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Rainwalk
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Copyright, All Rights
Reserved, Barry W. Hollritt,
1998
When in England, expect the rain. Expect the rain to
accompany you everywhere and always expect around the next corner that the
sun may be shining! "Rainwalk" is a photograph taken late in the day in
front of the Almshouses in the village of Chipping Campden, a village I’ve
photographed extensively in my numerous visits to Britain. The row of 12
Almshouses were originally built for $1500 by Sir Baptist Hicks, a rich
trader in silks, damasks, velvets and satins and an important money lender
to the King. Hicks built the now ruined Campden House and also constructed
the Almshouses in 1612. The Almshouses were, and still are,used as homes for
twelve pensioners from Campden. It was spring, and the light, misty rain
accompanied me as I wandered through the village. As I made a turn onto the
street in front of the Almshouses, I was struck by the beauty of the old
granite sidewalk shining in the rain in front of the doors. The spring
flowers add a colorful paradox to the ageless, stoic stones that glistened
in the softly falling rain. |