I always find the colour green calming and relaxing:
Green occupies more space in the spectrum visible to the human eye than most colors, and is second only to blue as a favorite color. Green is the pervasive color in the natural world, making it an ideal backdrop in interior design because we are so used [...]
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100 Photos 43 :: The Colour Green
12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 4th 2010
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100 Photos 42 :: Autumn Colours
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 30th 2010
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The Swan
by Mary Oliver
Did you too see it, drifting, all night, on the black river?
Did you see it in the morning, rising into the silvery air -
An armful of white blossoms,
A perfect commotion of silk and linen as it leaned
into the bondage of its wings; a snowbank, a bank of lilies,
Biting the air with its black [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Sep 29th 2010
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Hodnet Hall Gardens
Yesterday I took advantage of the last open day of the season at Hodnet Hall Gardens. I arrived just after it opened which was lucky because there was also a private function taking place in a marquee within the grounds. This meant the car park got full very quickly and there were cars [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Sep 27th 2010
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Spring Colours
These pictures were taken in Hodnet Hall Gardens last May and remind me that the gardens are coming into bloom and I will soon be able to get out and enjoy them again.
Although there aren’t many flowers out yet I have seen rather a lot of bumble bees, especially in my garden. There have [...]
20 Comments CherryPie on Apr 26th 2010
