Anne Guy
Anne Guy
I am a former garden designer living in rural Worcestershire. I have many interests among them gardens, art, history and architecture, nature and wildlife which are reflected in my blogs.
Categories
Blogs I Follow
- Running Past
- Laura Adkins Art
- Lavender Moon: Artist, Poet and Lover of Nature
- Planting Diaries
- Too Lazy To Weed
- A Mudlark's Diary
- The Postal Adventures of Morris Mouse
- Cornwall in Colours
- Nick Andrew. drawing projects
- FabFourBlog
- OLD FATHER THAMES | Tide Travelling Mudlark
- Ros the traveling cat
- Hedgespoken - the blog
- The Cornish Bird
- long man guide to Sussex walks
- LOOK UP LONDON
- Sing Better English
- Nicola Oakey Design
- My Site
- Girl, Always Interrupted
Tags
- Adnams brewery
- Alice in Wonderland
- AWRE
- Back to Backs
- Bankside
- Bellarmine Jars
- Birmingham
- Bobs World Cat Cafe James Bowen
- Carreras Factory Camden
- Cat Cafe London
- Cat Meat Seller
- Dahlias
- Dan Cruickshank
- Dick Whittington
- Exotic gardening
- Ferry Road Southwold
- Foreshore finds
- George Saunders Tailor
- Hawksmoor Churches
- Hodge
- Huguenots
- James Bowen
- Jewellery
- Jewellery Quarter
- Kaspar The Savoy Cat
- Little Venice
- London
- London's East End
- London Cats
- Michael Bond
- Millennium Bridge
- Mosaics
- Mudlarking
- Mudlarks
- Museum of London
- National Collection of Dahlias
- National Trust
- Orford Ness
- Paddington
- Paddington Trail
- Paul Bommer
- Penzance
- Port of London
- Public Sculpture
- Queenhithe
- RHS Wisley
- Save Norton Folgate
- Sculpture in the City Trail
- Shell Ford
- Social History
- South Bank Mosaics
- Southwold
- Southwold History
- Southwold Pier
- Spitalfields Gardens Huguenots
- Spitalfields Life
- Spitalfields Silks
- Spitalfields Trust
- St Barts Church
- Street Cat Bob
- Thames
- The Gentle Author
- The Gherkin
- Tobacco Dock
- Tower Hamlets
- Town House
- Town House Fournier Street
- Town of Ramsgate
- Tropical Plants
- Wapping
- Wildlife
- Will Giles Exotic Garden
- Wilton's Music Hall
- Worcester floods
- Worthing
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Recent Posts
- Hunting Hockney January 25, 2021
- Cley Skies or Cley Days… January 29, 2020
- The Garden at 120 March 17, 2019
- Life on The Edge January 6, 2019
- Theatre of Small Convenience December 23, 2018
Archives
- January 2021
- January 2020
- March 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- May 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- September 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- February 2014
- January 2014
- June 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
Tag Archives: London
Gormley Men
Last weekend a farewell party was held in the small Warwickshire village of Lowsonford to say goodbye to one of its famous residents. Whilst only in residence for a year he had received many visits from art lovers and … Continue reading
Posted in Antony Gormley, Art, Uncategorized
Tagged Aldeburgh, Crosby Beach, Gormley Men, Hayward Gallery, Landmark Trust, London, Lowsonford, Sculpture, Sculpture Antony Gormley
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A Blogger’s Year
It is that post Christmas/pre New Year time for reflection, a chance to look back over my blogs from the last twelve months and to begin to think about next year’s posts… It has a been a full year and I have visited lot of places, … Continue reading
Posted in 20 Fenchurch Street London, Architecture, Huguenots, London, London Gardens, Paul Bommer, Sky Garden, Spitalfields, Spitalfields Gardens, Suffolk, Uncategorized
Tagged Antony Gormley, Bawdsey, Hawksmoor Churches, London, Martello Towers, Postmans Park, Southwold, Spitalfields Life, Thames, Worthing
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Sky Garden
On a cold and decidedly windy grey November afternoon, we made our way to the City to meet up with a fellow blogger and her husband to visit the new “Sky Garden” at the top of one of London’s latest sky scraping … Continue reading
Round and Round the Gherkin
The purpose of my visit today was to visit an exhibition at the Town House in Fournier Street, but as it was a beautifully warm sunny October day, I decided to check out a few places on my to do list whilst in … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, East End, London, Paul Bommer, Public Sculpture, Sculpture Trail, Spitalfields
Tagged Adam Chodzko, Ai Weiwei, Amphitheatre Guildhall London, Bruce Beasley, Damien Hirst, Dick Whittington, Ekkehard Altenburger, Folkert de Jong, Guildhall, Guildhall Art Gallery, Keita Miyazaki, Kris Martin, Laura Ford, Leadenhall Market, LFWE, Lloyds Building, London, London Fruit and Wool Exchange, Magic Lantern Exhibition, Mickeys Shelter, Paul Bommer, Sculpture in the City Trail, Shan Hur, Sigalit Landau, Spitalfields, St Botolphs without Bishopsgate, St Helens London, St Vedast alias Foster, The Gherkin, Theladytravels, Tomoaki Suzuki, Town House Fournier Street, Xavier Veilhan
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The Secret Gardens of Spitalfields
I love walking around Spitalfields in East London, along its cobbled streets admiring the wonderful Georgian terraced houses, so when I read about the opportunity to visit some of these houses’ hidden gardens, I just had to make the journey! These few remaining streets … Continue reading
The Passage of Time and a Face From the Past
Whilst in London last weekend I took the opportunity to visit the magnificent Queenhithe Dock Heritage Timeline mosaic produced by the Southbank Mosaics team along the eastern wall of the Queenhithe Dock. Whilst I had seen photos of sections of the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bellarmine Jars, London, Millennium Bridge, Mosaics, Mudlarking, Queenhithe, South Bank Mosaics
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Mudlarking and Mosaics
Whilst staying in London for a long weekend last Spring, I carefully checked the tide times for the River Thames before heading off towards Millennium Bridge to do a spot of “mudlarking”. Mudlarking these days refers to the riverside equivalent of beachcombing. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bankside, Foreshore finds, London, Millennium Bridge, Mosaics, Mudlarking, Mudlarks, Museum of London, Port of London, Queenhithe, Thames
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Summoned By Bells
It all began one morning in Whitechapel Road when I made an impromptu visit to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. The elegant Georgian wooden frontage, now Grade II listed, faces the busy road. Dating back to 1570 the foundry was established during … Continue reading
Going on a Bear Hunt!
I have long been a fan of Paddington Bear and last December I could not resist going to see the new film “Paddington” from the producers of Harry Potter, and what a delight it was – both funny and sad and a bit … Continue reading
Posted in London, Sculpture Trail
Tagged Little Venice, London, Michael Bond, Paddington, Paddington Trail
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Away from the Drawing Board 