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I love England fell in love with the English countryside on a 2-months-long trip we took in 2004 that would definitely go under the heading of Dreams Come True. We sailed over on the QEII, came home, into New York harbor and past the Statue of Liberty, on the new (at that time) Queen Mary II. e felt we needed a "quest" and were inspired to follow our hearts through twenty-six English gardens, all of which came with a castle or country house open for tours. No, it did not get boring, because everyday we had to intake a hard breath as we came around a corner in a garden, gasping at the extreme outrageous beauty, history, and artistry of what we were seeing. Here's the first page of the diary I wrote and watercolored on that trip; will love to tell you more about it and show you my photo album in future updates to this part of my blog. Until then, enjoy these websites for views of the England I adore: The National Trust, trustees for many homes
and gardens in England: issinghurst
was the home of Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson. You
can read about their unconventional marriage in a book written by their
son Nigel Nicolson, with chapters from Vita's diary, called Portrait
of a Marriage. Harold and Vita built this garden themselves and it
is a little bit of heaven. We went in May and we were there almost alone,
although not much in the famous White Garden was in bloom. It didn't matter
to us; the stroll through the blooming apple orchard more than made up
for it. Two video views: Snowshill
Manor Garden Hours Fly ~ Flowers Die ~ New Days New Ways Pass By ~ Love Stays.
ritish Country Living is a wonderful magazine. I save all my issues. A subscription is expensive because it comes all the way from England, but it's like Christmas every month, waiting for it to arrive; it's so full of inspiration! I take it to lunch. Just me and my Country Living. You can sometimes find it in large bookstores or magazine stands. To get a subscription go to http://www.amazon.com/Country-Living-England/dp/B000UHI334
he Cotswolds painted with exactly the same kind of charm we found when we were there... by G.E. Nicolls in the book published in 1908.
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