raingirl's photos

Heading towards West Kennett, out of Avebury. (No, I wasn't driving! But this is out a car window as we were leaving Avebury area.)

No, not on a mountain, standing at the base of one the stone in the Avebury Stone Circle shown below. It's huge!! Maybe one of "Tolkien's Talking Trees" or maybe the Avebury wishing tree. It certainly did have lots of roots showing. (Yes, I know I'm not showing those here.)

Had to stop to see this while driving through. View large to find the horse. And I think that's Oldbury Castle Hillfort in the middle distance.

My crazy version of the beautiful flowers my husband gave me for my birthday.

This image is in the public domain. This is the sub-photo for this one of mine: www.ipernity.com/doc/raingirl/52755612

Of course she would have a cute doorstop - all was delightful at the B&B

Just part of a bouquet in our room at the Fosse Farmhouse B&B.

I think the owl has the best view.

Owl posted at a cafe window on the bridge to keep away friendly pigeons, I presume.

This room probably dates from the 1230s, making it one of the oldest parts of the abbey to survive. Some of the plaster on the walls and ceiling is original and nearly 800 years old. There is evidence of painted decoration in several places around the room. Some of it is medieval, but some is probablay from the 1700s. A later resident, John Ivory Talbot wrote in 1754: 'My painter [Lord William Seymour] is so nice and busy in ornamenting my Cloisters' After John Ivory Talbot inherited Lacock in 1714, he set about altering the house to suit him. He built the Great Hall you see today at the front of the building and removed the outer walls of the rooms on this side of the cloiser, creating a romantic 'ruin' that could be enjoyed as part of the garden. The outer walls of these rooms were sympathetically rebuilt in about 1894 when Charles Talbot lived here. If they had remained open to the weather it is unlikely that so much of this plaster would be here today. -From the sign in front of the room at Lacock Abbey Yes, they are talking about the Talbot family of photographic fame. William Henry Fox Talbot took this photo at the Abbey in 1835: William Henry Fox Talbot - Latticed window at lacock abbey 1835 (public domain)

See Pip for room info. William Henry Fox Talbot - Latticed window at lacock abbey 1835 (public domain)

Lacock Abbey. Upside down is the right side up with camera obscuras.

plants vs structures. I think the plants are winning.

Tower.

The church bells sing.

In a valley.

Fosse Farmhouse B&B, near Castle Combe.

Peace and Joy to all my ipernity friends. I hope you got to connect with your loved ones this year. I'm so grateful for the time I get to spend viewing all your contributions to our wonderful community. I wish we could all gather together in person, but as our website makes our world seem small though it is large and has multitudes of experiences for each of us. I sing out in happiness to all of you.