Shrewsbury

Only about an hour away by train from Birmingham is Shrewsbury in Shropshire. A friend and I went sightseeing last Saturday and toured a few of its many churches, the Museum and Art Gallery, a few book shops, the library, and The Quarry Gardens near the Severn.

Jesse window, St Mary's

Shrewsbury Abbey (photo from Google)

Interior of St Chad's (photo from National Churches Trust)

The River Severn

Wyle Cop

Tutor style building

Pengwern Books

At Pretty in Pink Vintage

Casa Naranjo (photo from Tripadvisor)

Quarry Gardens

Museum and Art Gallery (photo from Shropshire Museums.org.uk)

Tapestry

Fine art?

Shrewsbury Library

Nettle blend sock yarn from Ewe & Ply

And I found the yarn I've been searching for at Ewe & Ply! New project coming soon. Thank you for reading!

Oxford Botanical Gardens

On Sunday, I visited the Oxford Botanical Gardens. They are the oldest in the UK and have been in operation for over 400 years. To acknowledge this, one area of the gardens has certain plants which would have commonly been growing in English gardens at that time in history. Of course, there are also other types of plants you can see from all around the world. I was especially attracted to all the cuddly, fuzzy plants on this visit. Really, I just walked around touching everything—because that's the point of a botanical garden, it's a tactile experience. I tried to pick a mulberry that wasn't quite ripe and got juice all over my hand.

Danby Arch, Oxford Botanic Garden

Marshmallow

Brazilian Edelweiss

Mexican Honeysuckle

Gouty Houseleek

World's largest water lilies

Tolkien's Pine

Pretty cosmos

Mulberries

Happy bee

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