Bee on mint blossom (Nokia Lumia 520 windows phone)
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A new look for PC viewers…
A theme change without a theme change! I’ve moved all the widgets down to the bottom, so now we have these a bit bigger ‘in-your-face’ images. I love it. I hope you do, too.
Alas, it’ll still look the same if you are looking on a mobile or smaller tablet. 😀
Five in the mint: a bee, shield bugs, a bee and other unknown bugs. Can you see them ? [FujiFilm FinePix A607 camera ]
And that’s the last you’ll hear from me today. I’m oversharing. I’ll go do a couple of hours editing on my neglected novel.
I hope you are having a great day. I am. 🙂
Monegeetta’s Mintaro up for auction
Another reblog …
(I stole this image from SealASash who did Minarto’s windows in December)
I saw this place yesterday. I’ve been driving along the Lancefield road several times a year since 1990 and have never seen this mansion until yesterday when coming home from visiting the in-laws! I glimpsed it between the trees which – it turned out – had not long been trimmed, with all the dead ones removed. It was an awesome sight. I didn’t take any photos of my own as I was a bit daunted by the trespass sign which said something like this …
We wouldn’t dare jump your fence and poke around your home. Please don’t do it to ours.
Well said. So I contented myself with parking the car and having a quick look. Since this article, the home has again changed hands when it proved too big an undertaking for the couple who first bought it. The price was $2,850,000 this time and restoration is underway. A Melbourne couple have purchased it and intend to restore the house and grounds sympathetic to the original. Next time I will take my own photos from the roadside.
Go check out the photos on this blog …
Mintaro, Monegeetta
Auction SOLD
‘Mintaro’ is an imposing Italianate country mansion just outside of Melbourne. The house is being put up for auction in November with a reserve price of $3 million. (Update: The house sold for $3 million).
The 2-storey rendered brick home was built in 1881-1882 for Captain Robert Gardiner at a cost of £22,000. It was designed by prominent architect James Gall, who also designed the ‘Frognall’ and ‘Noorilim’ mansions.
The design was said to be influenced by Osborne House – Queen Victoria’s summer residence on the Isle of Wight, but it also described as a small replica of Melbourne’s Government House (built 1876).
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