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 [...]
Archive for the tag 'Memories'
Filed under Anecdotes
Doesn’t Time Fly?
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 Anecdotes, Holidays, York 2010
100 Photos 30 :: Memories
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 Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
The Magical Mystery Tour
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 [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Jul 15th 2010
Filed under Faith Foundations, This & That
PhotoHunt – Memorial
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
20 Comments CherryPie on May 28th 2010
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On the Other Side
The soul is indestructible and its activity will continue through eternity. It is like the sun, which, to our eyes, seems to set at night; but it has in reality only gone to diffuse its light elsewhere.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
25 Comments CherryPie on May 7th 2010
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Out & About
A Bit of Relaxation
After my hectic week of Union business I took advantage of the lovely weather at the weekend and went to visit one of my favourite gardens, Hodnet Hall. The garden has lots of features and and is a wonderful place to relax. It is only open some weekends and bank holidays so I was lucky [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on May 28th 2009
