May 31, 2004
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Looking up at a cathedral in Oxford, England Photo and enhancement by Chris Duffy
I just love looking at all the old buildings in England, and especially the many churches. It’s amazing to me just how many statues, gargoils, posts and columns the architects were able to put into some of them. Take this one for example, in Oxford. It had so many statues on it that I bet they almost doubled the total weight of the structure. Kind of mind boggling how they managed to build all these wonderful structures without benefit of modern machinery. And, they built them so well that they’re still standing a couple hundred years later.
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I’m still enjoying your pictures of England. I especially like this one, looking up at the churches.
It really is amazing. After having just gone through the construction of a structure, it boggles the mind that there were once craftsman who were capable of creating such permanent and beautiful buildings. If our experience is any indication of the skill of craftsman building today – they are sad substitutes for the real thing.
The Cathdral Garden is closed to the public, but as a member of the university I have access to it, and it’s a beautiful place. (It’s where Lewis Carroll entertained Alice among other things)