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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Tiny succulent type plant inhabiting a crevasse on the stone wall of the church |
Though it is Friday my creativity has been limited to continuing to work on the cottage grounds, work with a local resident to relocate a large rusty ancient engine that did not belong to the cottage and continue a bit of work on reorganising the garden shed so that it can be also used as an art workshop.
On Tuesday Fiona and I visited an old derelict church (1220-1832) in Thurso - we had driven by it a couple of times and made remarks like "we must stop and check that out sometime" - so we did. We were there at the same time as a school group was being shown through so we were able to tag along and see the inside of the ruin. The crumbling stone, plants in crevasses and rusting fittings was a stark reminder of the ephemeral nature of even those things that seem solid.
A few images of an interesting visit.
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Grass high on a ledge |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Stone lacework - formerly a stained glass window |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - A few fingers of stone reach out towards each other |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - About to take flight |
Check out the little insects making a home of an inscription on a headstone within the church body.
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Tiny crawlies in the crevasses of the sandstone inscription |
Tomorrow I hope to make a little more progress on the FaB Armadale studio (ha ha).
such a beautiful old ruin, one of my favourite books is "In Ruins" by Christopher Isherwood
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