Archive for the 'Anecdotes' Category
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Heritage
Attingham Park’s Walled Garden
At the weekend I read the latest regional edition of the National Trust magazine ‘Near You’. One of the articles advised that this year sees the fifth anniversary of the walled garden project. I have enjoyed seeing that garden at different stages as it progressed. This is what the article has to say about the [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on May 20th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Nottingham May 2013
Celebrations
Last weekend I had yet another mini break in Nottingham. On this occasion it was to celebrate my brother becoming a certain age. Hopefully he won’t be looking in on this post so I won’t get into trouble
This one was and even more of a last minute arrangement than the previous mini break [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 18th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
A Sunny Day
A orange globe appeared in the sky and stayed all weekend which is rather strange and unusual for a bank holiday. I had a busy weekend spring cleaning, but also found time to chill out and read for a while.
Today the weather was too good to miss so we headed out in the direction of [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on May 6th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, This & That
Let’s Get Naked…
…Wines.
Errr… what where you thinking?
22 Comments CherryPie on May 1st 2013
Filed under Anecdotes
Peninsular 1809 Campaign
Photo copyright of TAG.
Some of you might recall that the boys take over my living room from time to time so that they can use the floor to play Napoleonic wargames. Before they even get to this point they exchange correspondence with the game umpire so that he knows where their figures are going [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 11th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Home Alone…
…relaxing after yet another busy weekend!
I have had visitors to stay over the weekend. I was doing a mad rush round getting the housework done before they arrived on Friday. I didn’t quite get it finished because they arrived early. We chatted for a while before ordering a Chinese takeaway for dinner after which we [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 8th 2013
