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What’s the origin of the phrase ‘On Carey Street’?
This phrase originates from the London street where the UK bankruptcy court used to be located. The court moved to Carey Street in the 1840s but the phrase didn’t emerge as a synonym for bankrupt until much later. The first reference I can find is a piece by James Agate, in The Saturday Review from 1922:
“The melancholy gentleman in direful Carey Street.”
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The Museum: Belvedere Palace Austria
The Belvedere Palace, ravaged by Allied bombing, December 1944. Many of the roof statues were lost in the bombardment (WWII), so orphaned statues from salvaged from damaged buildings and resembled on the Belveder parapet after the war.
VIENNA – Belvedere Palace in 4K
Tor’s Tour of the Tor – Sacred Tours of Glastonbury and the UK.
Walk up Glastonbury High Street in Somerset England 1
Glastonbury, England – Glastonbury Abbey, Tor and The Chalice Well
Test Valley, Hampshire: Test Valley is often overlooked as a destination. However, the district is home to countless outdoor pursuits and historic gardens. Fly fishing is popular along the river…while cyclists often head to Morrisfont’s vast riverside estate. Green fingered-types should head to the 180-acre Sir Harold Hillier Gardens or the privately owned Houghton Lodge Gardens, home to a heritage orchard and a topiary-filled Peacock Gardens….the 44-mile Test Way walking route follows the river down from Inkpen Hill to Eling Wharf.
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Setting on North Orange St. in Winter Park Florida is a small theater that I have found very entertaining. and I was very glad to see that is has reopened and is showing it’s 2nd Show since it closed down due to the Covid Pandemic—-you might of heard of that?!
And they’re doing it safely—According to Orlando Arts: “Using an $11,500 federal grant provided through the CARES Act and dispersed by Orange County, they applied an anti-viral treatment to surfaces throughout the theater; installed ultra violet lights in the HVAC system to continually scrub the air, brought an electrostatic fogger to spray down the house after each performance; and installed hand-sanitizing stations in the lobby and touchless faucets and soap dispensers in the bathrooms. Orlando Arts March/April 2021.
So check it out—there’s parking around the area and lots of restaurants so you could do this and make an entire romantic evening—-if you still do that sort of thing….check it out I think you’ll like it.
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\Augustusburg Palace
Schloss Augustusburg: On entering the building, the visitor is immediately faced by a masterpiece, the magnificent staircase made by Balthascar Neumann between 1743 and 1748, a red rococo gem created as a tribute to his patron Clemens Augustus. It is impossible to miss the Elector’s gilded bust, or his initials CA that appear everywhere. The ceiling simulates a cupola above the staircase painted by Carlos Carlone, also depicting scenes flattering the owner.
Castles and Palaces of Europe
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Moving the Museum of London: fatbergs and carcass corridors
London is so much fun when you look for the other places
An area of London which has a lot of interesting other places is Smithfield—a place known for it Huge meat market—at one time the cattle and other meat providers were kept here and killed as demand dictated—this avoid the problems of storing the butchered meat in a time when refrigeration was a distant dream. It is home to an ancient (2nd oldest in London) church and the site of death by cruel but official means of a famous Scott.
Smithfield is home to the market by the same name and now offers all manner of butchered well kept meat. The Church is St. Barth Bartholomew the Great (1123—–the oldest Church is All Hallows-by-the-Tower AD 675). And the Scot which even most of you Yanks know about was made famous here by an Australian: William Wallace—he was the Scott–Mel Gibson was the Australian–and Wallace was the real man who was executed here and there is a plaque remembering the Scott patriot.
Wallace’s commemorative plaque is located on St. Bartholomew’s Hospital another ancient site in Smithfield––beside being the site of Wallace (and many others) execution—it is an ancient hospital and includes a hospital museum”
LONDON`S MOST HAUNTED CHURCH – HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
Bronson-Mulholland House: 100 Madisn Street–Palatka,, FL. Century old home of Judge Isaac Bronson.
Kensington Gardens: London is a fascinating city but its crowds and noise can be overwhelming for travelers of any age. A walk through this park to the areas that inspired James Barrie and his young friends to invent Peter Pan can be a relaxing break for adults and an opportunity for children to run around and be “mad-dog” as Barrie terms it. The gold Covered Albert Memorial, Queen Victoria’s tribute to her husband, is a stunning sight at the edge of the park across from Royal Albert Hall.
Once Upon a Time in Great Britain
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While I write this blog in an effort to show you places to go and things to do—other than Facebook and the like—but given that we are still attempting recovery from the Plague that brought in the 22nd century.
These TV shows are offerings from the UK except one One from Australia
Father Brown—a Priests that along with his housekeeper- a gossipy little lady and a young lady who is a bit on the spirited side spend time in church but more time in solving the many murders that occur about the parish.
For example: The Tower of Lost Souls
or The Fall of the House of St Gardner
Endeavor On Masterpiece is about a Police Detective in Oxford and is again PBS and again deals with murder
Green For Danger If you want very old movies though I found it an interesting murder set in a hospital in WWII (and given it’s made date of 1946 it had been that long ago) in a rural English (where else)
Miss Scarlet and the Duke on Masterpiece A classic woman in the wrong period doing the wrong thing according to men—and being very good at it—and given the subject I bet you all guessed it was solving crimes.
Midsummer Murders: One of my favorites is the story of a Detective in a county setting where he and his Sgt. solve crimes on farms, rectories and even stone circle all the out and away places in this great drama—it’s been going on for only 22 years but they only have like four shows per year—–It’s showing on Ovation here in the US and most of those are the original detective—-
Midsomer Murders S9 E11: Country Matters PREVIEW“
Oh and the one Aussie one I so enjoy:
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries–-Miss Fisher is a lady detective who is a Very modern woman, she carries a gun and often saves the day and drives the police detective she often gets in the way of crazy in more than one ways and she’s got lovers enough for anybody in this day and age. On PBS.
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Series 1 trailer
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Sirius in fiction
Sirus was described as a “bringer of drought and plague to frail mortals, rises and saddens the sky with sinister light” by the Roman Virgil. Is this just superstition? a 2009 Finish study tested forklore that the rate of infection was higher during the Dog Days.. The authors wrote, “this study was conducted in order to challenge the myth that the rate of infection is higher during the Dog Days. Tour surprise, the myth was found to be true.”
The Dog Days of Summer
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New Places and what they use to be in St. Augustine
This use to be an art gallery that featured the works of premier local and regional artists. In the historic Colonial Joaneda House. on Treasury St.
Courtyard Gallery
Use to be The Burgin Gallery—located in the Lightner Museum Courtyard 75 King Street, Ste. 123 at that time it featured Florida Fine Art and all kinds of jewelry among other things.
Ayla’s Acres No-Kill Animal Rescue Thrift Shop
Used to be Avenue Books and Gallery
142 King Street
Combined a community based gallery with special interest books, rare and out of print books and magazines.
BUTTERFIELD GARAGE
Used to be Fine Fish Gallery & Store
137A King Street
Artwork by Jean Marie and TJ Tremmel as well as other national and local artists. Mesquite wood tables and related gift items.
Abbey St Bathans Church
At Abbey St. Bathan’s on a fine stretch of the white adder water, is a village church with a prioress’ tomb from the 13th c. church dedicated to Bathan, who succeeded St. Columbia. The countryside here, known as Lammermuir, is exceptionally pretty and ideal for walkers with moor over 1,700 feet above sea level, wood, downs and small roads wending their way through them.
Around Scotland
Ken and Julie Slavin
“Gem City of the St Johns River”
As I have always said some very interesting things can be found off of that Beaten path so many people seem to so love:
Take Palatka, Florida for instance This is a city of over 10,000 with a long history and a couple notable festivals but just walking around the town might be of interest to many of you if you enjoy old houses and architecture like I do…..
Let’s wander along Emmett Street for instance—please note that this is for walk by only—all the houses are privately owned and are private residence as is the property surrounding them and this guide is only to give you a history of the house and not access to any part of the property.
Of note is the house at the beginning of this bit on Palatka
at 603: The Major Sherman Conant House
Which is currently on the market for $1,275,000
This has been called the finest Queen Anne house in the town and I can see why—I so love these excesses of Victorian architecture. It was built in 1884-86 for Sherman Conant, who was the manager of the Florida Southern Railway company and President of Palatka National Bank—no wonder he could afford it!!!!. It’s a block or less from the St. Johns. In the 1990’s it was a Bed and Breakfast.
The Canfield House
- 618 Emmett Street
- Circa 1884
- Built for Mary and William Canfield who was a widow who sold it in 1893 .
A beautiful two story frame house with a third story tower. As you can see it is a combination of Victorian styles and not any particular one. There were various alterations to the tower and an addition of a car port and multiple more owners eventually resulting in the house declining into ruin by 1995.
Saved by John Irving and Jim Gardiner who purchased and restored with the help of plans and photos that were developed and preserved by the houses’ third owner M.J. Murphy.
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The Rite’s House (below)
628 Emmett St.
Built in 1923 by a Lillie Rowton in 1923, the first resident and new owner was N.O. Riles and wife Martha Riles in 1925. The house and the fence around it are Arts an Craft design.
The yard includes raised bed to grow vegetables in., as well as a fish pond, shrubs and flowers too.
Street View
Audley End House and Gardens | English Heritage
Audley End House; When works was completed on this Saffron Waldon mansion in 1614, it was the largest private residence of the era. King Charles II briefly owned the house, using it as a base for visits to Newmarket racecourse. Architect Robert Adam and garden designer Lancelot ‘Capability” Brown modernized the estate in the mid-18th century, before generations of the Braybrooke family helped restore the original Jacobean character. Downtown Abbey fans can satisify their interest in “below stairs’ activity with a visit to the service wing of the house.Here you will find an actress taking on the role of Mrs Avis Crocombe, the Braybrooke’s cook in the 1880[s as she prepares dinner for the family. Anyone for roast swan?
Discover Britain — October 2019
PLAN A GRAND DAY OUT AT AUDLEY END HOUSE AND GARDENS
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The main, the first and this picture are from my first visit to London