Archive for December, 2011
Filed under Crookham 2011, Holidays
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
This world is but a canvas to our imaginations.
Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
20 Comments CherryPie on Dec 4th 2011
Filed under Heritage, Out & About
PhotoHunt – Ripped
This is an exhibit from La Coupole, which is a fascinating and humbling place to visit. It is very interesting from a historical point of view and at the same time quite shocking that such a place existed. The time when I visited there was a temporary exhibition entitled “Deportation and genocide, a European tragedy”. [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Dec 2nd 2011
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, York 2011
St Mary’s Abbey
The ruins of St Mary’s Abbey are situated in the Yorkshire Museum gardens. This is all that remains of the Benedictine monastery that was once one of the most wealthy and powerful in England.
The abbey estate occupied the entire site of the Museum Garden and the abbot was one of the most powerful clergymen [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 2nd 2011
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Out & About
Yorkshire Museum Gardens
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 1st 2011
