Today I have spent a lot of time sorting out my holiday photographs, all 445 of them. I seem to have got a bit carried away, thank goodness for digital cameras!
Northumberland ranks as one of my favorite places in the world. It has everything I love; dramatic landscapes, gardens, castles and history. [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Crookham 2009, Holidays, Out & About
Thoughts of my Hols
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 26th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Crookham 2009, Heritage, Holidays
PhotoHunt – Twisted
Just got back from a break in Northumberland, so I am busy catching up with everything and everyone. I managed to take over 400 photographs, so they are going to take a lot of sorting out!!!
Here is one to be going on with. It is from the ruined Etal castle, showing traces of its [...]
47 Comments CherryPie on Sep 25th 2009
Filed under Holidays, Malmesbury 2009, Out & About
The Wrestlers
The sculpture that I posted for my Saturday PhotHunt is entitled The Wrestlers and was quite fascinating to look at.
The Wrestlers depict two heroic male figures, one black, one white, at the peak of athletic prowess pitting their strength and skill against each other. This work presents a multitude of different viewpoints and engages the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 22nd 2009
Filed under Art, Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
PhotoHunt – Upside Down
This statue is situated at the entrance of Abbey House Gardens and is the work of Ian Rank-Broadley, the same sculptor that produced the statues in a previous PhotoHunt post. I must admit I had not heard of him until I saw the sculptures at Abbey House Gardens, but it seems I should have done:
Ian [...]
38 Comments CherryPie on Sep 18th 2009
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase; if you pursue happiness you’ll never find it.
C. P. Snow
22 Comments CherryPie on Sep 6th 2009
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
PhotoHunt – SURPRISE!
Set against the wall behind the house at Abbey House Gardens an unusual surprise awaits the visitors.
Make of it what you will…
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
33 Comments CherryPie on Aug 28th 2009
Filed under Holidays, Malmesbury 2009, Out & About
PhotoHunt – Ripples
This family of moorhens really didn’t want to be photographed. I had to follow them all round the pool, they kept escaping to the opposite side from where I was. There were in fact a few more chicks in the family but they were well hidden in the reeds at the edge of [...]
30 Comments CherryPie on Aug 21st 2009
