Friday Foto

holy-house-walsingham

Friday Foto This is a picture of the Reredos behind the altar in the Holy House at Walsingham. … [Read more...]

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rood-screen-figures

Friday Foto This is a picture of the figures on top of the Rood Screen in Godmanchester Church. I only recently realized that the Rood Screen is so named because the figure of the crucified Jesus is called the "Rood". … [Read more...]

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Godmanchester Church Nave

Friday Foto Here we have a picture of the Nave of our Church -- St Mary the Virgin, Godmanchester. I took it from within the Tower Vestry, looking east to the Nave Altar and beyond into the Chancel. I didn't really … [Read more...]

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alpine-strawberry

Friday Foto I was having a look around the garden, pulling a few weeds here and there, wondering what I could use for a "Friday Foto" this week, when I came across something somewhat unexpected. We've got a few Alpine … [Read more...]

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negative-church

Friday Foto I used to do quite a lot of Black and White photography when I had an old 35mm SLR Camera, most of the film loaded was B&W. When I was in the newsagents recently they had a Black & White one of a series of … [Read more...]

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bryceson-organ-gmc

Friday Foto We are very fortunate in Godmanchester as our Parish Church possesses a fine organ of significant historical importance -- the 2-manual organ was built by Messrs Bryceson of London in 1859. Over the years … [Read more...]

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spikey-plant

Friday Foto This time of year sees the flowering of one of my favourite plants in our garden. This is a plant that thrives while so much around it is dying off. Normally we can't see a great deal of it because a … [Read more...]

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sunset over oxmoor

Friday Foto I looked outside at just the right time yesterday evening, and caught this glorious sunset. The picture was taken from just outside our back door. It was great timing because I hadn't set up today's … [Read more...]

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church-through-trees

Friday Foto This is a view of Godmanchester Church which isn't seen by many people. It's taken from the north side of the Church. The only path on that side runs quite close to the building, but the largest part of … [Read more...]

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marigold-n-mint

Friday Foto When the hard-standing was laid in our garden, our patch of Mint was covered over. But some of it survived and has found its way through a joint in the concrete. It always amazes me to think that it was … [Read more...]