Tag: History
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Broken Ruins
Broken ruins of times gone by Still standing but weathered and cracked Their frames may be crumbling, falling apart With their histories And mysteries Intact
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One day in October
“You slept well. They prob’ly heard yer snores o’er No Man’s Land.” “Ah needed it, mate. Ah were shattered. An’ me back’s still killin’ me.” “Better that thun bullets though, eh?” “Ah suppose.” “’Ere, ‘ave some tea.” “Ta!” “I’m Vaughan. Vinny to me mates. Or Guardian Angel” “Vaughan?!” “I know. It’s a bit different, int’it?”…
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Nefertiti’s Table
For today’s painting, I travelled all the way back to 1355BC and managed to paint this quick watercolour of a mid-afternoon snack before Queen Neferneferuaten Nefertiti (I was in luck as she’d just popped to the shops with her consort Pharaoh Akhenaten) returned to eat it. It was warm in that Ancient Egyptian Sun, I…
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Happy August!
Happy August! And that isn’t a sentiment. IT’S A COMMAND!!! Three white rabbits sat in a row Looking forward with nowhere to go The middle one sat up, and declared ‘”I know! “We’ll do what we do, enjoy it, and go with the flow!” And the rest became history. Some commands are worth taking heed…
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Old
Debbie’s theme for One Word Sunday, over on Travel With Intent, this week is ‘Old’. I instantly thought of my vast old coin collection, which is photographed below: I do have more coins in my collection, although it isn’t as vast as I made out. These are the oldest coins I have, which, all things…
The Mansionic Perspective 