Garden to visit: - Welcome to Lyn and Malcolms Garden with over 1000 pictures of plants: "357 Ringwood Road Ferndown - Dorset BH22 9AE - England "
- Chisenbury Manor:
A beautiful collection of photos of the gardens that they visited
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Chisenbury Manor - Chisenbury Priory.
- Chisenbury Manor: "http://www.freshford.com/WGT/chisenbury_manor.htm"
Chisenbury Priory - Front borders redesigned in 2009 by Tom Stuart-Smith.
In 1993, Mary-Anne and Alastair Robb had to sell their wonderful home in Wiltshire to release much-needed capital into the family business, Marlborough Tiles.
This was due to the on-going recession of the early 1990s.
Fortunately, the house that they owned at that time – Chisenbury Priory – was snapped up within the first few days of it being on the market, thus enabling a swift move to Somerset, where house prices were lower.
Having never thought they would have to move again, they discovered Cothay and the rest is, as they say, “history”.
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Chisenbury Priory - Front borders redesigned in 2009 by Tom Stuart-Smith.
In 1993, Mary-Anne and Alastair Robb had to sell their wonderful home in Wiltshire to release much-needed capital into the family business, Marlborough Tiles.
This was due to the on-going recession of the early 1990s.
Fortunately, the house that they owned at that time – Chisenbury Priory – was snapped up within the first few days of it being on the market, thus enabling a swift move to Somerset, where house prices were lower.
Having never thought they would have to move again, they discovered Cothay and the rest is, as they say, “history”.
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Monday, May 29, 2017
Sunday, May 28, 2017
In the garden, in and in the kitchen.
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2. Phacélia. Valeriana. Alchemilla - "lady's mantle".
3. Iceberg is a white floribunda rose cultivar bred by Kordes in Germany in 1958. Pelargonium 'Attar of Roses'.
4. Trollius - globeflower...Will blossom. Aquilegia/granny's bonnet.
5. Paeonia lactiflora 'Shirley Temple'.
6. Strawberry from our allotment. Tesco Apricots 320G Only 49p!
7. Jam!
8. Freshly baked bread ... yes! with fresh jam! Mmmmm ...
9. Honeyberry is collected simultaneously with strawberries.
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Thursday, May 25, 2017
Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Sleep well.
Eating two kiwi fruits one hour before bedtime helps people nod off quickly and sleep more soundly, scientists say.
According Prof Nathaniel Kleitman, at the University of Chicago:
If you fall asleep within five minutes of closing your eyes, you are severely sleep deprived
If it's within ten minutes, this is "troublesome"
If you stay awake for at least 15 minutes, you are fine
A simpler approach would be to set an alarm for 15 minutes, close your eyes, then see if you fall asleep before the alarm goes off.
According Prof Nathaniel Kleitman, at the University of Chicago:
If you fall asleep within five minutes of closing your eyes, you are severely sleep deprived
If it's within ten minutes, this is "troublesome"
If you stay awake for at least 15 minutes, you are fine
A simpler approach would be to set an alarm for 15 minutes, close your eyes, then see if you fall asleep before the alarm goes off.
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Weekend On the Road.
Bindon Abbey-Moreton-Wareham-Winterborne Stickland-Lytchett Matravers, Dorset, southern England.
Bindon Abbey (Bindonium) was a Cistercian monastery, of which only ruins remain, on the River Frome about half a mile east of Wool in the Purbeck District, Dorset, England.
Bindon Abbey.
Bindon Abbey. The 18th century "gothick" gatehouse.
Bindon Abbey. Allotment or kitchen garden.
Bindon Abbey House is currently used by Bindon Abbey Wellness Retreat to provide a range of treatments and retreat days.
Moreton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome.
Anthriscus sylvestris, known as...cow parsley, wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, keck, or Queen Anne's lace...everywhere!
Summer has come!
Upright Spanish bluebell...It seems.
Moreton has become synonymous with the memory of T. E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia.
Following his death in 1935 he was buried in Moreton.
Moreton is also known for the windows of its church, St Nicholas.
But we are moving on...to Wareham!
Wareham is an historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset.
The town is situated on the River Frome...as well!
This is called..."Travel in style"!
Come and enjoy the River Frome from Wareham.
See the yachts, birds and wildlife that frequent this beautiful place.
Winterborne Stickland is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England.
Winterborne Stickland. The second part "Stickland" is derived from sticol, Old English for "steep".
There is more to discover about the past along the River Winterborne.
Many of the thatched cottages in the village are listed buildings.
Winterborne Stickland.
The parish Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building.
Lytchett Matravers.
The name comes from the Brittonic litchet meaning "grey wood" and the Norman surname "Maltravers".
The Maltravers family held the village for about 300 years, until the Black Death reduced the population in the second half of the 14th century.
The surviving villagers deserted the original village, sited around the church and manor house, and resettled further up the hill.
In 2005 the Lordship of Lytchett Matravers passed to Hon. Geoffrey Beck, being one of the few remaining descendants of the de Carterets of Arundel, and a direct descendant of Renaud de Courtenay, Baron Okehampton (c. 1125 – c. 1190).
Lytchett Matravers, power line crossing.
Bindon Abbey (Bindonium) was a Cistercian monastery, of which only ruins remain, on the River Frome about half a mile east of Wool in the Purbeck District, Dorset, England.
Bindon Abbey.
Bindon Abbey. The 18th century "gothick" gatehouse.
Bindon Abbey. Allotment or kitchen garden.
Bindon Abbey House is currently used by Bindon Abbey Wellness Retreat to provide a range of treatments and retreat days.
Moreton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated on the River Frome.
Anthriscus sylvestris, known as...cow parsley, wild chervil, wild beaked parsley, keck, or Queen Anne's lace...everywhere!
Summer has come!
Upright Spanish bluebell...It seems.
Moreton has become synonymous with the memory of T. E. Lawrence, also known as Lawrence of Arabia.
Following his death in 1935 he was buried in Moreton.
Moreton is also known for the windows of its church, St Nicholas.
But we are moving on...to Wareham!
Wareham is an historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset.
The town is situated on the River Frome...as well!
This is called..."Travel in style"!
Come and enjoy the River Frome from Wareham.
See the yachts, birds and wildlife that frequent this beautiful place.
Winterborne Stickland is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England.
Winterborne Stickland. The second part "Stickland" is derived from sticol, Old English for "steep".
There is more to discover about the past along the River Winterborne.
Many of the thatched cottages in the village are listed buildings.
Winterborne Stickland.
The parish Church of St Mary is a Grade I listed building.
Lytchett Matravers.
The name comes from the Brittonic litchet meaning "grey wood" and the Norman surname "Maltravers".
The Maltravers family held the village for about 300 years, until the Black Death reduced the population in the second half of the 14th century.
The surviving villagers deserted the original village, sited around the church and manor house, and resettled further up the hill.
In 2005 the Lordship of Lytchett Matravers passed to Hon. Geoffrey Beck, being one of the few remaining descendants of the de Carterets of Arundel, and a direct descendant of Renaud de Courtenay, Baron Okehampton (c. 1125 – c. 1190).
Lytchett Matravers, power line crossing.
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