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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

CherryPie — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 00:11:06 +0000

Each day provides its own gifts.

Marcus – Aurelius

Happy D-Day Mr C

CherryPie — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 09:36:50 +0000

Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

CherryPie — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 23:11:38 +0000

And if there is not any such thing as a long time, nor the rest of your lives, nor from now on, but there is only now, why then now is the thing to praise and I am very happy with it.

Ernest Hemingway

Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

CherryPie — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 23:54:44 +0000

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

Carl Sagan

Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

CherryPie — Sun, 21 Jan 2024 23:29:15 +0000

Be as simple as you can be; you will be astonished to see how uncomplicated and happy your life can become.

Paramahansa Yogananda

Happy New Year

CherryPie — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 01:55:53 +0000

I raise my glass to you

I wish you, your family and friends a Happy,

healthy and peaceful 2024

Bird Hide Spottings

CherryPie — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 22:35:50 +0000

Pretty Flamingo

CherryPie — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 22:38:43 +0000

On our recent visit to Slimbridge we failed to find the advertised Pelicans but were happy to see all six species of Flamingo (not all captured on camera) residing in their separate watery locations.

Slimbridge

CherryPie — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 21:59:24 +0000

Sir Peter Scott was the son of Antarctic explorer Captain Scott who, in his dying letter, urged Peter’s mother to “make the boy interested in natural history”.

Peter particularly loved the wild open marshes of Britain and the mysterious geese that visited from unknown shores. He learned to protect first the birds, and then their wetland habitats.

In 1946 he set up the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge as a centre for science and conservation. Uniquely at the time, he opened it to the public so that anyone could enjoy getting close to nature.

Peter and his family presented the BBC’s first live television wildlife programmes from his artist’s studio overlooking the lakes at Slimbridge, from where he brought a love for the British countryside into millions of homes.

As well as setting up WWT, he became an Olympic sailing medallist and a well-known painter and broadcaster. He created the IUCN red list which measures whether species are threatened or endangered. He was the founding chair of WWF – he even drew their famous panda logo.

WWT flourished during Peter’s life and has continued his life’s work since his death in 1989.

The Streets of Gloucester

CherryPie — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 22:59:14 +0000