I was lucky enough to have an extra privilege days leave which was tagged onto this bank holiday meaning I had an extra day off. I also took Friday as leave so I have had a long weekend, mostly chilling out and catching up with a few jobs. The weather wasn’t good enough for [...]
Archive for May, 2011
Filed under Heritage, Science & Nature
100 Photos 81 :: Bees
The practice of keeping bees in hives dates back at least as far as the ancient Egyptians. The summer edition of the National Trust magazine has an interesting article entitled ‘The Beekeeper’ in which Emma Hill the head gardener for Dunham Massey treats the reader to some interesting facts about bees:
A bee society is predominantly [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 30th 2011
Filed under Crookham 2009, Holidays
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Random chance is not sufficient to explain random chance.
Robert A. Heinlein
10 Comments CherryPie on May 29th 2011
Filed under Art, Heritage, Out & About
Sudbury Hall – The Great Staircase
8 Comments CherryPie on May 27th 2011
Filed under Anecdotes
Weight Loss – Week 43
Today was a bit of a messy day. It included sorting out complicated emergency requirements (at work) and meetings (at work) and a dentist appointment (at lunch time). I also seemed to get caught up in a strange time-warp. I left the office at 16.40 to arrive at Weight Watchers at 17.00. [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 26th 2011
