God is Love: His plan for creation can be rooted only in love. Does not that simple thought, rather than erudite reasonings, offer solace to the human heart? Every Saint who has penetrated the core of reality has testified that a divine universal plan exists and that it is beautiful and full of joy.
Paramahansa Yogananda [...]
Archive for January, 2018
Filed under Gardens, Science & Nature
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 14th 2018
Filed under Holidays, Ravello 2017
Madonna Dell’Ospedale
St Angelo in ancient times, was built in a grotto and later expanded into a”Hospital” to host wanderers and pilgrims. Inside a canalization system used to direct water filtered from the rocks towards a circular well and a small holding tank. The Church is portrayed in a xylography by Mauritius Cornelius Escher.
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 12th 2018
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
A Sensible Cat
You might recall my recent post ‘The Strangeness of Cats‘ showing one of the cats that regularly visits my garden, albeit in a strange place on that occasion. The other cat that regularly visits my garden quite often sits in quite a different location in my garden.
This black and white cat is often sitting on [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Jan 11th 2018
Filed under Holidays, Ravello 2017
Hotel Giordano
Located in a really enviable spot, the 4-star Hotel Giordano is a villa of the early 19th century, just a few steps from the Duomo Square in the heart of Ravello.
Owned by the same family as Hotel Villa Maria, the Giordano is more modern, but not lacking in any of its charm. Antique furnishings, colourful majolica tiles [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Jan 9th 2018
Filed under Holidays, Wells 2017
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
Omar Khayyám
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 7th 2018
Filed under Anecdotes
A Reflection on 2017
As has become a yearly tradition I created a calendar for Mr C for one of his Christmas presents. I choose one photograph from each month of the year. This year however, rather than printing it off at home I used the services of Moonpig, after being impressed with the 2017 calendar that I ordered [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Jan 6th 2018
