Spring snow scene and Easter cakes

[wongkk]

I was out and about in Oxford this morning on a quest for Easter presents for the office - quite difficult as we have a couple of alien life forms who don't like chocolate (no, I don't understand this either!).  The snow here is turning to mush and only a few flowers are toughing out the subzero temperatures but here are some photos of one snow and

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[brotherskeeper1]

Lovely Easter cakes ... I would like to have them with tea. This begins Holy Week. How fast Lent has passed.

I like your first graveyard photo. And you have blooms on trees! None here. Your graveyard photos are so old but there is a charm to them/

The monument which is 4rd from bottom is strange. I have never seen one like that.

Thank you for sharing your photos and Happy Holy Week to you.

[wongkk]

The cakes are fun. Several of the foodie and candy shops have nice Easter window displays, though, to be honest, they were offering Easter eggs for sale pretty much on Boxing Day! (day after Christmas Day - not sure if you have the Boxing Day holiday in the US)

The church (not in my photos) of St Giles was started in the late 11thC and finished in 1120 so it is pretty old! The flowers in the churchyard are "new" this year though :=)

It is a strange shape, isn't it? Very urn-y!

I hope that this week will be a good one for you after your turmoil last week.

[brotherskeeper1]

Again, the first churchyard photo is my favorite. But third from the bottom what is amazing is the blooming tree, the daffodils and snow on the ground! Very strange but so beautiful.

It is hard to realize that graveyard is over 1000 years old! I love old churchyards and old stones.

[wongkk]

We're quite spoilt for old things here. Almost everywhere you look in Oxford there are "old stones"!

I find that taking photographs makes me look at my surroundings almost as if I were seeing them for the first time. Usually there is some point of interest or beauty that I have missed previously.

[brotherskeeper1]

Remember that I and other Americans who have not been to England are seeing these for the fist time.

I think back of 500 and more years ago when the countryside thundered with knights going into battle and the castles were in a good state. That is amazing.

[wongkk]

Ah, yes - my US visitors do usually ask to see something old. Happily, there's plenty of choice of "old" in these parts!

There are still a few re-enactments of knights thundering but not till the summer. Here's an example (hope the video clip works for you):
http://www.hevercastle.co.uk/jousting-tournaments-kent.aspx

[brotherskeeper1]

The video worked fine. From all movies of the period which I have seen, the knight and horses were very colorful as in this video.

Thank you for sending this link.