Now that I have finished sharing my Paris travels and photos I decided to look back at some of the days out that I had during 2012. I realised that there were quite a few places that I haven’t posted about properly yet.
So now I will take you back to a sunny day in [...]
Archive for February, 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
Shugborough Estate
16 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2013
Filed under Books, Science & Nature
The Biology of a Lichen
I have always loved seeing lichen on stone walls and in churchyards but until I read Katherine Swift’s The Morville Year I had no idea how fascinating it really is:
A lichen consists of not one but two organisms living in symbiosis: a fungus, capable of withstanding extremes of temperature and drought but unable to photosynthesis, and an alga, which [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 11th 2013
Filed under Gardens, Out & About
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes.
Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922)
20 Comments CherryPie on Feb 10th 2013
Filed under Out & About
The Descent
I have to confess I am not a very good passenger whilst travelling down this road, due to the sheer drop. It is two way traffic but only room for one car on the road.
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 9th 2013
Filed under This & That
52 Photos Project – Gallery 42 – Hearts
This weeks theme is an obvious choice for this time of year with February 14th the date for love, just around the corner.
But what is love and what does it mean?
Here are some thoughts from some inspirational people:
When one has fully entered the realm of love, the world – no matter how imperfect – becomes [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Feb 8th 2013
Filed under Books, Carcassonne 2012, Heritage, Holidays
To Dream with Your Eyes Open
One of the books I am currently reading is ‘The Perfect Heresy: The Life and Death of the Cathars‘ by Stephen O’Shea. At the beginning of the chapter on Carcassonne there is a perfect description of what I saw and how I felt when I caught my first fleeting glimpse of Carcassonne as I traveled from Toulouse [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 7th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Holidays, Paris 2012
I Left My Heart in a Paris Garden
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 6th 2013
