125 Comments Posted by caroline

It's so weird how inconsistent the signage is here.

I live in a new house on the old what used to be hellingly hospital
I've experienced some freaky shit!
Trying to move!
Very eeery and depressing feeling here
Makes u feel like ur going mad

oooo Motts, great shot! thank you.

i wonder how many bodies laid on that poopie table. course it was probably clean at the time, but you know how zombies can be. awefullyy messy. :o)

Holy Cow, Have we ever missed you! So glad to have you back safe and sound and with a beautiful gallery.
Hope all is well now with you and that you are, above all, healthy.
May the good always outweigh the bad, Motts.
You'll be in our prayers.

wow Jimmy, I'm impressed! I thought it might have been a plant tray where the ivy was growing and was just left. The Ivy escaped it's tray, and is holding on for dear life.

grrrr. parsonage.

oooo! I have the perfect place for that in my house. It used to be the parsanage to the church next door. 125 years old. A little fresh stained glass in there and voila! A wonderful piece.

great shot, motts.

thanks for the trip, Motts. Great Job, as always.

MMMWAH! until next time.

Ah gulliver, I agree! Not just an arcade, but a VAULTED arcade. Absolutely lovely.

Hi Mama, great question I'll try to answer. Arcades were built to keep the monks/nuns out of the rain and snow on their way to the chapel for prayers. Matines (mah-teens) were at midnight and vespers at 4AM or near to dawn. We who visit here all love architecture! I highly reccommend "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follet. A wonderful epic novel on 10th and 11th century cathedral building in England. The research is impeccable, the detail is rich and I learned so much. I've read it a dozen times and still it's my favorite book of all time. Starz made it into a miniseries and did do a great job, but you can't beat the book for detail and information. Hope this helps.

AHHHH! *smacking forehead* there they are again!

Motts? Considering your obvious love of most of the buildings, almost as if they are your children, have you ever closed a window or two to protect a building?

BTW, the pattern on the floor is a popular quilting pattern called "grandmother's flower garden." I've made one and let me express. . . It was TOUGH! Hexagons suck sometimes. lol. says the sewing and quilting teacher.

Wow! Nice soap dispensers! Hi everyone, I've missed you all.

This shot just took my breath away! Ditto, Tom. Thanks Motts!