Archive for December, 2017
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 21st 2017
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
1940s Christmas – Attingham Park
The 1940s was a decade of much change for the Berwick’s of Attingham, and also in the outside world with the ongoing impact of World War II until 1945, and in the years after.
The Christmases of the 1940s, celebrated at Attingham were not opulent. The impact of World War II nationally and locally in this [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 20th 2017
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
The Cat and the Bothy
Today, I lunched at Attingham Park with a friend. It is the perfect time of year to visit, the ground floor of the house is decked out for a 1940’s Christmas. After lunch and a tour of the house we walked to the walled garden. Located in the walled garden is the Bothy, I took [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 19th 2017
Filed under Anecdotes, Science & Nature
The Strangeness of Cats
20 Comments CherryPie on Dec 18th 2017
It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
John 6:63 (RSV)
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 17th 2017
Filed under Cambridge 2017, Faith Foundations, Holidays
St. Dionysius
The parish church of St Dionysius, begun around 1300 as a chapelry of Great Bowden, was planned to be very much part of the townscape, with a central position in its own square, opening out directly onto the street with no space for a churchyard. It was intended to be sight worthy of its setting, [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 15th 2017
After I walked home from town yesterday I cleared most of the snow off my car and this morning’s sunshine cleared the few remaining bits of snow and ice. The sun also warmed the ground enough to clear most of the snow off my driveway. The road however was still a little dodgy.
Early this evening [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2017
