Simply..my second home....

10/8/2017

Do you have a place you think of as your second home?

Regular readers will know that I feel that way about the city of York.

I love this statue by the Minster.

That hand - so expressive of power, cinfidence, arrogance even. It makes me wonder about the man and his times and want to know more. Nowhere brings history alive for me quite like this city.

I was there for a very special party.

More tomorrow....

5 Comments

Swissrose link

11/8/2017 03:16:26 am

I have just been rereading the excellent Jonathan Clements history of the Vikings and about York at the end of their time in the British Isles. I don't think I've been to York since I was a teenager but remember enjoying it at the time, so it's definitely on my list for a "proper" visit again!
I love that hand detail on the statue of Constantine, what grace in a piece of stone.

Mary

11/8/2017 05:35:50 am

London was the first home I remember (moved there from US at age 2), so I always like to return there from over the Pond. I was in London in January and thought about taking a daytrip up to York. Haven't been there in ages. Now I wish I had gone. Maybe next time.

cath

11/8/2017 08:27:50 am

I will have mentioned it before, standing at the shore of Loch Maree felt like coming home to a landscape I had known all my life.

Lotta

11/8/2017 11:04:28 am

Gosh, that hand says it all doesn't it. Whilst I wouldn't want the arrogance or power, I'd love to feel that at ease with life!
I have two places I think of as my second homes (how greedy!) - Cornwall and Kaua'i. Both so different, but both speak to my heart.
Look forward to hearing about your special party...

julia

13/8/2017 08:41:01 am

home is wheeling, WV, but my heart is on the Rideau Canal, Ontario...:-)
both are wonderful...

Simply..my second home....

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