Blue skies in September

I love this area, lived and worked as a student nurse on this estate for 3 years. Not only famous for the wonderful mansion house and gardens and The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital and its treatment for Stills disease-childhood arthritis (now gone) but of course the Cliveden estate is best remembered as Christine Keeler met Profumo there and the rest as they say!

Absolutely stunning!

oh wow Drc! nice to have some history with it, in fact this picture is taken from the property 'next door' as it were? Im not entirely certain where the boundary between the two is. Cliveden is on the horizon I think in this picture!

Cliveden was the Home of the Asters from 1893 and they entertained Governments and Royalty over the years and of course took a great interest in 'their' Hospital, although it was taken over by the NHS in 1948. Every year the nurses prizes were presented by a well known person often a royal such as Princess Alice, the Countess of Mount Batten and Princess Margaret.

It is lovely Homebird; thanks Tuesdaybear

must have been amazing to work there Drc! Did you meet any of those royals or VIPs?

No before my time. The children and the work on Stills disease was fascinating and very rewarding.

great to have a rewarding job!

:))

Sticki@very nice view. Do you live close to there?
Drc726@What a pity, that another good hospital was abolished. It is quite romantic, that she (Keeler) met there with British Secretary of War, isn´t it :)). Is it also known where did she meet Russian atache for the first time? Ballet?

About an hour and a half by car katarina, Works out quite nicely as it's almost half way between where we live and where my oldest son lives, convenient and nice meeting place. Also less than ten minutes from my sister.

Very good. It is good to have a large park in a vicinity, no matter, if it is close to the place one lives or works. I remember, that I always felt very natural and "home" in Spain and Italy, as majority of daily work is done there outside, even cooking and learning and that was very nice. I know sanatory in Germany and one is in Slovakia, which are situated on sunny hilly places, with streams/river beneath - as if projected by feng-shui masters :) However, these places have one trick. Doctors know, their patients like it too and return there very happily, even they do not have disease related to that sort of sanatorium. "I would like to be admitted here, as I feel very well here", that was once argument of a patient with liver failure to me, who worked in dpt for TB and respiratory diseases :)))

beautifully tranquil scene, that's gone straight into faves. I imagine it oculd show many moods, depending on the sunshine; all serene now, I bet it could be really moody another time

I think winter there would be fantastic fran! think i will book myself another visit ~ in the frost and snow?

Burnham Beeches just down the road from here is wonderful for autumn colour.

absolutely Drc!!! they are very beautiful too ~ looks like a place for all seasons!!

Oh it is 'on your bike'

a bike through burnham beeches? oh, i remember now there are roads through the forest arent there ~ i was worrying about the punctures!!!

please post pics if you do visit in winter, Sticki

i will do fran! i have been in spring and summer, so autumn and winter to go and maybe put them all together in a blog???

oh, yes please!

lol and in sun, and rain, and cloud, and ... every mood in every season.

there seems to be a wooden thing under the tree, but I can't quite make out what it is - bridge? bench?

So beautiful, and interesting reading the history. Sticki you're becoming a real pro..... on that theme ... Katarina, I think you have a different idea of 'romantic' from mine lol:-)

Bornagain, it was ironic :))

fran, its a little wooden bridge, there is another under the willow, they are really pretty

a pro??? dont think so BA!!! if only you could see how many photos i take and dont use!!! and the history is thanks to Drc and Katarina!

AMAZING VIEW OF OUR NATURE:-))))))))

Lovely part of the world.......

its a lovely place, thanks junna and DD, stayed there twice and been for a day too.

That's a lovely photo Sticki!

Thanks meanie, I really like the place but it's the blues and greens that took my eye!

That would make sense. Especially after the summer that we've had.

Very true! Good thing I like green!

Very much the definition of blue n green : ) Its says summer very loud

lol think I'll paint this as a mural to cover one bedroom wall completely - that'd be something to wake up to every day!

Nice thought stevie, thank you!

Great idea fran!

I stumbled across wall murals on eBay; most of them weren't to my taste, but there were a few - lol none to compare with this pic, or with many others on GoY. Prob is, one would need to be a minimlaist, have almost no furniture, so that the mural could be seen without inconventient shelves etc getting in the way. Do'nt think many of us could fit that category

no im sorry i dont!!!

mind you i could be persuaded for a mural of a hebriddean beach?!!

Wonderful place Sticki! Such a lovely late summer day, England at it's best...:0)).

september skies are a bit special arent they, thanks janey!

that pic could be subtitled "tranquillity" and then some!

That's nice Fran, thank you! It is a lovely place to be and I have walked through that part early in the morning, certainly tranquil then, it's magic! No one else about!

Sticki, all pro photographers take load of pics of the same thing (saw a program lol) I suppose part of the art is knowing which is the 'one':-)

im no good at that either BA!!!!

great pic Sticki, love that colour contrast.

me too, thanks Surreylad, good to see you back

Thanks Sticki :-)

:-)

Lovely picture and to see blue skies.......like this morning. The trees have grown a lot this year.

Thanks Linda, I love blue sky! And trees!

What a beautiful peaceful scene so lush and tranquil;0)

sigh, bet it wouldn't be so peaceful in season! too many people going to enjoy the tranquillity and so no one having any. but this is a pic I can sit and look at for a long time - lol I have, frequently.

thanks PP, it is lovely, huge ground to wander in, streams and a river!

not too many people fran ~ its a big place and privately owned but im allowed!!!!!

You're so lucky, Sticki - did I already ask for more pics in different seasons ??

i am, thanks fran!

you did and i will do what i can ~ dont let me forget!

lol small chance of that!

:-) you have a better memory than me

only in some things! I've had an idea and stood up to carry it out, then thought, What did I stand up for??? sigh, it's a good thing the over-50s are now "middle aged"!