My Birthday was marked by a visit to Waddesdon Manor – our astonishing local Renaissance-style château… which is about half an hour from us, just out of Oxfordshire and into Buckinghamshire, UK (not in deepest France as you may guess just looking at it)….
Our visit was not to go around the house, but just to have a stroll and take in the atmosphere and current art installations by Bruce Munro, ‘Blue Moon on a Platter’ and ‘Angel of Light.’ The installations make the most of the reflective qualities of discarded CDs, and are set in the most fantastic location.
Here you can see the front of the manor with the installation in the foreground.
All National Trust members admitted free to the House and Gardens.
For this competition
Boadicea's Chariot 
like the cd and moon.
Waddesdon makes you realise how poor you really are and how wealthy a few people are.
true. : /
Hello Pseu: I get into the National Trust Properties free too. I joined The Royal Oak Foundation over here, it’s a good deal when visiting the UK.
http://www.royal-oak.org/
I knew there are some reciprocal arrangements with the NT abroad. A good deal I think
Like the first picture the rest would have had me rescinding my membership……………..
each to their own Christina!
Lovely photos.
Pleased you enjoyed it, Nym.
Very spectacular setting for Munro’s art.
It is. Do you know his work?
Only from what I have read, Nym.
He lights up the countryside, and is it quite spectacular, but I’ve only seen the photographs.
I love the fact they are old CDs and will be recycled after the exhibit is taken down. Article in last weeks Oxford Times.
What a shame to spoil those elegant empire lines with emperor’s clothes so-called-art! I can hardly believe the monstrosities increase tourist traffic, so I wonder why they do it?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I rather like the whole effect, particularly of the Blue Moon on a Platter: they are temporary and do not harm any of the elegant empire lines. The visitor numbers were certainly boosted.
Definitely, Nym! Vive la diffèrence!