Abby Hipkin

Gravestones decorated with skulls

Happy #Halloween from the #church of St James the Apostle, Cowley #Oxford

A grotesque in the shape of an angel blowing a trumpet

Friday!

A quote from Sandi Toksvig's 'Friends of Dorothy'

Full-on laugh out loud moment on the bus home this evening courtesy of the wonderful Sandi Toksvig

Christ Church college

The St Aldates entrance gates to Christ Church college #Oxford

#Thursgate #LoveGates @LoveOfGates

Fabulous dogs, incredibly bright. I told my son recently that I'd love either a vallhund or a Griffon Vendéen recently and he's decreed that if we do get one it will be named Scrumpit McCrivens

Looking through a four-lobed/quatrefoil window in a church tower towards the Radcliffe Camera, a circular library building in the centre of Oxford

A view from the lovely quatrefoil window on the staircase of St Mary the Virgin church tower (which consists of approximately ALL THE STEPS) overlooking Oxford's Radcliffe Camera

#WindowsOnWednesday

Oxford skyline on a grey morning

Dreich

Dappled sunlight shining through autumn trees

As commutes go, it's bearable...

The rooftops of Oxford, mainly Exeter and Brasenose colleges

I suppose "that sweet city with her dreaming spires" is much more poetic than 'Oxford: really quite pointy'

A not-at-all brief opening to an 18th century letter from Dr Browne Willis in which he details how brief his letter will need to be :)

Brevity, eighteenth century style

A sign reading 'live reptile plants'. I don't know what kind of reptile they grow into...

Grow your own

A stone effigy of a knight recumbent, or lying down. His head is towards the bottom of the photo, resting on a stone pillow, with his hands on his chest, and there is the figure of a dog lying at his feet (top of the photo in front of a stone pillar)

The recumbent Knight of St Andrew's #church Chinnor with his faithful dog at his feet (13th or 14th century depending who you ask...)

#SundayStonework

A double rainbow above Ipswich

Say what you like about Ipswich, it gives good rainbow

A small section of staircase cut into a church wall - it would originally have had wooden stairs at the bottom, and the top would have led out onto a wooden 'loft' leading from one side of the rood screen to the other

Although St Andrew's #church Chinnor still has its C14 rood screen, the loft has gone - you can still see part of the old rood stair in the north aisle

#StaircaseSaturday #SaturdayStairs

Sun shining through autumn trees

Good morning

A partially complete knitting project

Christmas 'shopping's off to a good start

The outer wall of Christ Church College, taken from the college meadow, covered in Virginia creeper

Christ Church College #Oxford in its #autumn plumage for #WindowsOnWednesday

A grotesque looking very Wednesday morning-ish

Wednesday

An autumnal coloured tree above a river boat. The tree and boat are both reflected in the river water.

Autumn, reflected

A locomotive-drawn railway hearse with a sign on it reading 'Under construction'

When I die, I want someone to put an 'Under restoration' sign on my hearse, just to keep people on their toes...

A signboard reading 'Wills' Superfine Shag'

It pays to advertise

Autumn leaves in a graduating scale from green (left) through yellow to brown (right)

Low on toner

Publicity shot for Sandi Toksvig's 'Friends of Dorothy' tour

We are OUT! On a 'SCHOOL NIGHT'!

*runs around excitedly*

Lost the full length of my fingers in that floof

A handsome fluffy ginger cat sunbathing on top of a wall

Met this handsome chap earlier this week, and yes, he's exactly as floofy as he looks. 10/10 for snugglability.

#Caturday

Confirmation of my enrolment for a new career development course

Here we go again - time to dust off the highlighters and HR textbooks...

Exactly the same face my 13yo pulls when I tell him he can't put all his crap in my handbag, he'll just have to carry it himself...

The south transept door of St Mary's church Kidlington

Historic England describe the lovely south transept door of St Mary's #church Kidlington as a "medieval gabled stone hood and hood mould over early C14 pointed arched chamfered doorway and ancient door" which are very big words for a wonky little porch

#AdoorableThursday

Balloon!

Going up...

Two large (but not as large as they'll become!) Yew trees standing either side of the path

Gravestones underneath the yew trees (19th century)

St Mary's Kidlington taken from under the yews

The gateway yews at beautiful St Mary's #church Kidlington, sheltering the burials in the older part of the churchyard between the lych* gate and the south door

#ThickTrunkTuesday

*No, autocorrect, not lychee gate. They're not a 'Thing'...