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The fish was the main ingredient. I haven’t quite got the hang of photography angles in my new kitchen.

10 Comments CherryPie on Feb 7th 2025

12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 1st 2025

As a volunteer I was allowed to see the mansion decked in all it’s glory the day before it opens for public viewing. Visitors are in for a treat.
Due circumstances beyond my control I did not have the opportunity to see the outdoor Christmas Trail as I had intended to do.

8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 29th 2024

Flower of this purple dye, hit with cupid’s archery, sink in apple of his eye.
William Shakespeare

10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 13th 2024

… followed by ‘fine dining’ at chez nous

Fish goujons on ciabbata for lunch at Essington Farm Shop followed later in the day by ‘Fine Dining’ (steak au poivre) at chez nous.
I removed the top layer of ciabatta. It only needed one layer of bread for perfect indulgence.

10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 12th 2024

It was a welcome joy to be able to go for a walk after my afternoon volunteering at Attingham Park. It was my first walk at Attingham for several weeks. Due to planned surgery mum has had several medical appointments each week and a stay in hospital after the surgery. Mum is home now but [...]

7 Comments CherryPie on Sep 24th 2024

Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn, that there is no end in nature, but every and is a beginning, and under every deep a lower deep opens.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

6 Comments CherryPie on Aug 12th 2024

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