Category: Picture of the Week

St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle. Photo May 2015

I’m sure my choice of place for this week’s picture doesn’t surprise a lot of readers… 🙂

Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

Entrance to Blickling Hall. Photo May 2015.

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

Mmmmmm, I can almost still smell the wisteria…

The Arden Family Farmhouse in Wilmcote, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Blue lupines in the gardens at Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

I had to snap a photo of these flowers since they are the big brother of the Texas bluebonnet, the official flower of my home state!

Tomb of Richard III at Leicester Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

This week marks the third anniversary of the reburial of Richard III, so I figured it was finally time to use another one of my photos from my visit to Leicester Cathedral just two months later. (Which also means it has now been almost three years since my last trip to England… too long!)

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

Henry VIII’s cellars at Hampton Court Palace. Photo May 2015.

Entrance to the Woodland Walk at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage. Photo May 2015.

Since the UK and the northeast US have been dealing with a lot of snow lately, I thought a nice green picture would be nice to remind everyone that spring is just around the corner!

Norman keep and part of the Elizabethan gardens at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Brick arch in the grounds of Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.

Fan vaulting on the ceiling of the apse of Norwich Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

Grave of Catherine of Aragon in Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

Painted panel in the Leicester Guildhall. Photo May 2015.

Close-up of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey on his tomb in St. Michael’s, Framlingham, Suffolk. Photo May 2015.

You can see the full tomb back on Picture of the Week #454.

Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England. Photo May 2015.

Windsor Castle, with St. George’s Chapel to the left and the famous Round Tower to the right of center. Photo May 2015.

I can’t believe I’m starting into the 10th year of doing Picture of the Week!