Category: Picture of the Week

Cooking hearth at Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

Gatehouse of Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk, England. Photo May 2015.

West front of Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

Yeah, this is basically the same as Picture of the Week #364, but I took a gazillon photos of the front of Peterborough so there are going to be a few over the years that look very similar. (If you look at the clouds and the lighting, you can tell that is isn’t *exactly* the same view!)

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

Oxburgh Hall from the orchard. Photo May 2015.

Tomb of George Carew (1555-1629) and Joyce Clopton Carew (d. 1637) in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.

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

Tudor Palace of Hampton Court. Photo May 2015.

This painting from c.1660 by an unknown artist shows the Tudor-era Hampton Court. Just a few decades later, much of the Tudor palace was pulled down as part of William III’s rebuilding efforts.

Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.

Leicester’s Gatehouse at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.

Great Hall of the Leicester Guildhall. Photo May 2015.

Stained glass window at St. Mary’s Church in Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.

Organ of Norwich Cathedral. Photo May 2015.

The Norman Gate at Windsor Castle. Photo May 2015.

Hampton Court Gardens. Photo May 2015.

This plant tunnel (I’m sure there’s a better term for it) along the edge of the Privy Garden at Hampton Court Palace.

Abbey Gardens, Bury St Edmunds, England. Photo May 2015.

The tulips and colors felt right for an Easter post. 🙂

Gardens of Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.

A springtime photo to celebrate the arrival of springtime! (in the northern hemisphere, that is)

Wax figure of Henry VIII at the Bosworth Battlefield Museum. Photo May 2015.

Since I haven’t been to Ireland (YET – I hope to change that in the next 5-ish years), I didn’t have much that was appropriate for St. Patrick’s Day, so here’s a waxwork Henry VIII in a jaunty green hunting outfit. Henry VIII decided to upgrade himself from “Lord of Ireland” to “King of Ireland” in 1542, so I guess there is still a connection to Ireland for today’s photo.

Another view of the garden center area at Castle Acre Priory. Photo May 2015.

If I had all the time and money (and energy) in the world this is what I would do with my backyard.

John of Gaunt’s Great Hall at Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.