December 25, 2013

FILMS FOR CHRISTMAS ...








Dear readers, this week ‘F IS FOR *F*ILMS ... FOR CHRISTMAS ...   

The following are reckoned to be among the most romantic films ever made. Do you agree? Films like:

When Harry Met Sally (above and below)

The Graduate:
Annie Hall:

Brief Encounter:


Breakfast at Tiffany’s:

The Apartment 

Casablanca

My Night With Maud

Notting Hill

Play it Again, Sam

Some Like it Hot

ANY OTHER FAVORITES?


Do tell me! And do check out other posts  @ Jenny Matlock-Alphabe-ThursdayMonday Mellow YellowsMacro Monday2Ruby TuesdayOutdoor Wednesday & I Heart Macro.                                                 
                                     HAPPY HOLIDAYS...



                                 ... AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!


And, finally, thank you to all our dear readers who visited or commented this past year!

Enjoy!

XOXO NORA & LOLA:)

December 18, 2013

EDINBURGH ...


Dear readers, this week, E is for *E*dinburgh, Scotland...

Images of Edinburgh are so familiar in both film and print that I’ll just let the photos speak for themselves:

The Castle



And military tattoo (above top & below)

Royal Mile with St Giles

Princes Street

Victoria Street, Grass Market

The Forth Railway Bridge
Gardens

And, finally, not forgetting Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond's current aim at independence: 




And, finally, thank you to all our dear readers who visited or commented and our very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year!

Enjoy!

XOXO NORA & LOLA:)


December 11, 2013

DORSET'S JURASSIC COAST ...


Dear readers, this week, continuing our mini virtual tour around the UK, *D* is for *D*orset in southern England, a county famous not just for the settings of Thomas Hardy's novels but also for its Jurassic Coast.

The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. The site stretches from Orcombe Point near Exmouth in East Devon to Old Harry Rocks near Swanage in East Dorset, a distance of 155 kilometres.

Here are some famous landmarks:

Lulworth Cove


Durdle Door

And Golden Cap

This section of the coast near Luworth is known as the Fossil Forest due to the remains of huge trees found there



Weymouth
Bournemouth's gardens

And Sandbanks, containing some of the highest property values – phew! anywhere!


And, finally, thank you to all my dear readers who visited or commented.

Enjoy!

XOXO NORA & LOLA:)


December 4, 2013

IS THE UK CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER READING THIS BLOG?





STOP PRESS! Lola here with a question: is the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, reading this blog? I ask this 'cos he's just posted a pic of his new puppie, a white bichon frise called - you guessed! - LOLA! 

Just look: Lola could be moi as a puppy (see sidebar, below!) 

Watch this space for any snippets of earth-shattering insider gossip information from Downing Street - just between one Lola and - another... 











Now where we, dear readers? Ah yes, continuing our mini virtual tour of the UK where, this week, C is for the city of *C*hester...

Founded as a Roman fort, Chester has just been voted Europe's fifth prettiest by American newspaper USA TodayThe paper explained: "In Chester, Roman walls surround a charming collection of Tudor and Victorian buildings and a delightful shopping district filled with half-timbered shops reminiscent of a Grimm tale. There's not a modern structure in sight, making Chester one of the most popular destinations for visitors to Cheshire."
The more unusual landmarks in this Cheshire city lying on the River Dee are its walls, the Rows and the black-and-white architecture.

The walls encircle the bounds of the medieval city and constitute the most complete city walls in Britain, the full circuit measuring nearly 2 miles (3 km). The only break in thecircuit is in the southwest section in front of County Hall. A footpath runs along the top of the walls, crossing roads by bridges over Eastgate, Northgate, St Martin's Gate,Watergate, Bridgegate, Newgate, and the Wolf Gate, and passing a series of structures, namely Phoenix Tower (or King Charles' Tower), Morgan’s Mount, the Goblin Tower with a spur leading to the Water Tower & Thimbleby’s Tower.


Walls linking Bridgegate to Eastgate:









On Eastgate is Eastgate Clock, allegedly the most photographed clock in England after London’s Big Ben (above top & below):





The Rows are unique in Britain. They consist of buildings with shops or dwellings on the lowest two storeys. The shops or dwellings on the ground floor are often lower than the street and are entered by steps, which sometimes lead to a crypt-like vault. Those on the first floor are entered behind a continuous walkway, often with a sloping shelf between the walkway and the railings overlooking the street. 

Bridge Street showing Chester Rows and St Peter’s Church:


Much of the architecture of central Chester looks medieval and some of it is but by far the greatest part of it, including most of the black-and-white buildings, is Victorian, a result of what is called the “black and white revival”.

Black and white architecture at Northgate:



And, finally, thank you to all my dear readers who visited or commented.
Enjoy!

XOXO NORA & LOLA:)

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