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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

I am not ambitious to appear a man of letters: I could be content the world should think I had scarce looked upon any other book than that of nature.

Robert Boyle (1627 – 1691)

Mountain View

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32 Comments CherryPie on May 19th 2013

32 Responses to “Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week”

  1. Don QuiScottie says:
    May 19, 2013 at 8:50 pm

    Ah… A very significant chap (although I would grumble about your spelling of his first name). The “book” of nature is indeed the one to read, and he read it exceptionally well. Although despite his words he did dabble rather in a much less reliable one, I would suggest… Apparently “In his Will, Boyle provided money for a series of lectures to defend the Christian religion against those he considered “notorious infidels, namely atheists, deists, pagans, Jews and Muslims”, with the provision that controversies between Christians were not to be mentioned.”

    Ach, but nobody’s perfect :)

    No more comments on the Thought from me this week ;)

    And that is a very nice picture.

  2. Suzie says:
    May 19, 2013 at 9:06 pm

    I’m sure that Mister Boyle was a fine fellow! An lover of nature and an all-round honourable man.

    A lovely thought for the week.

  3. CrashRyan says:
    May 19, 2013 at 10:28 pm

    an idyllic scene !

  4. Claude says:
    May 20, 2013 at 1:37 am

    As always, a great photo, Cherie. Thank you!

  5. ....peter:) says:
    May 20, 2013 at 3:20 am

    It is a very nice thought Cherie… your picture of the cow in the pasture by the stream and mountains in the background shows us nature at it’s best….peter:)

  6. Astrid says:
    May 20, 2013 at 8:25 am

    I got lost in translation with the quote. But I do love you picture. What a wonderful scene. You were in the right spot on the right time.

  7. Ginnie says:
    May 20, 2013 at 8:39 am

    One could certainly do worse than stay with that kind of book, Cherry. I LOVE the image!

  8. james higham says:
    May 20, 2013 at 9:10 am

    And that particular piece of nature is very nice.

  9. Ayush says:
    May 20, 2013 at 9:39 am

    charming scene. very quiet and serene. unfortunately never had the opportunity to visit this part of the country

  10. Alvin says:
    May 20, 2013 at 9:55 am

    wow its really nice image. nice camera shot

  11. Suzie says:
    May 21, 2013 at 9:55 am

    DQS you make me laugh. I also noticed that the sheep became a cow but couldn’t be bothered. Still, it’s funny.

  12. Sean Jeating says:
    May 23, 2013 at 10:04 pm

    A fine page of nature you’ve been digitalising, CherryPie.
    I do especially like the sheep. It looks a bit like a cow-ard.

  13. J_on_tour says:
    May 29, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    The Lake District walker in me wants to guess where this is but on the other hand, as it is so delightful, it’s best left unsaid as many more tourists will come & take over !!

    • CherryPie says:
      May 29, 2013 at 9:18 pm

      I would have to go back and check through all the photos from that holiday to find out exactly where it was. But is was very quiet…