Comments on: A Puzzling Post.

By: Editor

Editor — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 19:49:45 +0000

In reply to Garance Rawinsky. Good evening Garance and thank you. Ah yes. I had to reach for the dictionary for that one! Not sure entortilation will be entering my vocabulary.

By: Garance Rawinsky

Garance Rawinsky — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:25:01 +0000

I’m always happy to go off on a tangent, and who knows where we might end up. The occasional Entortilation sounds like fun too…

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 20:18:26 +0000

In reply to TOM GARDNER. Hello Tom. I did give fair warning in my opening paragraph that it was an unusual post. But things will be full on folly again next week.

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 17:45:51 +0000

In reply to Kate Dyson. Hello Kate. I knew Nic and his mum a little and have visited Stancombe a few times. Wonderful garden and great folly stories. I’m always on the lookout for material so thanks for the suggestion.

By: Kate Dyson

Kate Dyson — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 15:44:24 +0000

Hello. If you are looking into a few grottoes, the late photographer, Nic Barlow did a good book on them. His own garden, Stancombe Park, Gloucestershire boasts both a folly and a grotto – well worth a visit if you have never been there. I wrote about the folly garden in the first issue of The World of Interiors. This accompanied Nic’s excellent pictures. Happy hunting. Kate

By: TOM GARDNER

TOM GARDNER — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 15:19:50 +0000

WHEW ! NEXT PLEASE. (RETURN TO FORMER – FORMAT).
CROSS-WORD … ‘ENGAGEMENTS’ – WERE NEVER MY THING; I JUST HAPPEN TO BE …
MORE VISUAL, THAN CEREBRAL.
HOWEVER, HAVING BEEN A BUTLER TO SOME OF THE RICHEST AMERICAN FAMILIES, I HAD MY SHARE OF EXPOSURE TO: ‘STRUCTURES’ OF MERIT.
FOR FUN – SIMPLY GOOGLE: NEW YORK SOCIAL DIARY (THEN) MAR A LAGO
(THE ARTICLES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES)
‘BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER’ … *** USE BOTH HANDS! ***

TOM GARDNER (THE ONCE UPON A TIME BUTLER)

By: Editor

Editor — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 12:08:10 +0000

In reply to Pennie Denton. Hello Pennie. Thank you for pointing this out, I should have added a link to the earlier post for people who wanted to know more about Creech Grange Arch/Bond’s Folly. I did state that this was a diversion from follies, but normal service will be resumed next week!

By: Pennie Denton

Pennie Denton — Sat, 14 Sep 2024 11:36:43 +0000

I couldn’t believe that Bond’s Folly, Creech got such a brief mention. However, for those who may be more interested in this folly than in crosswords, the follyflaneuse wrote about my favourite folly on 11 November 2022!