David Tomlinson

Merlin’s Hollow, My First May Visit, Art of Decay

Merlin’s Hollow, My First May Visit, Art of Decay

This is my third year visiting and photographing the Merlin’s Hollow English garden here in the Town of Aurora. In the past I have been Read More »
Melinda’s Room, I’ve Always Considered Myself A Lucky Person

Melinda’s Room, I’ve Always Considered Myself A Lucky Person

May 20, 2013
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I was thinking about Dierdre and she was also thinking about me. She tried to get hold of me and invite me to the Melinda’s Room Read More »
Merlin’s Hollow, Busy Bee World Under The Microscope

Merlin’s Hollow, Busy Bee World Under The Microscope

I almost forgot that I had all these nice pictures of bugs I took at the Merlin’s Hollow English garden visit at the beginning of this month. Not sure if I said that Read More »
Merlin’s Hollow Always Beautiful Garden With Gardens, June Flower Bloom

Merlin’s Hollow Always Beautiful Garden With Gardens, June Flower Bloom

If I had all the time in the world I would spend many hours in the Merlin’s Hollow garden. This time I made sure I didn’t miss the June visit. The garden Read More »
Beehives, You Will Not Find Them ON Town Facilities

Beehives, You Will Not Find Them ON Town Facilities

Mar 4, 2012
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I had to giggle. It was proposed and then defeated back in January. From the environmental perspective I think that was a very interesting proposal, that is to implement an initiative to place beehives on the roofs of municipal facilities. Read More »
Wildlife Park In Aurora, Yes, Yes, We Must Have One

Wildlife Park In Aurora, Yes, Yes, We Must Have One

I was behind with my newspaper reading this week. It was last night that I finally took the Thursday The Banner/The Era roll of papers from February 2nd and started to look through. Read More »
Humming Hummingbirds, None This Year

Humming Hummingbirds, None This Year

Aug 9, 2011
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I guess I wasn’t the only one looking for them. Couple of weeks ago THE AURORAN, Week of July 26, 2011 published in the section Letters to the Editor, a letter from David Tomlinson ‘Had hummingbirds drop in on you lately?‘. Read More »
Merlin’s Hollow, Best Of The Last Visit

Merlin’s Hollow, Best Of The Last Visit

Jul 18, 2011
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It was another great visit accompanied by great weather conditions, sadly it was last one for the season, to the Merlin’s Hollow, an English garden created by the Tomlinson’s here in Aurora. Read More »
Merlin’s Hollow, Red Poppy A Flower Of Comfort

Merlin’s Hollow, Red Poppy A Flower Of Comfort

Jul 3, 2011
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Another great visit to Merlin’s Hollow on July 2nd, 2011. First to notice were red poppies in the Winter Garden at the entrance. The petals of the poppy flower before blooming are crumpled in the bud, that is often why you may see them wrinkled. Read More »
Merlin’s Hollow, Art In The English Garden

Merlin’s Hollow, Art In The English Garden

Jun 17, 2011
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Now let me give you a photo tour of some of the artistic items you may want to notice beside the flowers if you on your way to visit this beautiful English flower garden. In the first post (Merlin’s Hollow, Beautiful Accents Of The Garden) I presented photo gallery of some of the flowers that are blooming now in June. Read More »
Merlin’s Hollow, Beautiful Accents Of The Garden

Merlin’s Hollow, Beautiful Accents Of The Garden

Jun 13, 2011
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We travel thousands of miles to visit places, yet we sometimes forget to check out our local treasures. I am now convinced that Aurora has many, especially after last weekend. On Saturday June 11th we had an opportunity to visit a beautiful Merlin’s Hollow garden in Aurora established by David Tomlinson and his wife Dierdre. Read More »