Today is the Feast of the Assumption. The candles and votives you see here are approximately 30% of the total alight when I took this shot. In addition to making a worthy shot (?) they are all in my gift this week, by exception the second of 2. I arrange and am part of the team (6 of us) who open and close the Abbey 365 days a year look after what you see here and generally 'manage' what the visitor sees. Today's Feast Day is the zenith for Summer Visitors; I tended these candles and votives 4 times in between manning the Sacristy where the Abbey's treasures are displayed. I fell asleep, ostensibly reading... Meanwhile, I VML how the candles gutter, although they're not in a draugnty spot. They could almost have been carved. Incidentally the statue is C15th.
