Not much time to prepare or schedule a blog post today, as I have been in training rooms pretty much non-stop this week. But with the torrential rains we’ve been experiencing, and the bad news which seems to keep on bombarding us, I thought we could all do with some spontaneous choices of images from my treasure trove to cheer us up.
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Wonderful!
The bamboo grove is gorgeous!
What lovely ‘photos, Marina Sofia! I think that peacock is amazing! And those ceramic cows – too much! Thanks for sharing.
I was peering through those gates and wondering why those cows were so excessively placid…
Awesome photos.
The lectern is amazing! I want one for those days when a book demands to be declaimed aloud…!
It’s a ceramic stove – a much grander version of the one my grandmother had, and I used to hide behind it to read my books when I was a child.
Is it really? I thought it was one of these kind of corner pulpit things! I think a stove might come in considerably more useful though…
Great photographs Marina – I love the cows!
Lovely share but my favorite is the bamboo grove.
Thanks for the picture of Lyon. I love this bouquet.