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

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#31DaysOfGraves 26 - Accident Lying in the undergrowth in Llanigon, Powys.😢
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War memorial panel. Holy Trinity Church, Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Commemorating Lieutenant Colonel Charles Thomas Milnes Gaskell of the Coldstream Guards. Died in an air accident on 5th November 1943. Second World War. #LestWeForget
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Good news for Ellesmere Yard in Shropshire! It has secured £4.5m in @HeritageFundUK funding to support the @CanalRiverTrust in repairing historic buildings and creating new community and craft spaces. 📷: © David Dixon (cc-by-sa/2.0)
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#31DaysOfGraves Day 25 - Tree A tree of life sprouting from an altar tomb while the souls of the departed fly up, transformed into birds - or something. Headstone in St Michael & All Angels church, Stowe, Shropshire. #SundayStonework
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For your #MewseumMonday: This kitty from the Seljuk Empire, 11th-13th century. Love the face on this guy.
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October’s #FullMoon peaks in the early hours of 26 October. It is known as the Hunter’s Moon. “The moon stays longest for the Hunter now: The trees cast down their fruitage, and the blithe And busy squirrel hoards his winter store;” – John Gardiner Calkins Brainard (1796–1828).
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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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#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!” 🍎
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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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#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
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#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).
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‘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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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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Whooper swan - a delightful and v rare visitor to Walcot Lake! @Natures_Voice @ShropsWildlife @Jannerbirder @nationaltrust @Walcot_Hall @OMSYSTEMcameras
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