences are not seen in your pictures, you were hanging over the fence to get as close as possible to the subject! Write when you feel like it about what you feel like writing. I love hopping from place to place and time to time in order or not!susan s.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03679099677585214433noreply@blogger.com