This is not a wonderful or extraordinary picture. It is about one of my loves in life. This view is beautiful to me. I love it. So here you are looking at a love of mine.
The Rye is a wonderful Victorian Park in the centre of High Wycombe. I showed the little 'Penn Mill' which is in the park here... Penn Mill
Where I was standing to take the shot of the mill is one lovely corner of the park. Across the the main football pitches in the centre of the park is this wonderful Cedar tree. you can see it from the mill. It is one of my favourite trees. It is in great health, majestic, dark and voluminous. As I drive past (where this photo is taken from) I see this wonderful tree and just love its primaeval nature every time. It has that lovely, slightly turquoise-green sheen on the upper-side of the layers that the healthy cedars have. You can slightly see that sheen in this picture. It is a truly wonderful tree. I love it.
Cedars are not native to Britain. They were introduced in 1844. This is probably an Atlas Cedar which may be a race of the famous Lebanon Cedar. Certainly there is not much to choose between them. More to the point this magnificent tree is a testament to the Victorian park makers. They have left us a wonderful legacy of trees and parks that is not appreciated by many people today. We are certainly not leaving such a legacy for our young people of the future!
This picture is for me! There are other wonders in this park. I will let you see them sometime!
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I love the influence of Victorian gardens. It was a wonderful era for beautiful gardens. The English have a great tradition of keeping up fantastic garden sites. All so lush and manicured. Like this one, net. The tones and layers of green really stand out against each other. Lovely pov. AND composition.
Beautiful landscape. Like the hills. Much different than the fens where we visit our daughter. I like the fens; but I'm a true hillbilly and need one foot to be higher than the other :-)
This is lovely. Takes me back to school days. I crossed the Rye four times a day on my way too and from school. I also remember Pann Mill when it was a working mill, and often used to wonder through the buildings. The millers were always kind, and would show me how things worked. No health and safety in those days.
February 16th, 2012
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Rye Park looks very inviting.