Sagitar Posted October 16, 2011 Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 We spent Friday at Anglesey Abbey. It's a place that I find good for photography all the year round. It was a spur-of-the-moment decision to go, driven by the early sunshine and the desire to get some autumnal pictures. I had the winter garden in mind mainly and the day started with a great disappointment because the winter garden was closed while they resurfaced the paths. I was particularly irritated because I had checked on their website before leaving home and found no indication that it would not be open. I managed to sneak into the very end of the winter garden through the "back gate" and got this single picture of the white birches, which served only to make me realise what I was missing. However, there was lots else to see The cyclamen along the walk by the mill stream were very colourful The mill was open, but it wasn't actually working so we walked by. The herbaceous garden is virtually finished but there is still plenty of colour in the dahlia border There's a Red Admiral on the large white dahlia at the top left of the picture above, but at this size you may not see it. Given a bit of sunshine, the house itself is always a picture and the warm stone and tile colours look particularly well in the autumn. The back of the house is more difficult to catch because of the deep shade, but I think the modern extension fits in very well. Lots of colour in the rose garden still and the lawns there are absolutely superb. These archers get everywhere! Not to mention the spiders . . . . do you see the web? I have always liked the mixture of the informal and the formal at Anglesey, especially when there is a very natural looking avenue of trees . . . . that opens suddenly onto a very formal piece of landscape art. These lions always make me smile. I don't know where the sculptor got his model; a King Charles spaniel perhaps? For the remainder, see part 2 below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagitar Posted October 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2011 Anglesey Abbey Part 2 There are several wonderful formal avenues of trees chosen carefully for their arching habit. And many of the vista plantings are breathtaking. For my final contrast yesterday I went right down to leaf level. The variety of shapes and sizes is amazing. Here are two extremes. We finished with tea in the late afternoon having dissipated all my initial irritation and having had a thoroughly pleasing and satisfactory day. And just to bring it back to a motoring context, we averaged 60 m.p.g. for the journey . . . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted October 17, 2011 Report Share Posted October 17, 2011 Some lovely photos there, what a beautiful place to visit Like your comment about the Lion, does look more like a dog pose! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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