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This lovely photo of four generations, celebrating Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday was commissioned by the Royal Mail:

To celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday, Royal Mail has issued an official new Miniature Sheet of four First Class Stamps. Featuring the complete line of succession, it includes Prince George for the very first time on a British [...]

13 Comments CherryPie on Apr 21st 2016

You learn to speak by speaking, to study by studying, to run by running, to work by working; in just the same way, you learn to love by loving.
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES

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It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all the shy presences may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.
James Douglas

6 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2016

12 Comments CherryPie on Jan 18th 2016

The Angel that presided o’er my birth
Said, “Little creature, form’d of Joy and Mirth,
“Go love without the help of any Thing on Earth.”
William Blake

2 Comments CherryPie on Jan 10th 2016

…with a little bit of Jools on the BBC

8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 2nd 2016

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