Season’s Greetings

Posted on December 22, 2018by Editor

The Temple, Cobham Hall, Kent. Photo courtesy of The Folly Flâneuse's good friend The Garden Historian.

Taking it easy as Christmas approaches, the Folly Flâneuse was flicking through a copy of The Home Owner magazine from December 1937. She was delighted to discover one writer’s thoughts on follies at that date. Follies were, he wrote :

‘the natural off-spring of the union of too much money with too little brain…set up ostensibly to improve the view, but really to advertise some wealthy nit-wit’

On that note a very merry Christmas and there will be more nit-wits and their creations in 2019.

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4 thoughts on “Season’s Greetings”

Gand says:

May we take this opportunity to wish the flaneuse a jolly splendid festive season. G×N.

December 23, 2018 at 11:06 am

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1. Editor says:
  
  How kind 🌲
  
  December 23, 2018 at 11:39 am
  
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Garance says:

Not taking it that easy if time of the latest post is anything to go by! but thank you for making me smile – just love the 1930s take on meaning… and the term nit wit, sure we will find many occasions in 2019 to use it.

Wishing you a Folly good Christmas

GR

December 23, 2018 at 12:43 pm

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1. Editor says:
  
  Thanks G but I must confess that the post automatically appears at 7am. La flâneuse was safely tucked up in bed then!
  
  December 23, 2018 at 12:51 pm
  
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