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Post by Jaga on May 2, 2007 8:02:16 GMT -7
Leslie,
my sister in law sent me some beautiful pictures from England - Salisbury, Guilford. Do you know these regions? I will try to post some pictures later on
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Post by leslie on May 2, 2007 13:40:19 GMT -7
Jaga
Sorry I can't tell you anything about the Salisbury area. It is about 230 miles from where I live now and 330 miles from where I lived when I was driving my family then down to a holiday in the Isle of Wight. We stopped off at Salisbury and had a quick look round - a delightful place from what I recall (this would be about 40 years ago!!) and also visited Stonehenge which is quite nearby to Salisbury.From what I remember it was a very pleasant country side in that area, with some rolling hills around and a very peaceful, rural atmosphere. The cathedral in Salisbury is a most imposing one.
I would love to see the photos when you have a chance to do something with them - I know I have a photo I took of the Cathedral but haven't been able to find it on my first search!
Pozdrawiam serdecznie
Leslie
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Bob S
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Post by Bob S on May 2, 2007 16:24:51 GMT -7
;D Hey Jaga and Les. I visited Stonehenge too but that was a few years back. At that time visitors could walk up to and around the stones; there was no fence preventing it. Salisbury Plaine is quite nice to visit and ther are also the huge (Limestone?) pictures of various animals to wonder about.  ;D |
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Post by Jaga on May 6, 2007 8:51:28 GMT -7
Bob, I wish I could visit the Stonehenge! Here are a couple of pictures from my sister in law. She loves the gardens and flowers in GB.   |
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Post by leslie on May 6, 2007 9:20:51 GMT -7
Jaga
Two delightful pictures - both typical of Southern England; the gardens in the North are often much barer than the one you showed, and I loved 'Ye Olde English' street scene - very typical of some southern towns. I've got to be honest though - I still prefer the North, particularly where I was brought up during 10 years within sight of the mountains of the Lake District and, looking across to Scotland, one quite large mountain - Criffel. To the south I could see from the other side of the house the northernmost mountain of the Lake District - Skiddaw. Skiddaw is a slate-based mountain and Criffel a granite-based one, but on Skiddaw is found a lot of granite and on Criffel a lot of slate. Long, long ago two giants lived on the two mountains and threw stones at each other - that's how the 'alien' stones got to the other mountains!!! So goes the legend! The less romantic truth is that the intervening space - the Solway Firth - in the Ice Age was covered by a huge glacier that carried the stones from one to the other! I prefer the 'giants' legend!
Leslie
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Post by rdywenur on May 6, 2007 9:35:13 GMT -7
Nice photos Jaga. I love English gardens. I love forsythia but hate when people trim the bushes. This is one bush that to me should not be trimmed. It takes the beauty away from it. I prefer it natural and freeform. Cute old English Village.
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Post by jeanne on May 6, 2007 15:13:24 GMT -7
Nice photos Jaga. I love English gardens. I love forsythia but hate when people trim the bushes. This is one bush that to me should not be trimmed. It takes the beauty away from it. I prefer it natural and freeform. Cute old English Village. rdywenur, I have a neighbor who is an artist by trade. He specializes in sculptures (usually large wooden ones made from tree trunks). He has a forsythia bush in his front yard. One summer he sculpted it into the shape of Big Bird from Sesame St. Well, you should have seen it the next Spring when it bloomed! It was Big Bird for sure! Jeanne |
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