t.h. dray ♠️

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a peaceful place | BFA short story finalist | Best of British Sci-Fi '21 | she/her | they/them is fine too | account is a placeholder as don't do socials |

A 14th century stone window looking into an Arts and Crafts lounge.
Original red-orange plaster with vertical wooden strips spaced at regular intervals to decorate the walls.
Large stone building which was once the priory's guesthouse. Light brown stone, lots of mullioned, grilled windows and a red tiled roof. The gardens are in the foreground. Lots of yellow flowers I don't know the names of, sorry.
The broken remains of a stained glass window. No glass remains, only the stone arch and the edges of the carved stone frame that would have held glass.
Broken walls of a bell tower and Carthusian charterhouse church.
Large expanse of grass and in the background, the ruins of the cell doors are dotted at intervals. The sky is overcast.
The monk's workshop with a large spinning wheel and loom. Whitewashed stone walls, more diamond grille windows and wooden floor.
Dangerous, steep, tiny wooden staircase leading up to the monk's workshop. Dark wood paneling behind them
Exterior view of the reconstructed monk's cell from the garden. Two storey stone building with small glazed windows visible through tall fronds of fennel.
In the garden. The private cloister with its overhanging roof can be seen from outside here. There is a small fruit tree growing in a square of grass.
Shot of the covered walkway in the monk's cell garden with plants visible and outdoor light to the left.
Row of arched windows with diamond grilles looking onto a small cell garden.
Small four poster box bed in a dimly lit room. Curtains are rough fabric, the pillow and bed are hard.
A wooden lectern and stool illuminated by light shining through a diamond grille window.
A wooden desk and chair set in the corner of a wooden floored room. Two diamond-grille windows admit light into the room.
Small, rectangular stone fireplace set in a whitewashed stone wall. A sign, top right, warns: steep stairs!
Cell doorway with hatch to deliver food. Hatch is 90 degrees. One part was outside the door, the other part was inside the door. This enabled monks to take food without interacting.
Sturdy wooden door with iron ring handle and rivets. Dimly lit corridor leading to a covered walkway in background.
Ruins of Mount Grace Priory, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England. View of the church, chapterhouse and some cells in the background. Sky is overcast.
The ruin of Mount Grace Priory in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, England. Church, chapterhouse and bell tower are visible and some of the monks' cells. Sky is overcast.
Bad selfie of woman with glasses and a cat called Smudge who is mostly white but has some black markings on her ears, face and body. Smudge is facing left.
Bad selfie taken outdoors in low light of a smiling woman with brown glasses, and a lovely black and white collie with a smiling face called Leon
A bad selfie of a woman's head half-hidden behind a lovely west-highland white terrier whose dark eyes and nose and white hair take up most of the photo