Archive for August, 2010
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Weight Loss – Week Four
The title is a bit of a misnomer this week, the scales tell me I have put on 1.5lb although I am not quite sure where. Perhaps all that eating out is catching up with me… I am not to worried though and I have warned the scales to be on their best [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Aug 26th 2010
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100 Photos 34 :: Rainbows
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 26th 2010
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Chatsworth – The Emperor Fountain
This fountain is powered by the pressure of the water dropping 122 metres, through a 40 centimetre iron pipe made from a man-made lake. The fountain can reach a height of 90 metres although it is usually to half that height to conserve water. In the summer when water is scarce the [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Aug 25th 2010
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100 Photos 33 :: Butterflies
I know it is a bit of a cheat and I should have made the effort to get a photo of a real butterfly, but I do rather like the effect of the sun glinting off this sculpture.
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 25th 2010
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The Search for the Towton Rose Continues…
Since my last post about the search for the Towton Rose there have been some fresh leads but the Rose has still not been located and the search continues. In a recent Blog post George Algar notes that all the roses that have been identified as being taken from the battlefield are of the same [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Aug 24th 2010
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Chatsworth – More from the Exhibition
Some more sculptures from the ‘Beyond Limits‘ exhibition:
Engine of Evolution by Mark Quinn
Stairs by Lynn Chadwick
Butterflies by Manolo Valdes
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 24th 2010
