Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Anecdotes, Holidays, Newcastle 2015
We were all packed up and ready to go before we went down for breakfast so all we needed to do after breakfast was settle the bill for the few extras we had added to our room.
On the way home we stopped off at Hexham to see the Abbey as recommended by JD. Hexham Abbey [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 4th 2015
Filed under Art, Holidays, Winchester 2014
The upper floor of ‘The Victory Gallery’ houses the ‘Spirit of Figurehead’ display which showcases a wonderful collection of ship figureheads from the late 18th century.
16 Comments CherryPie on Jan 21st 2015
Filed under This & That
The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the greatest intention.
Khalil Gibran
10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 14th 2014
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens
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
Friendship is a single tree under which many can enjoy the shade.
From a Thousand Paths to friendship by David Baird
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 16th 2014
…The Percy Chantry
The Percy Chantry was built in the 15th-century and is the only part of the priory church to survive complete, although what we see today is the product of renovations. The Chantry has an intricate ceiling composed of intersecting ribs with 33 carved bosses.
19 Comments CherryPie on Nov 7th 2013
Well perhaps not quite the first thing I see, the first thing I see would be my bedside table. The above photo is a view that I see as I go around opening the curtains in my house. It is the view from my computer room. How lucky am I
More ‘first thing [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Oct 18th 2013
