tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post2479770624085245785..comments2024-03-26T16:59:23.236+00:00Comments on Ragged Robin's Nature Notes: Blenheim Palace - Part 2Ragged Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-86684041624084310572017-08-26T20:01:08.502+01:002017-08-26T20:01:08.502+01:00Chris Rohrer - Thanks Chris. The gardens and groun...Chris Rohrer - Thanks Chris. The gardens and grounds were really really superb - the best part of the visit for me and there were some beautiful trees in the arboretum! I would love my own secret garden too :)Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-66186639022508379352017-08-26T15:50:15.912+01:002017-08-26T15:50:15.912+01:00Now this looks like a place I'd want to visit!...Now this looks like a place I'd want to visit!!! The gardens are absolutely gorgeous. The Oak trees you in your middle collection of photos are incredible beautiful pieces of natural art. Great shots of all the birds too! I love the Zebra Finches. Pretty little birds. I've always wanted my own secret garden.Rohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-66280228617645260082017-08-20T11:04:41.313+01:002017-08-20T11:04:41.313+01:00Margaret Adamson - Thanks so much for your very lo...Margaret Adamson - Thanks so much for your very lovely comment. Have a good week too :)<br /><br />Rosie - Thanks Rosie - I agree about the platform shoes :) Brings back memories - I had a pair I adored with huge platforms (but no heels - sole all the same level!!) :)Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-6986335237325201852017-08-20T09:25:58.648+01:002017-08-20T09:25:58.648+01:00Thanks for finding out about the statue,its fascin...Thanks for finding out about the statue,its fascinating, I can see the African influences in it but I can't get platform shoes out of my head when I look at it:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-14695746366529442412017-08-20T07:42:05.812+01:002017-08-20T07:42:05.812+01:00WOW! what can one say but the whole post of buidi...WOW! what can one say but the whole post of buiding, plants and critters is MAGNIFICENT. Have a good week ahead.Margaret Birding For Pleasurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00400663056547331997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-79550464914912145312017-08-18T19:57:56.621+01:002017-08-18T19:57:56.621+01:00Toffeeapple - Thanks so much - must admit I really...Toffeeapple - Thanks so much - must admit I really was shattered! - another sign of getting older :( <br /><br />Butterfly house was lovely :) re: the rough sculpture - the one with three figures? It is by a German artist George Baselitz - please see comment above replying to Rosie which gives a bit more information on the sculpture.Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-60720438409970153472017-08-18T19:09:02.077+01:002017-08-18T19:09:02.077+01:00Pam - Thanks so much - so glad you enjoyed. Yes ol...Pam - Thanks so much - so glad you enjoyed. Yes old trees my favourite - lovely walking through the arboretum and round the lake :)<br /><br />Rosie - Thanks so much. Yes, I think you are right about Timothy - he looks most unhappy with the cherub!! I've cropped the photo and enlarged - information very blurred but did make out enough to do a google search. It is called "Untitled" and is by the German artist George Baselitz. According to the Victoria and Albert website who had the sculpture for a while it was created in response to Antonio Canova's neoclassical sculpture "The Three Graces" (1814-1817). Baselitz's sculpture is based on a childhood memory he had of 3 beautiful village ladies and it represents the traditional themes of the Three Graces - beauty, charm and joy which are depicted by linking arms and high heels (I agree they do look like platform shoes!!). It is made of bronze and his sculptures are influenced by African sculpture, medieval carvings and folklore. <br /><br />Julia@Dragonflygems - Thanks so much - for me the trees were a real highlight :) So pleased you enjoyed your "visit" :) Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-68034498101378877452017-08-18T18:36:28.570+01:002017-08-18T18:36:28.570+01:00What a stoic you must be to manage to walk all tha...What a stoic you must be to manage to walk all that way.<br /><br />The Butterflies and the Zebra finches are my favourite images. Who did the really rough sculpture?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-85085095522405653972017-08-18T17:57:21.311+01:002017-08-18T17:57:21.311+01:00Wow look at all those magnificent trees. Great pho...Wow look at all those magnificent trees. Great photos.. I've really enjoyed 'my visit' there through your blog, thank you. :o) Julie https://www.blogger.com/profile/15712709232628195386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-74095115516786586772017-08-18T14:37:12.088+01:002017-08-18T14:37:12.088+01:00Your photo of the heron and female mallard is wond...Your photo of the heron and female mallard is wonderful. You saw some amazing things on your long walk around the grounds no wonder you needed to rst your feet. The moder sculpture where the figures look as if they are weating 70s platform shoes is interesting, I couldn't enlarge enogh to read the label, do you know any more about it? The butterflies and finches look wonderful too. Looks as if Timothy preferred the eagle to the cherub:)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-26647695698150084312017-08-18T13:36:58.361+01:002017-08-18T13:36:58.361+01:00Just catching up on your posts about the palace, n...Just catching up on your posts about the palace, never apologise for lots of photos!! It's a beautiful place and aren't the old trees amazing! :)Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16453290738987000802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-61146631460988925862017-08-17T22:31:24.610+01:002017-08-17T22:31:24.610+01:00Amanda Peters - Thanks so much Amanda for your lov...Amanda Peters - Thanks so much Amanda for your lovely comment. It is pretty amazing - a lot to take in on one visit! I know I go to NT properties a lot but this in many ways was on a much larger scale I thought that many of their's. Shame about the crowds though :( Hope you can visit one day.Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320975515799225099.post-14992763049709466582017-08-17T21:26:08.314+01:002017-08-17T21:26:08.314+01:00Gosh again.. it's such an amazing place, don&#...Gosh again.. it's such an amazing place, don't think I have seen anything like it.. Thanks for all the photos it's been a wonderful post and the photos are brilliant. <br />I so would love to visit one day.<br />Amanda xx<br />Amanda Petershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16760505541954557539noreply@blogger.com