Archive for June, 2011
Filed under Crookham 2009, Gardens, Holidays
Rest a While with Me…
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 16th 2011
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Spell of Creation
by Kathleen Raine
Within the flower there lies a seed,
Within the seed there springs a tree,
Within the tree there spreads a wood.
In the wood there burns a fire,
And in the fire there melts a stone,
Within the stone a ring of iron.
Within the ring there lies an O
Within the O there looks an eye,
In the eye there [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 15th 2011
Filed under Art, Heritage, Out & About
100 Photos 82 :: Art
This is a picture on 18th century glass painted by Thomas Jervais.
This panel was restored in 2000:
The glass panel had been broken in many places an repaired with lead over the last century which was not sympathetic to the original construction. The panel was restored for the National Trust in 200 by Alfred Fisher.
The painting [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 14th 2011
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.
Robert A. Heinlein
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 12th 2011
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PhotoHunt – Triangle
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
26 Comments CherryPie on Jun 10th 2011
Filed under Gardens, Out & About
The Song of the Daffodil Fairy
Information on daffodils from the Attingham Park Estate:
Our wild flower daffodil is considered to be a native plant although it may have been introduced two thousand years ago by the Romans. In the late sixteenth century, John Gerard, the herbalist, regarded daffodils as growing throughout England. Today our wild daffodils only exist in [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 10th 2011
