Lord, grant that I may not so much seek to be loved as to love.
Saint Francis of Assisi
Archive for May, 2015
16 Comments CherryPie on May 10th 2015
Filed under Gardens
Take A Seat and Rest A While…
…if you save me a place I will join you shortly
8 Comments CherryPie on May 9th 2015
Today is the 70th anniversary of VE Day, the public holiday that was celebrated in Britain on 8th May 1945 marking the end of WWII. As a sign of respect a two minute silence was observed at my place of work.
Huge crowds gathered in London on the following day. At 3pm Churchill made a radio [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes
Duty Done…
I have cast my vote in the National, Borough and Parish elections. As I arrived at the Polling Station I noticed an unexpected buzz of activity and on entering the building I was pleasantly surprised to find a queue of people waiting to pick up their ballot papers. Normally when I go to vote the [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 7th 2015
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2015
The Old Palace Hotel
There has been a palace on this site for not much short of 1,000 years. From here the medieval bishops ran the huge Diocese of Lincoln, which at that time stretched from the Humber to the Thames and from Cambridgeshire to the edge of the West Midlands. Medieval buildings and romantic ruins are still in evidence [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on May 6th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
In Search of Bluebells
The weather yesterday was lovely and sunny so we set off on a bluebell hunt. We settled on Packwood House and Garden as our destination. Due to a hold up before we set off, we arrived at the property rather late (just in time for lunch) and were told that there were no tickets left [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Science & Nature
Wounded…
When I looked out of my living room window on Saturday morning I was saddened to see a large broken branch lying on top of the fence underneath ‘My Oak Tree‘. Then on Sunday morning I awoke to the sound of a chainsaw… Tree doctors had been called in to remove the damaged limb. This [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on May 4th 2015
