Today we got our travelcards and to celebrate we tubed and bussed up to Kenwood House and Hamstead Heath. It was lovely: art, architecture, beautiful views, great weather, and the blackberries are ripe.
Bartons, Ringers and Kris on the eastbound platform at Queensway
The view of the City of London from Hamstead Heath
Enjoying the view from Kenwood House
Some prefer a bench to the grass
Kenwood House
The wild blackberries are ripe
The forest primeval on Hamstead HeathGood night. We love you all.
OXO
D&K
13 comments:
Well it looks like yu are having a faboo time. Sigh. Tomorrow I get to leave my desk and maybe I will have a faboo time too! Hoorah!
Love You- Em
Oh yes say hello to everyone for me!
I absolutely can't stop sighing...it's too hard not to be mega-envious.
Hamstead Heath, I love Hamstead Heath!
OHHHHHH I am SOOOOOO Excited!
Dr. Richardson, you are such a beautiful blogger! Along with whistling on stage you could be a professional blogger.
Listening to NPR on the AM walks is not nearly as engaging as talking you in off some anxious-emotional ledge or another. I also need and miss the gentle "calls to repentance."
OXO in your soup too.
I was wondering if you had time there before the students. The two vans taking you to the center should have been the clue but I had my own story going in my head so all the students fit in with you. Anyways the photo's look lovely. I can almost remember being there myself. If you ever get the time, I'd appreciate labels on some of the pictures to jog my memory. Only if.
P.S. Thanks for making it so easy for me to be able to go, back in 96. I think back on it fondly.
What exactly is "The Heath" and how is that you can spend the day on it?
Repent Dad!!!!!
I guess I'm not as gentle as Dickie. But please feel free to call me any time you need some upbraiding (which, I think, is what Swiss girls do with their hair).
You are all too freakin' funny!
Colton, a heath is a heather-covered rise in terrain. Hampstead Heath doesn't have any heather, but is still a heath. It is covered with fields, forests, and ponds. A whole day would be quite a bit of time, but when bundled with Hampstead Village, Kenwood House (with it's art museum), and the trip to get there by public transport, it makes a day. The heath is just north of central London and provides a great view over the rooftops of London as you can see if you enlarge the photo of the field.
Millie I will put captions with the photos.
D.
Thanks Unca Dave.
The word "heathen" comes from the idea of those who lived in the country. "Pagan" also comes from a root referring to rural folks. It's pre-Christian sense was the uncultured as opposed to the cultured or "urbane" folks of the city.
Strange how the words were taken over and that the Greek and Germanic ones both followed the same course. Also strange to realize that my dear Uncle Dave is such a Heath-en!
Thanks Dave. You painted a lovely picture. I am sure I will have more inquiries as your expedition moves on.
William, your knowledge was both helpful and intriguing. I am sorry to hear about Dave and Kris' true identity(as heathens).
Sorry to be such a freak, but I realized that I wrote the "Greek and German" words when I had actually only discussed Latin and Germanic examples. I just had the Greek words in mind because the distinction was similar (city=valued, country=devalued).
"Pagan" and "urbane" both come from Latin. I'll stop now.
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