A Day Out for Mutti (4)

The fourth set of photographs from yesterday, mostly taken in the gardens around the baroque wing built in the 1690s for William and Mary. The "mostly" excludes the first, which was taken in the rose garden and shows a curious tower-like structure (presumably of Tudor origin) in an area not open to the public; a close look will show that it is indeed leaning slightly to the left. The remaining four photographs show, in order, the very grand central section of the east facade; the slightly less grand central section of the south facade (the round windows next to the parapet at the third storey level are trompe-l'oeil fakes, necessary to maintain continuity with the real round windows along the rest of the third storey); a monumental ornamental urn in the Great Fountain Garden, which the east facade overlooks; and a bed of thyme (I thought it was lavender, but Judith says otherwise) in the Great Fountain Garden. Gail, Chris, Lynn, Mutti and Judith are on the path on the other side of the bed; I had fallen behind (and kept falling behind) because I kept pausing to take photographs of the architecture.

Next time: more architecture!