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The Tatton Show 2023
The clarity and -- ;-D -- its repeat as the third text-inserted image account for my not having to ask my typical question about what the image to the left of the title is!
When during the day -- morning, noon, afternoon? -- did your wife take ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/27/2023
The Tatton Show 2023
Lovely article, thank you for sharing. Happy the show goes on! Yes, a little rain just gets you a little wet but doesn't dampen the enjoyment. Your wife took gorgeous photos, everything looks so fresh and colorful and alive.
jptanabe, on 07/27/2023
The Tatton Show 2023
The current monarch is keen on things horticultural and agricultural, so no fears there.
frankbeswick, on 07/26/2023
The Tatton Show 2023
Quite right about the low angle.
frankbeswick, on 07/26/2023
The Tatton Show 2023
I see from the credits that you delegated photography to your wife.
It is good that the garden shows are continuing. I believe it was the queen who fancied visiting some shows, and I doubt the current monarch will have the same interest.
I ...
blackspanielgallery, on 07/26/2023
The Tatton Show 2023
Frank,
Your lovely article gives a true feeling of the enjoyment you felt on Saturday. The Tatton Show in Cheshire is a wonderful event every year. Great photos too.
Veronica, on 07/26/2023
Thinking About Painting Your Walls Pink?
Blue and pink appear to be July colors here. They're for the Barbie film released last week. The Barbie doll wardrobe and the Ken doll wardrobe respectively concentrate upon pink and blue.
What blues could share ceiling, floor and wall space ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/25/2023
A Forest for the Future
Both species of elm are rare.
frankbeswick, on 07/25/2023
A Forest for the Future
Your last sentence in the first subheading, Get to know the forest, ends with a reference to elm trees.
The Woodland Trust online site gives wych elm (Ulmus glabra) as the only United Kingdom native elm. It indicates that it is a rarity because ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/25/2023
Our Lady's House at Ephesus
Wikipedia has an article called Tomb of the Virgin Mary.
That article identifies the Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary, also indicated as Tomb of the Virgin Mary, as the burial place at the foot of Mount of Olives, in Jerusalem's Kidron ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/25/2023
The Great Wave of Kanagawa from Japanese Artist Hokusai
Your next-to-last subheading, How did the great wave come into being?, describes the Kanagawa wave as one of 36 blocks relating to Mount Fuji. It explains that the blocks furnish their audience with Mount Fuji at different times and from ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/25/2023
Was Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple a Buddhist Shrine?
Indra appears to be a god who fares well in every religion that includes him. Is it just me, or is it likeable the way he is in Buddhism and Hinduism?
A Shiva follower receives the moniker Vaishnava. What would an Indra follower be named?
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/25/2023
Snow White and Its Symbols
Your third symbol, Mirrors, intrigues me.
I never manage to decide firmly whether mirrors are there to keep a bad person on a bad path that the mirrors know will result in the triumph of good or whether mirrors think that the bad will win if ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/25/2023
A Forest for the Future
Chestnuts are not native to Britain. The Romans introduced sweet chestnut, but the horse chestnut came from the Balkans. I am not aware of any American chestnut being imported into Britain. If such an import had happened it would have been rare.
frankbeswick, on 07/24/2023
Thinking About Painting Your Walls Pink?
The Barbie film released here last week. I see pink clothing and footwear just about everywhere.
All that clothing will need to be washed after wear. Would there already be such a thing as pink dryers and washers for your pink laundry room ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/24/2023