Posting pictures of sailing ships reminded me of the work of Frank Meadow Sutcliffe who used the medium of photography as art. He was born in Headingly, Leeds in October 1853 and started work as a portrait photographer in Tunbridge wells before moving to Whitby where he set up a photographic business. When in Whitby [...]
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Photo Meme
Liz has tagged me with this photo meme. I am not sure what you will make of the picture…
This was a work related visit where we were treated to a mad ride in a Warrior. We were encouraged to stand up whilst we were driven over what is called the knife edge. I [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 2nd 2009
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Your Age by Chocolate Math
This is pretty neat so please don’t cheat by scrolling down first!
It will take you less than a minute and is fun (especially for chocoholics).
Work it out as you go along. Calculators are allowed!
1. First of all, pick the number of times a week that you would like to have chocolate (more than once but [...]
29 Comments CherryPie on Aug 29th 2009
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Classical Music with a Difference
Ode to the new Ford – Performed on actual car parts:
A short video on how the project was conceived and the making of the instruments:
And for those of you who enjoyed the very short version of the music here is the full version:
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 25th 2009
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
Albert Schweitzer
20 Comments CherryPie on Aug 23rd 2009
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Armed Forces Day Planning
The latest edition of DefenceFocus reports on how the very first Armed Forces Day event was planned.
The day was conceived due to a desire to include armed forces members who are still serving their country into the Veterans Day celebrations. This idea was supported by a petition on the Number10 website, which led to the [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 19th 2009
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Hell is other people!
Jean-Paul Sartre
22 Comments CherryPie on Aug 16th 2009
