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Otter Haven or Heaven ? Derbyshire

The computer crashed before I could continue to another component of the wild-bluebell question ;-D.

Online sources describe English wild bluebells as dwelling most dazzlingly amid red campion (Silene dioica) and around old oak trees.

The in-text image looks like sweet clover- and thistle-like plants lodging among the wild bluebells.

Might there be information there as to the tree species to the slender tree trunks that make all those bluebells so naturally, so photogenically welcome?

DerdriuMarriner, May 31, 2024

Essex days; Hylands House and Park

The computer crashed before I could continue to my other question, related in that it concerns absence and unrelated because it concerns houses, not swans ;-D!

Your introductory paragraph advises us that "It was originally a red brick house in Queen Anne style but has been changed and added to by several owners.
Chelmsford Council purchased the house when the owner died in 1966 and it was in a dilapidated condition. It was restored and is now back to its former glories."

The in-text image displays a white facade. Does that facade do duty in replacement of, or over, the original red brick?

DerdriuMarriner, May 31, 2024

The Bee Tree Community CIC;- an online support community

The computer crashed before I could continue with a portion-related question.

The imaged plate looks dessert size.

What might be the side-to-side measurements across your cake and what might be that cake's full height?

DerdriuMarriner, May 31, 2024

10 Messages of Red Riding Hood

The first subheading, You often create your own problems, and the second subheading, Don't send a girl to do a woman's job, call to mind the Bolivian film Utama (from Runa Shimi ["language of the people"] -- known as Quechua [so called by the Spanish conquerors from the Runa Shimi verb "to steal"] -- for "our home").

The two subheadings describe a grandmother distantly -- perhaps dangerously -- dwelling alone and a perhaps underaged daughter doing filial duties between her domicile and there.

The aforementioned film features an older couple who function as llama raisers in a drought-susceptible, resource-poor, scattered, tiny community in the mountainous countryside.
The other community people likewise go about hard, lonely lives with their children growing up in great urban landscapes such as La Paz ("the peace").
The husband in the above-mentioned couple perishes even as the wife pursues that hard, lonely lifestyle.

Would it be possible that fairy tale-writing times went through similar tendencies of the old on their own and the young on their own from wending their way from their country, tiny-village homes to big cities?

DerdriuMarriner, May 31, 2024

10 Messages of Red Riding Hood

Thank you for the three links at this wizzley's very end.

The Frank Adams images contains a painted portrait on the wall alongside Grandma's bed.

The aforementioned painting does not show the mouth-nose area clearly.

Might that profile almost look pig-like to you too?

DerdriuMarriner, May 30, 2024

Bekonscot Model Village, Buckinghamshire; in pictures

The computer crashed before I could enter my second of two questions after the first one below.

The Bekonscot landscaping looks rather extensive and in multiple levels, from ground level to canopy cover.

Might all the woody-plant care be bonsai-inspired techniques?

DerdriuMarriner, May 30, 2024

Part 2 follow up to Jane Austen's house Chawton

The computer crashed before I could ask my last question in the trio created with the two questions below.

There is something atop the writing table. It looks like some container with something projecting out- and side-ward.

Might it be an inkwell with a writing pen?

DerdriuMarriner, May 30, 2024

Manchester Runway Viewing Park, Cheshire

The fourth, Family friendly subheading advises us that "Although the Viewing Park is full of plane-spotters, it is also family friendly. There is a children's play area and a little café. The sheer size of the area means that it doesn't feel crowded. The play area is ( sensibly :) ) away from the viewing mounds.
Several picnic tables are available for families not wanting to pay café prices."

How does the Viewing Park café look? Does it have indoor and outdoor sitting areas?

DerdriuMarriner, May 30, 2024

Otter Haven or Heaven ? Derbyshire

Your wild bluebells image above intrigues me.

The bluebell species in the upper north yard here is Mertensia virginica.

Might you know what species Derbyshire manifests?

DerdriuMarriner, May 30, 2024

10 Messages of Red Riding Hood

Thank you for the three links at the very end of this wizzley.

The Frances Brundage artwork here and her illustrations through that first link lined up just on the other side of the above advertisement cause me to consider something.

That link describes the red preponderance in her Red Riding Hood images.

Blue, red and white also dominate, such as in the second in-text image here.

Might the above-mentioned combination be deliberate, as an artistic reference to the Unitedstatesian flag colors?

DerdriuMarriner, May 30, 2024

19th Century Gothic and Sensation Literature

A wizzley linked to this wizzley looks at the Elizabeth Gaskell house in Manchester.

Might that mansion have maintained some mementoes from, or some motivations or motives for, The grey woman?

DerdriuMarriner, May 30, 2024

10 Messages of Red Riding Hood

The idea was probably to not horrify children.

Tolovaj, May 30, 2024

10 Messages of Red Riding Hood

It's very likely a mistake.

Tolovaj, May 30, 2024

Charles Perrault: Biography - Just the Facts

I tried to find it but had no success.

Tolovaj, May 30, 2024

Charles Perrault: Biography - Just the Facts

I don't know, sorry. In my opinion, he could hardly afford so large house.

Tolovaj, May 30, 2024

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