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Re: In the Cotswolds: Sezincote

Paul Heymont ·
What a fascinating house and gardens! I wonder how its neighbors regarded it when it was built.
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Re: In the Cotswolds: Sezincote

DrFumblefinger ·
Wow!
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Re: In the Cotswolds: Sezincote

PortMoresby ·
What neighbors? Anyone who lived nearby didn't count.
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Re: In the Cotswolds: Sezincote

Paul Heymont ·
Perhaps I should have said "owners of other large estates in the area," not, of course, literal neighbors!
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Re: In the Cotswolds: Sezincote

PortMoresby ·
I think the ruling class would have admired this monument to empire, source of wealth and employment for younger sons. And then there's the tradition of eccentricity among those of their class so I suspect no one thought much about it.
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Re: An English Garden Gallery: Kiftsgate Court

GarryRF ·
Wonderful colours and scenery. Worthy of the pages in a Countryside Magazine.
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Re: An English Garden Gallery: Kiftsgate Court

DrFumblefinger ·
Yet another amazing English garden! You really have an eye for what makes a great garden gallery, from overview to detail. Thanks much for sharing these!
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Re: An English Garden Gallery: Hidcote

GarryRF ·
Looks like an enchanted garden. Maybe Alice in Wonderland lives there !
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Re: An English Garden Gallery: Hidcote

Paul Heymont ·
Spectacular...and this one especially!
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Re: An English Garden Gallery: Hidcote

PortMoresby ·
Yes, a common plant with an uncommon coloring. I'm partial to the fern.
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Re: An English Garden Gallery: Hidcote

DrFumblefinger ·
One of the most beautiful gardens I've ever visited (through your excellent photoessay)! I, too, am partial to the fern. In Canada they are called 'fiddlesticks', for obvious regions, and they are quite delicious when picked early on.
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Re: An English Garden Gallery: Hidcote

PortMoresby ·
They are delicious. The most memorable single dish I've ever had was forest ferns, far out into the Chinese countryside near the Burma border, cooked for 3 of us, the only other people for miles I think, the lovely taxi driver who knew the place, my friend and me. Other things, too, but it's the ferns I remember.
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Re: An English Garden Gallery: Hidcote

Paul Heymont ·
In Maine, where we enjoyed them, they're called "fiddlehead" ferns. Wonder if there are other regional variations? PS...they are even available canned...which I don't even want to try. The same company has canned dandelions as well.
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Re: An English Garden Gallery: Hidcote

DrFumblefinger ·
Lots of interesting ways to prepare them, and they're said to be rich in antioxidants!
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In the Cotswolds: Chastleton House

PortMoresby ·
PortMoresby continues her progress through the Cotswolds with a visit to Chastleton House near Moreton-in-Marsh and is greeted with the words, "Chastleton is Wolf Hall."
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In the Cotswolds: Buscot Park

PortMoresby ·
After a visit to William Morris’s Kelmscott Manor, PortMoresby crosses the River Thames to visit Buscot Park, with a stunning room dedicated to a Pre-Raphaelite painter and, unexpectedly, warriors in the garden.
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In the Cotswolds: Sezincote

PortMoresby ·
After years admiring pictures of Sezincote’s Neo-Mughal design, PortMoresby visits the house in Gloucestershire and is in for a surprise.
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William Morris at Home: Kelmscott Manor

PortMoresby ·
PortMoresby returns to the story of Arts & Crafts Movement giant, William Morris and visits his retreat in England’s Cotswolds.
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An English Garden Gallery: Hidcote

PortMoresby ·
With a week to spend in the Cotswolds, PortMoresby returns to a place she’s been before, Hidcote Manor Garden in Gloucestershire.
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An English Garden Gallery: Kiftsgate Court

PortMoresby ·
After spending the morning at its neighbor, Hidcote Manor Garden, PortMoresby moves on to another award-winning Cotswold garden, Kiftsgate Court.
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A Cotswold Village, Hidcote Boyce

PortMoresby ·
Take a walk around PortMoresby's English home-for-a-week in Gloucestershire, Hidcote Boyce.
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Re: A Cotswold Village, Hidcote Boyce

Paul Heymont ·
Gertrude Stein's description of Oakland ("There is no there there") seems the opposite of Hidcote Boyce: there's little of what we usually expect a town or village to have, but what there is, is all "there."
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Re: A Cotswold Village, Hidcote Boyce

Marilyn Jones ·
I love the Cotswolds. This beautiful photo essay reminds me it's time to go back!! i
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Re: In the Cotswolds: Chastleton House

DrFumblefinger ·
What an amazing place! I need to add a few days in the Cotswold next time I've some free days in Europe just to explore these elegant homes! Thanks, PortMoresby. I'm really enjoying your series.
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Re: In the Cotswolds: Chastleton House

PortMoresby ·
Indeed, you should, DrF, or add a few days in Europe on a trip to the Cotswolds!
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Re: In the Cotswolds: Chastleton House

PortMoresby ·
Update: Part 3 of Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy, 'The Mirror and the Light', will be published later this year. I think that will require a celebratory tour of all the houses used as settings for the BBC's 'Wolf Hall", don't you think?
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Re: In the Cotswolds: Chastleton House

PortMoresby ·
This evening's episode of 'Wolf Hall' had a long & satisfying scene with Anne Boleyn and Thomas Cromwell in the Long Gallery, above. I'd know that floor anywhere.
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Re: In the Cotswolds: Buscot Park

PortMoresby ·
For the first time, Edward Burne-Jones Briar Rose paintings will leave Buscot Park, the house for which they were painted, to join others of the artists works at the Tate Britain gallery, London, from October until February 2019. Read the whole story here .
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Re: In the Cotswolds: Buscot Park

DrFumblefinger ·
Another great home and gardens, great story and great photos to wrap it all together! You have an unusual gift for sharing your love of these elegant places, PortMoresby. Thanks again!
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Re: In the Cotswolds: Buscot Park

PortMoresby ·
Thanks for saying so, DrF. Stay tuned, one of my all-time favorites next Saturday.
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Re: William Morris at Home: Kelmscott Manor

PortMoresby ·
Update, Kelmscott Manor is reopening after a £6m renovation.
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