CherryPie on February 7th, 2010

Our friends never flatter.
They praise only the qualities we have.

…From a Thousand Paths to friendship by David Baird…

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CherryPie on January 29th, 2010

These plants, both spotted with rain were taken in Abbey House Gardens, Malmesbury.
I always marvel at how vibrant garden colours are after a rain shower, especially when the sun shows it’s face too.  It is a stark contrast to how most people feel when it is actually raining.
I must admit I like to sit curled [...]

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CherryPie on January 12th, 2010

I think with all the snow and chilliness that we have been having recently I need to remind everyone of warmer days.  We do have more snow forecast overnight, but we have been told we couldn’t use that as an excuse for missing the last session of our Business Excellence Course at work (not that [...]

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CherryPie on January 1st, 2010

This is a view of the cottages at Ightham Mote, they face the West Front of the house where the Tower is situated. They are half timbered and were originally thought to be Elizabethan, but now the timbers have dated them to around 1475.
At first constructed entirely of wood and plaster, the ground floor [...]

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CherryPie on December 31st, 2009

This is one of the properties I visited on my weekend away in October.  I know I promised gardens but I thought I would share pictures of the property itself first.
Ightham Mote is a wonderfully quaint manor house and has been standing for over 650 years.  A visit there is like stepping back in time.  [...]

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CherryPie on November 29th, 2009

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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CherryPie on November 17th, 2009

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 [...]

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