Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
We are now leaving the Palace to take a walk through the gardens towards the Round Pond, which you can see from an upstairs window just beyond the statue of Queen Victoria. On the way there I really must show you the sunken garden:
The Sunken Garden was laid out during the reign of Edward VII [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Feb 18th 2010
From the guidebook:
Queen Mary’s Gallery was originally furnished with fine lacquered chairs, tables and cabinets and 154 pieces of Chinese and Japanese porcelain. The key surviving features of the room are the two ornamental mirrors of Vauxhall plate glass, supplied by Gerrit Jensen, with magnificent carve and gilt surrounds by Grinling Gibbons.
The book then [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 17th 2010
This room is 96ft long and was built in 1695 for William III and originally furnished with green velvet hangings and white damask curtains. It was intended to house the finest pictures from the Royal Collection here.
The King’s Gallery has been refurbished following the decorative scheme devised for George I. In 1725, the [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Feb 16th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Science & Nature
Whilst I was at work today, we had another of those wonderful sunsets which I just had to capture on my mobile phone. I seem to remember it being a bit more vivid than it appears in this photo, but maybe that was just me viewing the world through rose tinted spectacles.
I shall miss [...]
33 Comments CherryPie on Feb 15th 2010
Filed under Holidays, Kent February 2010
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 15th 2010
Filed under Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
We go through life seeing things not as they are but as we are, and love is the only lens available to straighten out our vision of the world and offer some hope of understanding.
From 1000 paths to love by David Baird
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 14th 2010
Filed under This & That
… You a Happy Valentine’s Day XX
Friendship is the thread that ties hearts together.
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 14th 2010
