England

The Cotswold Hills in England define charm. The same could be said of the people.  

In the tiny village of Broad Camden, lying just outside the much larger village of Chipping Camden, a gathering of thatched-roof cottages peek through boxwood hedges, hydrangeas and tall trees. In this quiet, untraveled spot, a cottage dense with blooms and foliage caught our eye.  

We knocked on the wooden door, which was soon opened by the cottage’s owner. Would she mind if we took a photograph of her house? we asked. Of course, she replied, excited and flattered that the front of her house might merit such attention. As soon as we had completed the shot, she kindly asked us in, then proudly took us through her home to the back. There, on the other side of this flowering magnificence, was yet more. More flowers in a beautiful cottage garden as welcoming as the woman herself.