The first of the birthdays was celebrated with a party. It was a good excuse for many friends to meet up and share the occasion. A good time was had by all.
The second birthday was celebrated by a couple of days away from home in the Yorkshire Dales. It was a nice relaxing time, but [...]
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Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Kent August 2011, Malham 2011
A Trio of Birthdays
18 Comments CherryPie on Aug 22nd 2011
Filed under Holidays, Malham 2011
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 21st 2011
Filed under This & That
Wayside Flowers
by William Allingham
Pluck not the wayside flower,
It is the traveller’s dower;
A thousand passers-by
Its beauties may espy,
May win a touch of blessing
From Nature’s mild caressing.
The sad of heart perceives
A violet under leaves
Like sonic fresh-budding hope;
The primrose on the slope
A spot of sunshine dwells,
And cheerful message tells
Of kind renewing power;
The nodding bluebell’s dye
Is drawn from happy sky.
Then [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Aug 9th 2011
Filed under Heritage
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
Aldous Huxley
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 7th 2011
Filed under Out & About
PhotoHunt – Painted
A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that I had ordered a macro lens. When I went to the shop there was only a display model so I asked for a new one to be ordered.
What should have been simple turned into a saga…
On the day the lens was due in store, I rang up [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Aug 5th 2011
