80 YEARS SINCE THE VE DAY CELEBRATION

 

Remembering.....

INSPIRING GARDENS OF ENGLAND

In recent years,  I began to watch YouTube

videos about gardening and found so

many interesting ones. It has inspired

me again this winter as I enjoy watching

so many of these.

I thought I would share some today.  One of the many beautiful homes dating to the 17th century is Barnsley House in Gloucestershire,  England (now a luxury hotel) and in the 1950's Rosemary Verey and her family moved there.  After she raised her children, she began creating the gardens that became so famous. Rosemary

lived from 1918 to 2001

Click here to watch the video 

about Haddon Hall

(This home is now a luxury hotel)

The next one to share is

Haddon Hall in Bakewell, Derbyshire

which is a English Manor House from the

11th century with additions in the 13th and 17th century (English Tudor) and after fires

in the past,  parts are still there from the 15th

century.

The gardens were created in the

early 1900's

Click here to watch the video

called A Walk Through Time

 This home has been in the 

same family for over 900 years!

also click: this video shows the gardens well

As you go to these sites you quickly see

that other vidoes are numerous and

I hope you have time to watch some.

ENGLISH KING AND QUEEN TEA COMMEMORATIVES

I have recently re-watched the PBS movie

Victoria and also other past versions

about Queen Victoria.  What a fascinating

person she was and what about her amazing

husband Albert.  He was a great man of

integrity.  If you have looked back and

studied the many Kings of England,  you 

know that was often not the case.

I have been enjoying a display of my King

and Queen tea wares this winter in my kitchen.

I change this display regularly so then

 other types come up and these go back down
 to the basement tea room. I also made an
 ephemera  medallion but I know I overdid 
this one so others won't be quite so full.  

My Fulton friend, Karen who I met through 
the Tasha Tudor Facebook Group when
  I lived in Colorado Springs,  got me 

interested in the Victoria and Albert

 lusterware pieces that were sold at the 

1851 Great Exhibition.  Prince Albert was

 in charge of this event and oversaw the project.

  After reading about the pieces which were

 sold as souvenirs at the exhibition and after

seeing Karen's collection, I was smitten!

I have acquired a few pieces.

If you purchased something from the UK,

you know the shipping is what drives your bottom line up.  I was able to find this Staffordshire figurine in Georgia, USA

 so that helped a lot.  

Another friend, has one of these I 

had admired at her home.

I just added a 9" plate
 which arrived from
England to my 
collection:

Queen Victoria became Queen when her

 uncle, King William IV died and he had no 
living male son as heir to the throne. Two
 of her other uncles also did not have
 legitimate male heirs so it passed to her.

 She was only 18 years old.

She served as Queen from 1837 to 1901 and her name is why it is called the Victorian Era.

Her son Edward the VII became King in

1901.  His wife was Alexandra. 

 He served until 1910 and we call his

period the Edwardian Era.

Next we have King George V and his wife

 Queen Mary. If you saw the Downton

 Abbey movie, they were portrayed in

 the story.  He served from 1910 until 1935.

Remember the Titanic went down in 1912.

So who comes next?

Remember the King who abdicted to

marry a divorced American woman?

King Edward the VIII was on the

throne for a brief period and then

George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

If you saw the "King's Speech"

that would be George VI.

He served from 1935-1952

And of course Queen Elizabeth - 

the present Queen and longest

 reign to date!  I have really enjoyed

reading about all of these but find

Queen Victoria is a favorite.

If you saw the PBS Historical Documentary

"The Wedding"  - you probably found

it fascinating like it did.  I have watched it

several times lately.  I could barely
keep up with all the history in "The 
Queen's Palaces" about the 3 royal 
residences.  

I need to say - I may not have everything

100% correct in this post. I am learning.

Just let me know if something is wrong.

Are you interested in Queen Victoria?