These terra-cotta plaques reminded me of ours here in Eastbourne, which Richard Crook so memorably recorded in his book 'Eastbourne in Detail' … I have the book here somewhere: found!!
Tools of Mechanics -
found on Perth's County
Court House
However as it was Memorial Day in the USA … I'll highlight one of the plaques on Perth's County Court House … we don't need to be reminded, but I do wish people would be fair, think of others … humility would be good to see exuded from some of the leaders in the world.
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| Perth County Court House, Ontario |
As many of you will know – it's been incredibly hot here … next we'll have water shortages … but I'm also glad I'm not in uniform coping with emergencies … and I'm mighty glad I'm down by the sea with some cooling breezes (not many granted!) ...
... I'm being incredibly lazy – still trying to work things out – but onwards and upwards … my fingers just have to collaborate with my brain and let you have some informative posts and get the old bod actioning various aspects that need addressing.
Reverse of Richard
Crook's book
Justice - flanked by cherubs
One other aspect Perth led me to … Peel County is a regional municipality in the Greater Toronto Area – Terra Cotta is a hamlet, founded in 1855, now populated with just over 200 people.
Close up of Cheltenham
Badlands
Peel County though has an area named as Cheltenham Badlands … a formation that forms part of the Queenston Delta clastic wedge, formed as an erosional response to the Taconic Orogeny: a mountain building period ending 440 million years ago – (thought you'd like to know about this!).
Blood Red Ruby colour
I've been making some cold soups … makes sense in this weather … beetroot soup came to the fore … it tastes good – just unfortunately managed to wear a dress with bell sleeves – one of which ended up being dunked in said blood-red-ruby soup … frustrating/irritating to say the least ...
I think for now … I'll get on and get across to your blogs and posts, so it confirms I'm still on the horizon!!
Rose Window - All Soul's
Church, Susans Road
Eastbourne
Take care and with thoughts for the coming weeks … it'd be good to have some peaceful news …
Hilary Melton-Butcher
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20 comments:
Beetroot soup sounds good - adorning the sleeves of your dress not so much so!
You never fail to post something interesting.
Those terra cotta plaques are cool. I won't do bell sleeves. I'm too clumsy and the fabric just gets in the way.
Hari OM
Somehow I am always managing to get dirty sleeves - and they are skin tight for the most part! I like the idea of beetroot soup - it's one of my fave veges. Good to know you're still checking in with us! YAM xx
I like the badlands picture though I admit I don’t understand the explanation!
Love that courthouse I straight away thought about Perth Australia Didnt know there was one in Canada as well I love the art in the pointy roof with the cherubs and there is something earthy and soothing about the terracotta colour. I love the ruby colour as well but not if you get it on your dress. How annoying. Hope all is well with you 💞
Everyone's grandmother used to make borscht in their own unique fashion, so I would love to be cooking it today. Definitely vegetarian (beetroots, onions, carrots, cabbage); blended so there is no lumpiness; cold; and served with a blob of sour cream on top. Yum!
Hi Hilary. How are you? I thought I'd drop by to say hi and read your post. It's been ages and I decided to return to blogging from time to time. Nice to see you are still posting. Yes, I saw how incredibly hot it's been in the UK. I had the pleasure of visiting for the month of April. The weather was lovely and everything was in bloom across Scotland and the UK. I never wanted to leave. We're hitting high temps too now in my town. Ugh. I really dislike the intense heat. But we are almost in Summer now. Sigh. Nice to see you!
Interesting post, but I admit I am laughing at dragging the sleeves in your soup. I have been guilty of such cooking.
We're on a final chances of rain week in TX. Then the weatherman predicts "the gates of hell will open" and we'll begin our 90s F. whew. Take care. Stay cool and always glad to read your comments. Cheers my friend.
Nice to see my part of the world (Ontario Canada) featured here, Hilary! ☺ Stratford (Perth County) is a beautiful town, and just like it's English namesake, sits on the Avon river. Peel is the county right next to mine, but I didn't know there was a hamlet called Terra Cotta. Interesting!
The soup sounds good, but what a shame it stained your sleeve! Hope it came out.
I would manage to dip both sleeves in the soup even if they were short and tight fitting. I had no idea there's a place called Terra Cotta.
Love,
Janie
@ Janice - thanks ... I've been enjoying my beetroot soup ... but the purple edged sleeve is frustrating me!
@ Jacqui - my mind tends to look for interesting aspects - so 'you' get them as posts (well some of them!) ...
@ Liz - I loved the terra-cotta plaques ... the Victorian era did produce some amazing work ... I guess no other distractions ...
@ Yam - I usually avoid messes - but this time it was my left sleeve wafting around, while my right arm and hand were the workers of the world. I'm about to make some more soup this weekend.
@ Anabel - I didn't understand the explanation too much - but 440 million years the earth was settling into its present existence ... and this was a reaction to those tectonic plates moving around ... not many small areas like this ...
@ Marja - the names of places are written around the world - I was always bemused by Newcastle in South Africa, let alone in Australia ... then Canada too . Ruby beetroot coloured sleeves are not good! The art expressed in the court house via the plaques is extraordinary ... beautiful ...
@ Hels - yes ... this was a concoction ... but I did have Polish friends in London, and came across cold soups in the 1976 heatwave ... I did live just next to Portobello where the food markets were ...
@ Michael - good to see you again ... I gather you've been over here - looking forward to catching up on your travels ... including my favourite city - Oxford! It's cooling off a little now ... we just need rain - but that's life ...
@ Joanne - I'm afraid I had to smile at the sleeve dragging - such a nuisance, but one can't help but laugh. We need some of your rain ... we might get a bit in a couple of days. Yes I'm glad I'm not living in the 90 deg Cs in Texas - on the other hand you have the pool on tap!
@ Debbie - yes I was surprised to see the Canadian link - but I loved looking at Perth and Terra Cotta - I did note that a few Canadian bloggers lived near by. The soup is very good ... I'll turn my sleeves up next time!
@ Janie - thankfully I'm usually fairly careful with my clothes ... but this time didn't pay enough attention to my left sleeve. Place names crop up everywhere ... especially in the Commonwealth- type countries where many English settled ...
Cheers to you all ... and I'll be by soon ... thanks for the visits ...
have good weekends - Hilary
Hilary - good to see you again, and read this interesting discourse. Terra cotta, it seems to me, has come to be associated - almost exclusively - with the warriors discovered in China, but there is more as you illustrate here. Not that I wouldn’t love to see those soldiers, mind you. Thanks for including a reference to Peel in the GTA. A little Canadian recognition is always good! Take care, stay well, visit often. Hugs - David
The Badlands look cool.
We have been hot here but had lots of rain and it's pulling us out of our drought.
@ David - thanks ... it's good to be around. Yes the terra cotta warriors ... I was fortunate enough to see a few of them at the British Museum ... incredible power play by Qin Shi Huang - the first emperor of China ... and there's more to find.
I liked Peel's plaques and the amazing workmanship that went into the terra-cotta facades: there was more - but I cut it short!!
The Badlands fascinated me ... I love those geological formations ... the earth is an incredible place ...
@ Alex - great to see you ... I'd love to see the Badlands and that extraordinary extrusion.
We're about to get some rain in the next few days ... but it's June - so what do we expect in our summer ... our dams need refilling too.
Cheers to you both - so good to see you - Hilary
Beautiful pictures in your post. The Badlands and Ruby were nice. Sorry the soup dyed your sleeve!
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Hilary, I like the rabbit holes you wander down. The plaque is rather fine as is the Perth court house and are those Badlands in Peel County! I'm sorry about the sleeve in soup episode! I can imagine beetroot is quite hard to remove! Look after yourself! It's been very hot here in NL as well.
@ JL - thanks for visiting ... those Badlands look so interesting; while beetroot can be a pretty colour.
@ Val - that's great thank you ... I enjoy looking 'sideway's' at interesting and informative subjects ... more to follow. I'm frustrated about my sleeve - and yes I suspect it'll be purply for ever ... and might become 'an at home dress'. I've noticed that Europe has been unbearably hot too ... it's cooling here - and no doubt with June - it'll be wet!!
Cheers to the two of you - thanks for commenting - Hilary
Humility and fairness are wonderful wishes, Hils. Hope your day is peaceful and you're feeling well, with energy to spare. Cheers,
Hilary, your posts are always an incredible, winding journey of history, architecture, and delightful personal anecdotes! I love how your brain connects the dots across continents from the beautiful seaside architectural details right outside your door to the historical structures of Ontario.
Finding Richard Crook’s Eastbourne in Detail book must have felt like uncovering a little treasure chest. It is so rewarding when you know a book is "in here somewhere" and it actually turns up.
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