Photos From St. Margaret's And Westminster Abbey

(Editor: There's no photos from St, Margaret's in this post.  Writer: Yup, the title is my literary protest against the St. Margaret's policy of not allowing photography.  Editor: Well, you sure are handling it maturely.)

Rose window selfie

And the other rose window.

Gotta love it -- "Pioneering Neurologist,

World Champion Runner" is one of the

best memorials ever.

Drunken Dragon.

I guess this plaque is in

the Abbey to appease

the four supporters he had

after "Peace in Our Time."

If I could grow a beard

(I can't), I'd want it to look

like his.

It's hard for me to pass by a sculpture that

includes a skull and NOT take a picture.

Chapel of King Henry VII.

The colorful banners represent

the Knights of Bath, who meet

here when convened.  I've not

been invited to join yet.

The ceiling in the Chapel is carved

stone, not plaster.  Done in 1519,

It's considered the finest English

Perpendicular Gothic and fan vaulting

you'll ever see.

This spectacular lion sits at

the feet of the tomb of Mary,

Queen of Scots.  I've never

seen any other lion like it.

I'm not lying, this is 

also part of her tomb.

And so are these dudes.  I'd

love to the know the reason

for the height difference

between the first two dudes

and the last two.

It's hard for me to pass by a sculpture

that includes a skull and NOT take

a picture.

Puff, the Rabid Dragon.

William Shakespeare.  Good

thing he's been dropped from

a lot of American high school

English curriculums, otherwise

kids might learn something.

Lower left, arches in the

Great Cloister.  Upper

right, the two towers at

the front of the Abbey.

Victoria Tower, the underrated

tower at the House of Lords

end of Parliament, overlooked

thanks to Big Ben.  But I

love this Tower.  More on it

in another post.

The front of Westminster

Abbey.  Even in rain it's

remarkable.