Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Art, Holidays, Lucerne 2013
The Lion Monument is one of the Lucerne tourist attractions. The sculpture of a dying lion pierced by a spear is a monument to the Swiss Guards of Louis XVI of France:
On 10 August 1792, the guards defended the Palais des Tuileries, in Paris. When it was stormed by revolutionaries. Those who survived [...]
21 Comments CherryPie on Aug 28th 2013
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Out & About
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2013
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Paris 2012
2 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2013
Filed under Holidays
Newly launched in the Vision & Verb card shop is a ‘limited edition holiday cards‘ gallery. As with the main gallery all profits from the cards sold help fund Kiva loans.
The profit from every card sold (approximately 50%) will be given back to the larger world in allotments of 50$ loans to men and women [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 22nd 2012
Filed under Bruges 2010, Holidays
PhotoHunt is a free for all this week so I shall use it as an excuse to show some last photos from Bruges. My description of the weekend is coming to a close and soon we will be on the ferry back home.
I love the fire in the reception area of the hotel that we [...]
26 Comments CherryPie on Jan 8th 2011
Filed under This & That
I have been testing different effects in Corel Painter Essentials trying to get a softer feel to images. I tried the effects on some of my self portraits, this is one you haven’t seen before, it was taken a couple of years ago in the grounds of Stanton Manor.
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2010
