Random thoughts and photos on my journey through life…
Filed under This & That
His Life Continues by Lynn New
When death walks by with quiet tread,
To touch a loved one, who’s then led
Away from sleep, away from pain,
To wake in joy, to live again.
You’ll hear him on a whispered breeze,
A calling bird; in swaying trees.
Do not weep long, but lift your eyes,
You’ll see his glory in God’s skies.
He’ll be [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 15th 2011
Filed under Science & Nature
O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder
consider all the works thy hand hath made,
I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder,
thy power throughout the universe displayed:
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God; to thee,
How great thou art, how great thou art!
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God; to thee,
How great thou art, [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Apr 22nd 2011
Filed under Out & About, Science & Nature
This is such a perfect topic for a tree lover like me. I have so many photos to choose from. I settled with these three.
The first photo was taken in my garden last week as the sun was setting.
The other two were taken in Attingham Park in February last year. They remind me of [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Apr 8th 2011
Filed under Gardens
My Mum mentioned recently that quite a few plants in her garden had not made it through the particularly cold winter. She was especially sad that the ones my Dad had bought that unsuspectingly (several weeks after the order) arrived on the day of his funeral seem not to have made it through the winter [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Mar 9th 2011
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Last week a blue envelope with a large ‘18′ printed on it landed on my doormat. It was an invitation to my nephew’s 18th birthday party later this month.
Now where did all those years go? It only seems like yesterday when he was a baby sitting on my Dad’s knee enthralled by him [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Aug 9th 2010
Filed under Holidays, This & That, York 2010
This was one of my favourite sweet treats when I was a youngster, I especially liked the taste of the perilous green ones. The pink Quality Street tin on the right also brings back memories, with it’s Victorian images and chocolates double wrapped in foil and cellophane. I used to try and smooth the [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 24th 2010
Filed under Gardens, Out & About, This & That
The money that was received from friends in memory of my Dad was donated to the Heart Foundation and the Lingen Davies Cancer Relief Fund. The latter showed their appreciation by sending my Mum a certificate that entitled her to a memorial rose from a specialist rose centre near to the hospital. As today would [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Jul 15th 2010
