Category Archives: Gardens

Tales From the City- Oxford University Parks

Posted on May 13, 2013 by susan sheldon nolen
Photograph taken by Susan Sheldon Nolen (C)2013

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I was back in Oxford on a Bank Holiday. I always vow to never travel on Bank Holidays and yet here I was thrashing my way through the crowds. The line at the Thornton’s Ice Cream window was a mile … Continue reading →

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Doors- A very small alleyway door

Posted on May 13, 2013 by susan sheldon nolen
photograph of a Boston Alleyway door by susan sheldon nolen

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I do like poking my nose into all sorts of things. I had to go up this alleyway and see what the back of those fabulous Boston Brownstones were all about. I found this door and many others as the … Continue reading →

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Tales from the City- A day in heaven- The English Garden- Chartwell Kent.

Posted on April 28, 2013 by susan sheldon nolen
A perfect spot to ponder the world

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Last week was  National Gardening Week in the UK. I love gardening, rather I should say I love other people’s gardens. When it comes to digging in the muck, weeding, well….you’ll find me sipping a cup of tea, just out … Continue reading →

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Doors- A secret door

Posted on September 24, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen

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A wander along a trail, a sudden turn, a large tree blocks the sunlight,  a locked door in the small hill, an entrance to another garden and another world.

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Doors- Chartwell Kent

Posted on September 3, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen

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The Magic of a secret garden, an outdoor room with a door opening to another garden, such is the sheer beauty of this garden door. I could have easily lived in this garden if it weren’t for those pesty night … Continue reading →

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Ease my Heart- A cheerful chap’s tale

Posted on July 2, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen

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William Shakespeare “There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance: pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies, that’s for thoughts.” Hamlet, Act IV. The pansies and the sweet peas are really doing their own thing this year in the city garden. Sometimes … Continue reading →

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Tales from the City-a great man’s chair

Posted on June 4, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen
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Sir Winston Churchill’s favourite spot, a chair by his beloved goldfish pond. A few moments away from a troubled world in Chartwell Kent, to start off the week.

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Ted in the city garden- Hard at work or hardly at work

Posted on June 4, 2012 by susan sheldon nolen
The First of the garden roses

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We had a bit of sun the other day and I thought it best to get out in the garden. Well, I suppose you could call it a garden, it’s more like a small city patio. Still I manage to … Continue reading →

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