Freedom is important to include in my ‘100 Reasons to be Glad’ because there isn’t a single day goes by that I am not reminded that our freedoms are constantly being eroded away.
Freedom
I WILL not follow you, my bird,
I will not follow you.
I would not breathe a word, my bird,
To bring thee here anew.
I [...]
This was the object that I photographed as I was leaving Kensington Gardens. Well done to MTG for guessing correctly and to Sean and JHL for getting close
Wikipedia states:
The Albert Memorial is situated in Kensington Gardens, London, England, directly to the north of the Royal Albert Hall. It was commissioned by Queen [...]
As I left Kensington Gardens I photographed one last thing which is behind this fence. Do you know what it was?
Spot the stowaway making sure he didn’t get left behind after my recent visit to Kent. Some of you might remember he is a rescued “Room Bear”.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
We are now leaving the Palace to take a walk through the gardens towards the Round Pond, which you can see from an upstairs window just beyond the statue of Queen Victoria. On the way there I really must show you the sunken garden:
The Sunken Garden was laid out during the reign of Edward VII [...]
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From the guidebook:
Queen Mary’s Gallery was originally furnished with fine lacquered chairs, tables and cabinets and 154 pieces of Chinese and Japanese porcelain. The key surviving features of the room are the two ornamental mirrors of Vauxhall plate glass, supplied by Gerrit Jensen, with magnificent carve and gilt surrounds by Grinling Gibbons.
The book then [...]
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This room is 96ft long and was built in 1695 for William III and originally furnished with green velvet hangings and white damask curtains. It was intended to house the finest pictures from the Royal Collection here.
The King’s Gallery has been refurbished following the decorative scheme devised for George I. In 1725, the [...]
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