Morning and evening on the River Thames at Isleworth - two images sandwiching a beautifully balmy, clear-blue-sky day. A few more days like these, please...
Tag: Syon House
Syon, Pansies and the Seven Dwarfs..
A brief photo-stop by the Thames at Isleworth yesterday, on my way to Syon - birds wheeling around, planes overhead and folk already out on the river... Pansies in the sunshine... happy plants My (current) favourite Rhododendron, a Yakushimanum (Yak. for short) hybrid named Grumpy. I will have to look out for the full collection…
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Kew Palace and the Queen’s Garden
Kew Palace Historically significant for its association with the Royal family, Kew Palace (formerly known as the Dutch House) is the earliest surviving building in the Gardens. It was built around 1631 by Samuel Fortrey, a merchant of Dutch origin, and is noted for its distinctive decorative carved brickwork and rounded gables. It was used…
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Little Hell Flames…
Poppies in July Sylvia Plath Little poppies, little hell flames, Do you do no harm? You flicker. I cannot touch you. I put my hands among the flames. Nothing Burns. And it exhausts me to watch you Flickering like that, wrinkly and clear red, like the skin of a mouth. A mouth…
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Blue mist…
The wildflower meadow - an avenue really - at Syon Park. Just getting going nicely after a little heat..
The Teddington Gardener 