Fenny Drayton

[poliphilo]

We left the battlefield, heading west. The village of Fenny Drayton has no connection (that I know of) with the Wars of the Roses, but we made a detour because the name is so pretty and the sun was shining. We weren't disappointed.

Ah, the magnolia tree! 

And the local sandstone! Some of it pink , some of it green...

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[sorenr.livejournal.com]

I love magnolias.

A few miles from where my parents live there is a large park in connection with one of the Queen's provincial summer residences. The park is mainly a large, sloping sheet of grass, descending from the palace down towards the sea, but to one side there is a garden with a sries of formal "garden rooms". I used to go there every spring at night, preferably when the moon was out, and take a walk down the magnolia garden where the blossoms would be hovering eerily above the path, glowingly pale in the moonlight and set against the dark sky. It was my own little secret place; at 2am you can have your own private part of a public garden...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I can imagine just how lovely that must have been.

I was surprised to find I could identify the tree. It's remarkable the informtion we carry around with us and don't know we know until we're tested!