Last eve, I watched the story of Buckingham Palace's first occupying Queen, Victoria and her treasured husband, Prince Albert. Luscious costumes and settings make The Young Victoria a must for all Anglophiles. Expect to see viscounts, waistcoats, tattersall pants, ascots, top hats, powdered wigs, ringlets falling from bonnets, chess, archery, allees and an English Springer Spaniel. One of the producers was Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York.
This avocado tree , started from a pit, has reached a height which exceeds mine.
The patina on the walnut cabinet of this grandfather clock is marvelous. Purchased in Frankfurt, Germany from two gentlemen, approximately thirty years ago, it had been rescued from an attic in Austria. One of the clock workers restored the cabinet, the other the workings of the clock itself. The weights, clock face and pendulum feature a rose pattern hammered into the brass. Beveled glass panels and two-weighted Westminster chimes which chime at every quarter hour and strike the time on the hour , add to its elegance.
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