Skeins-archive - ‘these Jewel-lakes, These Skeins Of Railroad Line’

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Zeugma Mosaic of Icarus and Daedalus, Roman period, Turkey

I know you're a Charles II fan, so I'm asking if you've been to the Boscobel house? I would like to go there someday as I love visiting historic homes and stuff where famous people and historical figures have lived.

Yes, I've been to Boscobel! I took some pics:

This is the ancestor of the oak tree that Charles II hid in when he was trying to avoid the Roundheads:

Here's one of the priest-holes that Charles hid in. He was over 6ft and this priest-hole is tiny and not very tall so he had to stoop for about 48 hours:

And this mound in the garden is from the 17th century. A mound in the garden was a French idea; you can sit on top of it and observe your beautiful garden. Charles II actually sat on this mound on his second day hiding in Boscobel, and he read love poetry whilst the Penderell brothers kept watch:

Evelyn Nesbit c. early 1900s

Antonio Zucchi, 1726-1795

Dido and Aeneas (?) ca.1773, oil on canvas, 101x86 cm

National Trust, Nostell Priory,  Inv. 960077.6