Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Anecdotes, Art, Holidays, London 2014
The art installation entitled ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’ is currently being planted in the moat around The Tower of London, the last poppy will be planted on the 11th November.
marking one hundred years since the first full day of Britain’s involvement in the First World War. Created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins, [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Sep 5th 2014
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…Strolling to and from Sloane Square.
Our destination was Caraffini. The meal was delicious, the atmosphere delightful and the service impeccable
17 Comments CherryPie on Sep 4th 2014
Synopsis (from back cover):
Enormous, elephantine and extinct the mammoth is the iconic animal of the Ice Age. These colossal creatures roamed the cold, open landscapes of Europe, Asia and North America as recently as 20,000 years ago. Today, their well-preserved fossil remains generate much fascination and speculation around the world. Mammoths: Ice age Giants reveals [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Sep 2nd 2014
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Freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men’s minds which follows from the advance of science.
Charles Robert Darwin (1809 – 1882)
9 Comments CherryPie on Aug 31st 2014
Filed under Holidays, London 2014, Science & Nature
One of the exhibits in the Human Biology section of the the Natural History Museum is this eight times lifesize model of a seven month old baby living with in its mother’s uterus. The baby will soon turn over so it’s head faces downwards ready for birth.
The sound of a mother’s heartbeat as heard from [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Aug 30th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, London 2014, Science & Nature
I remember being rather disappointed with the Natural History Museum on my first visit there on a school trip. There were lots of tired looking stuffed animals that didn’t capture my imagination. There was however one part of the museum that blew me away and that was the museum’s Whale Hall. At the time it [...]
13 Comments CherryPie on Aug 29th 2014
