Sunday, April 14, 2013

52 weeks of Happy - Week Fifteen

Here are four things that have made me smile this week...........

1.  Little gold bird - on the Chinese Pagoda at Biddulph Grange Gardens - photos taken when we visited on Wednesday 10th April.   See my last post about our visit.

2.  Stained glass window - over the entrance to St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne - photos taken when we visited on Friday 12th April, I have a post about the memorials in the church scheduled for next week.


3. Runner ducks - at the walled kitchen garden at Sugnall Hall which we visited on Saturday 13th April. Post about the garden to follow later next week.There are four ducks two dark feathered ones and two pale ones. One of the paler ducks was confined to its run and shed as it had a small injury to its leg, it was protesting a bit about being alone.



4. Plants and Flowers - The blues of the Muscari and Anemone contrast well with the orange of the primula.  The sweet peas are grown from seed - I'm looking forward to their flowers this summer.

Link to  Little Birdie  where  '52 weeks of Happy' started. Each week you find just four things that have made you happy to share.
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  1. Louise14 April 2013 at 17:21

    Great happy things - I'll look forward to your upcoming posts. We visited Ashbourne on Saturday, but I've never looked around the church before.

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    1. Rosie15 April 2013 at 16:08

      It's a small world. We were there the day before! It is very interesting but at the moment there is scaffolding up in the nave so you can't walk around all the church:)

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  2. Diane14 April 2013 at 17:21

    It was Sugnall Hall I fancied visiting - looking forward to your post! xxxx

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    1. Rosie15 April 2013 at 16:10

      There are some leaflets in the post for you - it is a bit bare now but it will look wonderful in the late spring and summer with all the lavender and fruit on the trees:)

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  3. Vintage Tea Time14 April 2013 at 17:30

    Went to Biddulph Grange years ago - great photo. Went to Ashbourne last year - stayed in that area, looking for vintage 'stuff'. Your sweet peas look very healthy. I love muscari - ours are out in the garden now - some pale ones and some very dark blue. Abby x

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    1. Rosie15 April 2013 at 16:12

      We lost the muscari we had in the garden over the winter, that was a darker blue. The sweetpeas are from some old seed so we weren't sure if they would grow but they have:)

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  4. Plain Jane14 April 2013 at 17:44

    Haven't visited Sugnall for years - I think it's changed quite a lot since I was last there. Looking forward to your post x Jane

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    1. Rosie15 April 2013 at 16:14

      There does seem to be a lot going on there - rebuilding glass houses and etc - I loved the warmth inside the garden walls and the coffee shop was cosy too:)

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  5. rusty duck14 April 2013 at 18:20

    Sugnall looks interesting.
    Love the ducks!

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    1. Rosie15 April 2013 at 16:15

      I think the ducks are wonderful - on the notice they called them 'chocolate' and 'lavender' ducks - they were certainly having fun:)

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  6. Rowan14 April 2013 at 19:20

    Signalling Hall is new to me - shall be interested to read your post about it. I'm impressed that you have posts scheduled!

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    1. Rosie15 April 2013 at 16:17

      It is a lovely walled garden! I'm not that efficient normally but I'd written the Ashbourne church post before this one so just thought I try 'scheduling':)

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  7. Dawn14 April 2013 at 19:54

    I do like Runner Ducks - my brother and wife bought some for their pond once but they all ran away!

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    1. Rosie15 April 2013 at 16:19

      Ah, they did a runner did they? They are very cute birds:)

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  8. Jan14 April 2013 at 20:01

    The gardens look lovely - even in the slow spring we seem to be having. All the best, Jx

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    1. Rosie15 April 2013 at 16:22

      Things are quite late this year but are begining to come into bloom now - won't be long before the lawns need cutting:)

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  9. Simone14 April 2013 at 20:33

    I love watching runner ducks! The plants are looking nice and healthy! x

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    1. Rosie15 April 2013 at 16:24

      I hope they stay healthy - we've lost so many over the winter. They struggled through one bad winter and wet summer but a second cold winter has finished them off:)

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  10. June14 April 2013 at 21:34

    I too like runner ducks!
    June

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    1. Rosie15 April 2013 at 16:24

      They are great characters aren't they?:)

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  11. Linda P15 April 2013 at 14:13

    Looking forward to your next posts, especially Ashbourne, which I would like to visit some time.

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    1. Rosie15 April 2013 at 16:25

      I always enjoy a visit to Ashbourne but had never been in the church before:)

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  12. Rustic Vintage Country16 April 2013 at 17:13

    The ducks made me smile. I must get back to Ashbourne soon! x

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    1. Rosie16 April 2013 at 18:57

      What is it about those ducks that makes people smile - they are such characters:)

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  13. Lilacs16 April 2013 at 19:37

    Runner ducks and Grape Hyacinths make me happy too

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  14. Unknown17 April 2013 at 12:42

    What lovely photos, they made me smile too! :)

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