Six Word Fridays ~ Mirror

Quilts, a mirror to the past.

These  quilts date from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

A sampling of the quilts on display at the Shelburne Museum

as part of a  special exhibit now through October 26, 2014.

 

 

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Travel Tuesday # 25 – Watching a Vintage Steam Train

One morning during our August 2005 trip to England while of walking into the Bristol Temple Station to board an ordinary train we noticed a vintage steam train readying to depart on an excursion.  My husband, the train fan, decided  we should hang around and watch the old-timer take off.

   

 

 

Word for 12/24 – Marry

Weddings can be simple or elaborate.  Hopefully when a couple marry it is for love and many years together.  I never knew the groom in this photo.  He died young.  The bride in the photo was the aunt who raised me from the time I was five.  It has remains my favorite wedding photo of all time to this day. 

Word for 12/8 – Originate

Some form of an English peers’ robe may originate back to the end of the 14th century.  The ceremonial robes made of crimson silk velvet, trimmed with white ermine & rows of black sealskin spots date back at least to 1614.  It looks like the robes below have 3 rows of spots, or perhaps 2 1/2 rows.  That would mean that the robes belong to an Earl or perhaps a Viscount.  A Baron would only have 2 rows of spots, while a Duke would rate 4 full rows. 

 

 

 

 

Word for 11/7 – Riot

This photo was taken in Ely, England back in 2004.  Isn’t the wood trim on this bright blue vehicle just a riot?  Not a car for anyone who wishes to drive around incognito.