#George and gardening

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At Friar Park, 1970. Photo by Barry Feinstein.

“Konrad Engbers recalls how George visited the [garden] centre just after he started. ‘He came in to see me and asked how things were. I told him it was a little slow and he said “I’ll give it a little push for you.” He then bought almost every tree I had in stock and first thing the next day a motorcycle courier turned up with payment. ‘Ever since then he was one of my most loyal and regular customers.’ […] ‘He had called in to another nursery just along the road from mine,’ said Konrad. ‘The owner there told him he didn’t serve hippies and to clear off. I had no idea who he was but we got talking and he began to visit regularly. ‘There was a small hut in the nursery that I had converted into a bar. We used to sit together and enjoy a couple of drinks. I remember one particular occasion when he played his guitar there for me.’ And George would walk down the hill from Friar Park to the market where Konrad ran a stall. ‘He would wait in the queue, take his turn and never expected any preferential treatment. One day he asked me up to his garden for advice on some trees that were dying. After that, he regularly asked for my advice on any gardening matters.’ […] ‘He was such a kind man with no airs and graces — a man with a truly big heart.’” - Henley Standard, December 2001 (x)

[ringosmistress]

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+ georges rochegrosse 'le chevalier aux fleurs' (1894)

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Georges-Paul Leroux (French, 1877-1957), View of the Gardens of the Villa d’Este in Tivoli, 1912. Oil on canvas, 24 x 15 in.

[nikidontsurf]

GEORGE HARRISON in SOMETHING (1969)

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Real life bassoon are very huge i found out. Thankfully wirt is playing frog bassoon

[illustratus]

A song of love by Harry George Theaker

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Paul to John: Whereas there always used to be*

*about Brain Epstein and group discipline

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George:

Child Of Nature

John to Paul: I do 'On The Road To Marrakesh,' which is a sweet number, baby George:

Octopus's Garden

John: What am I playing, Richie? Ringo: You’ll be on drums John: Ooh, drums, right [Yoko chuckles]

John: I think Paul’ll would wanna do drums, wouldn’t he? With his strong left arm [Yoko chuckles]

George and Ringo:

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Discussing the rooftop concert

John: Because to me it's all-

Paul: Any time is paradise when I'm with you John: Yeah George:

John: Any time Paul: Yep

John: Any time at all George and Ringo:

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I’d like to be 🎵 Under the sea

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Photo by Clive Arrowsmith.

“He’s 44 now, his stubble-beard shows flecks of gray, and after George Harrison laughs — which he does often — the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes don’t completely uncrinkle. ‘I think, in one way, it’s good getting old,’ says Harrison. ‘When you do things when you’re young, you just don’t think about it. You’re crazy, like the Beatles. We were crazy, but if you went on being like that, you’d be put away. So there’s a time to mellow out.’ He is mellow enough, nowadays, to view the past with a pleasant nostalgia and the future with bemused curiosity. ‘You know, we’re all going to be 60 now,’ he says of the next major chronological hurdle facing his friends. ‘In another 20 years, I’m going to be 64’ — a thought that sets him to singing, just under his breath, the chorus to the Beatles hit When I’m Sixty-Four. […] His other hobbies include two that seem at odds: gardening and watching Formula One races. […] ‘It’s gone deeper and more personal,’ he says. ‘There’s no point in talking about it. I still believe the purpose of our life is to get God-realization. There’s a science that goes with that, the science of self-realization. It’s still very much a part of my life, but it’s sort of very personal, very private. Very.’” - People, October 19, 1987 (x)

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[nobeerreviews]

On Wednesdays, we wear pink.

-- Regina George

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Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller - The Roman ruins in Schönbrunn, 1832

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bug moment 🪲🐞🦋🐝

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George Harrison, featured in Now And Then: The Last Beatles Song (2023)

[nikidontsurf]

GEORGE HARRISON in LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD (2011)