On August bank holiday Monday we had almost, but not quite recovered from our hectic weekend. We ventured out to visit a garden and enjoy a lunch along the way. Our first port of call was the Dingle Gardens, a place we had not visited before. It wasn’t quite what we were looking for, so [...]
Archive for August, 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
Glansevern Hall Gardens Revisited
2 Comments CherryPie on Aug 31st 2016
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Uninvited Guests
On the day of the wedding the weather was so perfect that some uninvited guests emerged from the pool area. The tiny intruders invaded layers of the brides dress and had to be removed for the photographs. Later in the day when the wedding guests had gathered on the terrace before the evening reception [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 30th 2016
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Love & Laughter
This weekend my brother got married to his lovely lady. Their wedding day was perfect and beautiful. The sun came out to bless them and there was much love, laughter and happy tears along the way… The happy couple surprised everyone with a choreographed dance story about the two of them. A part of the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 29th 2016
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Listen in deep silence.
Be very still and open your mind….
Sink deep into the peace
that waits for you beyond the frantic,
riotous thoughts and sights
and sounds of this insane world.
From A Course in Miracles (…And Wisdom come quietly -Helen Exley)
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 28th 2016
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Science & Nature, Wells 2016
The Wells
Crossing the wooden boardwalk, you approach the shady and secretive corner of the grounds where St Andrew’s Well rises. There are two or three other wells here, which in summer are thick with wetland plants.*
St. Andrew’s Well
In 705 King Ine of Wessex gave land near the wells to Aldhelm, his Bishop, so that he could [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 27th 2016
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The Cross & The Cathedral
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 25th 2016
