Joy is the serious business of Heaven.
C. S. Lewis
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Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015, Science & Nature
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 18th 2016
Filed under Holidays, Science & Nature, Winchester 2016
Saying Hello!
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 28th 2016
To a mind that is still the whole universe surrenders.
Chuang Tzu
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 2nd 2016
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Science & Nature, Wells 2016
The Wells
Crossing the wooden boardwalk, you approach the shady and secretive corner of the grounds where St Andrew’s Well rises. There are two or three other wells here, which in summer are thick with wetland plants.*
St. Andrew’s Well
In 705 King Ine of Wessex gave land near the wells to Aldhelm, his Bishop, so that he could [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Aug 27th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Science & Nature
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
I have just come inside from watching the stars and planets twinkling and rotating above my garden. The heavenly bodies were accompanied by a bat flitting about catching insects in the twilight. It was a perfect end to a perfect day.
It was Mr C’s birthday and we spent the day at Chester Zoo. The weather [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 16th 2016
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Lincoln 2016, Science & Nature
Mother and Child
On my recent visit to Lincoln Castle, to view the art instalation ‘Poppies Wave’ I noticed a mother duck and her cute ducklings sitting at eye level on a wall.
By the time I got back from looking at the poppies the mother duck and some of the ducklings were on the ground below the wall. [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 7th 2016
Filed under Gardens, Science & Nature
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty if only we have eyes to see them….
John Ruskin (1819 – 1900)
8 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2016
