Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made
By singing: -”Oh, how beautiful!” and sitting in the shade.
Rudyard Kipling, “The Glory of the Garden”
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Filed under Gardens, Holidays, York 2010
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 11th 2010
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100 Photos 28 :: Poppies
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 9th 2010
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Burton Agnes Hall – The Statue Fountain
This pretty fountain with water cascading out of it’s leaf tips is by Marion Smith.
26 Comments CherryPie on Jul 8th 2010
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Burton Agnes Hall – The Potager…
…and beyond.
The potager is filled with vegetables, herbs and flowers that can be cut for the house. This part of the garden is laid out symmetrically into blocks:
Runner beans and sweet peas are planted along the edges of the wide paths which provide a cool root run. Herbs are planted in the corners along [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 7th 2010
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Your mind is a garden,
your thoughts are the seeds,
the harvest can be either flowers or weeds.
Author Unknown
34 Comments CherryPie on Jun 27th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
The Patio at Night
It was such a lovely day yesterday that it would have been nice to get out and about somewhere, especially because the lounge floor had been taken over by a wargame. Unfortunately there were jobs to do, but even those got put on hold because the war game didn’t quite happen. Before lunch [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jun 27th 2010
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PhotoHunt – Purple
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
35 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2010
