ENGLISH GARDENS... AND MORE

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div closure_uid_uk9eqo="906"><br />I try to do a garden tour each year - but this year my summer was filled with work and a long awaited vacation to Great Britain.  I love gardens.  And I especially love English country gardens.  </div><br /><div closure_uid_uk9eqo="904"><br />My vacation to the UK, however, revealed a few garden surprises, right in the middle of one of the biggest cities in the world</div><br /><br><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUiJezbEJyGyIgUvHGpGXcQDhdT-LkOj7O85TBrt6Luc8WZ7ibesXPjKxPtYnhJYUowNGSmb2yT4i42n1hQYU8ZeyDSq5kW_H41VT6_8z8vMmJRlxJEFmHadUQt-pYJthowlhr1LjKQN8/s1600/HYDE+PARK+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKUiJezbEJyGyIgUvHGpGXcQDhdT-LkOj7O85TBrt6Luc8WZ7ibesXPjKxPtYnhJYUowNGSmb2yT4i42n1hQYU8ZeyDSq5kW_H41VT6_8z8vMmJRlxJEFmHadUQt-pYJthowlhr1LjKQN8/s640/HYDE+PARK+2.jpg" width="432"></a></div><br />London has many beautiful parks but the most lovely and the largest was right across the street from our hotel.  Spectacular Hyde Park.  Huge ages old trees, water, sculpture, gardens, and acres and acres <br><br /></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2011/09/english-gardens-and-more.html#more">Read more »</a>

ENGLISH GARDENS... AND MORE

I try to do a garden tour each year - but this year my summer was filled with work and a long awaited vacation to Great Britain.  I love gar...

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INSPIRATION: FROM EUROPE

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div closure_uid_g5dj1j="908"><span closure_uid_g5dj1j="907" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With just one full day left in London and our schedule looking full, I suddenly realized my digital camera storage disks were completely full - and we brought extra... going through them to delete duplicates and fuzzy images and free up a little space, I found that I am completely</span><span closure_uid_g5dj1j="904" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> but happily obsessed with doors, windows and other architectural details...</span></div><br><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like this amazing stone gateway</span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><br><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><br /><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71-nGTMnFre6hd-X-tbKV4UXW88HukhTQPLYRxATy6McqAzHDqIw4Edkhc14qOM1ZTJEa6eT2Jzt7YT3svSdxYhu9xioj1_2d_myxyrgLk30qxuV065ZNuLoSFPNPWHpjb7XuMm_RFs6p/s1600/BIBURY+IN+THE+COTSWOLDS+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71-nGTMnFre6hd-X-tbKV4UXW88HukhTQPLYRxATy6McqAzHDqIw4Edkhc14qOM1ZTJEa6eT2Jzt7YT3svSdxYhu9xioj1_2d_myxyrgLk30qxuV065ZNuLoSFPNPWHpjb7XuMm_RFs6p/s640/BIBURY+IN+THE+COTSWOLDS+1.jpg" width="448"></span></a></td></tr><br /><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Burton on the Water - in the Cotswolds</span><br><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">wrought iron and stone column</span></td></tr><br /></tbody></table><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><br><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br><br /></div></div><a href="http://yournestdesign.blogspot.com/2011/08/inspiration-from-far-away.html#more">Read more »</a>

INSPIRATION: FROM EUROPE

With just one full day left in London and our schedule looking full, I suddenly realized my digital camera storage disks were completely ful...

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