Archive for the tag 'Cragside'
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Rhododendrons Around the Estate
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 16th 2011
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The Owl Sculpture
Details from a sign next to the owl:
This Owl Sculpture has been created by Tommy Craggs, an award winning local artist. You can view his work on the internet at treesculpting.co.uk.
The tree is one of our historic Oaks, planted in 1892, which was badly damaged in storms last year. When it became apparent that [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Aug 15th 2011
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating;
there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
John Ruskin
20 Comments CherryPie on Aug 14th 2011
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Looking Towards Rothbury
Views towards Rothbury, taken in the formal garden at Cragside.
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 13th 2011
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Catching the Rays
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 12th 2011
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Welcome to Cragside Gardens
Regular readers will know that Cragside is one of my favourite places to visit. During my recent visit to Northumberland I enjoyed seeing the gardens in a different season. In this post you can see the formal gardens being stripped back and prepared for the summer bedding.
New to me on this visit was the addition [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 11th 2011
