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This wall has been a feature of this garden since forever! The Victorians often lined a south-facing Cotswold stone wall with brick - it held the heat from the sun during the day, and helped them to grow espalier fruit trees, like peaches, in the garden.
The Brick (Agrochola circellaris) moth foraging on common ivy (Hedera helix) nectar.
Zrzenicówka rudawka (Agrochola circallaris) żerująca na naktarze bluszczu pospolitego (Hedera helix).
Another shot from Sunday outside an old church. Bricks have always fascinated me. Many years ago I worked as a hod carrier - the person who carries the bricks and mortar to the bricklayer. Very hard work!
'Oh dear, how frightful, we are so scared!!!
Uhm, best keep an eye on your port side too, Captain... My crew is just dropping in for a little visit... Have fun!'
The Brick (Agrochola circellaris) moth sipping nectar from common ivy (Hedera helix) flower.
Zrzenicówka rudawka (Agrochola circellaris) spijająca nektar z kwiatu bluszczu pospolitego (Hedera helix).
Small leaf fallen on the wet bricks along the dam. Always like the textures and lines of the bricks with fallen leaves, etc.
Remainder of photos taken after the storm I couldn't upload yesterday due to computer connection issues. All handheld and some not the sharpest.
....these bricks aren't in the wall.
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These are the big vats that they used for refining sugar from molasses when this mill was in operation. All that remains of the original structure is the walls and these kettles and other machinery. The roof is now replaces by a huge, steel structure, and walkways have been built inside it so people can get closer to the equipment.
When I first started coming to Sugar Mill Gardens back in January of 2008, the walls had no protection around them and the whole ruin was encircled by a chain link fence to keep people out. I think the decision to reinforce the structure with the steel roof was done to preserve what's left of the walls and the kettles. Parts of the wall came down even during the time between when I started visiting, and when they built the enclosure. It is rather monolithic and ugly, but the good thing is that we can now go inside and see things closer up than before. Future generations stand a better chance of seeing this old mill's ruins now.