*On Angel Wings is due to descend on 14th October [2020] *
On Angel Wings is an installation that came into being following discussion on how we could offer the community a space to commemorate those who had been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
As we slowly reopen following a turbulent 2020 and start to 2021, we realised people had been [...]
Archive for the tag 'Peace'
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 5th 2021
When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
Jimi Hendrix
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 23rd 2019
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 14.27
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 11th 2019
Ultimately we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it toward others.
And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there is in the world.
Etty Hillesum
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 4th 2018
Filed under Anecdotes, Heritage, Out & About
Peace on Earth
Inspired by the wartime story of Sadako Sasaki, Attingham park decorated their Picture Gallery tree this year with origami cranes to symbolise peace and hope.
In Japanese folklore, cranes have a special significance and are said to live for 1,000 years. A legend promises that anybody who fold 1,000 paper cranes will be granted a wish.
Sadako [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 22nd 2017
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Wells 2016
Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Peace is the fairest form of happiness.
William Ellery Channing
4 Comments CherryPie on Apr 17th 2017
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Piran & Ljubljana 2015
Piran Town Hall
When the Venetians came to Piran at the end of the 13th Century, they built the Town Hall building near the harbour and outside the town walls present at that time. It was constructed in the Roman-Gothic style; its façade was full of immured coats of arms and inscriptions. It was demolished in the year [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 19th 2015
