Green is the prime colour of the world and that from which its loveliness arises.
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Archive for August, 2010
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
20 Comments CherryPie on Aug 8th 2010
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Hardwick Old Hall – Hill Great Chamber
The picture to the left shows an artists impression of what the Hill Great Chamber would have looked like, showing clearly that the room is full of design elements taken from ancient Roman architecture. The pictures below are taken from the roof level and you can just see the remains of the balustrade that allowed [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 7th 2010
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PhotoHunt – Colourful
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
34 Comments CherryPie on Aug 6th 2010
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Hardwick Old Hall – Plasterwork
Hardwick Hall has an extensive set of Elizabethan plaster over-mantles. The reason these have survived despite the hall being open to the weather is because they each have a little roof over the top of them to throw the rainwater forward. They were first installed during a conservation campaign in 1911.
The Duke of [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2010
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Weight Loss – Week One
I could tell I had lost weight over the week by just looking in the mirror. I was however quite surprised when the scales told me I had lost 5lb!
What I did differently this week was; write down and point up everything I ate, ate a variety of different foods, ate more fruit, had [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2010
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Just Me
I have been testing different effects in Corel Painter Essentials trying to get a softer feel to images. I tried the effects on some of my self portraits, this is one you haven’t seen before, it was taken a couple of years ago in the grounds of Stanton Manor.
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2010
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Hardwick Old Hall
In her sixties when Bess of Hardwick was estranged from her fourth husband, George Talbot sixth earl of Shrewsbury she returned to her childhood home at Hardwick. She then embarked upon the task of completely rebuilding the old manor and transforming it into a more modern hall in keeping with her status as countess of [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 3rd 2010
