The reflection in this lamp post (in the Cathedral Close at St Davids, adjacent to the Thirty-Nine Steps*)
reminds me of Lucy's meeting with Mr Tumnus in 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'.
The wardrobe that inspired Lewis is on display in the Wade Center in Wheaton College, USA. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is one of my all time favourite books. You will remember Mr Tumnus the faun, with his 'strange but pleasant little face' and his cloven hooves. Later on, of course, he is turned into a stone statue by the White Witch. But can Aslan the lion come to the rescue...?
* These steps are known locally, as the 'Thirty-Nine Articles', after the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion of 1571 given in English and Latin, the assent of which is still required of clergy in the Church of England. They form the "authorised standard of doctrine". The steps are not named after the John Buchan thriller!
3 comments:
Caroline thankyou so much for linking to my 2 articles. I am so pleased that you enjoyed reading about them. I have brought all my children up on The Chronicles of Narnia and many many years ago after the Chernobyl disaster we took 2 little boys from that area on holidays with us and they could hardly speak english and we were not sure how we would get through the rest of the week without their interpreters being nearby.
Well we brought the BBC videos of the chronicles with us and those 2 boys practically jumped for joy when they watched them - glued to the screen. From that day onwards communication never seemed to be a hurdle.
So happy to see your new entry. And wasn't Rosie's trip (and all of her photos) delicious?
Have a blessed week, Caroline!
I love the photograph of the reflection in the lamp cover of the lamp post.
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