Rose Bush Update 26/06/15.

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buds, flowers, Garden, gardening, petals, Rose Bushes, Roses

Tree on Wheels, Prince’s Wharf, Bristol, 27/05/15.

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Bristol, Garden, gardening, mobile, planter, Prince's Wharf Bristol, trees, trolley, wheels

Rose Bush Update 08/01/15.

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first, flowers, Garden, gardening, Rose Bushes, Roses, White Roses

The first rose of 2015.

The Garden Gate, Edinburgh, 22/03/14.

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Art, Edinburgh, Garden, gardening, gate, painting, The Secret Garden, wall

But where exactly is it?

I was lost when I took this photograph, but I have a feeling that this beautiful garden gate is somewhere close to the Royal Commonwealth Pool on Dalkeith Road. “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett came to mind briefly, before walking on down a seemingly endless road and then turning around to walk back the way I came!

Rose Bush Update 03/11/14.

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flowers, Garden, gardening, Pink, Pink Roses, raindrops, Rose Bushes, Roses

The Pink Rosebush.

Rose Bush Update 16/09/14.

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Garden, gardening, Red Roses, Rose Bushes, Roses

Photo Archive: Kingston Lacy, Wimborne Minster, 2012.

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faces, Garden, gardening, hedge, house and garden, Kingston Lacy, National Trust, Topiary, Wimborne Minster

The hedge.

Before my trip to Kingston Lacy, an impressive country house and garden a short drive from Wimborne Minster in Dorset, topiary was something I largely ignored, but these cheeky looking chaps soon caught my attention from the very start of my visit. I wonder if they are caricatures of people the gardener knows; residence of Wimborne perhaps?

Do you recognise this man?

You can read more about Kingston Lacy here: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/kingston-lacy/

 

 

 

Rose Bush Update: 13/06/14.

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Garden, gardening, Red Roses, Rose Bushes, Roses

All of these roses came into bloom, on the same rose bush, last week. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have.

“All Aboard!!!”

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Ephemera, Garden, Hull, Hull City of Culture 2017, old photographs, Photography, Steam Train, Toy Trains

My favourite photograph, from the handful I purchased in Hull yesterday, is also the one that is in the worst condition, so I hope you can see it clearly. I love the wooden toy train; in fact I’m very jealous. The train, including the tender, is probably as long as the little girl is tall, so it must be on quite an impressive scale. It is also nice to see a young lady in charge of the steam engine rather than a doll in a pram or a dainty tea set. The back of the photograph is blank, so you can read as much into the photograph as you like.

You can see some other photographs from my collection here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/121480122@N04/sets/72157643085991143/