Up early this morning (for a Sunday) and went to early service at 8a.m. Then drove over to Risby Village Hall, where there was an antique fair. Purchased a couple of bits, one of which I'm tempted to keep.Then drove home via the lanes, taking snapshots (through the car windows mainly). The above is of a cottage with (of course) a cottage garden.
Above photo is of houses beside the village green at Hartest.
Lovely old house on a back road between Hartest and Long Melford.
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This is a snapshot of a house I've always admired, mainly because it continues to stand up at all, for there isn't a straight line or a right angle in it.
Snapshot of odd cloud formation taken through car windscreen. Ann says it looks as if an angel is diving head first back into the clouds.
Lovely photos as usual Mike. We are lucky to live in an area with so many lovely places to look at.
ReplyDeleteLovely varied houses. I especially like the cottage garden one. Just right.
ReplyDeleteThank you Liz. I quite agree. We may not have dramatic scenery, but we are spoiled for lovely places.
ReplyDeleteThank you Pat. Always a bit chancy - a snapshot taken through a car window, but Ann slowed right down for me to click the shutter, and that one came out alright.
ReplyDeleteThe house at the bottom looks a little overgrown... is it deserted? If so I might come and try and claim squatters rights.
ReplyDeleteThe house at the bottom looks a little overgrown... is it deserted? If so I might come and try and claim squatters rights.
ReplyDeleteSorry Nea! It's very much occupied, I think. We'll keep an eye open though.
ReplyDeleteP.s. Mummy says I'm to tell you that number ten is up for sale!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOne of the things I like most in our house is that there are so few straight lines. Great pictures.
ReplyDeleteThank you Z. Our house is much the same. Restful, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI admire the modern builder for keeping alive the old traditions of no square corners, no straight walls and no level ceilings - it makes decorating and tiling our house (built c.1990) quite an adventure!
ReplyDeleteIrony ?
ReplyDeleteSteely irony Mike!
ReplyDeleteAny idea how Hartest got its name?
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like pre-Norman dog latin for "Where the hart may be found"
FERociously steely iron, C'bard.
ReplyDeleteHello Crowbard.Been trying to find the origin of the name of Hartest. The best I can come up with is that it originally meant Hart's Wood, or the wood where there are stags. Not sure about that, but it does seem that originally the settlement was in was in wooded countryside, which would prbably mean there were plenty of deer in the area. Various Google entries make the point that there are no other settlements in the world with that name save the one in Suffolk.
ReplyDeleteIf you can find further information on the subject I would be interested to hear of it.
Regards, Mike.
P.s. Or of course it may be that the derivation of the name sprang from a slight mis-spelling of thename, meaning that it was the HARTEST place name of which to ascertain the derivation.
ReplyDeleteGive it a rust Mike! Your puns are more mettlesome than any I could fabricate.
ReplyDeleteWhen Latin was Europe's principal lingua Franca 'est' was a powerful word of confirmation, approval and agreement as a 'stand-alone' response. (remember those interminable childhood arguments we occasionally overheard? "'Tis - 'Tain't - 'tis - 'tain't..." that would rattle on until all else was forgot bar the fact that something was disagreed upon.) Hartest probably includes that potent use of 'est' indicating the reliable presence of deer in the vicinity. The only other way I can construe it is in the comparative sense of
some deer, more deer, most deer ( Hart, Harter, Hartest)
Sorry I've missed this Festival of Puns!
ReplyDeleteI'm looking for you and Crowbard to solve a little riddle on my blog now....