Archive for the tag 'National Trust'
Filed under Gardens, Out & About
More Powis Castle at Christmas
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 27th 2013
Filed under This & That
The Night Before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 24th 2013
Filed under This & That
The Reindeer are Busy…
… and it is not yet Christmas Eve
Or maybe they have gone AWOL…
16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 23rd 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
Powis Castle at Christmas
I took time out of my busy schedule to enjoy a relaxing drive through the Shropshire and Welsh countryside in order to visit Powis Castle. The lower state rooms are decked out in the style of an Edwardian Christmas:
Powis has been home to the Herbert family for almost 800 years and various Christmas traditions have [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 21st 2013
Filed under Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013, Science & Nature
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
All the pictures which science now draws of nature and which alone seem capable of according with observational fact are mathematical pictures… From the intrinsic evidence of his creation, the Great Architect of the Universe now begins to appear as a pure mathematician.
Sir James H. Jeans (1877 – 1946)
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2013
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
Autumn at Attingham
I took advantage of the glorious sunny weather and took a Sunday afternoon stroll in Attingham Park. I did of course have a little bit of lunch in the coach house cafe before setting off on my favourite walk;-)
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 13th 2013
Filed under Faith Foundations, Holidays, Newcastle & Crookham 2013
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
So many people try to win their points by argument, but I let them have a sense of victory straight away. There is no use talking to them.
“Fools argue, wise men discuss.”
Paramahansa Yogananda (from Journey to Self-Realisation)
14 Comments CherryPie on Nov 10th 2013
