Simon Hewitt

@hewsim

Coffee drinker, adequate guitar player and occasional songwriter. Interested in literature, SF and Fantasy, and all sorts of music. Former morris dancer and jug-band member.

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Simon Hewitt@hewsim· 3d

A man seated cross legged and wearing what looks like a pillowcase on his head. Beloved to be Jacques de Morlay, last Grandmaster of the Knights Templar, the hat being a part of his execution for alleged heresy. It doesn't pay to lend money to Kings.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· 3d

St Michael, or possibly St George, pictured with a cross on his chest and holding a sword on the tip of which are balanced Jesus and his apostles. The cross was at one time painted red.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· 3d

From Royston Cave.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· 15d

Yesterday as part of our wedding anniversary we visited Sandsfoot Castle in Weymouth.

The ruins of Sandsfoot Castle, built by Henry VIII as part of his coastal defences after his divorce from Katherine of Aragon. It looks out over Portland Harbour, into which parts of the castle have collapsed over the centuries.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· 21d

We are trimming hedges, so these needed to be moved.

Some snails in a plant pot, on the ground with fallen apples

Plant pots sitting under an apple tree in the sunshine.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· 28d

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Simon Hewitt@hewsim· 28d

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Simon Hewitt@hewsim· Jun 21

Lake Lucerne ( not that one ).

A stone built boat house with a thatched roof, with a lake behind.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· Jun 21

Another stone lion, partner to the first, with lower jaw intact.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· Jun 21

A roaring stone lion hoping to scare the denizens of Evershot from venturing into Melbury Park. Looks a bit like he's lost his lower jaw.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· May 23

The Enterprise orbits a green and purple planet. Yellow letters spell the episode title, "We've Gone On Holiday By Mistake".

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· May 22

The Grey Mare and her Colts

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· May 1

They sang a song to welcome summer.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· May 1

This was at Cerne this morning. Only one side, Wessex Morris Men

Wessex Morris Men and their copy of the Dorset Ooser process through Cerne Abbbas on May Morning.

Wessex Morris Men in Black calf length trousers, white shirts, straw hats and bedecked with ribbons perform a hanky dance.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· Apr 27

Weymouth Harbour from the Town Bridge on Saturday evening.

Boats in Weymouth Harbour in the late evening. The water is still andvthe boats are reflected therein.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· Apr 22

#NowPlaying

Talk talk - Spirit of Eden. A tree with various seashells hanging from it, with a puffin perching on a branch

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· Apr 15

A page of sleeve notes from A Secret Wish remaster describing changes to A Secret Wish by Propaganda between vinyl/cassette and later CD edition.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· Mar 11

#NowPlaying Eloy - Ocean

Cover of the album Ocean, by the German progressive rock band Eloy.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· Mar 11

#NowPlaying Squeeze - Trixies

A wet street with the neon sign for a night club named Trixies

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· Mar 11

#NowPlaying The Revenge of Alice Cooper

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· Feb 4

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A CD by the Modern Jazz Quartet comprising their albums "The Comedy" and "Lonely Woman".

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· Nov 21

#NowPlaying Pearls Before Swine - The Use Of Ashes, including the better song called "Rocket Man".

A purple album cover for the 1970 album "The Use Of Ashes" by Pearls Before Swine. Inset is an image from the 15th century French or Flemish tapestry, "The Hunt of the Unicorn VI - the unicorn is brought to the castle". It shows a number of red clad hunterss surroundng a unicorn.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· Nov 17

#NowPlaying Echo & The Bunnymen - Reverberation. It is my long held opinion that if this had come out under another name - Rabbit In The Headlights, perhaps - it would have been better received.

The face of a woman, eyes closed, is obscured by blue, purple and green psychedelic splashes.

Simon Hewitt@hewsim· Sep 12

In 1841 James's son William William and his wife Elizabeth Phillips lived with their family in Pain's End, Anstey. Probably in the house behind me, which is the only one old enough.