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Tips for Successful Tiger Tour
pateluday, Thank you for pictures, practicalities and products.
Are there regions that tend to have less expensive safari packages and others with more expensive? Does it vary by region or do all area accommodations offer local foods in their ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/12/2021
Rosewell: Early Georgian Architecture in Gloucester County, Virginia
WriterArtist, Thank you for visiting and writing so wisely about beautiful Rosewell.
The comments section preserves explanations by the son of the mansion's last owners. Rosewell was lost through fire, theft and vandalism over a 50-year span ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/11/2021
American Chestnut by Susan Freinkel: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
WriterArtist, Thank you for visiting and writing so wonderfully about trees in general and our world's chestnut trees in particular,
You're absolutely correct.
The chestnut tree in the south lawn houses rare eastern bluebirds, among my favorite ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/11/2021
The Monks Return to Whalley
Thankyou for this information. I have made the effort to study every major religion in the world, but the subject is so vast that there will ever be more to learn, and you have told me something that I did not know.
Christian monks avoid idle ...
frankbeswick, on 05/11/2021
Rosewell: Early Georgian Architecture in Gloucester County, Virginia
The historic remains of Rosewell show its past grandeur and promises of a beautiful mansion cum plantation. The 4 chimney towers and the east wall shows the testing time for Rosewell and how it endured a sad past. I wonder why it was not ...
WriterArtist, on 05/11/2021
American Chestnut by Susan Freinkel: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree
Hi DerdriuMarriner - The pictures you have posted speak volumes of the Chestnut trees. The American Chestnut tree looks majestic in the full view. All big trees are a boon to the Nature, for they house several and some rare species of birds. If ...
WriterArtist, on 05/10/2021
Christmas Decorative Pieces in the Kitchen
I loved the designs on Christmas bells paper coaster and the blue Snowflake cutting board. Good idea to replace not only the cutlery but cutting boards in kitchen too. The atmosphere is more Christmasy and the ambiance just right.
WriterArtist, on 05/10/2021
Fall Foliage
Love the photos you have posted. The surroundings are blue and winter like.
WriterArtist, on 05/10/2021
Fall Foliage
Dear blackspanielgallery - I love the colours of Fall. Like you, I get to see, soft green foliage in and around Bangalore during Fall. Vibrant colors of red, orange and yellow are missing. However, there used to be fiery red blooms of Palash ...
WriterArtist, on 05/10/2021
The Monks Return to Whalley
I am in awe of monks. Buddhist monks who renounce would also take the vow of silence. Same with the Nuns. It is essential to free the mind from the garbage and commotion to concentrate. On a similar note to your article, in India soon after King ...
WriterArtist, on 05/10/2021
Therapeutic Garden Design for Hospitals and Rehabilitation Centres
Blackspanielgallery - You are right. Trees and shrubs do absorb the sound and air pollution. Water features will be lovely addon. You brought a good point. The hospital should think of improving the acoustics to bar cacophony and retain peace.
WriterArtist, on 05/10/2021
Therapeutic Garden Design for Hospitals and Rehabilitation Centres
Dear DerdriuMarriner,
I would love to have a view of lawn or garden on my hospital stay. I even love wilderness.
If I have to design a therapeutical garden, and let's say there is ample space. I would plant variety of trees. I am in love of ...
WriterArtist, on 05/10/2021
Garden Design That Heals
WriterArtist, Thank your for practical information, pretty pictures and product lines.
One of the first and the last things that I like to do, every day if possible every week otherwise, is walk barefooted on the grass around flowering non-woody ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/10/2021
Therapeutic Garden Design for Hospitals and Rehabilitation Centres
WriterArtist, Thank you for pictures, practicalities and products.
What plants would you have liked to have been around during your hospital stay?
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/10/2021
Therapeutic Garden Design for Hospitals and Rehabilitation Centres
Trees and shrubs can make good acoustical devices that absorb sound. And water is a pleasant sound, whether running or falling, so water features are a good addition.
blackspanielgallery, on 05/10/2021