The Ancient World & more recent history. Mosaics. And, of course, birds.
East Lothian.
Ian Ebbage
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In Burgos Cathedral #staircasesaturday
The entrance to the 18c walled garden at Raby Castle in County Durham #thursgate
Saladin's Castle (also known as Sahyun or Saône) in NW Syria, a site fortified from mid 10c & occupied by a local Shia Emir, Byzantines & Crusaders before its capture by Saladin in 1188. The fortifications date largely from the Crusader period. #castlesaturday
18c Newhailes House (NTS) in Musselburgh: #windowsonwednesday except that those in the east wing (on the right) which housed the library are not real, but only painted on!
The Church of Ognissanti, rebuilt in the 1620s and one of the earliest examples of Baroque architecture in Florence #adoorablethursday
A handsome 17c chair in the Hall in Raby Castle in County Durham #woodensday
I never realised there was a #thursdaybridges. This is the Royal Border Bridge across the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed. (The border is actually 3 miles further north.) Built in 1847-1850 by Robert Stephenson, son of the railway pioneer George Stephenson.
"The Oldest Sweet Shop in England" in Pateley Bridge #shopfrontfriday
Out and about #birdwatching in Edinburgh this morning: Duddingstone Loch with a Chiffchaff and Song Thrush; and later a Stock Dove in Figgate Park.
Lovely 18c chinoiserie: bed-hangings in Newhailes House (NTS) in Musselburgh. For conservation, it is stored in the dark, and this is all they take out to show you! #textiletuesday
