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Update: the link above is wrong, there are 19 photos in the gallery!
Saturday
We drove to nearby Dyrham park...
Put the blanket down, had a picnic, and lay down watching the clouds....
Got up, strolled down the hill, and wandered round the house, me with camera in hand, practising....
Went into the orangery, and took photos of the beautiful flowers...
Ambled around the gardens, watching the children play, enjoying the sunshine...
Went into the house and looked at beautiful armour from a long lost age...
Explored the surroundings...
Put our blanket on the grass and felt the warm sun beating down....
Yearned for ice cream, but had no money...
Found the sad, lonely, house cat, staring out the window...
Climbed the steep hill back to the car....
Sunday
Breakfast and a big mug of tea....
Finished weaving the ends of my crochet rug (post soon)...
My man cooked an amazing BLT for a late lunch...
We tidied the house, changed the beds and cleaned the floors....
I made a delicious banana bread, complete with split crust top...
Next, to up-end the furniture ready for carpet cleaning tomorrow.
Divine weekend, the best in a long time. I hope you had a lovely weekend too.
I'm really pleased you were about to get out and to take advantage of the National Trust's generosity this past weekend. It looks like you had a wonderful day and I'm very envious of your camera! ;-) Still, it takes a good photographer and a creative eye to be able to capture some of the shots that you have (I particularly like the cat in the window but also, the way the sunlight glows through some of the flowers).
ReplyDeleteSaturday was the perfect day and we also had a great time in Bath. I guess that leaving your wallet behind would've meant that the Trust couldn't push you to join their membership? ;-) We were 'ambushed' twice - once on the way in and a second time in the woods about a mile away from Prior Park! :-)
Have a good week.
Hi Olly,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliments on my photos! It was a lovely day and I had A LOT of fun taking pictures of everything, and trying to compose nice images. Once I got over the self-consciousness that is. After I saw people with foot long lenses (almost) then I didn't worry so much!
No, no one ambushed us at all, they just asked if we'd been before. It was a great day, busy of course, but a good day out.