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all pictures courtesy of Ann Davey |
In February 2001, George E. Howard's Shell Garden in Southbourne, UK, a site beloved by locals and holidaymakers, was suddenly destroyed.
Howard loved to adorn his site with inscriptions, mostly carved into stone tablets. Here is a selection of these inscriptions, from the weblog Cream Tea Club, republished here with friendly permission of its author Ann Davey.
Above inscription says:
It's not the man who knows the most
who has the most to say.
who has the most to say.
It's not the man who has the most
who gives the most away
who gives the most away
And this tongue-twister:
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
Keep on smiling and the world smiles to
A quote from Shakespeare:
To see much is to learn much
About a wise owl:
A wise old owl lived in an oak
The more he saw the less he spoke,
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can't we be like that wise old bird.
And to conclude:
The dawn of the morn for glory,
The hush of the night for peace,
In the garden at Eve says the story,
God walks and his smile brings release
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Line 3 of the conclusion, should that not be 'In the garden of eve says the story' rather than 'eye'?
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