I went for a walk at Bolton Abbey just before Christmas. It was a dank, dreary day with almost no light so I wasn't inspired to take many photos. They did, however, have a Christmas Trail for children, with the theme of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', so I turned my camera to capturing those displays.
'On the First Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... a partridge in a pear tree...'
(There was a strange pear-cum-holly tree, though no partridge that I could see...)
'On the Second Day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... two turtle doves...'
'Three French hens...'
'Four calling birds...'
The French flag laid out underneath the three hens was unmistakable, too 😊
ReplyDeleteMaybe the partridge had flown off by the time younwalked past.
Wonderful.
ReplyDeleteSuch imagination and I would have loved to see their exhibit of all 12 days of Christmas. Yes, there are days that require us to stretch to see the beautiful, but it's still around us!
ReplyDeleteHow clever. I've never learned the details of the lyrics of that song though, so thanks for the quotes! (From the photos only, I don't think I'd have had a clue what it was about...)
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