When visiting historical buildings it is always worth remembering to look up so you don’t miss some of the best features which can be found on the ceilings. On this occasion however it was a good job that I remembered to look down when I sat on that bench on the right hand side [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About, Science & Nature
Always Remember to Look Up
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 20th 2010
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Whatever is any way beautiful has its source of beauty in itself and is complete in itself.
Marcus Aurelius
24 Comments CherryPie on Sep 19th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
100 Photos 39 :: Bokeh
When I looked out onto the patio a couple of days ago I noticed that the rose I bought earlier in the year had unexpectedly produced some more buds. I thought it had finished flowering for the year some time ago so it was a pleasant surprise and it gave the ideal opportunity for experimenting [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 18th 2010
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
PhotoHunt – School
This is another theme I struggled with. I haven’t got any photos of schools or school days and even my photos of fish aren’t quite right because some of the fish are pointing in the wrong direction. But I shall share this one with you, which is the best I have to hand.
From Wiki:
In biology, [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2010
Filed under This & That
Weight Loss – Week Seven
I am still on the downward trend, I lost 1lb again this week. Now I am back to the weight I was when I decided I needed to lose weight last time (many years ago), so I suppose that is another goal achieved for me.
In other good news, when I got home there was [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 16th 2010
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Out & About
Wenlock Priory – South Transept
The church was built on a traditional cruciform plan, so if you walk up the nave of the church you will come to the point where where the two arms of the cross (transepts) meet. The south transept is very imposing at over 70 feet high.
In the second photo to the left of the photograph [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 16th 2010
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Wenlock Priory – The Infirmary
The infirmary was built in the twelfth-century and was originally a single storey. It was the place where the sick, old and infirm monks and lay brothers were housed. The second storey was added later and formed part of a quadrangle of buildings, not all of which survive:
In the fifteenth century, Prior Richard [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 15th 2010
