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Sunday, 17 June 2012

A Special Sort Of Shed

If you enjoyed our little ramble around the gardens of Docwra's Manor the other day you might remember that I said that the garden occupies an area that was once a farmyard. Some of the buildings are still there and form an eccentric addition to the gardens; you wander through as you go from one part of the garden to another. These sheds are clearly still in use but have also collected a selection of discarded tools and machinery, plant pots, pieces of harness, bits and bobs that have been kept for dried flower arrangements (and forgotten!), and an odd, whimsical pieces of folk sculpture. 











I can't think of much to say about it except to echo the words of a lady whose words I couldn't help but overhear, "Oh my goodness, well just look at that. Extraordinary!

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10 comments:

  1. Rune Eide17 June 2012 at 10:57

    A photographers heaven if ever I have seen one!

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  2. ShySongbird17 June 2012 at 12:42

    Quite a mishmash of bits and pieces there! The wall 'sculpture' was rather eccentric ;-)


    It was your previous post which really took my fancy with that wonderful habitat. The impressive list of birds seen there pays testament to that. A very good collection of flowers too especially the Twayblade and Common Spotted Orchid.

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  3. Wayfarin' Stranger17 June 2012 at 13:42

    I especially like the shot of the barrel coming apart. That, too, is sculpture! And you have an impressively sharp image there, too. What lens did you use? Jim

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  4. it's me17 June 2012 at 14:07

    Martha Stewart couldn't have arranged a more photogenic shed.

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  5. Jenny17 June 2012 at 15:35

    Tidy disarray. In pic.6, the dead plants contrast with the new green potted plants. The face out of harness bits - is that a tear from an eye? Mourning the end of the horse age? Most of the implements and tools in the shed ( no. 5)are probably no longer used, but the little clay pots still hold their own, all neatly stacked up ready for work.

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  6. Louise17 June 2012 at 16:33

    What a great collection of bits and bobs - very interesting displays.

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  7. Pam17 June 2012 at 18:56

    Ooh...a moochers heaven John! Brilliant stuff!

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  8. The Weaver of Grass17 June 2012 at 19:22

    Absolutely brilliant photographs John - I am there in those sheds with you. They need to get to a wider audience.

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  9. Hildred17 June 2012 at 23:19

    Enjoyed those marvelous sheds, John. They left me speechless, but I am back to tell you the harness wall sculpture is marvelous, and all the rest of it is such a great pictorial story of somebody's life.

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  10. Morning's Minion21 June 2012 at 18:01

    I could happily spend hours rummaging through the oddments in the old shed. I wonder if some of them haven't been artfully arranged for eye appeal rather then simply stashed away.
    The little garden is a beauty--tidy, simple, quiet and welcoming.

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