Tired of Being Put on a Pedestal

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Buscot Park, Cotswolds, Egyptian, Oxfordshire, put on a pedestal, Sculpture, statuary

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Land Girl

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allotments, Cotswolds, Filkins, Land Girl, NGS, Oxfordshire, scarecrow

In Filkins Allotments, Oxfordshire

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Asthall Manor

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Alconleigh, Asthall Manor, BBC drama, childhod home, Mitford sisters, Oxfordshire, Pursuit of Love

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Badbury Clump, Oxfordshire

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Badbury Clump, bluebells, Cotswolds, Hill fort, native bluebells, Oxfordshire

Bluebells galore. Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Inglesham Church, Oxfordshire

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Cotswolds, Inglesham church, lead thieves, Oxfordshire, St John the Baptist church, The Society for the Preservation of Ancient Monuments, William Morris

The unspoilt church William Morris was inspired by when he founded the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Monuments. A gem, sadly attacked by heartless lead thieves a couple of years ago.

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart. All Rights Reserved.

Pelargoniums

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acrylics, Buscot Park, Fauve, Oxfordshire, pelargoniums, still life

…from the Buscot Park estate. Acrylic painting and photo by Candia

Dixon-Stuart.

Swan’s Way

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Cotswolds, Inglesham, Oxfordshire, Proust, swan's nest, Swann's Way, Thames path

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart. Oh so Proustian with all the hawthorn too. Except that I think this was blackthorn!

Round House Variations

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Cotswolds, highest navigable point, Lechlade, Oxfordshire, Round House, Thames path, willows

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Becoming obsessed with this place now!

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Willow,Tit Willow,Tit Willow

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Cotswolds, Gilbert and Sullivan, Lechlade, Oxfordshire, Round House, Thames, willows

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Spooky Kelmscott Tree

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Balinese shadow puppet, Cotswolds, geisha, Kelmscott, Oxfordshire, twisted tree

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Reminded me of a sinister Balinese shadow puppet. Or a geisha stretching

out her kimona sleeves to dance.