Consequently, over the past week, inhabitants of villages and parts of London under the Heathrow flight path could hear the birds singing on these beautiful spring days, not obscured by the cacophony of planes overhead.

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Visitors enter the park via a broad, pebbled avenue lined with twin rows of gingko trees, considered by many to be one of the most beautiful sights in the capital, especially in the autumn when golden leaves cover the path and in spring when the trees turn a fresh green.

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On a beautiful spring day weather that urged him into the garden, as if he wasn't there already potting and watering, planting and selling, for 16 hours a day the doctor told him he had early-onset Alzheimer's Disease.

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Besides being sited amid a beautiful setting with a view of the stage and the sound of rushing water, the spring also remains a constant 106.7 degrees Fahrenheit because the staff is always checking the temperature and adjusting the amount of water entering the spring.

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"The collaboration is about having people come in to see beautiful works of art and objects from jewelry to paintings, in particular for the spring seasons kicking off the spring sales next week with our impressionist and modern evening sale and day sale on the 8th and 9th, " says Ms. Kim.

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