Village Scene

Lovely picture Cinders:-)

Thank you Simbad.

Spring has arrived, what a welcome sight!

I'm glad you have been ok with the floods,Cinders..and lovely to see the snowdrops doing well..

Thanks PP.

Sandra we have had a couple of roads closed for floods in the village, but nothing like the poor people of Somerset. The snowdrops are a real picture aren't they.

I thought it was a scattering of snow! So pleased it is snowdrops, much more pleasant :)

There was a lot of water in there, but as the soil is very chalky it soon drains away.

Lovely scene Cinders and the building on the left what is that?

Thank you Janey. That little building is a little lock up from years ago, where prisoners used to be kept overnight before going to Salisbury for a court appearance. Apparently only four left in the country today.

It is beautiful glimpse into the field. I love that white wooden fence.

Yes the picket fence sets off the scene doesn't it.

It is called picket fence? Why "picket"?

Showing my ignorance here Katarina. Just the type of fence. I've always known by that name. Someone else may know....

Katarina & Cinders - I wanted to know too and I found this information:

A horizontal top rail and bottom rail are attached to fence posts, which are installed upright into the ground. Evenly spaced boards are affixed vertically to the rails. What truly distinguishes a picket fence is the top, which is tapered (often called "dog-eared picket") or pointed. These boards with pointed tops are called "pickets" for their resemblance to the pointed stakes historically used by infantry to repel cavalry.

There's something we've learned today ... :o)

Well done Shirley ! Thank you for that. I sort of thought maybe it had its origins in the cavalry of years ago. You learn something every day, as you say.

I always picture houses in the USA with open porches wrapped around them ... and a white picket fence ... :o)

Know what you mean !

and of course, a rocking chair!

:o)))

I love snowdrops. and what a lot there is , lovely :0)

A lovely spring photo Cinders....

Thanks Sue, lovely to see isn't it. They are everywhere in this village, all along the verges and banks. Pity they don't last through summer.

Many thanks DD. You wouldn't guess from that picture that we were so flooded.

Thank you very much Shirley. Amusing! I like it very much. This was a little blog on English, garden architecture and history. Great!!

Lol Katarina ... pleased you enjoyed the history lesson! :o)

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