Agatha Christie's Greenway (Devon, England) - The House
I can think of two places that we visited where I enjoyed the house more than the gardens. The first was Greenway, not for the house itself, which was surprisingly small and cramped, but for the history behind it and the fascinating mementos on display. Agatha Christie and her husband Max Mallowan were enthusiastic collectors. You can see their collections on display throughout the house - European and Oriental ceramics, pottery, African tribal masks, Egyptian artifacts, Tunbridge ware, china, trinkets, and books. The Morning Room has a portrait of Agatha Christie as a child and her doll Rosie, sitting in a chair - The Drawing Room was where the family would gather in the evenings. Christie would entertain guests by reading chapters from manuscripts of her latest books. Agatha Christie's bedroom. Max always slept on a smaller portable traveling cot (you can see part of it in the foreground). It was his favorite bed and he carried it with him on all of his archaeological travels. N...
Hi Phillip...The rain has been abundant. That is an odd place for it to grow! Mushrooms are everywhere; great big fairy rings in front yards all over the city! Have the reservoirs and lakes returned to normal after all this rain?
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ReplyDeleteThere's a fairy ring down the street from me that crosses their driveway. It's got to be at least eight feet wide.
ReplyDeleteI 've no idea whether its edible but you have to admit that its definitely optimistic.
ReplyDeleteAnd ambitious!
Now that shot is the epitome of Autumn!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if it's edible but I wouldn't base a dinner party around it, ha.
Oh your capture is superb, Phillip! We too have had much rain and there is a large fairy ring at city hall! On the lawn that is. :-)
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Great shot!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I would venture out on a limb that "it might be edible......" Just enjoy it as is!
An excellent photo. It looks so elegant. I wouldn't eat it though. I don't know if it is edible. Mushrooms often have poisonous look alikes.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great picture!
ReplyDeleteWe've been getting drenched in Jxn MS too. And my raised vegetable beds are filled with mushrooms. Oh well, good compost material (I think?!)
A Chef in the Garden posted about mushrooms, too, though his was much more, erm, attention-getting, LOL! The soil is SO DRY here, it is hard to get the spade in more than a few inches and I'm needing to plant a bunch of stuff! The dahlias are still blooming, but I'll dig them out for you in a few weeks. They are in an area of improved soil so they will be easier to get out!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I would experiment with eating that mushroom...
ReplyDeleteWe have them everywhere as well and have probably had the same rains. The rings are pretty neat to see.
It's beautiful. We've seen a variety of mushrooms here too. Yours is a lovely color.
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What an exquisite photo Phillip! What an eye! Not sure if it is edible but most likely some critter will eat it soon, that is if your autos do make mushroom pudding of it. I hear you and Georgia are having flooding... hopefully you are too high for that.
ReplyDeleteHi Phillip, I wandered into here from Rob at 'my french garden' and have really enjoyed reading your blog.
ReplyDeleteI'm also quite envious of your rain - unusual from a Brit in the north of England but, hey, we've not had proper rain for about a month and the garden is looking a bit weary!
I don't know anything about mushrooms and tend to leave them well alone, but that's a great photo! :)
Even watering will bring out the mushrooms. Last week when I watered one bed with soaker hose, up popped a colony of mushrooms. Your photo is really good.
ReplyDeleteGreat capture! Perhapa it's feeding off fallen leaves..
ReplyDeleteWhat a great picture! I've just started noticing them in the last few days around here.
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