Our friends never flatter.
They praise only the qualities we have.
…From a Thousand Paths to friendship by David Baird…
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Never forget that only dead fish swim with the stream
Malcolm Muggeridge
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Last Sunday I finally came to the end of my original 52 thoughts for the week, so from now on my thought for the week will be picked according to my mood on the day. In time I will get around to a post with links to all the discussions, so they can be seen [...]
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I love the contrast between the bright blue of the water in the swimming pool and the deep green of the water in the upper lake.
In the early years of their occupation at Chartwell, the Churchills used to use the lakes for swimming. You can see the lower lake in this previous post of [...]
This is the north-east corner of the house, where visitors emerge after the tour. Although it can’t be seen in the picture, on the wall to the left is a slate tablet that commemorates the seventeen benefactors who donated Chartwell to the National Trust in 1946 on the condition that the Churchills could remain [...]
The Marlborough Pavilion was built as a summer house in the mid 1920s and decorated in 1949 by Churchill’s nephew, John Spencer Churchill. The theme of the decoration is John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough who was Churchill’s oldest ancestor:
On the north wall are the motto, Fiel Pero Desdichado (’Faithful but Unfortunate’) - a [...]
This is one of Churchill’s favorite spots at Chartwell, a place where he loved to sit and rest, feed the goldfish or simply relax and paint. The view is much the same as when Churchill enjoyed it, although the trees that would have formed the backdrop to the scene were brought down in the [...]
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