I asked the earth, I asked the sea and the deeps, among the living animals, the things that creep. I asked the winds that blow, I asked the heavens, the sun, the moon, the stars and all things that stand at the doors of my flesh…
My question was the gaze I turned to them.
Their [...]
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Nature Responds…
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 18th 2012
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The Parting of the Ways
I was sitting on a bench looking at this lovely scene just before I took the photograph that accompanied my ‘Cherie’s Place Thought‘. The couple I was chatting too walked off through those gate posts and I went back to capture some pictures of the flowers that had caught my eye.
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2012
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
When all the people in the world love one another, then the strong will not overpower the weak, the many will not oppress the few, the wealthy will not mock the poor, the honoured will not disdain the humble, and the cunning will not deceive the simple.
Mozi (Circa 470 – Circa 391 BC)
18 Comments CherryPie on Apr 15th 2012
It is not how much we give but how much love we put into the giving.
Mother Teresa (1910 – 1997)
19 Comments CherryPie on Apr 8th 2012
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Rebirth of the Cedars of Lebanon?
There are some fine specimens of Lebanon Cedars in Attingham Park but as I mentioned in a previous post, they have become quite fragile.
This spring the Cedars have cast their seeds into the wind, I have high hopes for a rebirth.
thousands of seeds from the cedars of Lebanon have been blown across the lawn [...]
9 Comments CherryPie on Apr 4th 2012
