TJ’s Household Haiku Challenge

27 May 2017

One ancient summer A busy creature weaving Webs on the ceiling Welcome to TJ's Household Haiku Challenge. Join in the fun. The prompt words for this week are "Weave" and…

French Friday – Our Lady

12 Aug 201612 Aug 2016

Notre Dame (Our Lady), sitting proudly in the centre of Paris holds so much wonderful history. It was started in 1163 and took almost 200 years to complete. It was…

Mean Time

4 Feb 20164 Feb 2016

And as I, in my metal tube, Hurtled through the stratosphere A scientific marvel, Did ancient ghosts glance up, and ask themselves in wonder? "Didst the Angel of the Lord…

French Friday – St Etienne du Mont

13 Nov 201515 Nov 2015

Chaque âge a ses champions, Chaque temps a ses héros. La seule variable est la raison pour laquelle ils sont choisis. TJ Paris Translation Every age has its champions, Every…

Papa Bouilloire Chapter The End

13 Jun 201513 Jun 2015

Papa Bouilloire Goes to Oxford – Chapter The End I tottered down the cobblestones back to Magdalen expecting that the old Sainsbury bags appending from my arms would burst at…

Papa Bouilloire Chapter the Twelth

16 May 201516 May 2015

In which we climb the Magdalen Tower! Having returned refreshed from my little excursion to Chipping Norton and the omnibus journey through the Cotswold hedgerows I arrived back in Oxford…

Westminster

4 May 20154 May 2015

Searching for answers I traced the spring to its source And thought differently I have only visited Westminster once and found it completely different to what I had imagined. Having…

La Sainte-Chapelle

30 Apr 20153 May 2015

That most excellent of personages, Prosper Mérimée, Inspecteur Général des Monuments Historiques had a momentary lapse in good taste when he appointed Viollet-le-Duc as second inspector of the restoration of…

Muraille Médiévale

14 Mar 201514 Mar 2015

In response to the Weekly Photo Challenge: Wall In Vincennes the ancient walls still retain some of the original colours. I always thought of medieval interiors as grey and austere…

Tochō

11 Feb 201514 Feb 2015

Once it was proposed to me to visit the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, and not knowing what such a thing was, I was inclined to smile politely and sigh, thinking…