"Gone from our lives but not from our hearts"
Uncle Alan xx
Sunday, 22 December 2013
Monday, 9 December 2013
Hever Castle
Childhood home of Anne Boleyn, Hever Castle in Kent is a mix of Tudor ideal and Italianate folly. The oldest part of the castle dates back to 1270 but the changes made by William Astor when he owned the castle from 1903 are most noticeable.
Unfortunately there is no photography allowed inside the castle so I made the most of being allows to snap away outside.
The approach to the castle from the ticket office
The Italian Garden, complete with obligatory statues and grape vines
The Lake Loggia which looks onto the 38 acre lake
The moat surrounding the castle walls
The portcullis entrance to the castle
The second moat, just incase the first one wasn't enough of a deterrent!
Sunday, 8 December 2013
Saturday, 7 December 2013
Christmas Twii
No Christmas tree this year. Sentimental fool that I am, I cannot bear to put anything in the space that Elfs bed shared so we have gone for a Christmas Twii (my made up name to make the fact that we scavenged some twigs from the woods sound trendy - these had already been cut down by the Woodland Management Team I hasten to add!) Have stood the resulting arrangement in the window and stuck with all glass ornaments using a very light dewdrop style string of lights to decorate. Two packets of value salt have been added to the vase as it's rather top heavy and this provides the added bonus of readily available seasoning on Christmas Day!
Not sure if you noticed the light coming through the window in previous shots but our decorating coincided with a beautiful sunset.
Wakehurst Place
Caught the last of the autumn colours a couple of weeks ago at Wakehurst Place near East Grinstead.
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