tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749076668428822511.post5375429122591275509..comments2024-01-03T12:14:52.906+00:00Comments on Kingsdowner: From the sublime to the ridiculousKingsdownerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127225013640474483noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749076668428822511.post-28307241806170894772009-05-09T05:13:00.000+01:002009-05-09T05:13:00.000+01:00Those gardens look wonderful...like a fairytale. A...Those gardens look wonderful...like a fairytale. Although to us Americans all your old buildings look like a fairytale!NW Nature Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274110274292106230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749076668428822511.post-45943617441131553252009-05-08T23:19:00.000+01:002009-05-08T23:19:00.000+01:00Thanks for the info! I wrote a paper on Thomas Pai...Thanks for the info! I wrote a paper on Thomas Paine once, but don't remember that quote. Obviously, I didn't do a thorough job.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890796903959709429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749076668428822511.post-66068408930888493272009-05-08T12:45:00.000+01:002009-05-08T12:45:00.000+01:00Great Dixter is superb - one of the few non-natura...Great Dixter is superb - one of the few non-natural history related places* I miss from my time living in Kent. The head gardener (Fergus?) has done a great job carrying on where Christopher Lloyd left off.<br /><br />Jon<br /><br />* not entirely true this - I saw one of only two Red Kites I ever saw in Kent at Great Dixter in 2003.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749076668428822511.post-56498326348151860742009-05-07T22:39:00.000+01:002009-05-07T22:39:00.000+01:00a lovely selection of picyures and some fine days ...a lovely selection of picyures and some fine days out.Phil and Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603166379246060547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749076668428822511.post-20258731110374990952009-05-07T19:18:00.000+01:002009-05-07T19:18:00.000+01:00Steve ,
Snap on the Common Blue .
As for the Mouse...Steve ,<br />Snap on the Common Blue .<br />As for the Mouse Eared Hawkweed , I was looking at some today , and it is just rosettes of leaves , miles from flowering .Greeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18036202102998375825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749076668428822511.post-5383096784146273162009-05-07T19:15:00.000+01:002009-05-07T19:15:00.000+01:00I have never been to Great Dixter, but it does loo...I have never been to Great Dixter, but it does look well worth a visit.Really nice flower borders and the house so attractive too.Gooseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12551343997218901422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749076668428822511.post-47677907885364258832009-05-07T17:51:00.000+01:002009-05-07T17:51:00.000+01:00Rob, Paine's quote (from 'The Age of Reaso...Rob, Paine's quote (from 'The Age of Reason' apparently predated Napoleon's use of it.<br />We have a band locally called 'Bill Baracle's Jazz Band' - also a good name:-)<br /><br />Michelle & Mary, it's a lovely building (unfortunately no photography allowed inside).<br />The vents are oast houses - they are an overdue subject for a blog.Kingsdownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12127225013640474483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749076668428822511.post-28768881574351966232009-05-07T17:33:00.000+01:002009-05-07T17:33:00.000+01:00I love those gardens! I wish I could just let our ...I love those gardens! I wish I could just let our yard look like that, but neighbors would complain..sigh. Are those grey things chimneys or vents that stick up on that building? Odd looking, but great for a photo. I can't imagine how the kittiwakes every make nests there, let alone be successful at it.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890796903959709429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749076668428822511.post-13906402288388136372009-05-06T23:26:00.000+01:002009-05-06T23:26:00.000+01:00That is beautiful..I remember seeing places like t...That is beautiful..I remember seeing places like that on our visit to England..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749076668428822511.post-4939717935069120352009-05-06T23:06:00.000+01:002009-05-06T23:06:00.000+01:00Mouse-ear Hawkweed - thanks for that. Saw it growi...Mouse-ear Hawkweed - thanks for that. Saw it growing on brick walls at Fort Victoria last week (not yet in flower) and hadn't id'd it yet.<br />Couldn't resist looking up 'Sublime to the ridiculous' via Google and Wikipedia, by the way. No mention of one Tom Paine in this connection though. Apparently 'Sublime to the ridiculous' was an album recorded by the band Sheer Greed, one of whose members was the excellently named drummer Pete Barnacle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com