I am the song
I am the song that sings the bird.
I am the leaf that grows the land.
I am the tide that moves the moon.
I am the stream that halts the sand.
I am the cloud that drives the storm.
I am the earth that lights the sun.
I am the fire that strikes the stone.
I am the [...]
Archive for the tag 'Packwood House'
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 26th 2015
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In Search of Bluebells
The weather yesterday was lovely and sunny so we set off on a bluebell hunt. We settled on Packwood House and Garden as our destination. Due to a hold up before we set off, we arrived at the property rather late (just in time for lunch) and were told that there were no tickets left [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2015
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Packwood House – The Yew Garden
The yew garden is Packwood’s rarest and most famous feature – a representation of the Sermon on the Mount. At one end of the garden there is a raised path which is reached by a short flight of steps:
This transverse walk is flanked by twelve great yews now known as ‘The Apostles’ with four very [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 18th 2011
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Packwood House
Packwood House is very close to Baddesley Clinton which I recently blogged about. You can see from the exterior that it is completely different in mood and style. A description from the guidebook:
at Packwood the compact house, relatively undistinguished externally, is a1920s and ’30s recasting of a much altered late 16th-century timber-framed building. It is [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on May 17th 2011
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PhotoHunt – Square
Two square sundials outside Packwood House. One shows the morning times and the other shows the afternoon times.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 30th 2011