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 Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: January 2nd, 2010  Posted in: The Universe Tags for this post: Rivelin Valley | Sheffield.  One comment so far - more welcome!The sound of water is always in the background as you walk along the valley. Sometimes its a quiet babble, at others its a crashing roar, but its never far away. It’s not hard to see why there was such a concentration of mills in this area. There are reminders that you aren’t far [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: January 1st, 2010 Posted in: The Universe Tags for this post: Rivelin Valley | Sheffield. Leave a commentStanding and looking at the site of the former Mousehole Forge I was struck by how peaceful it was. These days it’s a private house, but when it was a working forge I suspect the noise would have drowned out the sound from the river. The site has a long history, but is most [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: December 31st, 2009 Posted in: The Universe Tags for this post: Rivelin Valley | Sheffield. 2 comments - more welcome!Walking hasn’t happened for me this week. A combination of illness (first me, then Mr TLC going down with ye olde traditional Christmas holiday lurgy) and leaky boots (the only pair in which I can stay upright on slippy, icy surfaces) have conspired against me. So, as I sit here in my armchair, I [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: December 21st, 2009 Posted in: Everything Tags for this post: #uksnow | Crookes | Sheffield | Weather. 2 comments - more welcome!I was impressed with the finest snowman in Crookes last year; now some of his relatives have mysteriously arrived on our street. I liked making snowmen when I was a kid, but I never made anything like these two. Snowmenpeople with legs. And arms. Wow. And strategically placed bottles. Hmm. Still, I think [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: September 9th, 2009 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Sheffield | Spurious lists. 5 comments - more welcome!Last month Neil kept us all entertained with a rather splendid top 5 meme. My favourite was undoubtedly his Top 5 under appreciated things about Sheffield. “The things that I’m going to pick are certainly appreciated by at least some people in Sheffield, but maybe not further afield. I’ve also picked some things that [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: September 2nd, 2009 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Art | Sheffield. 7 comments - more welcome!I wouldn’t normally get excited about some heavy plant in the middle of car park. I wouldn’t normally exclaim in surprise on discovering that it had been sitting there quietly, unnoticed by me for 20 years. But this wasn’t just any old heavy plant. Finding it was a chance discovery. My legendary powers of [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: August 31st, 2009 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Art | Sheffield. 3 comments - more welcome!I’ve shown you the work of various graffiti artists in the past, but here’s a name you might not expect to see: Rolf Harris. His contribution to Sheffield’s urban galleries is a self-portrait painted on a wall in Brown Street. Not all of the artwork in the photo is Rolf’s [you can see [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: July 31st, 2009 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Crookes | Sheffield. 4 comments - more welcome!We’ve been doing a lot of urban rambling lately. I love the fact that I live in the city, but I’m just a few minutes stroll away from views like this: Yesterday we took advantage of some evening sunshine and set off to amble down some of the small lanes and paths. We didn’t [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: May 11th, 2009 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Art | Sheffield. 4 comments - more welcome!I remember my parents teaching me that it was not the done thing to sit with elbows on the dinner table, not in polite company anyway. Oh no. That’s one of many little social conventions that seem to have gone out of fashion nowadays. Then again, maybe I don’t count as polite company, or [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: April 10th, 2009 Posted in: Uncategorized Tags for this post: Art | Sheffield. Leave a commentWe’ve been meaning to visit the Treasures from the V&A 400-1600 AD exhibition at the Millennium Galleries ever since it opened, but it was one of many things that got put of until the school holiday. The title of the exhibition may not sound exciting, but the publicity featured a rather beautiful photograph of [...] |
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