Monday, June 01, 2009

Belsay Photos

We were up in Northumberland for a few days with my rellies last weekend/ I promise I won't bore you with zillions of pics but here are a few of Belsay Hall, gardens and castle.
The rhododendrons were in flower and looking glorious as were the various acers (a fave tree of ours - though the ones on our own garden are a little bit smaller!) - the walk through the craggy gardens from the Hall to the old castle was a real treat - and, when we arrived there - another treat to find suspended from the rafters the fabulous Crystal Horse by Stella McCartney back at Belsay, hanging from the rafters on fine threads and looking magnificent - over 8000 Swarovski crystals went into making this!
That's ooooh, at least a few more than I've got in my bead collection....lol

7 comments:

Unknown said...

WOW, Kathy, that horse is FANTASTIC!!!! I bet it really sparkles IRL.

Angelnorth said...

Great pics! Nice to stumble on the Stella McCartney if you didn't realise it was back!

Kaz said...

Fab photos Kathy, you don't bore me with them.

Loving that horse.

tracy said...

beautiful photos kathy :) that horse is something else!!!

Janice said...

I'm not a big fan of crystals as ornaments, but this is remarkable! You can see the light reflecting off it, thanks for sharing.

Traceyr said...

wow that horse is remarkable as Rosie said I bet it looked magnificent in real life.

Thanks for the photos - more pleease. :)

Gez Butterworth said...

Ooh Kathy you're photos are always interesting. These are so beautiful can't wait to show DD when she gets in from school! Thanks for sharing. Gez.xx