Category: Picture of the Week

Oxburgh Hall and gardens. Photo May 2015.

Knot garden near Leicester’s Gatehouse at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

Bull figure at the entrance to Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Norwich Castle. Photo May 2015.

Entrance to Castle Rising Castle, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Fan vaulting in Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

Embroideries from the Marian Hangings at Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Palmer’s Farmhouse at Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmote (near Stratford-upon-Avon). Photo May 2015.

Ceiling bosses in the Norfolk Cathedral cloisters. Photo May 2015.

St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

Red dragon heraldic beast in the Chapel Court Garden at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

Small fireplace in Leicester’s Gatehouse at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

After a couple of days below freezing, a cozy fire in a fireplace sounds nice! The only reason we don’t use ours at the house is that no one wants to clean it. 😛

Tomb of Sir William Carew (d. 1501) at St. Mary’s Church in Bury St Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

Bosses underneath the Norman Gate at Windsor Castle. Photo May 2015.

Outer walls of Framlingham Castle, with the Mere visible in the background. Photo May 2015.

Hampton Court Kitchens. Photo May 2015.

Even with the relatively small Thanksgiving meal we had this year, I still could have used a few extra pots and cooking surfaces. Maybe not on this scale though. 🙂

Cooking fire at Mary Arden’s Farm. Photo May 2015.

Somehow we managed to skip fall here in Texas and went straight from summer to winter, so this fire looks quite cozy to me right now.

Staircase at Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.

Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

Graveyard at St Michael’s, Framlingham. Photo May 2015.

Once again I tried to find something kind of Halloween-ish this year, but since I’ve never been to Britain in the fall (someday!!), I’ll have to make do with trees that have autumnal-colored new growth instead.