Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life…
Filed under Heritage
…and in the morning, we will remember them.
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we [...]
22 Comments CherryPie on Nov 11th 2009
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
Malcolm X
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 8th 2009
Earlier today I came across this passage in the The Morville Hours. It gave me pause for thought, so I thought I would share it with you.
The wearing of scarlet poppies and the laying of poppy wreaths on Remembrance Day dates from 1921, though the sheets of poppies which covered the battlefields of France [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 7th 2009
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take us or spare us.
Marcel Proust
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 28th 2009
Filed under Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009, Out & About
…Some more views of Snowshill Manor gardens.
9 Comments CherryPie on Jun 12th 2009
Filed under Anecdotes, Gardens, Holidays, Malmesbury 2009
There was a torrential downpour that lasted several hours on the morning I was due to depart for my garden lovers break. This led to a slow start to the day and the rain was much lighter when I set off. I tried to call into a cafe for lunch and ended up in a [...]
11 Comments CherryPie on Jun 10th 2009
