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King Charles II granted the lands of St Leonard's Forest, of which Leonardslee was a part of, to his physician Sir Edward Greaves. It was kept as a woodland for hunting.
Eventually the Aldridge family took over. A portion of the estate was sold to Charles George Beauclerk in 1803. He introduced many of the palms, conifers, camellias, rhododendrons and magnolias.
c1852, wealthy merchant, William Hubbard, purchased Leonardslee. He added 57 acres to the estate making it 1,000 acres. As well as adding to the plants, he built the house, formally known as St Leonard's Lodge and now renamed Leonardslee.
Sir Robert Loder purchased High Beeches c1847 and his son Sir Edmund Loder acquired Leonardslee in 1889 from his father-in-law William Hubbard.
Sir Edmund Loder lived here for 30 years during which time he erected a rock garden from a concrete-like material called 'Pulhamite'. Loder created the loderi hybrids of rhododendrons. He also introduced a colony of wallabies still on the estate today.
Sir Edmund Loder died in 1920 and ownership passed to his wife. In 1945, Sir Edmund’s grandson Sir Giles Loder took over but eventually sold off over 900 acres.
In 1981, Giles’s son Robin becomes the garden custodian, managing it until 2010 when they were sold and closed to the public.
In 2017 the gardens were acquired by Penny Streeter and the Benguela Collection Hospitality Group.
There are 7 lakes, all manmade. In the C16th they provided water for the local iron industry. In 1947 “Black Narcissus” was part filmed at Leonardslee.
Reflection in the ceiling light-fitting of the former baptistry (now the confessional) at Our Lady, Lillington.
The Catholic church of Our Lady in Lillington (now a suburb of Leamington Spa) was opened in 1963 and is quite simply one of the most stunning modern churches I've ever seen.
The building, designed by Henry Fedeski, follows the traditional cruciform plan but with a centrally placed altar at the crossing. However the most outstanding element here is the sheer abundance of (mostly) abstract stained glass, bathing the interior in a magical kaleidoscopic light.
The glass is the work of Dom Charles Norris, heading a team of monks who employed the dalle de verre (slab of glass) technique, wherein thick chunks of coloured glass are set in a concrete matrix. Norris is best known for his work at Buckfast Abbey, though the parish priest here tells me these windows were made at Prinknash.
The entire clerestorey of all four arms of the building consists of this rich abstract glazing. A round window enlivens the entrance facade (liturgically west but the church is actually orientated north to south) whilst the transepts are dominated by huge images of Mary and the Archangel Gabriel respectively (the only figurative elements in the glazing). There are yet further examples of this rich glass in three of the side chapels and annexes at ground level, all in all making a visit to this church an unforgettable experience.
This is a magnificent building which clearly deserves to be better known, there can be few such significant examples of dalle de verre glass in the country. (the church is normally locked outside of services).
For more detail see this church's entry on the Warwickshire Churches website:-
This shop window in the fashionable area of Montpellier in Cheltenham shows the reflections of the other shops in this courtyard setting.
I think I take a picture of these barns every single time I visit the Nisqually nature reserve. This was my first time to venture close to the stream, though. It was kind of funny because there were a bunch of birders at the reserve on this day, and people thought that I had spotted a super cool bird. Nope, just cool reflections :)
.......I should not have eaten that second dessert......that errant landing goose could have hit and killed me ........mom and dad need not yell at me like that ........Need to floss more.......I'm just a clumsy , awkward boy.....
In de Design Vlaanderen Galerie wordt de tentoonstelling "Reflections" herhaald die tijdens de vorige Milan Design Week in de Triënnale voor de eerste maal werd gepresenteerd. De tentoonstelling was een eerbetoon aan de Belgische ingenieurs Emile Foucault en Emile Gobbe die in 1903 het eerste mechanische systeem voor de productie van glas ontwikkelden, nl. het verticaal trekken van vlakglas. Dit zorgde wereldwijd voor een totale ommekeer in de glasnijverheid en het opende de weg naar de industriële productie van glas na de 1ste Wereldoorlog. Dat België aan de wieg ligt van de industrialisatie van vlakglas en er in België nog verschillende bedrijven zijn die samen met vele ontwerpers spiegels op de markt brengen was de aanleiding voor Reflections.
Maak kennis met niet enkel spiegels van Belgische designers maar ook andere voorwerpen met een spiegelend oppervlak, waarin het licht reflecteert en spiegelbeelden ontstaan. Eén voor één vormen ze hoogtepunten van design. Ontdek primeurs maar evengoed klassiekers van de hand van boeiende ontwerpers en bedrijven.
De ontwerpers: Leo Aerts (Alinea), Marina Bautier, Michaël Bihain, Susanna Campogrande & Lise Casalegno Marro (Allerretour), Xavier De Clippeleir, Alex De Witte, Simon Desmet & Timothy Macken (MaDe), Nathalie Dewez, Jean-François d’Or (Loudordesign studio), Luc Druez (LcD Textile Edition), Nedda El-Asmar & Erik Indekeu, Marie Gobert, Linde Hermans (Rode schoentjes), Bieke & Patrick Hoet, David Huycke, Bart Lens, Xavier Lust, Stefan Schöning, Diane Steverlynck, Ben Storms, Mathias Van De Walle (MVDW Workshop), Ann Van Hoey, Danny Venlet, Jules Wabbes, Sylvain Willenz.
De bedrijven: AGC Glass Europe, Dark, Deknudt Mirrors & Reflect+, Eternum, Fiam Italia, Ligne Roset, Linadura, Objekten, valerie_traan Gallery, Vervloet, Wever & Ducré, Zeri Crafts.
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Some more of the best reflections are on windows!
The cleaner they are, the more it will sparkle.
Always on the look-out.
Have a wonderful day, filled with love and beauty, M, (*_*)
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Three houses along a canal with their reflection in the water.
This is my first entry for We do it everyday, which has a list of 180 things to take pictures of. I decided to build them myself...
I did not photoshop this image except for contrast and sharpness - I actually built the houses twice and put them together.
Drie huizen langs een gracht, weerspiegeld in het water.
Dit is mijn eerste bijdrage aan We do it everyday, een groep met een lijst van 180 dingen om te fotograferen. Ik heb besloten om ze eerst zelf te bouwen.
Ik heb Photoshop alleen gebruikt voor contrast en scherpte - ik heb dus echt de huisjes 2x gebouwd en aan elkaar gezet.
There wasn't much of interest down by the canal in Oldbury, thankfully it was very sunny and the reflection in the water was almost perfect.
This is the Hesburgh Library at Notre Dame. The Word of Life mural is undergoing maintenance this year. This was my first use of the Super Topcon 65mm lens on 4/5. I built an adapter lens board to hold the Horseman VH lens boards on the Speed Graphic. This lens was intended for the Horseman VH series cameras, however, its image circle will almost fill 4x5 (vignietting not shown here may have been from my yellow filter.) This is a late in the day photo. The lighting was not great, however, I wanted to test the new adapter.
Photographed on Kodak Tri-X 320 4x5 using a Graflex Speed Graphic. This was a test for a lens board adapter to adapt my Horseman VH-R lenses to the Speed Graphic Board. Here I used a Horseman Topcor 65mm lens at f/32.
Was a rainy day at Byodo-in Temple in Kyoto. We stopped at the gift shop for a while to dry off and found this garden. I thought the area set up for sitting made for an interesting shot.
Boosted the shadows and the greens a bit in post.
A lovely autumn day last Sunday and a trip to Cenarth Falls. here were some lovely reflections on the River Teify below the falls. Tried a few low shutter speed shots of the falls
Adobe Lr 5 - American Coot staring at its reflection - 4/2014
Big thanks to 'tanager22' for helping me identify birds!