In December 1988, years after my youthful UK trip in the mid 70s, I went back to the UK with my Leedsman spouse. (Only financial woes and self-employment have kept me from being there more often; I’ve been an Anglophile since age 12.)
This time I was becoming an avid gardener and was determined to wrest every bit of garden that I could from the trip. We had gone to see Chris’s family in Leeds at Christmastime, and the mild December did allow me some floriferous moments.
Also cotoneaster, I think.
- bedding out in December!
Roses were blooming in many gardens that mild December in northern England. Later I turned the photo above into a Christmas card:
My favourite photo of all the trip featured not a garden, but cut flowers in an old window in the perfect seaside town of Whitby, England. This may be my favourite photo of any I have ever taken.
tulip window, Whitby
When we got back from our walk, the windowframe had been painted. I like it better this way for the photo.
I agree , the roses in the window … what a great photo. you should enter it in a contest!
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Thank you, and sorry for the very tardy thanks! (Did not see this comment before now.)
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