Oh. I forgot. When Sister and Jo visited, R and myself took Jo to the Shrine of Remembrance.
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I see our home, our building at least.
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The spire of St Ignatius on Richmond Hill.
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Saturday, April 22, 2023
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This post will be all over the place, just as I am all over the place. I'm vacillating about going ahead with the carpet and painting. W... -
Friday, I paced the apartment, closing Ray's bedroom door and then opening it. It is closed at the moment, and to be sensible it will sa... -
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Some as Elephant's Child and River join in with Sunday Selections, as I am doing and this week, and bar two, the photos are mine and ...
The fun of living in a large building, is being able to point it out to people.
ReplyDeleteAs I did to Jo, TP.
DeleteGreat photos.
ReplyDeleteMemorials are for reflection - they're necessary.
Our youngest daughter went to a Quaker school. It was lovely. I like the ethos - 'Look for that of God in everyone'- a rule to live by.
That is a truly good ethos JabBlog.
DeleteMy beloved grandfather was severely damaged in one kidney during the Russian Revolution, so he was sent instead to Allied centres as a translator between Russian, French and English. And lived to tell us of his experiences into the 1950s and 60s.
ReplyDeleteIn 1959 each primary school was asked to send a pupil to the Shrine, so I proudly represented Ormond East State, due to my beloved grandfather. It was a very weepy experience.
Sorry, Hels
DeleteHels, what an honour to represent your school and I'm sure it was also sad.
DeleteIt's hard to see the names on walls of remembrance, think of them as vibrant young people taken in the horrors of war. I still cannot forget the story of a young man from eastern Oregon who immediately enlisted after 911, only to be captured in Iraq by militants. One later boasted "I butchered him myself". To think of that young man and his parents.......Is that down the back of your building, or the front? All that greenery! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIndeed Strayer, back then young men, full of life and hope for the future. Our building is the concrete one just to left of the building decoration.
DeleteNice photos. Yes, memorials and shrines of remembrance serve as symbols of respect, gratitude, mourning, or reflection for those who visit them.
ReplyDeletePradeep, they seem to so important to humans, no matter which country you live.
DeleteAs I look out of my window you have suddenly made me aware that there is no significant town on my Latitude until one gets to Sweden. You can see humanity in front of you in every direction.
ReplyDeleteWow Graham. Yes, we are surrounded by humanity and I quite like it that way. The Western Australian city of Perth is the most isolated capital city in the world being 2,700 kilometres from Adelaide. Not sure why I felt the need to state that.
DeleteI loved Perth (W A) and could have coped with living there (I have relatives there) so I thought. However, although I'm very isolated on Lewis, it's a very different isolation and, in Britain, one is never really very far from anywhere: for example London is two hours away from me by plane!
DeleteGoodness knows, the world needs more Quakers.
ReplyDeleteSteve, we hear so little about them now.
DeleteI am with R. I do find war memorials sad places. Particularly those in small country towns. And it is right and proper that I find them sad.
ReplyDeleteYes EC. We need reminding the world is not always such a great place.
DeleteWhat is the purpose of that "jigsaw" piece in picture 13? Co-operation will never happen when one wants freedom and the other wants everything he can't have.
ReplyDeleteWar memorials make me sad, as well. But I think they're important even if humans can't stop these stupid conflicts. Be well!
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