Ian Ebbage
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The Ancient World & more recent history. Mosaics. And, of course, birds. East Lothian.
Towering above the cloisters of the lovely Abbey of St Pierre at Moissac in Tarn-et-Garonne #thicktrunktuesday
The grave of William and Evelyn de Morgan in the great Victorian Brookwood Cemetery near Woking #memorialmonday #monumentmonday
Warm and sunny weather brought a good number of #butterflies into the garden this afternoon: Peacock, Speckled Wood, Large White and Comma (also Green-veined Whites and a Holly Blue
The Mezquita in Cordoba, built as a mosque in 785 and repurposed as a Cathedral in 1236 after the Reconquista #ceilingsonsunday
The Chateau de Saumur overlooking the River Loire. Built in 10c as a fortification, it was converted in 14 & 15c into a luxury residence for the Dukes of Anjou #castlesaturday
The Oxcars Lighthouse off Aberdour in Fife. 1886 by David and Thomas Stevenson. In 1894 it became the first Scottish lighthouse to be automated #pharosfriday
In Magdalene Street in Cambridge. Possibly the oldest pub in Cambridge: the building is 15c and the first known drinks licence dates from 1608. #pubsignthursday
The funerary Tower of Elahbel at Palmyra, built in AD 103 and destroyed by ISIS in 2015 #wallsonwednesday
One of the grandiose Classical pillared façades in Moray Place in Edinburgh's New Town, part of the Moray Feu developed 1822-1858 #windowsonwednesday
One of the late 17c Flemish tapestries depicting Shakespeare's version of the story of Antony and Cleopatra at Sizergh Castle NT in Cumbria #tapestrytuesday #textiletuesday
Commemorating the role played by the Greek city of Kalamata in the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in 1821 #muralmonday #memorialmonday
A stone beacon with a cross on top to mark the position of "St Baldred's Boat", which is submerged at high tide, off the East Lothian coast east of North Berwick #stoneworksunday
