Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.
Lorraine Hansberry
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 2nd 2018
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Be happy for this moment.
This moment is your life.
Omar Khayyám
10 Comments CherryPie on Jan 7th 2018
In Christ there is no Jew or Greek, no slave or free, no male or female, for all of you are one in Christ.
Galatians 3:28
I was inspired to post the above thought when it was quoted on an inspirational blog that I regularly read . I wondered what photograph I would use to go with [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 26th 2017
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.
Rabindranath Tagore
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 6th 2017
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Montacute House – The Orangary
12 Comments CherryPie on Jun 2nd 2017
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Montacute House
Montacute House was built in about 1598 by Sir Edward Phelips, whose family had lived in the Montacute area since at least 1460, first as yeomen farmers before rising in status.[6] The site was bought from the Cluniac Montacute Priory by Thomas Phelips and passed to his grandson, also called Thomas, who started planning the house, but died [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 1st 2017
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Kilver Court Gardens
Kilver Courts three and a half acre gardens were created at the beginning of the 1900’s by then owner Ernest Jardine (1859 – 1947). A progressive industrialist, Jardine ran a lace-making factory on the Kilver Court site and created the gardens as a recreational space for his employees. Jardine’s ‘model factory’ became known as ‘Jardines [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on May 30th 2017
