Taking the first footstep with a good thought, the second with a good word, and the third with a good deed, I entered Paradise.
Book of the Arda Viraf (Circa 6th century)
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
17 Comments CherryPie on Oct 9th 2011
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PhotoHunt – Yellow
A good opportunity to post some flower pictures.
As if I needed an excuse
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
24 Comments CherryPie on Sep 23rd 2011
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The Song of the Daffodil Fairy
Information on daffodils from the Attingham Park Estate:
Our wild flower daffodil is considered to be a native plant although it may have been introduced two thousand years ago by the Romans. In the late sixteenth century, John Gerard, the herbalist, regarded daffodils as growing throughout England. Today our wild daffodils only exist in [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 10th 2011
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Cedars of Lebanon Revisited
The Lebanese Cedars are magnificent, I can remember the days when I could walk beneath their boughs and enjoy them in there glory. Now they are fragile and can only be viewed and enjoyed from a distance…
It reminds me very much of my first visit to Stonehenge where I was able to look up [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 13th 2011
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The Song of the Bluebell Fairy
My hundred thousand bells of blue,
The splendour of the spring,
They carpet all the woods anew
With royalty of sapphire hue;
The Primrose is the Queen ’tis true
But surely I am King.
Ah yes,
The peerless woodland King.
Cicely Mary Parker
10 Comments CherryPie on May 12th 2011
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The Sweetest of Flowers
The bluebell is the sweetest of flowers,
That waves in summer air;
Its blossoms have the mightiest power,
To sooth my spirit’s care.
Emily Bronte
12 Comments CherryPie on May 11th 2011
