Today I am spending the day in Nottingham with my brother to celebrate his birthday and tomorrow is the long awaited Shutterchance meet up at Cosford Museum. As a non shutterchancer I will be gatecrashing the meetup again
Archive for May, 2014
Filed under Holidays, Mechelen 2014
The Fulling Mill…
…and lockhouse
Both buildings are the remains of a complex which at the end of the fifteenth century comprised seven water mills. Most were demolished after the water supply was cut off in 1907. The fulling of woolen cloth i.e. cleaning and thickening process, were carried out at the fulling mill.*
*Information from a sign board [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 9th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Mechelen 2014
Cherry Waffle and Cherry Maid
When in Belgium some things just have to be done
16 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2014
Filed under Art, Holidays, Mechelen 2014
The Cells
In the shadow of St Rumbold’s Tower is a unique historical monument. ‘De Cellekens’ was originally a charitable institution which took in needy women without a family to care for them. The three wings form a U-shape around the magnificent enclosed garden. The convent building in the middle and left and right are little houses [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 7th 2014
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Help for Heroes
We have recently started to tackle our back garden and get it back under control. Last bank holiday Sunday we picked up some plants for the patio pots to give us a bit of colour in the summer months.
Whilst planting up the pots I heard the rather distinctive throaty humming of a petrol engine plane [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 6th 2014
No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.
Buddha
12 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2014
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Unexpected Sighting
Whilst I was in the office today I was busily getting on with some work when I heard someone say ‘there is a teddy bear walking past the building’. I thought this was a rather odd thing to say and carried on working. Then someone started to laugh and I looked up to see several [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 2nd 2014
