england & paris 2022

Had to stop to see this while driving through. View large to find the horse. And I think that's Oldbury Castle Hillfort in the middle distance.

Of course she would have a cute doorstop - all was delightful at the B&B

Just part of a bouquet in our room at the Fosse Farmhouse B&B.

I think the owl has the best view.

Owl posted at a cafe window on the bridge to keep away friendly pigeons, I presume.

See Pip for room info. William Henry Fox Talbot - Latticed window at lacock abbey 1835 (public domain)

This room probably dates from the 1230s, making it one of the oldest parts of the abbey to survive. Some of the plaster on the walls and ceiling is original and nearly 800 years old. There is evidence of painted decoration in several places around the room. Some of it is medieval, but some is probablay from the 1700s. A later resident, John Ivory Talbot wrote in 1754: 'My painter [Lord William Seymour] is so nice and busy in ornamenting my Cloisters' After John Ivory Talbot inherited Lacock in 1714, he set about altering the house to suit him. He built the Great Hall you see today at the front of the building and removed the outer walls of the rooms on this side of the cloiser, creating a romantic 'ruin' that could be enjoyed as part of the garden. The outer walls of these rooms were sympathetically rebuilt in about 1894 when Charles Talbot lived here. If they had remained open to the weather it is unlikely that so much of this plaster would be here today. -From the sign in front of the room at Lacock Abbey Yes, they are talking about the Talbot family of photographic fame. William Henry Fox Talbot took this photo at the Abbey in 1835: William Henry Fox Talbot - Latticed window at lacock abbey 1835 (public domain)

Lacock Abbey. Upside down is the right side up with camera obscuras.

plants vs structures. I think the plants are winning.

English church garden. Castle Combe.

Tower.

The church bells sing.

In a valley.

Fosse Farmhouse B&B, near Castle Combe.

Fosse Farmhouse B&B, near Castle Combe. First the instructions, then the actual perfect scone. Not to mention tea served correctly! Milk first then tea on top. Done that way because otherwise the tea will stain the porcelain. Says the owner of the bed & breakfast. The little lion's head is from the Romans - found on the site of the bed & breakfast.

The view from William Morris's house, Kelmscott Manor, in the Cotswolds. You might find that the water drops on the window spoil the view, but to me they are as beautiful as the view itself.

Inside the prior photo of a building, which as a lot of you knew is Kelmscott Manor, home to William Morris's ‘Heaven on Earth’. So many wonderful patterns. This chair next to the firplace where even the tiles are patterned. Not an art photo, but a photo of art.