If you respond consciously, what you want will happen. If you react compulsively, what someone else wants will happen.
Sadhguru
Comments Off CherryPie on May 24th 2026
Just as I was about to leave the school the fire alarm sounded. The school was evacuated and the roll call taken which meant I was delayed until the all clear had been given.
I walked home the long way round in glorious sunshine.
Comments Off CherryPie on May 22nd 2026
Who knew that hidden in the Welsh countryside there was an Inn with my name…
On the way to Chester we realised that the museum that Mr C intended to visit is closed on Wednesdays. After being delayed by roadworks and diversions and very slow service at the Grosvenor garden centre just outside Chester we decided not to visit the city. Instead Mr C took us on Welsh mystery tour where we spotted the Inn with my name. Mr C parked the car and insisted I took a photo.
Eventually the mystery tour led us to Denbigh and signposts to the castle. We navigated the extremely narrow roads to the castle to find that it too was closed on Wednesdays.
Maybe we should rule out Wednesdays for future days out!
Comments Off CherryPie on May 20th 2026
Nantwallter Cottage
In 1785 Morgan David Morgan agreed to rent this cottage from the Plas Taliaris estate for about £9 a year.
The family were self-sufficient, keeping a pig and growing vegetables, so they could have food available all year – even if money was scarce.
The walls of their cottage were mad of ‘clom’ – a mixture of clay, stone and straw. Friends and family often helped with building work. The thick walls helped keep the house warm in winter and cool in summer.
The chimney is made from woven branches of hazel just like a basket, and its surface is covered with daub – a mixture of clay and dung.*
*information from a signboard next to the house and pigsty
Comments Off CherryPie on May 19th 2026
If we cannot sing of faith and triumph, we will sing our despair. We will be that kind of bird. There are day owls, and there are night owls, and each is beautiful and even musical while about its business.
Henry David Thoreau
Comments Off CherryPie on May 17th 2026
The dress not me…
My Parisian Popsy arrived a couple of days ago and I couldn’t resist wearing her to host a birthday dinner. My England dress would have been more appropriate, the main course was roast beef!
Heloise Print Detail from Popsy website
2 Comments CherryPie on May 16th 2026
