Unusually I wasn’t looking forward to coming home this evening and when I arrived my worst fears were realised… I wonder if the tree surgeons will be back tomorrow they seem to have missed a branch!! The birds that usually flit and fly around the tree seemed rather confused and were flying around at [...]
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Branch Trimming – Day One
Here are some before and after shots. The beautiful Oak Tree in the early morning sunshine before it had the first of its branches removed followed by some photographs taken this evening. The weather has changed to suit the occasion. I dread to think what what sight I will come home to after day two [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on May 27th 2015
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Wounded…
When I looked out of my living room window on Saturday morning I was saddened to see a large broken branch lying on top of the fence underneath ‘My Oak Tree‘. Then on Sunday morning I awoke to the sound of a chainsaw… Tree doctors had been called in to remove the damaged limb. This [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on May 4th 2015
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way.
William Blake
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 29th 2015
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Spring Equinox
This morning I awoke to a particularly bright and sunny morning. Today was an auspicious day with the Spring Equinox coinciding with a partial Solar Eclipse. The sun was diffused by clouds giving it a pale yellow glow but the moon however was nowhere to be seen. The absence of the illusive moon led me to [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 20th 2015
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Sitting on the Patio
A perfect summer’s day was followed by a perfect summer’s evening. How could I resist sitting on my patio with a glass of wine watching the sun go down behind ‘my oak tree’?
I sat enjoying the warm air and the sounds of nature…
I wondered if my friend the hedgehog would show his face, but he [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 17th 2014
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
You cannot conceive the many without the one… The study of the unit is among those that lead the mind on and turn it to the vision of reality.
Plato
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 8th 2013
