Hello Hello!

A welcome mat outside a York door, someone likes red!

A Closer Look.....

..........at the wallpaper from yesterdays post. The lifebuoy is for real, but it does not usually have a parrot perched on top of it!

Warehouse Wallpaper

The Bonding Warehouse has become part of the Paper Trail. Local wallpaper designers and artists have given it a bit of external interior design, and plastered their trick of the eye wallpaper over this derelict riverside property.

Bike Lights

This street light along the local cycle path has it's own electricity pylon, three of them in fact.

Judges Lodgings

This is the entrance to The Judges Lodgings, built as a town house for Doctor Clifford Winteringham sometime before 1720. A swathe of fruit frames the stone door surround which containing a Venetian style arch. The keystone of the arch is carved with a bearded mask representing Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine. Continuing the Venetian theme it has a first floor entrance with a piano nobile. From 1806 judges visiting the local assizes stayed here, it is now used as a hotel.
Currently all this is under wraps as it is being given a face lift. Will post an 'after' picture once the work is completed.

High & Low Petergate

The Church on the left is St Michael-le-Belfrey. This is a view from High Petergate looking towards Low Petergate where the narrow streets and stepped buildings (see the cream building between the two round shop signs) give a real Mediaeval feel to this part of the city. If you overlook the traffic and coffee shop signs that is!

Q is for Quacks

Quacks can be found on Grape lane in the centre of York. The unusual name is derived from a combination of it's previous name, Queen Anne Copy Shop (QACS) plus the current owners fondness for Ducks. From 18th century printing presses to digital copying, Quacks does what it says on the sign!
Taking part in ABC Wednesday