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The Very Best Gardens of the Cotswolds & Nearby Regions

Posted on August 29, 2020 by Nan Quick

In a normal summer, during non-pandemic-times, I’d be rattling around in England and in Italy, continuing my explorations of landscapes, architecture, art, cultural history and gardens. But now, in year 2020, the more I’m forced to settle into covid-avoidance-immobility, the more vivid my house-and-garden-bound days here in rural New Hampshire are becoming; this because I’m … Continue reading »

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Part Five. Rambling Through the Gardens & Estates of Kent, England.

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Nan Quick

April 30, 2014. In just a matter of days I shall once again be heading out into the World…for a month of still-deeper England-explorations, and also for an additional nine days in Italy. During the Italian portion of this forthcoming journey I’ll photograph the quiet corners of Rome’s Trastevere neighborhood; I’ll travel north toward Viterbo, … Continue reading »

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Part Two. Rambling Through the Gardens & Estates of Kent, England

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Nan Quick

February 2014. Although not by design, some days of my Kent-Garden-Touring also became days of Finding-the-Haunts-of-Famous-Authors. Kent has always been a fertile place: its beautiful landscapes have nurtured the growing of plants, and the assembling of words, in equal measure. Although I won’t officially get to Jane Austen until my fifth in this series of … Continue reading »

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Jane Austen & Bath, England

Posted on December 28, 2012 by Nan Quick

I really wanted to call this Armchair Traveler Chapter “Jane Austen’s Bath.” But holding forth about Jane’s bathing habits would have given me ammunition for a brief and not very interesting article. So, instead it’ll be “Jane Austen AND Bath.” I’ll try to describe the City as it was during the times when she lived … Continue reading »

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Contemplating the Genius of Place & The Places of Geniuses: Liverpool,Ruins at Great Witley,Chawton

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Nan Quick

September 20th, 2012. Liverpool, England. I was still ailing in body but was otherwise feeling quite exuberant, due to my pleasure at being able to spend time with my British friends Anne and David Guy, and Janet Hardwick. (Note: Once again, the photos that Anne took, and which she generously allows me to include here, … Continue reading »

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