Lead me from the unreal to the real,
Lead me from darkness to light,
Lead me from death to immortality,
Brihadaranyaka Upishand
Archive for September, 2014
Filed under Faith Foundations, This & That
Time Passes
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 11th 2014
Filed under Holidays, London 2014, Science & Nature
Distributing Time…
…The Observatory Time-Ball
The first public time signal was broadcast from the roof of Flamsteed House in 1833. The idea of dropping a ball at a predetermined time was the brainchild of Captain Wauchope, RN, and was tested at the Naval College at Portsmouth before Maudslay & Field were commissioned to install the first Greenwich time-ball [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Sep 10th 2014
Filed under Holidays, London 2014, Science & Nature
The Dolphin Sundial
The gnomon or pointer of the sundial is formed by the tips of two dolphins’ tails, which almost meet. The tails cast a shadow onto the dial plate, which is engraved with thick curved lines representing the hours. Thinner lines indicate 10-minute intervals between each hour.
The dial plate has curved lines rather than straight ones, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 9th 2014
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, London 2014
A Walk in the Park
Greenwich Park hosts the Prime Meridian Line and Royal Observatory as well as being part of the Greenwich Maritime World Heritage Site which is home to The National Maritime Museum and Old Royal Naval College.
The oldest enclosed Royal Park, Greenwich dates back to 1427 and offers spectacular views across the River Thames to St Paul’s [...]
19 Comments CherryPie on Sep 8th 2014
Filed under Holidays
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
William Shakespeare
22 Comments CherryPie on Sep 7th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Modern Technology
This afternoon we nipped into Birmingham to obtain a few essentials prior to the next episode of ‘Cherry on her Travels’. We had a surprisingly successful afternoon, our purchase list was all ticked off apart from a Birthday Card. I normally make birthday cards rather than buy them and on looking at the selection available [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 6th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Art, Holidays, London 2014
Poppies in the Moat
The art installation entitled ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ is currently being planted in the moat around The Tower of London, the last poppy will be planted on the 11th November.
marking one hundred years since the first full day of Britain’s involvement in the First World War. Created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins, [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 5th 2014
