I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.
Jules Verne
Archive for May, 2019
Filed under Holidays, Wells 2016
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
8 Comments CherryPie on May 20th 2019
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2019
Winchester City Mill
Winchester City Mill has stood at the heart of the historic city of Winchester – the capital of Kind Alfred’s Wessex – since Saxon times. With a history of over 1000 years, Winchester City Mill is also the oldest working watermill in the country.
A rare surviving example of an urban working corn mill, the City [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on May 17th 2019
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
Hodnet Hall in the Sunshine
During the season Hodnet Hall is open every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday but only three times on Wednesdays. Today was the first of those days and as Hodnet Hall is one of my favourite gardens I couldn’t miss the opportunity.
There were a few challenges along the way; newly laid chippings on the road with [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 15th 2019
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
A Perfect Day
Today was delightfully sunny, a perfect day for clothes washing and hanging them outside to dry. It might sound a bit sad but I really enjoy hanging washing outside in my garden. I also use it as an opportunity to get in extra walking steps by only taking out one piece of washing at a [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on May 15th 2019
Filed under Gardens
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
Leonardo de Vinci
4 Comments CherryPie on May 13th 2019
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Winchester 2019
Tewkesbury Abbey
14 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2019
6 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2019
