oooo Motts, great shot! thank you.

i wonder how many bodies laid on that poopie table. course it was probably clean at the time, but you know how zombies can be. awefullyy messy. :o)

Holy Cow, Have we ever missed you! So glad to have you back safe and sound and with a beautiful gallery.
Hope all is well now with you and that you are, above all, healthy.
May the good always outweigh the bad, Motts.
You'll be in our prayers.

wow Jimmy, I'm impressed! I thought it might have been a plant tray where the ivy was growing and was just left. The Ivy escaped it's tray, and is holding on for dear life.

grrrr. parsonage.

oooo! I have the perfect place for that in my house. It used to be the parsanage to the church next door. 125 years old. A little fresh stained glass in there and voila! A wonderful piece.

great shot, motts.

thanks for the trip, Motts. Great Job, as always.

MMMWAH! until next time.

Ah gulliver, I agree! Not just an arcade, but a VAULTED arcade. Absolutely lovely.

Hi Mama, great question I'll try to answer. Arcades were built to keep the monks/nuns out of the rain and snow on their way to the chapel for prayers. Matines (mah-teens) were at midnight and vespers at 4AM or near to dawn. We who visit here all love architecture! I highly reccommend "The Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follet. A wonderful epic novel on 10th and 11th century cathedral building in England. The research is impeccable, the detail is rich and I learned so much. I've read it a dozen times and still it's my favorite book of all time. Starz made it into a miniseries and did do a great job, but you can't beat the book for detail and information. Hope this helps.

AHHHH! *smacking forehead* there they are again!

Motts? Considering your obvious love of most of the buildings, almost as if they are your children, have you ever closed a window or two to protect a building?

BTW, the pattern on the floor is a popular quilting pattern called "grandmother's flower garden." I've made one and let me express. . . It was TOUGH! Hexagons suck sometimes. lol. says the sewing and quilting teacher.

Wow! Nice soap dispensers! Hi everyone, I've missed you all.

This shot just took my breath away! Ditto, Tom. Thanks Motts!

The light fixture reminds me of an old wagon wheel. Yuck. And LucieLou, I give you props for that door catch. :)

In my home town, there is a street with some of the most beautiful old homes on it, but the one that takes the cake for me has a large porch or what we would call today a 3 season room, with lots of these exact arched windows and they stopped at the bottom of the windows. It had ivy growing on it and it was white and facing south. I recreated it in a graphic design class. I even took the school bus that took that route so I could see it every day. When the dean asked me why I was taking the wrong bus, going down this street I said, "Because It is beautiful." He let me go on riding that bus. God Bless him. Motts, thanks for the memories you provoke in me.

Again Motts, you've taken me along on your shoulders, and I sincerely thank you for this gift, as I do look at it that way. My eyes open wide with awe and beauty with some of your shots and squint with thought wonder and amusement when I see others. But just so you know I have my own hefty tripod to defend myself with now, so we needn't use yours. I shall protect us both!! Merry Christmas and a Happy Healthy and Prosperous New Year, Mottsto you and your family!.

And the same to fellow posters who love Motts!! Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas fellow posters!

Yep, gulliver, and goats nearly always have twins. They are great farm animals. Smart, sweet (most of the time) and they mow without pulling up the grass. The White House used them with one of the Presidents at one time. I can't remember, but maybe Teddy Roosevelt? Anyone?

That goat looks like she's gonna have her twins any second. Maybe that's why she's at the hospital?

Nope, not me, not on your life! sorry for the pun.

I'm married to a boilerman and those things above the other lower faucets are inspection tags, half rotted away, looks like.

Wallpaper, pretty please.

Does anyone actually know if sun/air treatments actually worked for TB? My aunt Evelyn was in a TB hospital but I never asked her what it was like. Time to call her and ask. Anyone interested in what she says??

Lovely shot, too, btw.

Yes, MomPink, I want to travel that way too. Want to see what's around the corner. Graffiti makes me sad. . .and mad.

Good one, Paddy!

Motts, while you where there, did any fog or storms come up and engulf the place? On top of Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain Natl. Park a storm ROSE from below and started pelting us with sleet/snow. What an unnatural experience.

5th floor, womens lingerie. Sorry, couldn't help myself.

I'm wondering why they put that pretty blue only around the sink. I like it.