Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars… and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they [...]
Archive for the tag 'Bluebells'
4 Comments CherryPie on May 5th 2024
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Lunch and Bluebells
The sun had got its hat on so it would have been rude not to go out for lunch.
Hodnet Hall provides lovely lunches and cakes, a perfect choice. The gardens are lovely at this time of year with colourful blooms in flower and bluebells along the pathway.
Lunch and a sunny garden walk what more could [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 29th 2024
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Time is in the mind, space is in the mind. The law of cause and effect is also a way of thinking. In reality all is here and now and all is one. Multiplicity and diversity are in the mind only.
Nisargadatta Maharaj
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 28th 2024
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Bundles of Cuteness
Yesterday I set off on a quick walk deliberately leaving my camera at home. It was a local walk and I wasn’t expecting see anything new and photo worthy. How wrong I was. As I was sitting soaking up the atmosphere by the duck pond in Apley there was a sudden explosion of fluff bombs. [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 26th 2022
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Woodland Walk…
… followed by fine dining
The afternoon sunshine was glorious but sadly it wasn’t quite warm enough to dine al fresco.
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 27th 2021
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Sunday Afternoon at Arley Arboretum
The Arley Arboretum is tucked away in the beautiful countryside of the Worcestershire and Shropshire borders near Bewdley, it boasts more than 300 species of trees in formal and informal plantings and gardens. The collection includes many rare and spectacular domestic and exotic trees. Nestling in the Severn Valley and overlooking the river, it has been [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 26th 2021
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Exploring New Pathways
Part of this walk took me along fully urban routes rather than my more normal semi-urban routes. I did not photograph the fully urban areas. I only walked them to get my bearings on how to link local pathways together. My explorations led to a 7 mile walk in the afternoon sunshine.
It was not the [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 15th 2021