The garden is high on a hill - the highest garden in Kent. This is my favourite view. It's to the south. The expanse of water right of centre is Bough Beech Reservoir. It keeps a lot of us in water during dry spells. It was constructed on farmland, and I used to know someone who grew up in one of the farmhouses they demolished to make the reservoir.
I thought the bark on this tree - a Stewartia - was beautiful. It's a bit like a plane tree's bark, but on a much smaller, smoother scale.
The view from the north is very open. They used to hold country fairs on the overgrown field in the foreground. In dry weather they had to be careful people didn't set the place on fire dropping lit cigarettes.
When I got home, Mitzi and Dandy were looking beautiful in the garden, and I couldn't resist snapping them.
Beautiful photos and kitties! The tree bark sort of looks like what camoflage clothing looks like.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Val... I just love when you show us the countryside - and your lovely kitties!
ReplyDeleteThe Hub and I are taking in a stray that we met when we moved in - if it is girl, her name will be Abbie (ala Hoffman) or if it is a boy, it will be Cholo (ala You know who). We have to take it to the vet and get it checked, but hopefully we will have some photos soon!
I wish my hair looked as good as Dandy's! :)
Lovely scenery, and the four-legged babies are ADORABLE!
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful green lush
ReplyDeleteplace... reminds me of the
view from my old home ::choke::
the cats look very relaxed
bless 'em.
lotsa luv ann xxxxx
What's the old saying 'Oh to be in England....'?! Wonderful scenery Val.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics again, Val, and the cats look really sweet.
ReplyDeleteOr the Angelic Upstarts song "England oh England the country so great, the land that's so fair and so true, there'll never be any colours like the red the white and the blue!"
ReplyDeleteThis is my second try. My first comment just disappeared to be replaced by a photo of your beautiful long-haired cat. I was wondering how such a small country could have so much and such exquisite countryside. Maybe I watch too many BBC shows -- Vicar of Dibley, All Creatures Great and Small, etc. -- but it seems amazing to me that there are such beautiful places left. I was also commenting that your cats are great. My cat is so jumpy and grumpy (though very handsome) that sometimes I wish we could have a nice kitty. Only problem is it would live in fear of the beast if it managed to live at all!
ReplyDeleteLisa, good luck with the kitty. Keep us posted.
ReplyDeletePlaice, glad you managed to leave your comment in the end. We do have a lot of countryside left, I suppose, but the government is conspiring with the builders to get rid of it. As for the cat, I have a grumpy one who sits at the top of the stairs and defies the others to pass her. But even so, the most timid cat sometimes gives her a wash.
Beautiful Val, wonderful photo’s, I just love posts like this
ReplyDeleteand Mitzi and Dandy are ‘adorable’ :)
xxx
Liz