Archive for September, 2010

The scales seem to have got back in tune with me this week, I lost 2.5lb. What did I do differently?
All I can think of is two very active days walking, one for business and one for pleasure.  I did of course write down everything I ate so I could keep on track [...]

22 Comments CherryPie on Sep 30th 2010

14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 30th 2010

Today’s edition of the Shropshire Star reports that plans to move defence training to South Wales could now be axed. Union officials have welcomed the news that these costly, controversial plans may not go ahead and the new hope this gives to RAF Cosford’s chances of survival as a military base:

A Government source has [...]

9 Comments CherryPie on Sep 29th 2010

by Mary Oliver

Did you too see it, drifting, all night, on the black river?
Did you see it in the morning, rising into the silvery air -
An armful of white blossoms,
A perfect commotion of silk and linen as it leaned
into the bondage of its wings; a snowbank, a bank of lilies,
Biting the air with its black [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 29th 2010

22 Comments CherryPie on Sep 28th 2010

Yesterday I took advantage of the last open day of the season at Hodnet Hall Gardens. I arrived just after it opened which was lucky because there was also a private function taking place in a marquee within the grounds. This meant the car park got full very quickly and there were cars [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 27th 2010

You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough.
Joseph E Levine

14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 26th 2010

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