@IsabelMathiasPR

Journalist, social media PR, ex British Museum, ❤️ Shropshire, Spaniels, archaeology, Arts&Crafts Movement, heritage & folklore. Profile @juanfbastos

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A beautiful, and I have to say by now familiar Mother's Union banner from St Mary, Shrewsbury, #Shropshire for #TextileTuesday but I like the addition of the timbered buildings behind the Virgin - and of course, the exquisite workmanship (womanship?)
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Posy Hill@PosyHill1Oct 21
#31DaysOfGraves Day 21 - Air Hurricane victims remembered in St Michael & All Angels church, Wentnor, Shropshire
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On 21 October, we celebrate #AppleDay. Dorset and Somerset folklore tells of Lazy Lawrence, a green-eyed pixy pony who gallops through orchards guarding apples. His name is said to refer to the inability to walk after drinking too much cider: “Lazy Lawrence has got your legs!” 🍎
A collage of three photographs of apples growing on trees. On the left, clusters of rosy pink and yellow apples hang against an old, weathered brick wall. Top right, three red apples hang among fresh green leaves. Bottom right, pale golden-yellow apples nestle among green foliage.

ALT A collage of three photographs of apples growing on trees. On the left, clusters of rosy pink and yellow apples hang against an old, weathered brick wall. Top right, three red apples hang among fresh green leaves. Bottom right, pale golden-yellow apples nestle among green foliage.

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Andrew Fusek Peters@2petersOct 20
Whooper swan reflected, Walcot Lake @Natures_Voice @NatGeoYourShot @OMSYSTEMcameras @ShropsWildlife @WWTworldwide @sosbirds
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Just had to check-up on some details re. the 'iron bridge' at Buildwas, Shropshire, before I posted anything on the topic!😂 @LawlorToni It has been MANY years since I last read of the matter, so could recall very little on it now... save for the fact that it was said to be
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This year we are not havein a 'Black cats & Pumpkin' event as our staff room has been taken over by cats & kittens needing to come into the Shelter. We are running a competition instead. Find out more on this link 🐾🐈‍⬛🍂📸 linktr.ee/shropshirecatrescu…
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Posy Hill@PosyHill1Oct 20
#31DaysOfGraves Day 20 - fire  “The torch is extinguished; the soul has fled” Headstone in memory of James d1855 & Catherine d1847 Hughes. Kings Pyon churchyard.
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In Highland folklore, the rowan tree was a sacred protector. With blood-red berries and star-shaped scars, it stood by gates and doorways to guard against witchcraft. No harm would come where rowan grew, a belief so strong it was taboo to cut one without cause. #FairyTaleTuesday
Four-panel collage illustrating the rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia) and its association with the pentagram. On the left, a leafy rowan laden with clusters of bright orange-red berries. Top right, a close-up of the berries among green leaves composed of finely serrated leaflets. Below, a black five-pointed pentagram against an orange background, beside a close-up of a single rowan berry showing the natural, star-shaped mark at its base.

ALT Four-panel collage illustrating the rowan tree (Sorbus aucuparia) and its association with the pentagram. On the left, a leafy rowan laden with clusters of bright orange-red berries. Top right, a close-up of the berries among green leaves composed of finely serrated leaflets. Below, a black five-pointed pentagram against an orange background, beside a close-up of a single rowan berry showing the natural, star-shaped mark at its base.

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Posy Hill@PosyHill1Oct 19
#31DaysOfGraves Day 19 - Water A small brass plate to young Thomas Tompkins who drowned in 1629, in St Junabius’ church, Llandinabo. #AllMetalMonday
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“Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws. She hums the old well-known air through innumerable variations.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), “History”, from “Essays: First Series” (1842).
A collage of nine close-up photographs exploring natural patterns and textures. Images include spiralling rosettes of colourful succulents, intricately veined and patterned green leaves, an agave with white-edged leaves, knobbly mottled vegetable surfaces and deeply cracked tree bark. Repeating shapes, curves, symmetry and contrasting colours reveal the intricate beauty of nature.

ALT A collage of nine close-up photographs exploring natural patterns and textures. Images include spiralling rosettes of colourful succulents, intricately veined and patterned green leaves, an agave with white-edged leaves, knobbly mottled vegetable surfaces and deeply cracked tree bark. Repeating shapes, curves, symmetry and contrasting colours reveal the intricate beauty of nature.

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of These Isles
@ofTheseIslesOct 18
‘And their eyes were opened and they recognised him’ (Luke 24:31). Today, the Church celebrates Saint Luke, traditionally honoured not only as an Evangelist, but also as the patron saint of artists. This seventeenth-century engraving of Saint Luke, made in 1653 by the English engraver William Faithorne (c. 1620–1691), offers a fitting meditation on that association. We see Luke depicted with the tools of a painter, working on an image of the Virgin and Child, with the ox beside him: the traditional emblem of the third Evangelist. The portrayal of Saint Luke painting Our Lady and Christ has a rich history in the art of Christendom. In this motif, Luke may be understood to embody the conviction that the making of an image can itself become an act of devotion: a means of contemplating and honouring the sacred. Faithorne’s engraving invites us to contemplate Luke the Evangelist and to honour him as the patron saint of artists, thereby bringing together two forms of creation: the written word and the visual image. The inscription beneath the figure describes Luke as ‘The holy Artist with Inspired Pen’. Thus, on the Feast of Saint Luke, we may use such images to reflect upon the relationship between art and faith, between seeing and understanding. Though our eyes are drawn to paper marked by words or images, our minds are invited to contemplate that which lies beyond. #StLuke #Feast #ChristianArt #ArtHistory
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Undine@HorribleSanityOct 19
For your #MewseumMonday: A while ago, I shared a porcelain cat nightlight from the 18th century. To show that such things are universal, here's one from 1643 China! Formidable kitty.
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Andrew Fusek Peters@2petersOct 19
Whooper swan - a delightful and v rare visitor to Walcot Lake! @Natures_Voice @ShropsWildlife @Jannerbirder @nationaltrust @Walcot_Hall @OMSYSTEMcameras
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Posy Hill@PosyHill1Oct 18
#31DaysOfGraves “Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life“ “ For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised” in Winforton churchyard.
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#FolkloreSunday@SundayFolkloreOct 18
Thank you all for your wonderful posts today. Next Sunday’s theme, as we move ever-closer, is: HALLOWEEN PART 2: MAGIC & MAYHEM Bring your posts to the hashtag #FolkloreSunday for a repost after 10:30 am BST. See you then! Maude xx Image: Jenny Miriam
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It is said that a black cat wearing a “locket”, a small white patch on its chest, was lucky, having been “touched by God” or “kissed by an angel”. Yet in Scottish lore, the Cat Sìth, a black fairy cat with a white patch, was feared by some as a witch in disguise. #FolkloreSunday
A fluffy black cat with golden eyes and a small white patch on its chest sits in a large wicker basket. A pair of pale gloves lies on the ground in front of the basket. The image is from a vintage postcard in the “Catland, Series IV” collection, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, c.1918.

ALT A fluffy black cat with golden eyes and a small white patch on its chest sits in a large wicker basket. A pair of pale gloves lies on the ground in front of the basket. The image is from a vintage postcard in the “Catland, Series IV” collection, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, c.1918.

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Undine@HorribleSanityOct 17
A bit of #Caturday history: It pleases me immensely to think that an Essex church contains a medieval misericord where King Arthur battles a cat FOR ALL ETERNITY.
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Posy Hill@PosyHill1Oct 17
#31DaysOfGraves Day 17 - Music Monument to Prebendary William van der Horst Duncombe d1925 and his wife Isabella Maria in Hereford Cathedral.
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of These Isles
@ofTheseIslesOct 16
A small glimpse of the rich beauty within Shrewsbury’s St Mary’s Church. Looking up towards the ceiling, I was struck by the sight of these three distinct architectural features, all contained within a single frame. At the centre stand the sweeping, round-headed arches of the nave arcade, with their carefully worked stone mouldings and clustered shafts crowned with foliate capitals. To one side of the arcade, dark timber beams have their simplicity punctuated by golden ornaments. Beyond the great stone arches lies one of St Mary’s celebrated treasures: the nave’s fifteenth-century carved oak ceiling. Even from this partial glimpse of its richly patterned panels, curved crossbeams, and intricate carvings of angels and animals, its magnificence is striking. Perhaps it is the transition between these different colours, materials and styles that I find so beautiful: from the simplicity of the dark timber to the cool tones of the stone arcade, its appearance softened by the skill of medieval masons, and finally through to the warm, almost glowing oak beyond. Each element has its own character, yet together they create a wonderful display of craftsmanship and history. #ChurchArchitecture #Shrewsbury
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“The chestnut trees turned yellow, The oak like sherry browned, The fir, the stubborn fellow, Stayed green the whole year round. But O the bonny maple How richly he does shine! He glows against the sunset Like ruddy old port wine.” – Christopher Morley (1890-1957) #poetry #nature
A collage of Japanese maples (Acer) in peak autumn colour, with leaves ranging from gold and orange to vivid scarlet and crimson. Close-up shots highlight the finely cut foliage, while wider views show the fiery trees brightening a garden landscape.

ALT A collage of Japanese maples (Acer) in peak autumn colour, with leaves ranging from gold and orange to vivid scarlet and crimson. Close-up shots highlight the finely cut foliage, while wider views show the fiery trees brightening a garden landscape.

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