Wir haben Miriams ersten und vierzehnten Geburtstag in London gefeiert und heute ihren sechzehnten. Wir haben zusammen das Museum von London besucht. Bevor wir Peter dafür getroffen haben, war ich mit den Mädchen in der St. Botolph Kirche.
This young lady's parents were in Philadelphia, when she died in London.
Die Eltern dieser jungen Frau waren in Philadelphia, als sie London gestorben ist.
Old tomb from the 16th century
Altes Grab aus dem 16. Jahrhundert
Church from outside
Kirche von außen
Museum of London: What the Romans in London ate.
Museum von London: Was die Römer in London gegessen haben.
Roman mosaic
Römisches Mosaik
Flora is listening about how cosmetics were made in Roman London.
Flora hört zu, wie man Kosmetika im römischen London gemacht hat.
Two year ago, Flora cooked soup here for me.
Flora hat dieses sächsische Haus gleich wieder erkannt. Sie hat mir hier vor zwei Jahren Suppe gekocht.
Interesting . . .
Das Blut der Wunden von Thomas Becket haben Mönche mit Wasser gemischt und diese Mischung in kleine Flaschen gefüllt. Es sollte ein Wundermittel sein und Krankheiten heilen.
After the museum we went to St. Paul's for evensong.
Nach dem Museum waren wir bei der St. Pauls Kathedrale zur Abendandacht.
Birthday celebration at home
Geburtstagsfeier zu Hause
Hoch soll sie leben!
Flora drew her 16 Firmicutes. Miriam and Charlotte are studying these in biology right now and Flora is fascinated by them: Ah, the benefits of homeschooling!
Flora hat ihr 16 Firmicutes gemalt. Miriam und Charlotte lernen gerade etwas über diese "Wesen" in Biologie and Flora findet sie faszinierend.
Happy Birthday Miriam! I see lots of cats on cards and wrapping paper :) and I like Flora's firmicutes.
ReplyDeleteThere's lots of dark wood in St. Botolph's which makes is seem warm inside. And that is very interesting about Thomas Becket's blood!
Yes, Miriam picked the paper herself :). Flora is very funny I think! She worked quite hard to get 16 (I only photographed one of her sheets of paper).
DeleteSt. Botolph has a rich history, but you cannot see much of the very old parts. The organ is supposed to be really good. Right now the Presbyterians are using the church. They put chairs into it and turned them sideways so that the congregation is facing the side nave of the church. That seems to be utterly strange. You sit in this quite large church, but have to stare at the wall and not towards the altar. I wonder why . . .
Jonathan wanted to know if there is any sample left of those flasks, but I don't think there is. People back then had a very different connection to blood and bones, don't you thinks so too?
It does not make much sense to turn the chairs sideways, unless they wanted to fit more chairs into the area, and the chairs were used for a lecture rather than a service. It's funny.
DeleteI agree with you about the blood and bones. People in the past had a different connection with the invisible forces of the world, I think. Greg has tried to point this out to me when he's read about the early settlers and their relationship to the wildness of the forest and the native people. His family came over in 1636 and there is a record of them signing a petition at one time for the release of a neighbor who had been placed in jail due to witch accusations.
I don't think it enabled them to fit more people into the church. And Presbyterian churches are not well known here. I doubt that they get a lot of people worshiping there.
DeleteThat is scary about the witch accusations, but was real to many people. The remnants are still there in Halloween for example.
I think Flora wins most cutest kid ever! Those Firmicutes are too cute 😀❤️ I sent Birthday greetings via Charlotte's Instagram but leaving Birthday blessings to you here 🎉🎂💐❤️
ReplyDeleteShe is so funny, just to come with the idea makes me smile. Thanks for sending those greetings. And thanks for the blessings. She is my only homebirth child and thus very special.
DeleteYes home births are really quite precious x
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