Mock Cherry Tree blossoms

Tulips in our front garden

Fairfield House -If I would have written the headline for the Bath Chronicle when he returned in later years I would have entitled it, 'Selassie, come home' Haile -the Lion of Judah

Famous neighbour

One of my recent tasks has been to start reading a history Bath. I have got much information in a piecemeal fashion but decided to read a book that would present the details in a more ordered way. I had heard that Haile Selassie had spent his exile from Ethiopia in Bath but never figured out just where he might have lived.

After a bit of reading, I realised his house is a two minute walk from the manse. So on this lovely day I decided I'd walk over and take a couple of photos. I also have included a few of the blossoms that are in full bloom as spring has finally arrived!

Fairfield House was given to the city of Bath by Selassie after he left to return to his homeland. He gave it with the condition that it become an 'old persons' home. It is now a day-centre for the elderly and is a pilgrimage site for Rastafarians from around the world.

In case you are unaware of the beliefs of Rastafarians I have included a brief comparative religion view based on a popular phrase.

Taoism: Shit happens.
Confucianism: Confucius say, "Shit happens."
Buddhism: If shit happens, it isn't really shit.
Zen Buddhism: What is the sound of shit happening?
Islam: If shit happens, it is the will of Allah.
Catholicism: If shit happens, you deserve it.
Presbyterian: This shit was bound to happen.
Episcopalian: It's not so bad if shit happens, as long as you serve the right wine with it.
Methodist: It's not so bad if shit happens, as long as you serve grape juice with it.
Lutheran: If shit happens, don't talk about it.
Fundamentalism: If shit happens, you will go to hell, unless you are born again. (Amen!)
Judaism: Why does this shit always happen to us?
Calvinism: Shit happens because you don't work.
Seventh Day Adventism: No shit shall happen on Saturday.
Creationism: God made all shit.
Secular Humanism: Shit evolves.
Quakers: Let us not fight over this shit.
Capitalism: That's MY shit.
Communism: It's everybody's shit.
Feminism: Men are shit.
Chauvinism: We may be shit, but you can't live without us...
Existentialism: Shit doesn't happen; shit IS.
Scientology: If shit happens, see "Dianetics", p.157.
Jehovah's Witnesses: >Knock< >Knock<>
Hare Krishna: Shit happens, rama rama.
Satanism: SNEPPAH TIHS.
Nihilism: No shit.

Rastafarianism: Let's smoke this shit!