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Colin Howey

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Once upon a time birds would land on a gentle little boy. Then life intervened and the boy hid behind a blizzard of fists and rage. He thought he'd be safe back there - but it was a lonely, desolate space. Now, I aspire to be a Gentle Man...

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Sep 9

Serenity: South Elmham, St James, Suffolk #suffolk #churches #heritage

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Sep 8

Still Life moment at the Wield & Downland Living Museum: open.substack.com/pub/colinhow... #mindfulness #photography #heritage #wellbeing

Weald & Downland Living Museum, Sussex

Still Life

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Sep 7

Visiting South Elmham Old Minster, Suffolk: open.substack.com/pub/colinhow... #heritage #history #suffolk #historiclandscape

South Elmham Old Minster, Suffolk

An Extraordinary Monument

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Aug 31

Stratton Strawless, St Margaret, Norfolk - one to return to time and time again...
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Stratton Strawless, St Margaret

Stratton Strawless, St Margaret, north Norfolk is a church I return to more often than any other.

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Aug 28

Nowadays, this is how I choose to get high:
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Norwich Castle Museum Battlements

Seeing for yourself

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Norwich Cathedral Infirmary Door

A long-lost cat-flap?

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Aug 26

My latest blog post focuses on Fring Church, west Norfolk: open.substack.com/pub/colinhow...

Fring, All Saints, Norfolk

Cradle to grave

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thank you so much Linda. Such wonderful feedback is such a boost to my confidence!

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Aug 23

Focusing in on some 17thC embroidery within Strangers' Hall Museum, Norwich
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Strangers' Hall Museum, Norwich

Perceptual horizons and retrospection

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Haveringland, St Peter, Norfolk

Conflict, Community, Serendipity and Growth

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Aug 14

There is something very special about a well-tended urban walled garden. Here is a post about the enchanting green 'oasis' at Strangers' Hall, Norwich: open.substack.com/pub/colinhow... #gardens #wellbeing #museums

Strangers' Hall Museum

The Serenity of an Urban Walled Garden

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Aug 8

Here are some of my thoughts about the newly refurbished Norwich Castle Keep: open.substack.com/pub/colinhow...

Norwich Castle Keep Re-opening

A Royal Palace Re-born

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Jul 31

A short post about a window that left me wide-eyed with wonder at Briningham, St Maurice, Norfolk: open.substack.com/pub/colinhow...

Briningham, St Maurice, Norfolk

A Window Full of Wonder

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Jul 31

That's knapped flint, which combined with the worked limestone is known as 'flushwork' - quite common in these parts

Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Jul 30

Well, isn't this a shimmering beauty of a late medieval porch at Pulham St Mary, St Mary, south Norfolk

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Jul 28

Momento mori skulls on the early 17thC Suckling family monuments within St Andrew's Church, Norwich

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Staverton, Suffolk

Ancient Trees

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Staverton Woods, Suffolk

Gatekeeper of the Hedgerow Blossom

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Jul 18

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Bradwell, St Peter-On-The-Wall, Essex

The Chapel Beckons

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Jul 17

Light! East Mersea, Essex, St Edmund

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Jul 7

Thank you Isabelle - much appreciated!

Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Jul 7

New post on my 'Fallible Flâneur' blog inspired by a visit to Upwell Church, west Norfolk: open.substack.com/pub/colinhow... #angels #churches #warmwelcomes

Upwell, St Peter, Norfolk

Eye-to-Eye with Angels

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Jun 28

Some of the outstanding Victorian stained glass at Brome, St Mary, Suffolk #brome #suffolk #churches #stainedglass

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Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Jun 26

Illington, St Andrew, Norfolk: a church within the fields #illington #norfolk #churches #breckland #heritage

Colin Howey @colinhowey.bsky.social · Jun 11

Sunstar radiating through the ruined arch of the chapter house at Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk #abbeys #heritage

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