A ravaged sun dial
“Horas non numero nisi serenas” seems to have various translations from the Latin to English: “I don’t count the hours unless they’re tranquil”, “I count only the hours that are serene” and even a switch from tranquil/serene to sunny in “I do not count the hours unless they are sunny”. This poor sun dial has clearly had some years that were neither serene nor tranquil! You can make out the word “EVAN” scratched on the left; the sundial is at Evans Lookout in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney.
An entry in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper from Sat 25 Jun 1932 reads: “A memorial in the shape of a large sundial and direction-plate on mountain granite, has been erected at Evans’ Lookout, Blackheath, to the memory of the late Mr. George Evans, of the old Sydney legal firm of Messrs. Holdsworth and Evans. He was a pioneer of the district, and discovered the lookout 50 years ago. The memorial has been erected by his daughter.”
Wonderful photograph, and I’m very impressed you found the newspaper article.
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Google found it, not me!
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Clever ole Google. It is good for somethings 😊
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What a lovely memorial and I bet that didn’t come cheap. It would be nice if someone could repair it.
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It does seem sad, doesn’t it?
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Imagine if not counting cloudy hours meant longer days.. 😉
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My days are long enough as it is, I really don’t want more dead time to deal with. 😦
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