Salthorp, Wiltshire

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Classic MG, Georgian architecture, Nicotania, Open Garden, Salthorp, sash windows, Wiltshire

Photos by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Summer’s Lease Hath All Too Short A Day

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Autumn, decay, end of summer, every fair from fair sometime declines, momento mori, nasturtium, poignant beauty, Shakespeare, Sonnet 18, still life

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Sweet Peas

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Fruit Pastilles, memories of childhood, nosegay, scented flowers, sweet peas

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

When I was about four years of age my 80 year old neighbour used to pick

his first nosegay of sweet peas and gave them to me. He always included the

very darkest ones, which were my favourite, as blackcurrant Fruit Pastilles were

always my favourites too.

Parp! Parp!

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Highnam Court Gardens, Kenneth Grahame, Mr Toad, parp parp!, Rolls Royce, Toad, Toad Hall, Wind in the Willows, wooden sculpture

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Reclamation

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agricultural machinery parts, ironwork, jumble, junk, reclamation, rusty metal sculpture, treasure

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Evening Alliums

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Buscot Park, complementary colours, Cotswolds, garden borders, Oxfordshire

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

A Walk in the Windrush Valley

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Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, hay bales, Sherborne, Windrush valley

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Heard the wind rustling or rushing through the leaves. Now I know why the valley has that name.

Rousham Bantam

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bantams, Barbus, Mille Fleurs d'Uccell, poultry, Rousham

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Anyone for lemonade?

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cow parsley, English gardens, inviting ambience, oranges and lemons, private corner, staycation

Inviting corner by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Rousham Venus

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Cotswolds, glade, Oxfordshire, Rousham, Venus, William Kent

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart