A P P R E C I A T I O N

There's so many varied ways to be inspired.  A painting, a poem, an experience, a conversation.  This collection is inspired by a book I purchased from the National Trust property, Nunnington Hall, Nr Hemsley, North Yorkshire.  It is a book that documents life outside of England's cities.  The countryside, the villages, the small towns, the history. 

"I have gone where can be best found those places that give England her individuality.....most of all she is a land apart in the complete and tranquil beauty of her soft flowing rivers and in the peaceful serenity of her open country". Albert B Osbourne.

This book was published over 110 years ago.  I wonder how the author would document and describe our country now as even modern change has affected our countryside.