The China Garden

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=90 BGCOLOR="#3399FF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="7" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>Liz Berry Books</B></I></FONT><B>    </B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=160 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="08bd4c00dkelyh.png"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Liz Berry Books"><U><I><B>Home</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Meet Liz "><U><I><B>Meet Liz</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Books"><U><I><B>Books</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Third Book/Creativity"><U><I><B>Third Book</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Messages"><U><I><B>Messages</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bookstore"><U><I><B>Bookstore</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Liz"><U><I><B>Contact Liz</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><I><B>Links</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#3399FF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="1fe87c01egceel.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The China Garden-Photographs</B></div> <div> <I><B>The China Garden needed a lot of research. When I was writing it, I collected images, visited lots of places and took many photographs. </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>I thought that The China Garden readers might like to share some of this background material.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>These images, while not exactly as I imagined the people and places in the book sometimes came </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>very close.  </B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="290b6b10.jpg" border=0 width="182" height="177" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Avebury Stones</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="292b77f0.jpg" border=0 width="183" height="127" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>View from Barrow Beacon Hill</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="687ff730.jpg" border=0 width="255" height="115" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The Stables</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(Stables at Studley Royal/Fountains Abbey)</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2969bdd0.jpg" border=0 width="155" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The lane to Stoke Raven </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2999ed70.jpg" border=0 width="158" height="215" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Stoke Raven - Sun and Moon Inn</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="29baf900.jpg" border=0 width="175" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>St. Michael and St. Mary</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="29db17a0.jpg" border=0 width="177" height="122" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Stoke Raven Post Office</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="29f06aa0.jpg" border=0 width="262" height="170" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Ravensmere - North Front</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(Stourhead)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2a1feac0.jpg" border=0 width="254" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Ravensmere - Entrance Steps</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2bc04ba0.jpg" border=0 width="260" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Ravensmere - the south front and terrace</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(Shelton Abbey)</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2a3a9c60.jpg" border=0 width="169" height="198" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Salisbury City Gate</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2a6baf10.jpg" border=0 width="186" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Salisbury Cathedral from the Museum</B></I></div> <div> The<IMG SRC="22fc4930.jpg" border=0 width="196" height="147" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> T</div> <div> RaR<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>Ravensmere Lake</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>       (Stourhead Lake)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2a89f9c0.jpg" border=0 width="159" height="156" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Ravensmere - Palladian Bridge</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(The Palladian Bridge, Wilton House)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2aa83be0.jpg" border=0 width="131" height="190" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Ravensmere Waterfall</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2ac98e20.jpg" border=0 width="152" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Ravensmere - The Temple</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(Stourhead)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2aee3b40.jpg" border=0 width="227" height="180" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> R<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>Ravensmere - The Temple on the Island</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B>(Stourhead)</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2b07ba10.jpg" border=0 width="123" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The Temple in the moonlight</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="232cb740.jpg" border=0 width="203" height="116" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>The China Garden - Dragon Walls</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="303b0e90.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="233" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Turf Maze (Saffron Walden)</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>(Image from the </B></I><A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><I><B>Caerdroia magazine</B></I></U></A><I><B>) </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2ffdaad0.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="173" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>A Moongate</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2b49cb10.jpg" border=0 width="156" height="177" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>King Arthur country - Glastonbury Tor in distance</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="2b98df30.jpg" border=0 width="141" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Garden of the seven springs of Wells Cathedral</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>A reader, Alisa Stolyar, sent me this lovely poem  inspired by The China Garden, and gave me leave to include it here:</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Ravensmere</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>A glittering diamond in the sky</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Dragons soaring in the night</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Moondrops falling to the floor</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>The moongate is open, it is the door</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Enter, enter, see the dancing</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Enter, enter, feel the presence</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Spirits flying deep within</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Guardians, they're holding in</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Hear the music...distantly</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Playing...like a memory</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Round and round the maze you go</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Rocking like a willow</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Softly walk upon the path</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Curving and escaping death</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Dare to tiptoe on the stair</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Garden temple holds your prayer</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Angels flying in the wind</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>They are of your secret kin</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Fairy kingdom in the grove</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>You have found it...</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>This is your home</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Ravensmere</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>copyright reserved 2003 Alisa Stolyar</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="30185850.jpg" border=0 width="133" height="133" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=125 BGCOLOR="#3399FF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The China Garden"><U><I><B>The China Garden </B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id42.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B>Chapter 1</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="_"><U><I><B>Chapter 2</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The China Garden hapter 3"><U><I><B>Chapter 3</B></I></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>