I heard the bells on Christmas Day; their old familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the word repeat of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Archive for December, 2009
Filed under Holidays
So this is Christmas
18 Comments CherryPie on Dec 25th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays
Happy Christmas
I am still rushing round doing my last minute preparations (for tomorrows lunch) and delivering presents, but for now I am having a short rest with a nice cup of tea. Later I will be having a nice relaxing bath and maybe a glass of my favourite sherry.
I hope you all have a happy and [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Dec 24th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Home for Christmas
Today was my last day at work before Christmas, I finished at lunch time so I could get my hair cut and permed. A strange eerie fog was surrounding the building just like when we had our 24 hour candlelit vigil and the temperature was just as cold as it was on that day too. [...]
21 Comments CherryPie on Dec 23rd 2009
Filed under Anecdotes
Playing Santa
My brother is in town so I am off out delivering his Christmas present and also to give him the presents for my nephews. I don’t see him that often so it is always nice to catch up with him. He usually stays over Christmas with his boys, but the eldest one is [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 22nd 2009
Filed under Anecdotes
The Day of the Cold
I knew today was going to be yet another of those days when the phone rang just as I was getting out of bed. Half asleep I answered it to be told that the bin men were coming a day early and I needed to put the various recycling boxes and bags outside ready for [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 21st 2009
Filed under Gardens
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
A person often meets his destiny
on the road he took to avoid it.
Jean de La Fontaine
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 20th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Crookham 2009, Holidays, Science & Nature
Chillingham Castle
One of my ‘must places to visit’ when I was on my hols in Northumberland was Chillingham Castle because it sounded so interesting. It had the reputation of one of the most haunted castles which I was skeptical about, thinking it a marketing ploy. I will now give you the information I wrote in [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 19th 2009
