Suffolk

  • Bury St Edmund,  Suffolk

    Look up in BSE

    On Friday night I went with Jo, my kind hostess, to the Bury photography club evening out. Each of us drew a subject out of the hat. I drew ‘look up’. In the next 2 hours I took around 50 photos. (Don’t worry, I won’t post them all.)      After we had a drink at The Fox with the I Love Bury St Edmunds group, led by James. I was given an I Love Bury St Edmunds pin, in recognition of my status as a one woman tourist bureau. Or because Jo purchased it for me. It’s an attractive pin and gets you 10% off at The Fox, which…

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  • ewes and lambs grazing at Ickworth Park, Suffolk
    Suffolk

    Sheep, Stained Glass, Friends & Flowers

    The sheep and lambs are about at Ickworth. These ladies were enjoying the shade & each other’s closeness. A bit fuzzy as I did not want to get so close I startled them. The mother sheep are looking a bit the worse for wear but the lambs are all pretty and plump. The sustainable flower meadow – which I have christened the ‘not-wild flower meadow’ had come on since my visit on Saturday. More poppies and more undergrowth so the overall colors have changed. The door in the walled garden is even more weathered than my last visit. There is something so beautiful about the peeling paint and the shades…

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  • golden retriever walking along path between grasses and trees at West Stowe
    Suffolk

    A walk at West Stowe

    Walked in the woods with my hostess and her golden retriever, Alfie. A little muddy underfoot. All the rain makes for green, green woods. We stopped at the cafe at the West Stowe Anglo-Saxon Village on the way home. I visited the village in 2005 & 2009 but have yet to return. I report with pleasure that the cafe still serves excellent coffee & walnut sponge and coffee.

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