Historical Thanksgiving
The cars line up for show and shine before heading out for a drive
Historic cars, collected by enthusiasts, lovingly restored
They celebrate Fair ladies
We walked the Waterfront of our home town
History evident
In Art
In Celebration
In Memorial
Many of the wraggle taggle boat sheds have gone
A few stragglers remain
Working examples
Keeping traditions alive
Of seafaring days and ways
Last week a dear friend’s brother died, too soon
Last week hubby lost a younger friend to the effects of Motor Neurone Disease
I listen with quiet calm as stories are told
History explored
It comforts
As I write, music drifts through the air
I hear again the beauty
Psalm 23 to Crimond
So much history
Weddings
Funerals
Celebrate and Give thanks for the Histories
* Narratives celebrating people and times past
* For tea-ladies- their trolley song and teacup comfort, rare now – a thing of the past
* For telegraph boys on bicycles with leather satchel, also gone
* For Posties – soon to go the same way
* A sea port town with rich maritime past
* Bollards Walk, Old pier supports artfully celebrating historical characters
* Battered old girls in dry dock
* So many beautiful images
* Rust pitting, flaking paint the beauty of textures
* Brackish tang of seashore bringing senses alive
* Flat calm water in shades of gray
* A White heron fishing in shallows tolerates joggers but not a powered wheelchair
* Overhead terns spiral and twist before hurling head long into the water for silver bait
* A Gannet streamline diver
* Yachts dancing at anchor on sparkling water
* The cry of Gulls
* Heartbreaking highs and lows as a young friend’s husband fights for life
* For Togetherness Tales singing our Songs
* An 11-year-old confident in God
* An Extraordinary Lord come to Ordinary People
* Timely reminders of Grace – God’s Goodness when we least deserve
For all these and more Lord I give you praise
Words and Pictures © Denise Stanford 2010
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