To mark the 30th anniversary of Sir John Betjeman’s death, The London Telegraph published some of the buildings he saved and more that he couldn’t .
Sir John Betjeman was the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 until his death in 1984 .He was a founding member of Victorian Society and a great defender of Victorian architecture .
See these remarkable buildings:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra…s.html?frame=2915582
DrFumblefinger explores the architecture in “Downtown Casablanca”. Most were constructed in the period between WWI and WWII, and show art deco and art nouveau features combined with Moroccan/Moorish features.
A delicious lunch was capped by a pleasant young Berber girl pouring mint tea for us.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe
The St Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum is a beautiful lighthouse and has a great museum complex and grounds surrounding
The Amelia Island Museum of History is located in the former Nassau County jail in Downtown Fernadina Beach. It shows
Where Gumbo was #452 Congratulations go to George G for finding Gumbo at the New Jardin Botanique du Nouveau-Brunswick (