You're very welcome, aym280! Uploading the photos gives me a chance to look at them properly and edit some of them a little, which is a bonus. I think the TV tend to concentrate on the "big picture", and though they occasionally show plant displays in the Pavilion they don't spend as long as I'd like on plant associations. I suppose the reason we don't see much of the sculpture etc is because it would be seen as advertising - lots of it is for sale.
I was just using my phone camera - it's a Samsung Galaxy A3. Not particularly high tec but easy to carry round in a crowd!
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Chicky, I was determined to see everything, having saved up for my trip! I don't think I could have covered it all in half a day... glad you enjoyed the pics.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
He is cute, isn't he, Joyce! There was an elephant and a snail too, an odd way to advertise "easigrass" - but I suppose it caught my eye so perhaps it works...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Did you see the prices on those driftwood horses? Thousands of pounds! And chappy just balancing stones? So clever. We got there just after 9am and were all done by 2:30. It gets too crowded at 3:30 and really hard to see the gardens.
Big gardens, artisan gardens, pavilion come first, then chappy selling peony supports, seeds on the "shopping" street, Felco stand to rescue my pair that Possum composted - 6 months cooking not good for blade or moving parts but they think they can fix them.
Then another go at the pavilion to buy clematis seeds (including Koreana Blue Eclipse) and primula seeds and scented lily bulbs.
We did not queue to do the railway carriage and we didn't queue to peer into the hole in the granite. Didn't queue for Pimms either and don't bother with the floral arrangements tent or the big trade stands.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I didn't queue for the carriage or granite block either, Obelixx. (Anyway I had a suspicion I'd be too short to see through any of the holes in the block...) Started at 8am with the big gardens, then worked round the outside looking at the fresh, then artisan gardens, then into the pavilion. Then a scoot round anything I thought I'd missed; I left at 5.30. Bought a cup of tea (cheapest I could find, paper cup, £2.30!!!! - you can tell I'm from the North!) because I was so cold - and some seeds (yes, primula - and hepatica and mecanopsis). I wonder if we were ever in the same place at the same time?
Yes, I watched the man balancing stones. Amazing! I posted a photo for Fairy on the Camera Corner website.
The leaping horse had a "sold" sticker, and a price tag of £23,000. Unbelievable! - but beautiful.
Photobucket won't let me look at your odds & sods album - it says it's private...
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
You are so right BL. I was wondering why I was seeing so much more in the photos, than on the television, and, then I realised, it was the ability to really study the view, and not have it move on to something else.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
All of these photos are a great insight to Chelsea at human view level. The detail on the planting has been beautifully captured by you all and it's a treat to see your chosen 'extras' so very well recorded. A real joy to see these and as punkdoc says, it is wonderful to look at leisure, away from the tv coverage which always rushes on and is limited in viewing angles. Liri - do you do professional photography or something connected? I don't want to pry - but looks to me as if you have a natural talent for composition and perspective. Sorry if that sounds a bit cheeky.
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You're very welcome, aym280!
Uploading the photos gives me a chance to look at them properly and edit some of them a little, which is a bonus. I think the TV tend to concentrate on the "big picture", and though they occasionally show plant displays in the Pavilion they don't spend as long as I'd like on plant associations. I suppose the reason we don't see much of the sculpture etc is because it would be seen as advertising - lots of it is for sale.
I was just using my phone camera - it's a Samsung Galaxy A3. Not particularly high tec but easy to carry round in a crowd!
Chicky, I was determined to see everything, having saved up for my trip! I don't think I could have covered it all in half a day... glad you enjoyed the pics.
Having viewed Chelsea pix (some more than once) I now have a much higher opinion of the CFS .
I want the teddy bear please
He is cute, isn't he, Joyce! There was an elephant and a snail too, an odd way to advertise "easigrass" - but I suppose it caught my eye so perhaps it works...
I snapped that hippo table too Liri, as well as obelisks and sculptures and classic ice cream and refreshment vans - http://s211.photobucket.com/user/Obelixx_be/library/160525%20Chelsea%20odds%20and%20sods?sort=2&page=1
Did you see the prices on those driftwood horses? Thousands of pounds! And chappy just balancing stones? So clever. We got there just after 9am and were all done by 2:30. It gets too crowded at 3:30 and really hard to see the gardens.
Big gardens, artisan gardens, pavilion come first, then chappy selling peony supports, seeds on the "shopping" street, Felco stand to rescue my pair that Possum composted - 6 months cooking not good for blade or moving parts but they think they can fix them.
Then another go at the pavilion to buy clematis seeds (including Koreana Blue Eclipse) and primula seeds and scented lily bulbs.
We did not queue to do the railway carriage and we didn't queue to peer into the hole in the granite. Didn't queue for Pimms either and don't bother with the floral arrangements tent or the big trade stands.
I didn't queue for the carriage or granite block either, Obelixx. (Anyway I had a suspicion I'd be too short to see through any of the holes in the block...) Started at 8am with the big gardens, then worked round the outside looking at the fresh, then artisan gardens, then into the pavilion. Then a scoot round anything I thought I'd missed; I left at 5.30. Bought a cup of tea (cheapest I could find, paper cup, £2.30!!!! - you can tell I'm from the North!) because I was so cold - and some seeds (yes, primula - and hepatica and mecanopsis). I wonder if we were ever in the same place at the same time?
Yes, I watched the man balancing stones. Amazing! I posted a photo for Fairy on the Camera Corner website.
The leaping horse had a "sold" sticker, and a price tag of £23,000. Unbelievable! - but beautiful.
Photobucket won't let me look at your odds & sods album - it says it's private...
Beautiful, beautiful photos, thank you so much.
I got much more from them than from watching it on TV. You can linger over photos.
You are so right BL. I was wondering why I was seeing so much more in the photos, than on the television, and, then I realised, it was the ability to really study the view, and not have it move on to something else.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
All of these photos are a great insight to Chelsea at human view level. The detail on the planting has been beautifully captured by you all and it's a treat to see your chosen 'extras' so very well recorded. A real joy to see these and as punkdoc says, it is wonderful to look at leisure, away from the tv coverage which always rushes on and is limited in viewing angles. Liri - do you do professional photography or something connected? I don't want to pry - but looks to me as if you have a natural talent for composition and perspective. Sorry if that sounds a bit cheeky.