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Compton Acres Garden, Poole, Dorset
The gardens are situated at 164 Canford Cliffs, POOLE, Dorset, BH13 7ES. It is a privately owned garden, founded in 1920 by Thomas William Simpson. He was a business man whose wealth came from the production of Margarine.
From the 1920s – 1930s he began to create a series of enclosed gardens, seven in all, at the staggering cost of £220k. They were filled with sculptures and other architectural features.
The thought was, that even at an early stage of its construction that it was going to be a ‘tourist attraction’.
Unfortunately Mr Simpson died in 1944, this was followed by another death in the form of Mr. Middleton, the Head Gardener. These deaths plus the call-up of other staff lead to the gardens falling into disrepair. In 1950 the garden were sold to J. Stanley Beard a London architect who was responsible for a programme of restoration and by 1952 now complete, it was open to the public.
During that time new paths were laid, many other plantings were carried out. It changed hands again in 1964 but it still remained open. Since then the main house was sold as was part of the northern and southern boundary plus some of the woodland.
The garden now is divided between five smaller sub-gardens:
The Italian Garden: When you first see this garden from the end of the pond looking down to the Domed Temple it is spectacular. At the top end are two statues representing Wrestlers of Herculaneum. The pond itself is surrounded with brightly coloured planting and in the water are many water lilies and a fountain. To the left is the Italianate Villa with its brightly painted walls and statues on the roof and as you walk down the path other shrubs and manicured bushes. There are quite a few seats dotted around so that you can enjoy the experience.
The Wooded Valley: Here the woodland of Pine trees, where Rhododendrons and Camelias grow in some abundance. Winding footpaths and waterfalls along with other plants such as Ferns and Foxgloves make a wonderful setting.
Rock and Water Garden: There is a thought that Compton Acres has the largest rock garden in private hands in England. It consists of over 300 different plants which include alpines, conifers, spring and summer bulbs.
The Heather Garden: Here, there is a garden, again with many different species of Heather, some not easily grown in other gardens but the south coast has a much better climate enabling them to thrive. It is at its best in Spring, although it is still a very colourful space throughout the year.
The Japanese Garden: There is an odd shaped pool which is surrounded by Bamboos, Azelea and Maples. Wonderful colours, together with a collection of figures, lanterns, stone pagodas and a thatched Japanese-style summerhouse. This is covered in Wisteria in season. Many of the items were purchased in Japan, even the fish were exported under licence.
The garden covers 10 acres, it has many pieces of sculpture and architectural features scattered throughout the site. It also has a tea-room, a very important place which does nice tea and cake. What could be better after the experience of seeing the garden?
Back to business. Returning sometimes feels like jumping on a moving train. New Orleans, btw, was awesome. I think Allison and I found our Vegas.
Terrific Tuesday to you.
One of my attempts at the "Crazy Tuesday" theme "Stars".
Shot with a Noritsu "38-60 mm F 4-4.8" (enlarging) lens on a Canon EOS R5.
Closed businesses along the main street of struggling May,OK.The town was the hometown of one of Stephen King's characters in his popular novel, "The Stand"....
So I'm back from another mysterious disappearance! I guess I just can't stay away.
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Monkey business
The title is just ofcourse for fun, humans are no monkey's , are they?
And here's the real story. If you want to see the work of Frans Lanting, the dutch master in nature and animal photography , in the Nederlands fotomuseum in Rotterdam , you'll really have to hurry. The exhibition ends at 18th september! For you're information, I've visited it 4 times, that's how impressed I am. All credits for this picture ofcourse, are for him, thanks for sharing Frans. ps; the Flickr location is wrong, it's not on the Noordereiland, here's the adress:
Nederlands Fotomuseum
Gebouw Las Palmas
Wilhelminakade 332
3072 AR Rotterdam
492nd squadron lakenheath lady pilot landed at RAF Valley for families day 2021. To view my YouTube channel then click here youtube.com/c/DafyddPhillips
I don't know what it was, but I loved the fog covering the bridge. Nearly every time we were able to capture a glimpse of this historical gem it was covered with fog. I don't know, I suppose I just enjoyed the natural thickness of it all.
The fog added a bit of drama which is something I will happily tolerate in photography. The business of being busy, the business of doing what needs to be done. Everyone on this bridge was in the business of getting something done that day; whether it was work, play, touring, exercising, or otherwise; everyone had business to tend to. Bridge business.
KCS's F9's on their business train have a sharp paint scheme. Here, the Retrobelle F Units race south on the Macaroni Line near Hillje as they head for Laredo and the groundbreaking for a new bridge to Mexico
BKCLR 27 (Business Train- Kansas City, MO to Laredo, TX)
KCS FP9A #1
KCS F9B #3
KCS FP9A #2
Hillje, TX
October 29th, 2022
I'll go Pro... one of these days!
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A BNSF AC44 leads Z-WSPNBY West through Mazon, IL. You don’t always see the BNSF AC44’s hauling stacks. They’re almost always in coal service.
London City evening blue hour, England, UK.
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Proverbs 20:19 “He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide.”
edna, I'm gonna need several Schedule E forms for this.
I thought you didn't pay taxes, stanley.
I don't, and this is how.
Kansas City Southern's Business train is southbound on the former KCS now CPKC's Pittsburg Subdivision passing through an S-Curve just south of Richards Missouri. The train running under CPKC Symbol D40B-13 and led by KCS 1, an EMD FP9, is heading back home to Shreveport Louisiana after spending the last few days in Kansas City Missouri doing corporate events in the area.
After finding this train in Cleveland Missouri right as the sun was raising above the horizon and shooting it for the first time just south of Amsterdam Missouri the real chase began. Trying to get ahead of this train on unfamiliar territory was quite the challenge, but nothing the Nomad couldn't handle. After getting ahead of the train somewhere around Hume MO we felt we had some time to do some quick drive by scouting of some potential shots, but all were still to shadowed this early in the morning. But as we rolled through just south of Richards MO we came across a nicely lit slight S-Curve and decided this would be the best shot for the time being, since we knew the train would be showing up momentarily. About 30 seconds after the vehicle was put in park this shot was taken, then the chase continued south for another 8 hours through Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.