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  |