Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Whilst researching for some information to go along with this post I came across a new National Trust blog about the Cragside formal garden. The latest post on the blog shows a little tidy up operation on the clock tower view in my recent post.
Here are some different views of the Dahlia Walk that I [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 12th 2014
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Rothbury as viewed from Cragside formal garden.
Rothbury is a small market town which straddles the River Coquet. The town has a pleasing mix of old stone and newer brick-built properties. Although technically a town with a proposal a year or so back to install a town mayor (defeated) everyone still tends to call it [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Feb 11th 2014
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The clock tower is situated just above the Cragside formal garden. When I visit Cragside, I always visit the formal garden first. It allows me to enjoy it in relative quiet before most of the visitors arrive.
The clock tower originates from the 1860s and was the estate time piece and the pay office. [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Feb 10th 2014
My previous post on the house at Cragside can be viewed here.
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 8th 2014
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words.
Keep your words positive because you words become your behaviour.
Keep your behaviour positive because your behaviour become your habits.
Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.
Keep your values positive because your values become your destiny.
Mahatma Gandhi
19 Comments CherryPie on Jan 26th 2014
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If you want to understand the invisible look carefully at the visible.
The Talmud
18 Comments CherryPie on Jan 5th 2014
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So many people try to win their points by argument, but I let them have a sense of victory straight away. There is no use talking to them.
“Fools argue, wise men discuss.”
Paramahansa Yogananda (from Journey to Self-Realisation)
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 10th 2013
