Category: Picture of the Week

View on the Bosworth Battlefield trail. Photo May 2015

I think this is a view north towards the town of Market Bosworth and the tiny spire on the horizon is St Peters Church in the town.

Walking a path at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

I think the original intent of this photo was to capture the outside of the part of the Palace that has the old Tudor tennis court, but now I’m thinking that part was actually just out of the photo frame behind me. My vague recollection was that there was some scaffolding up for some maintenance work at the courts, so that’s why I didn’t take a photo of that part. Of three visits to Hampton Court, I’ve only actually had a chance to peek into the courts once, so I’d really like another chance to see them and watch a game of Real Tennis!

Gardens at Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

I’m sensing I’m having a bit of a garden theme going on recently. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I’m really missing being able to have a garden – I’m in an apartment and I get almost no sunlight on my patio (which is actually a pretty good thing in the Texas summers) so I’m limited at the moment to a shade-tolerant houseplant in my main window. Although as a big fan of Hot Fuzz I’m amused that the planet (which was given to me a few years ago) is a Japanese Peace Lily. 😀

Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

I’ve been seeing some great posts on my history Twitter feed for #mArch so I had to have to find a photo with some arches to include before the month ends!

Woodland walk at Blickling Hall. Photo May 2015.

Happy Spring for the northern hemisphere! Things have usually fully bloomed and leafed out here in central Texas by now, but things are a little delayed this year because of the Big Freeze last month so I was looking for something colorful for this week.

Historical farming equipment at Mary Arden’s Farm in Wilmcote, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

This is the time of year that I really miss having a garden. I think I’m going to have to finally see if I can get a plot at the nearby community garden or at the one I had a plot at in college (which will be more convenient whenever I’m finally back to driving from home to work again!).

Elizabethan gardens at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

I think the Big Freeze here in Texas a couple of weeks ago has me ready for spring and growing things!

Hall’s Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Ceiling of The Great Watching Chamber at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

Castle Rising, Norfolk, England. Photo May 2015.

This view is continuing the walk around the large earthworks around the castle from the point seen in Picture of the Week 549.

Top part of The Mary Tudor Window, St. Mary’s Church, Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

You can see the full window back in Picture of the Week #395.

Bottom part of The Mary Tudor Window, St. Mary’s Church, Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

You can see the full window back in Picture of the Week #395.

Stained glass window in St. Nicholas Church, Kenilworth. Photo May 2015.

Inside Harvard House, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

This is a view of the same table from Picture of the Week #336 from another angle where you can also see the decorative painted plaster above the fireplace (which you’ll see up close in another POTW eventually!)

Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Ornate fireplace from 1637 at the Leicester Guildhall, Leicester, England. Photo May 2015.

St Michael’s Framlingham. Photo May 2015

St. Michael’s is the burial place of several members of the Howard family from Tudor times and of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset, who married into the Howard family.

Windsor Castle from The Long Walk in Windsor Great Park. Photo May 2015

Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

This is a view of the south and east sides of the William & Mary section of Hampton Court. I’m glad that they weren’t able to complete their plans to tear down all of the Tudor section! But I do like the hodgepodge of building styles you see there now since it is a good way to learn the different architectural eras.