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Posted 2 days 22 hours ago
This sneezeweed, a plant about which I wrote some years back, I found growing in the walled garden at Lincolnshire’s Gunby Hall. If ever a flower looked like a fire, even without long, lily-like petals, this would be it. A flower that looks like a fire? -Why, yes!
Posted 2 days 22 hours ago
The University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford is one of those soaring landmarks for which that ancient city is famous. I nevertheless considered its tower too broad, and its multi-pinnacled spire too complicated, giving an impression of strength rather than elegance. The insides are rather pleasant, however, with the gallery affording a good survey of the whole, below.
Posted 3 days 22 hours ago
St Bridget's Church in Bridekirk, Cumbria, was built in the late 1860s. It replaced a twelfth-century building, the remains of which stand in the churchyard (below). Thankfully, the rebuilders decided to transport several of the original features, including a doorway, into the new construction, as well as the ancient font.
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