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.
2 (of 122) Sophie and Nick Barry with Samuel (6) and Tom (1) 3 (of 122) King's College courtyard 4 (of 122) 5 (of 122) 6 (of 122) The River Cam from our supper table 7 (of 122) 8 (of 122) 9 (of 122) 10 (of 122) 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 14 (of 122) 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 21 (of 122) 22 (of 122) 23 (of 122) 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... 31 (of 122) 32 (of 122) 33 (of 122) Yke and Bill 34 (of 122) Violet and Bill 35 (of 122) 36 (of 122) No roses blooming yet 37 (of 122) We walked over to a field ("The Park") in search of cowslips... 37a (of 122) 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 47 (of 122) 48 (of 122) wusteria at entrance gate 49 (of 122) shooting stars, just like in the Colorado mountains 49a (of 122) 49b (of 122) 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 51a (of 122) 51b (of 122) 52 (of 122) 53 (of 122) 54 (of 122) view to the Manor Farm 55 (of 122) berry patch, protected from birds, with The Elm across the garden 56 (of 122) 57 (of 122) 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 62 (of 122) 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 66 (of 122) 67 (of 122) apple blossoms 68 (of 122) aspens in the snow (gift to Bill & Joan from Ginny Gibbs) 69 (of 122) 70 (of 122) 71 (of 122) 72 (of 122) tracks in the sand 73 (of 122) Conny 74 (of 122) In the sitting room were other examples of Conny's artistry... 75 (of 122) 76 (of 122) Ceramics! This is a plaice, I think 77 (of 122) 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 85 (of 122) 86 (of 122) snow drops 87 (of 122) pond life 88 (of 122) 89 (of 122) 91 (of 122) 92 (of 122) collander 93 (of 122) 94 (of 122) 95 (of 122) 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") 98 (of 122) 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 103 (of 122) 104 (of 122) 105 (of 122) 106 (of 122) 107 (of 122) 108 (of 122) 111 (of 122) 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 |