Burghley is south of Stamford. A walk away from the town centre. A name with so much history, so many collections: paintings, pottery, bedrooms of furniture and gardens of sculpture and water features. All collected and displayed most appealingly. Capability Brown has a legacy of trees and we admire the new ones placed exactly asContinue reading “Burghley House”
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Ilfracombe
A dancer and a closely filled museum. First the fourteen-year-old dancer. She is a small sculpture 39″ / 98cm tall by Edgar Degas 1880 and she is the inspiration for Damien Hirst’s Verity. His sculpture of Verity is 20.25m (66.43 feet) tall and weighs 25 tonnes. Verity is her nameA noun, a true principle orContinue reading “Ilfracombe”
The Portrait Gallery has a little contrast.
David speaking: ‘ Oh LORD, you have searched me, and known me… You covered me in my mother’s womb… I’m fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are your works and I know it…in your book my parts are written…how precious are your thoughts about me. ‘ Sandy’s summary of a part of Psalm 139. Let usContinue reading “The Portrait Gallery has a little contrast.”
The National Gallery
Jesus speaking: ‘ Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God’. ( pure in heart: honest, kind, good intentions, fully and totally devoted to God.) Matthew 5: 8. A short visit to a place free and open for us all. It’s a treasure! The Oxford English Dictionary definition of a tree is:Continue reading “The National Gallery”
Mary Delany 1700-1788 and Ashurbanipal 800BC
‘ The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD’S throne is in heaven: His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. The LORD tries the righteous, but the wicked and those that love violence His soul hates. Upon the wicked, He will rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest; thisContinue reading “Mary Delany 1700-1788 and Ashurbanipal 800BC”