Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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Information on daffodils from the Attingham Park Estate:
Our wild flower daffodil is considered to be a native plant although it may have been introduced two thousand years ago by the Romans. In the late sixteenth century, John Gerard, the herbalist, regarded daffodils as growing throughout England. Today our wild daffodils only exist in [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 10th 2011
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Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost.
Robert A. Heinlein
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 5th 2011
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
I was lucky enough to have an extra privilege days leave which was tagged onto this bank holiday meaning I had an extra day off. I also took Friday as leave so I have had a long weekend, mostly chilling out and catching up with a few jobs. The weather wasn’t good enough for [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 31st 2011
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Sudbury Hall is largely the creation of George Vernon who succeeded to the estate in 1660 and subsequently began to rebuild the home the old manor house of his ancestors, probably to his own designs:
Of all the great houses built in Charles II’s reign, Sudbury Hall is one of the most idiosyncratic: a marriage of [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 25th 2011
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Edward Ferrers was responsible for creating this ‘court garden’ by 1722 as part of his improvements to the house. It is an enclosed and formal area of grass, in the centre of which a sundial has recently been reinstated.*
The National Trust has planted apple trees of historical nature along the lawn.
*Information from the Baddesley Clinton [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Apr 27th 2011
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Baddesley Clinton is a medieval manor house that was the home of the Ferrers family for over 500 years after passing into their family in 1517. The house, most of which was built in the fifteenth century has a complex building history. It has been extended and altered over the years but it is still [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Apr 26th 2011
