from atop warwick castle

perth · 07-08-2003, 10:31 AM

kind of a neat picture i took from a tower at warwick castle during my recent trip to england. it loses a bit of detail at small size, so heres a larger version. while we took a lot of pictures on our kodak digital, most of them wont be of any interest to anyone but us. if i find any other good ones though, ill be sure to post them.

here is a picture of me, for those with strong stomaches.

~james

warch · 07-08-2003, 11:22 AM

Huzzah!
Love that lush green and the gardens are lovely. I wanna go.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-08-2003, 11:27 AM

Cool picture of English gardens. Are they private residences or part of the castle complex?

perth · 07-08-2003, 11:34 AM

private gardens. but they are right up against the castle grounds and just to the left of the picture is a major shopping area, so it is an affluent area.

they are pretty, arent they? i plan on basing my garden as much as reasonably possible on images like this.

~james

warch · 07-08-2003, 11:50 AM

If you ever want to talk garden design or plant selection, lemme know, cause I am obsessed.

Elspode · 07-08-2003, 11:55 AM

Ah, the Pagan rituals I could hold in a garden like those...sigh.

warch · 07-08-2003, 12:25 PM

So I was digging and moving a purple flowering perennial, because "gardening is the slowest of the performing arts" and I asked my spouse if he liked where I had put it. (He humors this behavior on a regular basis because its "my department".) anyway, he nodded his approval of the purple and asked what the plant name was. I gave him the Latin name. He laughed and replied in his best echoey announcer voice, " Now batting for the Red Sox...the shortstop.....Campanula Glomerata."

windhund · 07-08-2003, 01:41 PM

One of the things I found most fascinating when I visited England was the absolutely perfect grass. Every lawn was like a putting green, from the largest estate to the smallest plot outside the high-density suburban London flats.

wolf · 07-08-2003, 01:50 PM

Makes you want to go back over with a handful of crabgrass seeds as revenge, does it?

windhund · 07-08-2003, 03:02 PM

I imagine if I did that I would be severely pummeled.

richlevy · 07-15-2003, 09:53 PM

So..where are all of the hobbits?

dar512 · 07-16-2003, 10:29 AM

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Originally posted by windhund
One of the things I found most fascinating when I visited England was the absolutely perfect grass. Every lawn was like a putting green, from the largest estate to the smallest plot outside the high-density suburban London flats.

It goes with the constant rain. Seattle is like that too.

windhund · 07-16-2003, 01:42 PM

We've had constant frickin' rain here in NC since last fall and our grass looks nothing - nothing - like it. All the rain does is make everything, weeds included, grow more.

A component of my amazement includes the fact that all the grass and gardens we saw were so well-groomed. I wish I could whip my neighbors into shape about that ....

xoxoxoBruce · 07-16-2003, 03:24 PM

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I wish I could whip my neighbors into shape about that ....

Whoa nellie! Back the fuck up! You want to dictate to your neighbors how they should keep their grounds? You're in the wrong country.

windhund · 07-17-2003, 12:48 PM

When the grass (actually weeds) is a foot high and there is trash all over, yeah, I would like to make some suggestions ... especially after the fire that happened over there a few weeks ago. Due to all the dead brush that was never cleared away after the ice storm in December. Apparently someone tossed a cigarette butt or something out their window whilst passing by. I wasn't real happy to come home and see the fire department putting out a fire only feet from my own house.

07-08-2003, 10:31 AM	#1
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	from atop warwick castle kind of a neat picture i took from a tower at warwick castle during my recent trip to england. it loses a bit of detail at small size, so heres a larger version. while we took a lot of pictures on our kodak digital, most of them wont be of any interest to anyone but us. if i find any other good ones though, ill be sure to post them. here is a picture of me, for those with strong stomaches. ~james

07-08-2003, 11:27 AM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Cool picture of English gardens. Are they private residences or part of the castle complex? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-08-2003, 11:55 AM	#6
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07-15-2003, 09:53 PM	#11
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07-08-2003, 11:22 AM	#2
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	Huzzah! Love that lush green and the gardens are lovely. I wanna go.

07-08-2003, 11:34 AM	#4
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	private gardens. but they are right up against the castle grounds and just to the left of the picture is a major shopping area, so it is an affluent area. they are pretty, arent they? i plan on basing my garden as much as reasonably possible on images like this. ~james

07-08-2003, 11:50 AM	#5
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	If you ever want to talk garden design or plant selection, lemme know, cause I am obsessed.

07-08-2003, 12:25 PM	#7
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	So I was digging and moving a purple flowering perennial, because "gardening is the slowest of the performing arts" and I asked my spouse if he liked where I had put it. (He humors this behavior on a regular basis because its "my department".) anyway, he nodded his approval of the purple and asked what the plant name was. I gave him the Latin name. He laughed and replied in his best echoey announcer voice, " Now batting for the Red Sox...the shortstop.....Campanula Glomerata."

07-08-2003, 01:41 PM	#8
windhund lost in space Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: over there Posts: 66	One of the things I found most fascinating when I visited England was the absolutely perfect grass. Every lawn was like a putting green, from the largest estate to the smallest plot outside the high-density suburban London flats.

07-08-2003, 03:02 PM	#10
windhund lost in space Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: over there Posts: 66	I imagine if I did that I would be severely pummeled.

07-16-2003, 01:42 PM	#13
windhund lost in space Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: over there Posts: 66	We've had constant frickin' rain here in NC since last fall and our grass looks nothing - nothing - like it. All the rain does is make everything, weeds included, grow more. A component of my amazement includes the fact that all the grass and gardens we saw were so well-groomed. I wish I could whip my neighbors into shape about that ....

07-17-2003, 12:48 PM	#15
windhund lost in space Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: over there Posts: 66	When the grass (actually weeds) is a foot high and there is trash all over, yeah, I would like to make some suggestions ... especially after the fire that happened over there a few weeks ago. Due to all the dead brush that was never cleared away after the ice storm in December. Apparently someone tossed a cigarette butt or something out their window whilst passing by. I wasn't real happy to come home and see the fire department putting out a fire only feet from my own house. Last edited by windhund; 07-17-2003 at 12:52 PM.

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