Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Gardens, Heritage, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
Situated next to the marble dairy featured in a previous post is the Head Gardener’s House.
Beside the dairy is the ornate Scottish seventeenth-century style Head-Gardener’s House of 1897, directly inspired by Argyll’s Lodging in Stirling, and surrounded by its neat garden behind a fine wrought-iron gate. The high status of the head-gardener in the estate [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Jan 25th 2017
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Newcastle & Alnwick 2016
On the south side of the house, Kinross designed four formal garden terraces still planted in Edwardian style. A geometric terrace is now stocked with floribunda roses and hostas, To one side is a small grass terrace, edged by four large stone vases. Below it, through a wrought-iron gate with griffins adorning the piers, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2017
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Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.
Aeschylus
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 15th 2017
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Galatians 5:22 (KJV)
12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 8th 2017
Filed under Gardens, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2016
An oasis of beauty and tranquility, the Master’s Garden includes a wide range of plants with flowering interest throughout the year. The borders are very colourful in the summer months, with shades that are particularly sensitive to the historic location and grey garden walls. The garden includes a border planted to celebrate the Queen’s Golden Jubilee [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 6th 2016
When one has once fully entered the realm of love, the world – no matter how imperfect – becomes rich and beautiful, for it consists solely of opportunities for love.
Søren Kierkegaard
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 13th 2016
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Winchester 2016
11 Comments CherryPie on Nov 3rd 2016
