RHH's photos with the keyword: shakespeare

Our hour-long walking tour of the city of Chester was led by this man, dressed as a 15th Century Shropshire archer. He gave some of the history of the city and also of the Battle of Shrewsbury, fought in 1403 between Henry IV and Henry Percy in which the Shropshire archers played a major part. The story of the battle and the events leading up to it is told in Shakespeare's Henry IV, Parts I and II.

In Explore September 19, 2009, #145. Taken in a neighbor's garden in the town of Lynden while on a morning walk, these are hybrids of Bellis perennis, the English Daisy.

In Explore September 20, 2009, #287. Photographed on a morning walk near home. The quotation is from Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra.

A peony photographed in the Japanese garden at the Devonian Botanic Gardens, Devon, Alberta, Canada. The quoation is from Shakespeare's King Henry VIII.

In Explore November 25, 2009, #226. It is Thanksgiving Day here in the States and we wish all our friends "a heart replete with thankfulness." The photo is from last spring when we visited the tulip and daffodil fields in the Skagit Valley. This photo was taken in the gardens of one of the bulb growers, Roozengaarde's. The quotation is from Shakespeare's Henry VI.

Campanula rotundifolia grows in temperate regions worldwide and is known by different names. This was photographed near Gargett Mine in the Mount Baker Wilderness. " With fairest flowers, Whilst summer lasts, and I live here, Fidele, I'll sweeten thy sad grave: thou shalt not lack The flower that's like thy face, pale primrose, nor The azured hare-bell, like thy veins; no, nor The leaf of eglantine, whom not to slander, Out-sweeten’d not thy breath. -Shakespeare ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/10/hiking-in-t... ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/10/hiking-in-t...