FENCES AROUND THE WORLD

This quaint cottage and its pretty picket fence is my choice for today's Fences Around the World. I was on vacation in 2015 and walking up a lane in a neighboring village near my old home.  

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Another split-rail fence for you this week, this time at the Old Stone House in Manassas.  Information about the history of this building can be found here.

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These were found while driving around the Virginia countryside.

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This was the painting from last week's post.  I thought you might enjoy seeing it.  I came across it at The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC in December of 2014.

           

          Wivenhoe Park, Essex

            Oil on canvas, 1816

           John Constable

          British, 1776-1837

 

    

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I am cheating a little for this week's fence post.  As I haven't been out to take any photos lately, I found one in an old painting with fences in the foreground.  Thank you for hosting Gosia.

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A cute goat behind this wire fence, a photo I took a few years ago on a visit to England. 

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FENCES AROUND THE WORLD

From my archives, originally taken a few years ago at Norfolk Botanical Gardens, Virginia.

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Photo taken near Corolla in North Carolina last year.  

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Thanks for stopping by. I hope that wherever you are in this world, you will have a happy, healthy and safe weekend. 

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My contribution to Fences Around the World.  Thank you for hosting Gosia!

More Virginia countryside from some time ago.

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From my archives.

We found these pretty horses on one of our trips in the Virginia countryside a few years ago.  

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On one of our trips to the Outer Banks. 

~Forgotten~

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For Gosia's fence meme this week, I am once again digging into my archives.  In 2015 we were visiting Totnes, not too far from my home where I lived from the age of 15 years until 25.  In 1975 I met my husband and subsequently moved to the States.

Totnes is in South Devon and my photos were taken of an old church that had been sold, purchased and turned into a private residence.

I visited Totnes frequently when I lived a few miles away.  I had friends who were on the outskirts, and at other times my Mother and I would go shopping.  

The town is at the head of the estuary of the River Dart and about 21 miles from Exeter, another place I visited frequently.  Totnes has a recorded history dating back to 907, when its first castle was built.  By the 12th Century it was already an important market town and merchants' houses built in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries can still be seen.

I would have loved to have looked inside to see how the owners decorated their home, but was content to take photos of the old iron fences out front.  

I am sharing the last two photos because I loved the name, Ticklemore Street.  
The same street with one last fence.

I am sharing a map of its location in South Devonshire.

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These are various fence post photos taken while driving around. 

 The above and below photos were taken while driving in the Virginia countryside.

Next is an old iron fence surrounding a churchyard in Norfolk (Virginia).

 A nod to our British friends, I am one day late but I wish you a Happy Saint George's Day. My photo was taken in Jamestown (Virginia), where the first permanent English settlement was established.  If you click on the red lettering above, it is a link to more information.

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Our son and daughter-in-law went for a walk last weekend.  They live 15 miles away.  It looks like it was a nice, quiet trail.

However, someone had been there before and left a welcoming sign for those walking their dogs.

Here is a nice fence for Gosia's meme.  I asked if they would mind me sharing their photos just for today, and they were happy to.  Thank you My Lovelies!

I have seen photos of these boxes in other areas.  The one they came across says, "Little Free Library - Libraries big and small, we love them all.  Take a book, return a book."

Such a neat thing to do for the community.

"That's the thing about books, they let you travel without using your feet."  ~ Jhumpa Lahiri.

A great quote and very appropriate for this time of self-sheltering.  

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