Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Holidays, York 2010
By Edward Lear
For the second annual Blogger’s silly week.
I
Calico Pie,
The little Birds fly
Down to the calico tree,
Their wings were blue,
And they sang ‘Tilly-loo!’
Till away they flew,–
And they never came back to me!
They never came back!
They never came back!
They never came back to me!
II
Calico Jam,
The little Fish swam,
Over the syllabub sea,
He took off his hat,
To the [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jul 27th 2010
Filed under Holidays, York 2010
It has come to my notice that the second annual Blogger’s silly week is upon us and I nearly missed it!!
Trying to refocus out of serious mode into silly mode reminded me of some incidents during my recent weekend away in York…
When I was walking in the museum gardens I noticed an unusual coloured pigeon [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Jul 26th 2010
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Kent Autumn 2009
Earth is so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.
Douglas Jerrold
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 25th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, York 2010
This was one of my favourite sweet treats when I was a youngster, I especially liked the taste of the perilous green ones. The pink Quality Street tin on the right also brings back memories, with it’s Victorian images and chocolates double wrapped in foil and cellophane. I used to try and smooth the [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2010
Filed under Art, Holidays, York 2010
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
26 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2010
Filed under Art, Holidays, York 2010
An area at the back of the minster was displaying some new stonework and a board near to the carvings informed that:
New stonework copies the original stone and this is carried out by our 24 Masons, Carvers and Apprentices.
Occasionally the removed carving is too decayed to see what it used to be. When this [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 22nd 2010
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Holidays, York 2010
The Chapter House is tucked away, hiding behind it’s vestibule and on first view it is both a surprise and delight. The octagonal room was completed in 1286 and is unusual in that it does not have a central column to support the vaulted roof.
From the guidebook:
Used from the 1290s onwards for parliaments by [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 21st 2010
