The festival organisers had asked people to produce Art/ craft/ flowers or whatever to illustrate a favourite biblical verse (as it is the anniversary of the King James' Bible this year). So, as I had a number of personal items, plus some boards I designed for a project I did in the second year (on the theme of religion/designs for the Durham Cathedral bookshop), I decided to help them by filling a window!!! Hopefully you can tell it illustrates verse 13 Corinthians 13 ???!!!!!
Regulars to my blog will recognise the Hat stand and the heart box and necklace from previous posts!! My display drew a lot of favourable comments, including are they all yours. To which I replied yes!!!! I have an unusual collection of bits and bobs that I like to think are eclectic-others have called them eccentric !!! They all fit Morris' criteria, i.e. only have things that are beautiful or useful in your home, most are the first but a couple cover both! I am not particularly religios having my own weird and wonderful view of life but I do love the embroidered textiles associated with the Cof E and similar groups, so have a few examples found over the years in junk shops. I also have various hats even though I NEVER wear one.......maybe they are right....eccentric may fit the bill!!!!
The festival itself, that the display was part of, went brilliantly -after alot of hard work by the organisers and some luck with the weather. It is always very traditional and has Morris dancers who, this year, were joined by a group of mummers! I love old things and keeping old traditions alive is very important, I believe.
This shows the back of a Morris dancer and a couple of the mummers in mid flow/fight!!!
Everybody came out in force to support the event,. It is so nice to be in a village with such a community spirit, and much as I love foreign travel/living abroad and the lovely countries I have known, it is still nice that there is still a little bit of 'Old Englande' managing to survive in such a technological age.......Long may it continue and thrive for future generations.
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