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Bath, UK. Trees. Trees in Bath. History. History of trees. History of Bath. Books. History books. Books about trees. Other random stuff.
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Only one (signed) copy on eBay - at least there was until about a minute ago.
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I remember seeing these - though I thought it was in the Mauritshuis. They left a deeper impression that all Vermeers and the Rembrandts combined.
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All ivy - though there might be a conifer(?) under there somewhere.
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I researched something similar and found that Mary and her mother both arrived in Bath aged 19. It would be nice to think that Mary went to visit the house where her mother had lived (25 Milsom St), but it seems unlikely.
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Since weight loss jabs are new, we don't know their long-term effects on anyone or anything - fairly obvious really.
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There is some wonderful graffiti on the trunks, some of it more than 100 years old. I wasn't sure at first, but there's so much and it's so consistent in appearance, I think it must be genuine.
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Also W1A theme.
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Haven't seen much recent evidence that Republicans control the executive.
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Had a male at my pond in Bath on Sunday 💙
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I was hoping for a few "even X is bigger than the UK fishing industry" and X='lawnmower sales' is a good start.
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If anyone's writing a book on physics and/or cosmology, they can stop their search for a cover photo.
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And Trom spelled backwards is....💀
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Wild flowers. Probably a result of keeping the glyphosate in the track-side shed.
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This one is in the Maple Car Park at Tortworth Court Hotel, Glos. 7.13m girth. Nov 2023.
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Visiting the imprisoned was one of the seven acts of charity, so a duty of all good Christian folk, at least in theory. Unlikely to have been their friends!
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Very informative. I'd never thought about the meaning of 'liberal democracy' before - in fact I'd probably assumed that it was a synonym for 'democracy'.
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Or, as the rest of media will have it, "After the stock-market crash, more misery for hard-working savers as Bank of England slashes interest rates".
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It that chestnut in Cowdray Park, Midhurst? If so, it's a magnificent tree, although with a tendency to fall apart.
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Looks like Velazquez maybe? One of those Habsburg queens.
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She had better not check herself in the mirror before she answers the door, or she's going to get a surprise.
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Sargent could do more with white most other artists have ever done with all the colours of the rainbow.
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Colin Fox has made my day.
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Leonardo?
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I know that hornbeam very well!
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Also featuring...
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They may both be aries, but only one of them is the 🐐
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St Anthony thinking: "Why did the algorithm think I'd be tempted by this s**t?"
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Nice weather for trees 🌳🌳🌧️🌧️
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Word of the day: 'crosier' (or crozier):
1. a hooked staff carried by a bishop as a symbol of pastoral office.
2. the curled top of a young fern.
Much obliged.
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It's all a bit Stanley Spencer on the left. Must pop in.
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Mrs Dalloway was dead, to begin with.
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I've always admired this preparatory drawing. It's tempting to believe it shows a battle-weary Wellington recently arrived back from campaiging, but alas the likely date suggests otherwise.
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From memory, Dundas Street. Taken 3 or 4 days ago.
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Visiting tomorrow - first time for 20+ years. Meanwhile, Ardkinglas awaits 🌲🌲🌲
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We call it Rapid Scheduled Disassembly. The French used to very good at it too.
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When I lead tree walks around Bath and tell people about whitebeams, the No Parking W is my punch-line - always good for a laugh.
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Great work - wild black poplars are spectacular trees and deserve to be better known and more widely planted. "Britain's rarest species" may be over-egging the pudding a bit, given our weird and wonderful whitebeams, but they are special.
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The Echo, Kings Weston
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Looks rather like a wild black poplar in the foreground. Not noticed it before (or any others in the area). Must go and have a look.
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Can't imagine Botticelli or Bellini neglecting the Madonna's face because he got side-tracked by the musculature of her baby's arm. Very Michelangelo.