Archive for July, 2010
Filed under Books, Holidays, York 2010
100 Photos 29 :: Books & Bookshops
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 20th 2010
It is commonly thought that the King’s State Bedroom commemorates the occasion James I stayed in Burton Agnes Hall on the way to be crowned in Westminster Abbey. This however is highly unlikely because the Hall was not completed until 1603. The bed is Italian and dates from the seventeenth century [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jul 19th 2010
Filed under Holidays, York 2010
Burton Agnes Hall – the Dining-room…
… and the Long Gallery
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 19th 2010
Filed under Out & About
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Do everything that you do in this life in the spirit of friendship.
For friendship is the seed, and the universe the tree.
From a Thousand Paths to friendship by David Baird
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 18th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes
Testing Mobile Email to Flickr to Blog
It has taken me several weeks to get the email working on my mobile phone. I had to resort to going into the T-mobile shop in the end. They had just as much trouble setting it up as I did…
Below is a photo from a nice relaxing Friday evening.
Testing Mobile Email to Flickr to Blog, [...]
7 Comments CherryPie on Jul 18th 2010
Filed under Out & About
National Cherry Day
The summer edition of the National Trust magazine advises that today is National Cherry Day. At one time the south and west of England were ripe with cherry trees, but in the last 50 years 90 per cent of their number have been lost and currently 95 per cent of the cherries we eat are [...]
26 Comments CherryPie on Jul 17th 2010
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, York 2010
PhotoHunt – Triangle
The painted ceiling in the Chapter House of York Minster is made up of triangles. The ceiling was restored in 1845 with ‘Agnus Dei’ central boss.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
20 Comments CherryPie on Jul 16th 2010
