tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863721388345667033.post5268612288325522437..comments2024-03-21T11:31:15.616+00:00Comments on Sasha Village: MONTACUTE HOUSE AND GARDENSDeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17421536902399459683noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863721388345667033.post-8315559814181341412017-09-21T18:11:37.206+01:002017-09-21T18:11:37.206+01:00What a grand place to visit. I particularly love t...What a grand place to visit. I particularly love the samplers and the gardens of course. Thank you Dee for a beautiful post. 😊 xxxGingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448401674397732366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863721388345667033.post-5227977383453934732017-09-17T17:29:20.338+01:002017-09-17T17:29:20.338+01:00The walled garden is lovely - but when I start dre...The walled garden is lovely - but when I start dreaming, it's of an orangery like this one...<br />My mum likes doing needlework, so she made a few samplers which are hung now in her house, but none as elaborate as those in the collection. Well they are from a period when there were not so many other things to do in your leisure time, and when idleness was thought of as a sin.NeverUschihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14092860896306786880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863721388345667033.post-15883782612620427242017-09-16T22:07:10.571+01:002017-09-16T22:07:10.571+01:00They are lovely, such a shame they probably cost a...They are lovely, such a shame they probably cost a small fortune to own an old beautifully made one! <br />The whole of Somerset, Dorset , Devon and Cornwall are wonderful places to visit :) xDeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421536902399459683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863721388345667033.post-79421762933357589382017-09-16T22:05:21.333+01:002017-09-16T22:05:21.333+01:00I love seeing the samplers such beautiful work. I ...I love seeing the samplers such beautiful work. I too always planned to have a go at this but now my hands are getting the arthritis, so If I ever want to do any I'll need to get going! I do remember your beautiful needlework at your home :) Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421536902399459683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863721388345667033.post-27279156929975401962017-09-16T22:02:50.107+01:002017-09-16T22:02:50.107+01:00This is the problem with these wonderful places.. ...This is the problem with these wonderful places.. they make us dream.. but then is dreaming a problem? No it's good to dream :)Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421536902399459683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863721388345667033.post-49448059322235028132017-09-16T14:41:43.597+01:002017-09-16T14:41:43.597+01:00I love samplers. I have a photo of a sampler from ...I love samplers. I have a photo of a sampler from the Gold Hill museum in Shaftsbury by 10 year old Sarah Ann Taylor dated 1862. The samplers were more than just recreation, they were part of a young girls education. I used to do some cross stitch, but I didn't really enjoy it. <br />Montacute is a lovely town, not very far from Taunton. We visited many times, but never actually went into Montacute House :) Jane xJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114112351660401224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863721388345667033.post-67059929345334980312017-09-15T22:48:10.245+01:002017-09-15T22:48:10.245+01:00Particularly enjoyed seeing the collection of Samp...Particularly enjoyed seeing the collection of Samplers as have always been interested in these. <br />Did actually try some very simple samplers with my class of Primary school children by them spelling out their name just using cross stitch. <br />Always planned to have a go at doing a small sampler myself when I retired but by then my Arthritic hands had put paid to this... though luckily I had been able to do a few rural nature pictures using different embroidery stitches on a silk screen. (Do you remembered seeing these dotted around the house when you visited?)<br />Beautiful gardens and planting again.<br />Kendalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17074347508556171113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863721388345667033.post-79660648624614159032017-09-15T16:51:40.686+01:002017-09-15T16:51:40.686+01:00It's all very lovely. I'm feeling the nee...It's all very lovely. I'm feeling the need for a stone walled garden with corner pavilions as well, though I think I'll have to settle for our current chain link fence :-( Still, it costs nothing to dream...<br />SteveGregor Daddieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04565331729101173062noreply@blogger.com