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March 18, 2005
Grandmother's garden
Another little "blast from the past". In October last year I revisited South Africa and my childhood home at Great Brak. Thie photo in this post was probably taken around 1947 and shows the gardens as they were when I was a child.
Grandmother Heron in her beloved garden at Great Brak.
It was very interesting to see that the formality has largely gone, but the basic shape and the principle features are still there. The part of the garden in this photograph, with Grandmother in the foreground, has now all been replaced by lawns and the river has changed it's course slightly bringing it a bit closer to the hedge - another casualty of the ravages of time.
The picture was taken from the upstairs verandahs which encircled the house, but which are also now long gone.
Posted by The Gray Monk at March 18, 2005 10:44 AM