Whatever is any way beautiful has its source of beauty in itself and is complete in itself.
Marcus Aurelius
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Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
24 Comments CherryPie on Sep 19th 2010
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
PhotoHunt – School
This is another theme I struggled with. I haven’t got any photos of schools or school days and even my photos of fish aren’t quite right because some of the fish are pointing in the wrong direction. But I shall share this one with you, which is the best I have to hand.
From Wiki:
In biology, [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Sep 17th 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, York 2010
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul.
Ernest Dimnet
19 Comments CherryPie on Sep 12th 2010
Filed under Holidays
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.
George Herbert
38 Comments CherryPie on Sep 5th 2010
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, York 2010
PhotoHunt – Numerical
This is the Hindley clock which is located in York Minster. It is complete with sixteenth-century moving figures ‘Gog’ and ‘Magog’.
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
24 Comments CherryPie on Aug 20th 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, York 2010
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
an English home-gray twilight pour’d
On dewey pastures, dewey trees,
Softer than sleep-all things in order stored,
A haunt of ancient Peace.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 15th 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, York 2010
Hardwick Hall – The High Great Chamber
This room is so large and elaborate that photographs don’t do it justice. The theme on the frieze depicts a forest with the court of Diana, amid attendant deer, lions, elephants, camels and other animals along with scenes of country life and deer and boar hunting.
The court of Diana, the virgin goddess and huntress, [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 15th 2010
