Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
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On Sunday (yesterday) we took my in-laws out for lunch to Sugnall walled garden. It was a belated fathers day trip due to us traveling home from our holidays on fathers day.
We found that Sugnall walled garden was completely transformed since our previous visit. Everything was in full bloom and the summer marquee was in [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 20th 2015
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…Two planets and a star
Venus, Jupiter and Regulus shining bright in the sky.
Brilliant Venus in west from dusk until mid-to-late evening. Venus – the brightest planet and third-brightest sky object overall (after the sun and moon) – reaches its greatest elongation in the western sky on June 6. That means it is at its farthest from [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Jun 23rd 2015
Filed under Hay-on-Wye 2015, Holidays, Science & Nature
2 Comments CherryPie on Jun 19th 2015
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…or is it a planet…
Three planets are clearly visible at nightfall this month: Venus, Jupiter and Saturn. Mercury is fading – whereas Mars has already disappeared – into the glare of sunset.
Evening planets in May 2015
Brilliant Venus in west from dusk until late evening
Fading Mars lost in the glare of sunset
Bright Jupiter from dusk until [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 1st 2015
Whatever I am offered in devotion with a pure heart – a leaf, a flower, fruit, or water – I accept with joy.
Bhagavad Gita
12 Comments CherryPie on May 24th 2015
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When I looked out of my living room window on Saturday morning I was saddened to see a large broken branch lying on top of the fence underneath ‘My Oak Tree‘. Then on Sunday morning I awoke to the sound of a chainsaw… Tree doctors had been called in to remove the damaged limb. This [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on May 4th 2015
Amor saca amor.
St. Teresa of Avila
Love begets love.
14 Comments CherryPie on Apr 26th 2015
