I was sitting on a bench looking at this lovely scene just before I took the photograph that accompanied my ‘Cherie’s Place Thought‘. The couple I was chatting too walked off through those gate posts and I went back to capture some pictures of the flowers that had caught my eye.
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The Parting of the Ways
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2012
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
When all the people in the world love one another, then the strong will not overpower the weak, the many will not oppress the few, the wealthy will not mock the poor, the honoured will not disdain the humble, and the cunning will not deceive the simple.
Mozi (Circa 470 – Circa 391 BC)
18 Comments CherryPie on Apr 15th 2012
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The Orangery
The Orangery, built to overwinter citrus fruits, is simply furnished with pots and containers and provides cool felief on hot summer days. The oranges are moved outside once fear of frost is past. The exterior walls are festooned with yellow Bankstian rose and buff ‘Gloire de Dijon’, passion flowers and tubular flowered eccremocarpus. [...]
18 Comments CherryPie on Apr 14th 2012
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PhotoHunt – Sturdy
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18 Comments CherryPie on Apr 13th 2012
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Nature’s Perfection…
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 12th 2012
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The Aviary Terrace
The eighteenth-century lead urns and shepherds on the Aviary Terrace are from the workshop of the Flemish sculptor John van Nost. The statues have been restored and painted with a finish resembling weathered lead although they were probably originally painted in more life-like colours.
11 Comments CherryPie on Apr 10th 2012
