Highgate Cemetery - London

This post, 'Highgate Cemetery' was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/

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Highgate Cemetery

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Today I'm going to show you some pictures from my visit to this amazing place called Highgate Cemetery, just about one hour from the City of London's hectic pulse. I'm a huge fan and admirer of this enchanted spot on earth. It lush, green, so very beautiful and calm.

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The family Tomb of Samuel Whitfield.

The cemetery's grounds are full of mature trees, shrubbery and wild flowers all of which have been planted and grown without human influence. ( I don't think that is completely true) I found a numerous wild flowers like for instance Bluebells Scilla non-scripta and Ramsons Allium ursinum. The guide told me that in a few weeks the wild poppies Papaver will bloom and can you imagine the red 'lanterns' lighten up the grounds. It must be wonderful. The grounds are a haven for birds and small animal. The cemeterys tree crowns form a wonderful most amazing canopy and the sound in the cemetery or the lack of noice is overwhelming.

I think this old tree below is a Lebanon Cedar

Catacomb of P.W. Talbot

The Highgate cemetery is devided into two parts the West and the East Cemetery. All my pictures here are from the West Cemetery. This Victorian Cemetery was opened in 1839. The initial design was by the architect Stephen Geary.

'Although its most famous occupant in the east cemetery is probably Karl Marx (whose tomb's attempted bombing in 1970 is still recalled by some Highgate residents), there are many other prominent figures, Victorian and otherwise, buried at Highgate Cemetery.' Facts from Wikipedia read more here



If you want to visit The Highgate Cemetery I recommend you to go to the official website of Friends of Highgate Cemetery Trust


Highgate Cemetery
Swain's Lane
Highgate
London
N6 6PJ

Telephone No. (+44) 020 8340 1834



East Cemetery

Open from 10.00am weekdays, 11.00am weekends. There is no charge for children under the age of 16 when accompanied by an adult.

East Cemetery Tours

There is a guided tour of the East Cemetery once a month, on the first Saturday of each month. Tours are about one hour in length, and are limited to 15 people. Tickets are sold at the East Cemetery gate on the day of the tour on a first come, first served basis. The tour cost of £5 includes entrance to the East Cemetery. People should gather at 2:15 P.M. for a prompt start at 2:30.

Western Cemetery

Admission to the West Cemetery is by guided tour only. We have tours all year.
Call the office of The friends of Highgate Cemetery on 0208 340 1834 to discuss arrangements.


Have a great weekend my friend!

LOLove TYRA


DON'T BE A STRANGER - WRITE SOMETHING


Blooming Friday! This is my contribrutions to the Blooming Friday Flower Power Parade, meet more participant here at Katarina.

Forsmarks Bruk - Walloon Ironworks Town

En skön september dag tog vi bilen och for till Forsmarks Bruk. Det här ar ett av mina favorit bruk. Det är ett av Sveriges bäst bevarade bruk, det härstammar från 1570 talet. Kyrkan invigdes år 1800 och är ritad av Olof Tempelman, lite träffande namn ellerhur?

This absolutely gorgeous day in September we decided to go to Forsmarks Bruk. An industrial village where natural resources are processed is called a ”bruk” in Swedish. This is a Wallon ironworks town or rather village it dates back to the 16th century. The church consecrated in the year 1800 the architect was a man called Olof Tempelman a suitable name for a Church builder isn't it?

The Inn at Forsmark

You find beautiful environments, excellent cuisine and lodgings at the inn and manor at Forsmark. We just stayed the day but I do recommend to stay overnight. I had a glimpse of the à la carte meny and the food on the meny looked delicious.

The clocktower, picture taken from the courtyard of the new manor house.

The Manor - Den nya herrgården.
Monument Island in the English Park.

Monumentholmen, med i mitt tycke gräslig staty i Carreramarmor av J.N Byström föreställande Nereider som är lika med Vattengudomligheter.... say what! En Ibisfågel, en byst föreställande Samuel af Ugglas och en kvinna. Hualien som man säjer i Skåne.

The School of Charlotta founded 1861.

Det finns två små skolhus i Forsmark Charlottas och Theresas skola. Dom ser så idylliska och söta ut, jag hoppas att det var lika idylliskt att gå där.

Read more about The Wallon bruk i Uppland.

Have a nice day/
TYRA

I have an itch to paint!

Flowers upon the wall?

That could be an idea!

Lily at Baby Taj

You know I love painting as well as gardening. I showed you one’s my “Topiary upon the wall” painting I have done in one of our rooms and after the trip to India I’m so inspired to do some more painting!... perhaps a “flowers upon the wall” room. This is one of the places in India that truly put some ideas into my head. Look at this.

Itmad-Ud-Daulah - It has the nickname BABY TAJ – much more easy to say.

Shoes are not allowed so you have to wear special slippers

Itmad-Ud-Daulah's Tomb is a Mughal mausoleum in the city of Agra in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Often described as a 'jewel box'. the tomb of Itmad-Ud-Daulah is often regarded as a sketch of the Taj Mahal. I love this place it is so beautiful and the morning I was there we were alone there, so peaceful.
Along with the main building, the structure consists of numerous smaller buildings and beautiful gardens. The whole place has a most fascinating water system I can’t describe it now but it takes care of all the rainwater in a “canal system”. The tomb was built between 1622 and 1628. Commissioned by Nur Jahan for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg who had been given the title Itmad-Ud-Daulah meaning “pillar of state”.

On this picture you can see some of the water canal that I mentioned above, though dry now.

Itmad-Ud-Daulah’s walls are made in white marble from Rajasthan, and the walls are covered with semi-precious stone decorations - Onyx, Cornelian, Jasper, Lapis Lazuli and Topaz in wonderful patterns and images of flowers, trees and other decors like fruit or vases containing flower arrangements. Light to the interior passes through delicate Jali screens of exquisitely carved in white marble. Like laces in marble it is so beautiful. I don’t know how they manage to do it. I think the jali is typical for Arabic architecture as well, I've seen similar jalis in Alhambra, Spain.

Almost 400 years old, semi-precious stone decorations.

What do you think, shall I have a go? Lilies and Papaver upon the wall, I dont know what the "tree" is but it's pretty.

TYRA

Flowers of India - The Lotus Flower

The biggest flower in India and probably in the world! I stumbled on this magnificent Lotus flower in New Delhi. It is The Bahá'í House of Worship. Isn't it fantastic?

Built in 1986, 40 meters tall and it is capable to hold 2,500 people. It's number of visitors per year 4,5 million or 13 000 everyday!

More about the Bahá'í religion below.

The central theme of Bahá'u'lláh's message is that humanity is one single race and that the day has come for its unification in one global society. God, Bahá'u'lláh said, has set in motion historical forces that are breaking down traditional barriers of race, class, creed, and nation and that will, in time, give birth to a universal civilization. The principal challenge facing the peoples of the earth is to accept the fact of their oneness and to assist the processes of unification.

TYRA

I'm back!

Fascinated, dead beat and 6 pounds less of me I’m back after a journey to India.
What a country! 1 billion people and it feels like I met at least half of them. This was my first time in India and I hope I will be able to go back, there is so much to discover.

Delhi India

Taj Mahal Agra India

Whenever I go abroad I always look up the botanical gardens, this time was an exception, the nearest I came to a botanical garden was at Taj Mahal, Agra. They had a Tree of India Garden. Not a lot of people there and a shady and cool place to walk through, very nice.

I really enjoy "world music" and India has so much interesting music, fascinating instruments songs and dancers. I had the benefit to go to a traditional music and dance performance in The Amber Palace in Jaipur, I also went to the Cinema in Jaipur and watch a movie in Hindi! In Jaipur I also had the pleasure to attend a Hindu wedding. Most fascinating, all those absolutely gorgeous women in their saris, young as old they were all stunning, I felt very pale!

I still feel pale and weak, trying to recover from whatever I brought with me from India, this is the first day by the computer.... and it's nice to be back!

TYRA

Topiary - Thai style

A few years ago I visited Thailand and on my way down to Koh Chang (Elephant Island) I met these wonderful Topiary Elehpants at Trat Airport. Aren't they cute? And the shuttle too, look at that absolutely wonderful decorative painting of the shuttle.

Topiary the art of creating a sculpture of a plant More Topiary in Tyra's Garden

Colourful shuttle at Trat Airport in the province Trat, Thailand

Topiary elephants saluting all visitors.

Decorative topiary elephant and look even the airplanes are colorful and decorative....amazing

Love to here from you/ Tyra

Woodstock & Tyra

This post, "Woodstock and Tyra" was originally uploaded and written by Tyra at the blog Tyra's Garden http://waxholm.blogspot.com/
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WOODSTOCK

Nu kommer en annan Woodstock favorit, mina hyacinter.

Tyras Trädgård Woodstock

Tyras Trädgård Woodstock

Yes I've been to Woodstock!

I have actually been to Woodstock but Ops... this was in Woodstock Australia. The sun was shining and here you can see my posing in front of the lovely Agapanthus.

Been there done that...nja jag har varit i Woodstock.....ops "fel kontinent". Australien 2005 men det var fantastiskt. Här har jag ett härligt sällskap. Agapanthus praecox, afrikas blå lilja.

Have a great day my friend - Ha det bra, Tyra

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