English Heritage Days Out
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Bluebells are probably one of the best known wildflowers found in the British Isles, sometimes carpeting entire floors in early spring with brightly colored flowers, appearing April-May.
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Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England. Built 1705-1722 originally for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, as reward for military activities including the Battle of Blenheim. Birthplace in 1874 of Winston Churchill.
Christopher Wren was in the running to be architect but the post was given to John Vanbrugh who was assisted by Hawksmoor. The building is in the ‘English Baroque’ style that paralleled the perhaps more exuberant Continental Baroque. English baroque was soon unfashionable and replaced by the restraint of the Georgian buildings of Edinburgh and Bath.
Bred in 1993 by the English rose breeder David C. H. Austin (1926-2018)
I took this picture in the Volksgarten in Vienna yesterday. It's a by-product of my participation in the all-day demonstration against the turquoise-blue government coalition near the Chancellery. The Ballhausplatz in front of it was much too small for some 10,000 demonstrators, so lots of them populated part of the nearby Volksgarten.
Had the pleasure of visiting The O'Connor House English Tea Room in Deseranto, Ontario and this beautiful scene was on our table. Such a lovely way to spend a few hours on a weekend afternoon.
Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, England and home to a branch of the Howards. Designed by John Vanbrugh assisted by Nicholas Hawksmoor in the then fashionable English Baroque style. Construction began in 1701.
It was Vanbrugh’s first major foray into architecture. He and the professional architect Hawksmoor were involved shortly after with the design of Blenheim Palace
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A fire in 1940 destroyed much of the building including the dome. Part has since been restored.
English plantain wildflower and rain. Name discovered at www.wildflowersearch.org.
Sheltering at home.
Belly shot.
Waiting to vote by mail in November. Hurry!
Black lives matter.
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Another slide restoration from Summer 1976. I'd think late Summer or the grass would be all brown.
In my mind's eye, most of the gardens I remember in the 70s were much this design. Reality struck when I had my own first garden, which I doubt went little further than the shed. Gardens are generally getting smaller today, with developers trying to pack as many houses as they can into a new housing scheme.
Caroline and I had breakfast on the cliffs over looking the sea.
The sea mist rolled around over Northern France. Its a view we have witnessed many times.
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The best way to manage the heath at Kinver Edge sensitively is to graze it with cattle. The National Trust use a herd of English Longhorn cows, an ancient breed, who crush the bracken, chomp on bramble and nibble leaves and grass. Their trampling creates bare sandy areas that bees nest in and releases heather seeds. By roaming around they naturally create a ‘mosaic’ of different habitats across the landscape, which is ideal for wildlife.
A painted shot of English Bay on a sunny bright day last week.
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Morning and evening
Maids heard the goblins cry:
‘Come buy our orchard fruits,
Come buy, come buy:
Apples and quinces,
Lemons and oranges,
Plump unpeck’d cherries,
Melons and raspberries,
Bloom-down-cheek’d peaches,
Swart-headed mulberries,
Wild free-born cranberries,
Crab-apples, dewberries,
Pine-apples, blackberries,
Apricots, strawberries;—
All ripe together
In summer weather,—
Morns that pass by,
Fair eves that fly;
Come buy, come buy …’
Christina Rossetti, ‘Goblin Market’
Taken at Goatwood stunning 1800s sim
DenDen - "Freedom" pose
General poisoning notes: English ivy (Hedera helix) is an indoor and outdoor ornamental vine. This plant contains saponins, which can cause poisoning in cattle, dogs, sheep, and humans. Two chemicals in the sap can also cause severe contact dermatitis in sensitive humans. HMM!
Macro Mondays: Poisonous.