A Romantic Carriage Ride Amongst the Forget-Me-Nots!

Very Romantic, Indeed!

These photographs of Edward and Hannah were taken last year in May 2019 during a romantic carriage ride amongst the forget-me-nots as they had just started blooming, about the grounds at Corgyncombe.

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Back when Edward first came to Corgyncombe, he walked up the path and picked a sprig of forget-me-nots for his Hannah. A joyous reunion!

When I showed the above photograph to an elderly friend, tears came to her eyes and it touched her so, she said "Diane, it's like the BBC." And then I said "I am British!" She tearfully said "I know you are!

They stopped for a picnic in the Corgyncombe Garden of Herbs. In the background violets, sweet woodruff, and forget-me-nots are in bloom. Edward picks bouquets of violets and forget-me-nots for his dear Hannah.

Hannah and Edward are always surprising each other with delightful tokens, affectionately given!

Edward surprised Hannah with a bouquet of a rose and lavender.

Hannah picked a bowl of tasty, sweet strawberries for Edward.

An elegant evening celebrated with Twelfth Night Cake decorated with swans, in front of the fire.

Some of the photographs and some of the writings on this post are from previous Corgyncombe Courant posts that can be found here on the Corgyncombe Courant and from our web site and our previous postings elsewhere on the internet.

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Gathering Strawberries and Flowers for One Another!

Hannah and Edward!

Hannah went out and gathered wild strawberries for her Edward.

"It was a pretty sight, coming home, to see the women and children scattered about the meadows, gathering wild strawberries. This delightful fruit is very abundant here, growing everywhere, in the woods, along the road-sides, and in every meadow."
~ "Rural Hours" by Susan Fenimore Cooper

Ah yes, what a beautiful sight this must have been indeed, with the ladies and children dressed in the good taste of the day!

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Corgyncombe Wild Strawberries
"Both raspberries and strawberries grow wild here in such profusion that few persons cultivate them."
~ "Rural Hours" by Susan Fenimore Cooper

"Fine strawberries from the fields this evening for tea... Strolled in the lane, enjoying the fragrant meadows..."
~ "Rural Hours" by Susan Fenimore Cooper

Strawberries that grow wild about meadows and lawn at Corgyncombe.

"A meadow is a delicate embroidery in colors, which you must examine closely to understand all its merits; the nearer you are,  the better. One must bend over the grass to find the blue violet in May, the red strawberry in June; one should be close at  hand to mark the first appearance of the simple field-blossoms, clover, red and white, buttercup and daisy, with the later  lily, and primrose, and meadow-tuft; one should be nigh to breathe the sweet and fresh perfume, which increases daily until the  mowers come with their scythes."
~ "Rural Hours" by Susan Fenimore Cooper

Susan Fenimore Cooper wrote the book "Rural Hours" as a journal of her frequent nature walks out and about the countryside. It was published in 1850.

Edward surprised his Hannah with a bouquet of lavender and rose!

Hannah sits in a chair that Seth Tudor made, a miniature replica of one that Tasha Tudor sat in do her artwork.

Lovely landscapes and countryside!

David Austin Roses at Corgyncombe

"Just now we are eager to feast our eyes upon a rose - a true, perfect rose - with all her beauties opening to the light, all  her silken petals unfolding in rich profusion about her fragrant heart."
~ "Rural Hours" by Susan Fenimore Cooper

Susan Fenimore Cooper was the daughter of James Fenimore Cooper, author of the "Leatherstocking Tales".

Some of the photographs and some of the writings on this post are from previous Corgyncombe Courant posts that can be found here on the Corgyncombe Courant and from our web site and our previous postings elsewhere on the internet.

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Gathering Stawberries About Meadow and Lawn!

Hitty Celebrates Independence Day!

Hitty and Tasha Corgi waving the flag!

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We at the Corgyncombe Courant love how Tasha Tudor illustrates Independence Day in "Around The Year" and "A Time to Keep". Tasha shows picnics, flying and displaying the American flag, firecrackers, and fireworks. In "Around the Year" the page with the eagle, stars, and flags catches the eye of the Corgyncombe Courant.

My daughter Sarah and I have over twenty direct line ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War.

One of our more recent discoveries of a direct line Revolutionary War ancestor is Corporal Ephraim Harrindeen of Rhode Island.

Eliphel McGee stated about Ephraim Harrindeen:
"Ephraim Harrindeen came to warn my Brother in a General Alarm, I recollect that he appeared to be very resolute, and went away upon a run to perform his duty in warning the men belonging to his company."

We are inspired by our ancestor Ephraim Harrindeen's vigilance and fervor!

Hitty picking strawberries about meadow and lawn.

What a delight on the 4th of July!

"It was a pretty sight, coming home, to see the women and children scattered about the meadows, gathering wild strawberries. This delightful fruit is very abundant here, growing everywhere, in the woods, along the road-sides, and in every meadow. Happily for us, the wild strawberries rather increase than diminish in cultivated lands; they are even more common among the foreign grasses of the meadows than within the woods. The two varieties marked by our botanists are both found about our lake."
~ "Rural Hours", published 1850,
by Susan Fenimore Cooper

Happy Independence Day to our Dear Readers!

Some of the writings on this post are from previous Corgyncombe Courant posts that can be found here on the Corgyncombe Courant and from our web site and our previous postings elsewhere on the internet.

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Valentine Woven Hearts!

A Heart Pocket Full of Posies!

Emma weaving a pocket heart.

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The Herbary at Corgyncombe.
Clove orange pomanders, a tussie mussie, lavender wands, cochineal, and lavender.

Bleeding heart in the snow.

Herbs are hanging to dry at the Corgyncombe Herbary.

Emma and her little twins are all Izannah Walker inspired dolls.

A heart pocket full of posies!

I have been making cards using my own photographs, watercolours, and calligraphy for years for family and friends. Our dolls at Corgyncombe do the same! The quill pen is one of Phidelia Finch's feathers.

Emma and her "Little Dear One".

Tillie Tinkham and the sewing bird.

Several years ago, Tillie Tinkham, the seamstress mouse at Corgyncombe, started "Tillie Tinkham's Sewing Circle" to teach the Hitty dolls to sew.
The Sewing Bird holds a tiny woven heart that Sarah made. The little heart can be used as a pocket purse to carry things, perhaps buttons, flowers, or little notes.

At Corgyncombe's Finch Post, Chirpy Cheerful holds one of the official Valentine Dolly Cards.

The robin is flying for Finch Post.

Finch Post serves the dolls at Corgyncombe with superb mail delivery service. My daughter Sarah and I were inspired by Tasha Tudor to have our own doll Post. Tasha Tudor's post was named Sparrow Post, where cards and goodies were delivered to her children. Tasha Tudor featured Sparrow Post in her books "All for Love" and "A Time to Keep".

"The Mary Frances Sewing Book, or Adventures Among the Thimble People" published in 1913, written by Jane Eayre Fryer and illustrated by Jane Allen Boyer.

A Valentine featuring my photograph of my daughter Sarah that we gave to Tasha Tudor.

My daughter Sarah and I sent our own handmade Valentines to Tasha Tudor for Valentine's Day. Here is the end of a letter where Tasha Tudor thanked us for the Valentine package. She wrote: "Thank you endlessly for the best Valentine ever. Gratefully, Tasha". Wow, we considered that quite a compliment from someone who has made so many delightful Valentines!

Violet's mittens keep her hands warm as she goes out and about in the cold and snowy outdoors. Violet's antique mittens have pretty pom-poms attached. Carrying a basket of Finch Post mail, Violet has stopped at the Finch Post box.

Elizabeth holds a woven heart that was featured in our 2008 Valentine Calendar.

Some of the photographs and some of the writings on this post are from previous Corgyncombe Courant posts that can be found here on the Corgyncombe Courant and from our web site and our previous postings elsewhere on the internet.

We enjoy our Regency Ballroom CD.
Here is a link to where you can purchase one:
The Regency Ballroom CD
with Music from Jane Austen's time


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