You can find many more pictures if you type "Studley Royal" in the search box of this blog.
The parkland is a deer park, too, but this time, we did not see one single animal. But I did admire the still leafless trees, showing their shape as beautiful silhouettes. Aren't trees one of Nature's greatest inventions?
By the time we reached the outskirts of Ripon, the sun was out again and the wind calmed down, but it was still cold.
After a brief warm-up with a steaming ,mug of coffee in front of the fire place at our cottage, I set off again to visit Mary. We chatted for a while, and I left there just in time to walk home before it got dark. Approaching the Cathedral from Mary's direction, it looked like this:
Walking on towards the cottage, and coming round the building, the front looked so beautiful bathed in golden evening light I could not resist to take another picture:
Back home, we drew the curtains and had our tea (or dinner, depending on where you're from).
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I love that photo of the cathedral glowing in the late evening sun.
ReplyDeleteIt looked like liquid honey, JayCee!
DeleteYes! I also love trees in all seasons but many people do not like to see the trees bare, but I agree with you, I love to see them outlined like that, it makes me want to paint them, as if I were an artist!
ReplyDeleteI also love that golden evening light on the cathedral.
Hope you had a happy birthday!
Like you, I wish I could paint or draw when I see such beauty around me, and I think the biggest challenge would be to catch the light, as in the photo of the cathedral.
DeleteBare trees silhouetted against the sky can be very dramatic. When I looked at the tablecloth in your first post about your Yorkshire journey this year I felt it had a feeling of the wallpaper you used when you redid your apartment.
ReplyDeleteIt was more the curtains that inspired me in my choice of wallpaper, but the tablecloth is also very pretty.
DeleteI can’t see snow? was there no snow in Yorkshire? My hills were covered and it was bitterly cold.
ReplyDeleteToday it has turned a lot milder and the sun’s been out.
That particular part of Yorkshire is so beautiful, I am not surprised you revisit annually.
Geburtstagswünsche im Nachhinein.
Some nights would have probably been cold enough for snow, and I think there was some further up in the dales, but not in the Ripon area. Yes, North Yorkshire is beautiful. Ripon sits at the entrance to Nidderdale, which has been declared an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty a few years ago.
DeletePS: I heartily dislike Varoufakis too. He knows everything and everything he knows is the only true interpretation.
ReplyDeleteUp until reading his book, I did not know enough about him and his way of thinking to say I like or dislike him. Now I can say I definitely disliked the book.
DeleteVielen Dank für die Glückwünsche!
I have heard of Studley Royal, but when I visited Fountains abbey last, many years ago, I was sadly ignorant and do not think I visited them. I have read a little bit about their history since, and the gardens sound so interesting.
ReplyDeleteThey are beautiful, no matter the time of year or weather, Jenny. If you ever get the chance to go up to the Ripon area again, you really should go and walk around the entire combined Fountains Abbey / Studley Royal estate.
DeleteThe single tree against the sky in the third picture reminds me of a painting by ? The name temporarily escapes me. I saw the picture in the Museum of Modern Art in Berlin years ago and it stuck with me. I had a large print on my office wall for years. I'll come back with the name when I remember it.
ReplyDeleteCaspar David Friedrich (I think I've spelt that correctly).
DeleteYou did, Graham! I am surprised that Friedrich's paintings would be considered Modern Art. There was a time when I was very "into" his work. His handling of light and colours in land- and seascapes was impressive.
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