life in gardens – Page 12

Old Lodge

December 1, 2017December 2, 2017 Cindy at enclos*ure5 Comments

The artist Eppo Doeve painting the Martineau children at “Old Lodge in Terlow (Buckinghamshire),” Great Britain, July 1954, by Willem van de Poll, via Nationaal Archief (Netherlands).

I have not been able to find out anything about these siblings or the home. I cannot find an Old Lodge in Terlow, Buckinghamshire, or indeed a Terlow anywhere in Great Britain. The Martineau family is quite important in Birmingham (an ancestor of the Duchess of Cambridge was a Martineau), but apparently not in Buckinghamshire. Perhaps the photographer made some mistake in his notes.

The son on the right seems to have three golf balls between his fingers. A young amateur champion?

The Sunday porch: Eastpoint, Florida

November 26, 2017May 21, 2017 Cindy at enclos*ureLeave a comment

Mr. and Mrs J. C. Williams on their porch, Eastpoint, Florida, ca. 1900, via Brown Family Collection, Florida Memory Commons on flickr.

The Williams were among six families who settled on a peninsula called Eastpoint, across the bay from Apalachicola, Florida, in 1898. The group called itself the Co-Workers’ Fraternity, and together the members pursued philosophical and religious study and farmed and ran seafood and lumber businesses. Land was individually owned, but profits were shared.

Ararat, Victoria

November 22, 2017November 22, 2017 Cindy at enclos*ureLeave a comment

Edith Clark aiming a rifle at a plaster model of a lion, Palmer Street, Ararat, Victoria, ca. 1925, via The Biggest Family Album in Australia, Museums Victoria Collections.