<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/georgeneat/">George Neat Road Trip Photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/georgeneat/54660730011/" title="Recumbent Lee"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54660730011_fdc1277c5a_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Recumbent Lee" /></a></p> <p>0920-114-24<br /> <br /> Recumbent Lee<br /> <br /> University Chapel (formerly Lee Chapel) of Washington and Lee University is a National Historic Landmark in Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia. It was constructed during 1867–68 at the request of Robert E. Lee, who was president of the school (then known as Washington College), and after whom the university is, in part, named. The Victorian brick architectural design was probably the work of Lee's son, George Washington Custis Lee, with details contributed by Col. Thomas Williamson, an architect and professor of engineering at the neighboring Virginia Military Institute. Upon completion and during Robert E. Lee's lifetime it was known as the College Chapel. Lee was buried beneath the chapel in 1870. <br /> <br /> The centerpiece of the apse of the chapel—in the place where an altar is located in the traditional plan of a Christian church—is a statue of Lee, in his uniform, asleep on an unnamed Civil War battlefield. The "Recumbent Lee" is by sculptor Edward Valentine whose statue of Lee, formerly displayed as one of Virginia's representatives in National Statuary Hall, was removed from the U.S. Capitol, and whose statues of Jefferson Davis were removed from Richmond, Virginia's Monument Avenue and New Orleans.<br /> <br /> The recumbent statue was unveiled and dedicated as the main feature of the chapel on June 28, 1883. The keynote speaker, John W. Daniel, soon to be a U.S. senator from Virginia, and filling in for the absent Jefferson Davis, said of Robert E. Lee's decision to lead the armed forces of Virginia at the outset of the Civil War, "Since the Son of Man stood upon the Mount, and saw 'all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory thereof' stretched before him, and turned away from them to the agony and bloody sweat of Gethsemane, and to the Cross of Calvary beyond, no follower of the meek and lowly Saviour can have undergone more trying ordeal [than Lee]. Thus, with as chaste a heart as ever plighted its faith until death, for better or for worse, [Lee] came to do, to suffer, and to die for us."<br /> <br /> In the basement a crypt (added after Lee's burial) contains the remains of much of Lee's direct family: Lee himself, his wife Mary Anna Custis Lee, his seven children—George Washington Custis Lee, Mary Custis Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, Anne Carter Lee, Robert E. Lee Jr., Eleanor Agnes Lee, and Mildred Childe Lee, and his parents—Revolutionary War Major-General Henry "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, and Anne Hill Carter Lee. Lee's favorite horse, Traveller, is buried just outside the Chapel, where many visitors leave coins, apples, and other tributes. In the basement of the Chapel is a museum that illuminates the history of the families of George Washington and Robert E. Lee as well as that of the university itself. Lee's office has been meticulously preserved almost exactly as it was when he died.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/dandiffendale/">diffendale</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dandiffendale/54648447107/" title="Handmade terracotta sculpture of a recumbent bull from Cinco Reis, 3"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54648447107_9712ee1158_m.jpg" width="240" height="163" alt="Handmade terracotta sculpture of a recumbent bull from Cinco Reis, 3" /></a></p> <p>Iberian Early Iron Age, ca. 600-550 BCE<br /> Excavated from a funerary enclosure in the Cinco Reis 8 necropolis, Beringel, Beja, Portugal<br /> <br /> Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Lisbon, Portugal</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/dandiffendale/">diffendale</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dandiffendale/54649607620/" title="Handmade terracotta sculpture of a recumbent bull from Cinco Reis, 1"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54649607620_8584fd3997_m.jpg" width="240" height="237" alt="Handmade terracotta sculpture of a recumbent bull from Cinco Reis, 1" /></a></p> <p>Iberian Early Iron Age, ca. 600-550 BCE<br /> Excavated from a funerary enclosure in the Cinco Reis 8 necropolis, Beringel, Beja, Portugal<br /> <br /> Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, Lisbon, Portugal</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/simonrwilkinson/">simonrwilkinson</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonrwilkinson/54647716320/" title="P6071386"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54647716320_5641d7bd3f_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="P6071386" /></a></p> <p>St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum, St Vigeans, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. <br /> <br /> Recumbent stone which possibly marked the grave of the patron, perhaps Drosten himself. Similarities between the animals here and on the Drosten stone indicate they could have been carved by the same person.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/simonrwilkinson/">simonrwilkinson</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonrwilkinson/54646556747/" title="P6071388"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54646556747_3e59731252_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="P6071388" /></a></p> <p>St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum, St Vigeans, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. <br /> <br /> Detail of recumbent stone which possibly marked the grave of the patron, perhaps Drosten himself. Similarities between the animals here and on the Drosten stone indicate they could have been carved by the same person.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/simonrwilkinson/">simonrwilkinson</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonrwilkinson/54647717745/" title="P6071389"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54647717745_c998e1f39a_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="P6071389" /></a></p> <p>St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum, St Vigeans, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. <br /> <br /> Detail of recumbent stone which possibly marked the grave of the patron, perhaps Drosten himself. Similarities between the animals here and on the Drosten stone indicate they could have been carved by the same person.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/simonrwilkinson/">simonrwilkinson</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonrwilkinson/54647629479/" title="P6071396"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54647629479_5f047e0989_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="P6071396" /></a></p> <p>St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum, St Vigeans, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland. <br /> <br /> Recumbent Stone<br /> This stone probably held a cross in the socket on the right. The long recess may have contained perishable relics, now lost.<br /> The scene on the front may show Daniel in the Lion's Den (Old Testament, Daniel 6:26).</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/simonrwilkinson/">simonrwilkinson</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonrwilkinson/54630261072/" title="Meigle Sculpted Stone Museum, Strathmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54630261072_1b77f51a64_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Meigle Sculpted Stone Museum, Strathmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland" /></a></p> <p>Meigle Sculpted Stone Museum, Strathmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Meigle 9 is a recumbent tombstone. It has a shallow slot in the top and sculpted panels on both long sides. One of the panels depicts a griffin, an interlace pattern, an elongated animal wrapped into a knot and two animals facing each other. The other panel is composed of an animal, a sitting person with his limbs entwined with the legs of a bird, another animal, some spiral patterns and a final section that is badly eroded.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/simonrwilkinson/">simonrwilkinson</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonrwilkinson/54631325719/" title="P6050561"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54631325719_ac73fc0048_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="P6050561" /></a></p> <p>Meigle Sculpted Stone Museum, Strathmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Meigle 11 is the largest of the recumbent stones from Meigle. The long sides of the stone have deeply recessed panels with wide borders that once were decorated but are badly worn. Detail of one side of the monument which is decorated with two intertwined animals followed by a dog and a bear, one above the other, and an unidentified object. To the right of these is a panel of twelve bosses encircled by serpents.At the extreme right is a wheel of seven bosses (shown here) set within a frame formed of two upright animals with entwined tails and gripping the extremities of a human figure in their mouths.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/simonrwilkinson/">simonrwilkinson</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonrwilkinson/54630252107/" title="P6050564"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54630252107_8871b0ed1f_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="P6050564" /></a></p> <p>Meigle Sculpted Stone Museum, Strathmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Meigle 11 is the largest of the recumbent stones from Meigle. The long sides of the stone have deeply recessed panels with wide borders that once were decorated but are badly worn. The top of the monument is undecorated and has a wide slot at one end. One side of the stone has the sculpted images of three mounted riders accompanied by a dog, behind them is a humanoid figure with an animal's head and gripping two entwined serpents.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/simonrwilkinson/">simonrwilkinson</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonrwilkinson/54630252012/" title="P6050567"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54630252012_e7a59b5bbb_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="P6050567" /></a></p> <p>Meigle Sculpted Stone Museum, Strathmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Meigle 11 is the largest of the recumbent stones from Meigle. The long sides of the stone have deeply recessed panels with wide borders that once were decorated but are badly worn. The top of the monument is undecorated and has a wide slot at one end. One side of the stone has the sculpted images of three mounted riders accompanied by a dog, behind them is a humanoid figure with an animal's head and gripping two entwined serpents.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/simonrwilkinson/">simonrwilkinson</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonrwilkinson/54630261522/" title="Meigle Sculpted Stone Museum, Strathmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54630261522_d04552d4ca_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Meigle Sculpted Stone Museum, Strathmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland" /></a></p> <p>Meigle Sculpted Stone Museum, Strathmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Meigle 25 is a hogback tombstone dating to the late 10th century. The sides of the monument are decorated with carved rooftiles and the ridge of the recumbent stone is sculpted with a fishtailed beast.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/simonrwilkinson/">simonrwilkinson</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonrwilkinson/54631344718/" title="P6050544"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54631344718_ced1d8a681_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="P6050544" /></a></p> <p>Meigle Sculpted Stone Museum, Strathmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland Meigle 26 is an exceptionally fine recumbent gravestone It has a socket at one end to hold a vertical cross or stone. The top of the stone has three coiled snakes wrapped around each other at one end, with a design consisting of twelve bosses in the middle and two sea-horses facing each other at the lower end. The left and right borders are marked with interlace patterns that end in birds' heads at one end, at the other end animal jaws open to frame a hollow slot.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/simonrwilkinson/">simonrwilkinson</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonrwilkinson/54631122566/" title="P6050546"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54631122566_6373fb79c8_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="P6050546" /></a></p> <p>Meigle Sculpted Stone Museum, Strathmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland Meigle 26 Detail shown here is a depiction of four interlaced naked human figures and two beasts.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/simonrwilkinson/">simonrwilkinson</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonrwilkinson/54631342808/" title="P6050552"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54631342808_bd96b96e77_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="P6050552" /></a></p> <p>Meigle Sculpted Stone Museum, Strathmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Meigle 26 is an exceptionally fine recumbent gravestone. The end of the stone is carved with a manticore and a human figure (shown here).</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/simonrwilkinson/">simonrwilkinson</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/simonrwilkinson/54631348863/" title="P6050531"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54631348863_3459f6f7b4_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="P6050531" /></a></p> <p>Meigle Sculpted Stone Museum, Strathmore, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Recumbent Grave Slabs<br /> This is one of the latest stones in the museum, and shows how the changes in the politics of Pictland were reflected in their sculpture. The stone is a recumbent grave marker, designed to be laid flat over a grave rather than stand upright next to it. There is a slot into which a wooden cross could have been inserted. The decoration is also very different from the other stones, with simple geometric shapes showing the influence of the Vikings.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/oregondot/">OregonDOT</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/oregondot/53712546639/" title="Refreshments after the ride"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53712546639_59e49f08d6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Refreshments after the ride" /></a></p> <p>Middle school students from Stephens Middle School helped kicked off Salem-Keizer's first ever Bike Bus event.</p>
Very sunny with clear skies for New Years Day in Tokyo, and many people outside going to the Jinja shrines for Hatsumode, the first visit to the shrines to wish for a good year. A nice view to see for the first time in a few years since COVID kept people indoors this past few New Years. Unfortunately, the Noto region was hit with a big earthquake in the evening o New Years Day, with some major damage in the area. Praying for the people in the region. <img alt="240101fuji.jpg" src="http://cycle-tokyo.cycling.jp/weblog/240101fuji.jpg" width="720" height="480" />
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/21495793@N00/">Exczar</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21495793@N00/53198921597/" title="Cycle Oregon 2023"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53198921597_1258f9f5bc_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cycle Oregon 2023" /></a></p> <p>I joined a cycle tour which took me and 1200 others through western Oregon in September, 2023.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/21495793@N00/">Exczar</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21495793@N00/53199609543/" title="Cycle Oregon 2023"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53199609543_4bbd2ac6fb_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cycle Oregon 2023" /></a></p> <p>I joined a cycle tour which took me and 1200 others through western Oregon in September, 2023.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/21495793@N00/">Exczar</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21495793@N00/53199721920/" title="Cycle Oregon 2023"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53199721920_4bc3f57873_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cycle Oregon 2023" /></a></p> <p>I joined a cycle tour which took me and 1200 others through western Oregon in September, 2023.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/21495793@N00/">Exczar</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21495793@N00/53198921197/" title="Cycle Oregon 2023"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53198921197_bc8b0432dc_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cycle Oregon 2023" /></a></p> <p>I joined a cycle tour which took me and 1200 others through western Oregon in September, 2023.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/21495793@N00/">Exczar</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21495793@N00/53198921062/" title="Cycle Oregon 2023"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53198921062_8826799391_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cycle Oregon 2023" /></a></p> <p>I joined a cycle tour which took me and 1200 others through western Oregon in September, 2023.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/21495793@N00/">Exczar</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21495793@N00/53199609083/" title="Cycle Oregon 2023"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53199609083_8e58932e79_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cycle Oregon 2023" /></a></p> <p>I joined a cycle tour which took me and 1200 others through western Oregon in September, 2023.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/21495793@N00/">Exczar</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21495793@N00/53199189179/" title="Cycle Oregon 2023"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53199189179_17988c4178_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cycle Oregon 2023" /></a></p> <p>I joined a cycle tour which took me and 1200 others through western Oregon in September, 2023.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/21495793@N00/">Exczar</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21495793@N00/53199721265/" title="Cycle Oregon 2023"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53199721265_728babbd43_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cycle Oregon 2023" /></a></p> <p>I joined a cycle tour which took me and 1200 others through western Oregon in September, 2023.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/21495793@N00/">Exczar</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21495793@N00/53198920537/" title="Cycle Oregon 2023"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53198920537_b0dccb21e3_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cycle Oregon 2023" /></a></p> <p>I joined a cycle tour which took me and 1200 others through western Oregon in September, 2023.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/21495793@N00/">Exczar</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21495793@N00/53199381826/" title="Cycle Oregon 2023"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53199381826_71c7952070_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cycle Oregon 2023" /></a></p> <p>I joined a cycle tour which took me and 1200 others through western Oregon in September, 2023.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/21495793@N00/">Exczar</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21495793@N00/53198920362/" title="Cycle Oregon 2023"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53198920362_3d6f2b1ac6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Cycle Oregon 2023" /></a></p> <p>I joined a cycle tour which took me and 1200 others through western Oregon in September, 2023.</p>
<img alt="200409stayhometokyo.jpg" src="http://cycle-tokyo.cycling.jp/weblog/archives/images/200409stayhometokyo.jpg" width="420" height="236" /> As a group that usually welcomes everyone to visit and enjoy cycling in Tokyo, this is an unfortunate post. The widespread of the Corona Virus is growing in Tokyo, on the verge of overshoot. On 7 April Prime Minister Abe proclaimed a state of emergency from 8 April to 6 May for Tokyo and the prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Osaka, Hyogo and Fukuoka. It is strongly suggested that visiting Tokyo be avoided. People already in Tokyo should avoid meeting in groups and visiting places where people gather. Please be conscious about keeping social distance in order to prevent spreading or receiving the virus. You, or the person next to you may be a virus carrier. Many shops and facilities will be closed following the issuing of the State of Emergency. <strong><u>Cycle Tokyo! will postpone all guided rides until it is deemed safe.</u></strong> Your understanding is appreciated. Riding the bike is good to keep fit during this <strong>#stayhome #staysafe</strong> time. Keep cycling around the neighborhood by yourself....NO GROUP RIDING. Again, please stay safe and healthy, and hope we'll be able to ride together around Tokyo again ! <ul> <li><a href="https://stopcovid19.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en">Tokyo Metropolitan Goverment "Tokyo COVID-19 Information" (EN) - https://stopcovid19.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.japan-guide.com/news/alerts.html">JapanGuide.com "Travel Alerts and Disaster Updates" - https://www.japan-guide.com/news/alerts.html </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/liveblogs/news/coronavirus-outbreak-updates/">The Japan Times "COVID-19 news updates" - https://www.japantimes.co.jp/liveblogs/news/coronavirus-outbreak-updates/ </a></li> </ul> <a href="http://cycle-tokyo.cycling.jp/weblog/archives/images/visitor_hotline-2.jpg"><img alt="visitor_hotline-2.jpg" src="http://cycle-tokyo.cycling.jp/weblog/archives/images/visitor_hotline-2.jpg" width="420" height="255" /></a>