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Archive for the 'Out & About' Category
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
22 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2011
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PhotoHunt – Near
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 8th 2011
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Cod Cheeks
When I was eating out earlier this week I noticed that one of the starters was Cod Cheeks which I had never heard of before. On investigation I found that the meat comes from underneath the eye-socket of a Cod and that it is a great delicacy. A good article with more information can be [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 8th 2011
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100 Photos 82 :: Art
This is a picture on 18th century glass painted by Thomas Jervais.
This panel was restored in 2000:
The glass panel had been broken in many places an repaired with lead over the last century which was not sympathetic to the original construction. The panel was restored for the National Trust in 200 by Alfred Fisher.
The painting [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 14th 2011
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The Song of the Daffodil Fairy
Information on daffodils from the Attingham Park Estate:
Our wild flower daffodil is considered to be a native plant although it may have been introduced two thousand years ago by the Romans. In the late sixteenth century, John Gerard, the herbalist, regarded daffodils as growing throughout England. Today our wild daffodils only exist in [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 10th 2011
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A Change in the Weather
By the time I had done the circuit of the pool some rain clouds had gathered and it started spotting with rain. I retreated to the tea room and had a glass of cranberry presse and no I didn’t have anything else
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 7th 2011
