At the weekend I read the latest regional edition of the National Trust magazine ‘Near You’. One of the articles advised that this year sees the fifth anniversary of the walled garden project. I have enjoyed seeing that garden at different stages as it progressed. This is what the article has to say about the [...]
Archive for May, 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Heritage
Attingham Park’s Walled Garden
14 Comments CherryPie on May 20th 2013
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)
32 Comments CherryPie on May 19th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Nottingham May 2013
Celebrations
Last weekend I had yet another mini break in Nottingham. On this occasion it was to celebrate my brother becoming a certain age. Hopefully he won’t be looking in on this post so I won’t get into trouble
This one was and even more of a last minute arrangement than the previous mini break [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 18th 2013
Filed under This & That
52 Photos Project – Gallery 4 – Crop It
Above is the after crop shot from a a photo that I took whilst I was messing around with my iPad. The pre-crop photo can be seen below.
For more crops view the gallery
11 Comments CherryPie on May 17th 2013
Filed under Heritage
A Family History Mystery
I invite you to join me at Vision & Verb to explore a family history mystery with me.
10 Comments CherryPie on May 17th 2013
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Nottingham, Science & Nature
Time to Rest a While
I know the temperature is a little chilly and there is snow on the ground, but I am wondering if this is the perfect place to ‘rest a while with me’…
8 Comments CherryPie on May 14th 2013
