Aston:
I do wish she would stop taking photographs and turn the light out!!
Archive for March, 2012
Filed under This & That
Time to Sleep
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 11th 2012
Filed under Crookham 2011, Heritage, Holidays
PhotoHunt – Symbolic
The Flodden memorial stands in memory of the tragic loss of lives during the Battle of Branxton Moor.
More of my posts on this subject, giving further information on the battle which is more commonly known as the Battle of Flodden Field can be found here.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out Whistlestop PhotoHunt.
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20 Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2012
Filed under Out & About, Science & Nature
World War 4…
… will be fought with sticks and stones.
I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.
Albert Einstein
18 Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2012
The viaduct is on the Settle-Carlisle Railway line. It has 24 arches, is 100 feet high and 440 yards long.
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 8th 2012
Filed under Anecdotes
Overheard at the Office
Today at the office one of my colleagues mentioned a comment they had overheard from someone who was in the building before most people arrive for the work day…
I noticed a reflection in the glass this morning and when I turned round I saw an ‘apparition’ it moved across the room and out through the [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 7th 2012
Filed under Crookham 2011, Holidays
Cherie’s Place Thought
THOSE
WHO
LOVE
WISDOM
MUST
INVESTIGATE
MANY
THINGS.
Heraclitus (535 BC – 475 BC)
20 Comments CherryPie on Mar 7th 2012
Filed under Books, Science & Nature
The Cosmic Serpent… by Jeremy Narby
…DNA and the Origins of Knowledge
Synopsis from the book cover:
While living among Peruvian Indians, anthropologist Jeremy Narby became intrigued by their claim that their phenomenal knowledge of plants and biochemistry was communicated to them directly while under the influence of hallucinogens.
Despite his initial scepticism, Narby found himself engaged in an increasingly obsessive personal quest. [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Mar 6th 2012
