Investigating the Victorians
Continuing education course on Victorian history (University of Oxford)
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In French
Lewis Carroll
Victorian era
Upon learning that I had been unwell, an older neighbour of mine, whom I know very little, cut some azaleas from her backyard and gave them to Jon so I’d have flowers when I’d get home. We had only spoken twice prior to that, and I am speechless at the kindness of strangers.
The book is Watling Street by the brilliant @john.higgs, an exploration of Britain (and of the British psyche, aka “why everybody dislikes Milton Keynes”) through the physical reminders of its past. I have only started reading it, but it has been very good so far. Now that I am looking into writing a little more seriously, I think it is nice to have some good examples in mind.
Oh, and also, wild raspberries from my dad’s garden. They’re delicious.
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I just wanted to show off my homegrown peppers. That’s it.
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And the last of my Ostend pictures: the beach huts. I love that they have kept those. They give our poor hyper-modern brutalist seaside an air of quaint nostalgia.
Ostend, June 2018.
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Behold! The master of sand has arrived!
#picoftheday #feet #sand #beach #belgiancoast #kust #seaside #travel #visiteurope #visitbelgium #vlanderen #flanders #Sunday #dayoff #eu #europe #phdlife #burnoutrecovery #mindfulness #walk #happinesstherapy #childish
The season hasn’t started yet, and the merry-go-round will have to wait.
#picoftheday #nostalgia #belgitude #beach #belgiancoast #kust #seaside #travel #visiteurope #visitbelgium #flanders #viewpoint #Sunday #dayoff #eu #europe #oostende #merrygoround #vlanderen #burnoutrecovery #skyporn #instatravel #thinkingtime #meditation
The beautiful Rock Stangers by @arnequinze sunbathing in Ostend. Love them.
#picoftheday #art #sea #rockstrangers #red #beach #belgiancoast #kust #seaside #travel #visiteurope #visitbelgium #flanders #viewpoint #Sunday #dayoff #eu #europe #ostend #beaufort #culture #contemporaryart #arnequinze #burnoutrecovery #skyporn #instatravel #thinkingtime #meditation
Sluice in the ever smaller fishing harbour of Ostend.
#picoftheday #sluice #harbour #fishing #nature #sea #beach #belgiancoast #kust #seaside #travel #visiteurope #visitbelgium #flanders #viewpoint #Sunday #dayoff #eu #europe #phdlife #ostend #oostende #burnoutrecovery #mindfulness #instatravel #thinkingtime #meditation #symmetry
Monument for a Wullok by Stief DeSmet, Beaufort 2018 (Ostend) | Every whelk (or, as it is pronounced in West Flanders, ‘wullok’) is a work of perfection. These shells grow in accordance with the rules of the Golden Section or the Fibonacci number series, which means that each part of the shell is in perfect proportion to every other part. Forged with the secret logic of the sea, there is in every whelk, regardless of size, a flawlessly balanced proportion between its beginning and endpoint.
I am particularly happy with this picture because there were many people on the pier and it really was a matter of split seconds to manage to take it without anyone on the foreground or background.
#picoftheday #art #nature #sea #whelk #shell #beach #belgiancoast #kust #seaside #travel #visiteurope #visitbelgium #flanders #viewpoint #Sunday #dayoff #eu #europe #ostend #beaufort #culture #seashell #contemporaryart #stiefdesmet #burnoutrecovery #skyporn #instatravel #thinkingtime #meditation @stiefdesmet
I love that they have kept the old-fashioned beach huts. They give our poor hyper-modern brutalist seaside an air of quaint nostalgia. Ostend, June 2018.
#picoftheday #nostalgia #nature #sea #sand #beach #belgiancoast #kust #seaside #travel #visiteurope #visitbelgium #flanders #viewpoint #Sunday #dayoff #eu #europe #phdlife #ostend #oostende #burnoutrecovery #mindfulness #instatravel #thinkingtime #meditation
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