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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...

A thin layer of ice

More ice overnight - nothing major, just a thin veneer over everything this morning...


Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)



Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)  


Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)

Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)

Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)

Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)

Thin ice (2/3/17) (Vancouver, WA)


Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

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  1. My goodness, you all are getting the bad weather this year. What a baptism into your new locale.

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  2. Sure is pretty--just be careful walking on it!

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  3. Did it stay "just a thin layer" - or build as the day went on? Ours started out thin but by evening it was more than half an inch.

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  4. Lovely icy photos; I especially like the jeweled chicken wire!

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  5. You've really had your share of WEATHER this winter!

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