Cambridge and Brockley
Bill visited Cambridge (England) to do some work at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, and then visit briefly with Nick Barry and family. He then travelled to Bristol for four wonderful days at Brockley.

1 (of 122) King's College Chapel from the backs

2 (of 122) Sophie and Nick Barry with Samuel (6) and Tom (1)

3 (of 122) King's College courtyard

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6 (of 122) The River Cam from our supper table

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11 (of 122) I zipped through London and on to Bristol, arriving at Brockley late afternoon

12 (of 122) Connie's niece Yke (who took some of the pictures below) and her husband Rob visited for the weekend, too

13 (of 122) Project #1: The new pond (foreground) needed to be readied for a liner

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15 (of 122) Digging turves around the pond margin, which will be replaced once the liner is in place

16 (of 122) After the liner is in place, the turves will be replaced to anchor the edges of the liner.

17 (of 122) the subliner (a cushion for the plastic, which will come later)

18 (of 122) The Inspection team gave its approval

19 (of 122) The soays, with six lambs, checked us out

20 (of 122) cyclamen

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24 (of 122) wusteria

25 (of 122) view from upstairs

26 (of 122) Tineke's Garden

27 (of 122) view across the garden to the Manor Farm

28 (of 122) lunch

29 (of 122) tea

30 (of 122) a week from today...

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33 (of 122) Yke and Bill

34 (of 122) Violet and Bill

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36 (of 122) No roses blooming yet

37 (of 122) We walked over to a field ("The Park") in search of cowslips...

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38 (of 122) cowslip

39 (of 122) cowslip that has hybridized with a primrose (note different leaves and petal arrangement)

40 (of 122) The Hawking Tree

42 (of 122) the Hawking Tree had low, horizontal limbs, evidently to facilitate some kind of falconry

43 (of 122) kestrel nesting box

44 (of 122) sweet chestnut, just leafing out

45 (of 122) Chelvey Lane, with wild garlic

46 (of 122) Conny looked for some garlic leaves for salad, but they were too far along so she picked only a few

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48 (of 122) wusteria at entrance gate

49 (of 122) shooting stars, just like in the Colorado mountains

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50 (of 122) forget-me-nots in the alpine garden

51 (of 122) Project #2: The entrance to the garden house needed to be cleared

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54 (of 122) view to the Manor Farm

55 (of 122) berry patch, protected from birds, with The Elm across the garden

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58 (of 122) Ginny Gibbs presented a gift to Bill - a batik by Conny of aspen trees in the snow

59 (of 122) Simon joined us for dinner

61 (of 122) Preparing lavender-scented 'bricks' for the coming art fair

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63 (of 122) the finished product in its plastic wrapper

64 (of 122) Batiks by Conny!

65 (of 122) inspired by a 19th century drawing

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67 (of 122) apple blossoms

68 (of 122) aspens in the snow (gift to Bill & Joan from Ginny Gibbs)

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72 (of 122) tracks in the sand

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74 (of 122) In the sitting room were other examples of Conny's artistry...

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76 (of 122) Ceramics! This is a plaice, I think

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78 (of 122) robin (my favorite)

79 (of 122) partridge in a pear tree

80 (of 122) inside of partridge bowl

82 (of 122) sunflower: ceramic, not bronze

83 (of 122) another sunflower

84 (of 122) puffins

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86 (of 122) snow drops

87 (of 122) pond life

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92 (of 122) collander

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96 (of 122) mermaid

97 (of 122) The Royal Crescent at Bath. Saturday afternoon we drove to Bath, dined at a seafood restaurant and then attended the theatre ("To Kill a Mockingbird")

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100 (of 122) The Cathedral, with the Roman Baths on the right

101 (of 122) On Sunday we made a picnic lunch and visited the valley where a spectacular show of bluebells was at its peak

102 (of 122) Bluebells growing under beech trees

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112 (of 122) that's rape (yellow), grown for its cooking oil - canola. The name derives from the Latin for turnip, rapa or rapum.

113 (of 122) tea back on the lawn

114 (of 122) Rhubarb with a spectacular flower

115 (of 122) rhubarb

116 (of 122) rhubard served for pudding (dessert)

117 (of 122) last dinner