Archive for February, 2014

This installation was created by Wolfgang Weileder.  A plaque by the side of the lake provided the following information:

On Nelly’s Moss Lake the artist has installed three dinghies to remind us of the power of wind and water and offers us a new visual experience and interpretation of Lord Armstrong’s inventive and visionary spirit.
The images [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 28th 2014

My representation of this installation is a photograph of a video. It shows a moment in time of a brief but dramatic video. The Cragside blog describes the video installation.

Irene Brown’s work, Fulmination, is an intense video installation in which Cragside is repeatedly struck by lightening. The video is projected through a full glass [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 27th 2014

… the Hydraulic Colony…

6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 26th 2014

2013 marked the 150th anniversary of Cragside and a series of events took place to commemorate the occasion.  The events were designed to share Lord and Lady Armstrong’s pioneering vision.
I have previously posted a picture of the carpet bedding that was planted in the formal gardens to celebrate the occasion. Another project on display throughout [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 25th 2014

Filed under Anecdotes

Last Week…

…did not start well

Last Monday on my way into work I looked down at the electronic dash on my car and noticed that the middle panel had gone completely blank!!  It was devoid of information.
When I arrived at work I phoned the place where I normally have it serviced.  They advised me that they didn’t [...]

11 Comments CherryPie on Feb 24th 2014

It is my turn at Vision & Verb today.  My post is about the extreme weather that has been taking place in the British Isles recently.
I invite you to join me there.

2 Comments CherryPie on Feb 24th 2014

No man or woman even of the humblest sort, can be really strong and gentle, pure and good, without the world being a better place for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.
Phillips Brooks

14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 23rd 2014

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