Paula’s black and white Sunday this week is ‘Traces of the Past’.
This bronze by Jill Watson was commissioned by the people of Berwickshire to commemorate the women and children left by the East Coast Fishing Disaster of 1881.
The small bronze figures are the wives and children of Charles Purves, James and William Thorburn, three men lost at sea in 1881 from the fishing village of St Abbs. In total 189 men from the east coast of Scotland perished on that fateful day.
The churches in Valletta tower over the apartment buildings which in turn tower over the ramparts of the city. An interesting place to visit if you are at all keen on history.
The Jardin du Palais Royal, Paris, France
This elegant urban space is fronted by the neoclassical Palais Royal (closed to the public), constructed in 1633 by Cardinal Richelieu but mostly dating to the late 18th century. Louis XIV hung out here in the 1640s; today it is home to the Conseil d’État .
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Paula’s (Lost in Translation) challenge this week is Inflated
A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
A wind that follows fast
And fills the white and rustling sail
And bends the gallant mast;
~ Allan Cunningham
Yachts on Lac Léman (Lake Geneva) at Montreux were struggling to catch any breeze to inflate their sails.
and the strange low mist / cloud gave the impression that they were floating in the sky.
dating from 1877, now housing a university department. This once beautiful building, now somewhat dilapidated, is close to the Parque Príncipe (Prince) Real, near Bairro Alto which is a wonderful park though a little tired at the time of my visit in 2012, as indeed much of Lisbon was.
Paula’s (Lost in Translation) challenge this week is Traces of the Past
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