Thursday 11 June 2009

Green Woman

There has been a great deal of interest in the Green Man post I did recently. Two days ago, I was posting a letter in town, when I glimpsed a work of art on a stone plinth at the edge of the car park. I remembered that, a few years ago, the local council took it upon themselves to remove the town's war memorial that had stood there for more than seventy years to a more picturesque but less accessible site. They reasoned that it would look better sat in a newly created garden where the young people gather, make noise, carve initials in the wooden benches etc. Sorry, I meant to say 'a newly created garden where the whole local populace can sit to enjoy the surroundings' but do note the irony I intended!

That said, and I apologise for the diversion, nothing was parked in front of the vacant memorial plinth for once and to my astonishment I realised that the work of art that had been commissioned was actually that of a Green Woman. I think it is beautiful and I hope you do, too?

I have also come across a wonderful website - Green Man East Anglia - which publishes many photographs of Green Men to be found in that area of England. It has a very good Links section which provides details of other useful Green Man sites.

7 comments:

  1. Interesting picture!!! Can you explain me what do you think about trees. Thank you. Bookmanie.

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  2. Great pic of an interesting piece. Beautiful!
    Thank you for sharing.
    Have a great day.
    Celestina Marie

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  3. I love your lichen dog statue pictures below. Love the lichen! I gave you a sweet and tart award on my blog.

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  4. It's a lovely thing, especially since it was found unexpectedly!

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  5. Kingsley Amis wrote a dyspeptic supernatural thriller called "The Green Man", I believe reflecting his view that things were generally going to ...that place...in a handbasket.

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  6. Laurie,

    Oh, this piece is so beautiful and thought-provoking!

    This site is full of intersting posts. I will be back soon again.

    /Jenny

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  7. I've read many articles on the Green Man but never the Green Woman. Thanks for steering us in the right direction

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