Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Lincoln 2015
…Easter Eve
Before the alarm went off I awoke to the feeling of a warm presence holding my hands and squeezing them… Soon afterwards the pleasant sound of the Cathedral bells resumed chiming the hours and quarters after being silent overnight.
Breakfast was in the Garden room, although we didn’t see much of the garden due to [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 9th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Lincoln 2015
…Good Friday
We set off on our journey on time and the traffic was mostly kind to us. As usual when it was time for lunch there was a dearth of places to stop off for lunch. We eventually came across a farm shop just outside Lincoln where they had a nice selection of sandwiches. After [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 8th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations
As part of the Easter celebrations my local parish church erects a wooden cross and adorns it with flowers. This is done by the congregation just before the Easter morning service. I think it is a lovely idea and little children bring flowers to place on the Easter Cross. The Church ‘Flower Ladies’ help to [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 7th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, Lincoln 2015
I have just returned from a weekend away. This was the wonderful view that I could see from the window seat in my hotel room.
When I have gathered my thoughts, I will be posting more about my weekend away
10 Comments CherryPie on Apr 6th 2015
Filed under Anecdotes, Science & Nature
This morning I awoke to a particularly bright and sunny morning. Today was an auspicious day with the Spring Equinox coinciding with a partial Solar Eclipse. The sun was diffused by clouds giving it a pale yellow glow but the moon however was nowhere to be seen. The absence of the illusive moon led me to [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 20th 2015
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On Saturday, Mr C, my mum and I set off for Droylesden to celebrate my aunt’s 90th birthday. I had recently upgraded our SatNav so that now we have live traffic information and newer maps. This trip was its inaugural outing. I keyed in the destination and off we set on our journey…
Just after Market [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 23rd 2015
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This morning when I turned the key in my car ignition nothing happened… I was reminded that on Friday the car had been a bit sluggish starting and that I had taken it for a bit of drive on Saturday to boost the battery.
Now I was in a bit of a dilemma. How was I [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Feb 9th 2015
