Through the dancing poppies stole A breeze, most softly lulling to my soul.
John Keats
Archive for the tag 'Remembrance'
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 10th 2024
Filed under Anecdotes, Out & About
The National Memorial Arboretum
It is ten years since my previous visit to the National Memorial Arboretum. The Memorial Arboretum is still as peaceful and moving as I remembered. There are now over 400 memorials so it is impossible to see them all during one visit.
This year this the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings so the Arboretum is [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Jul 13th 2024
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At the Going Down of the Sun…
… and in the morning we will remember them
8 Comments CherryPie on Nov 12th 2022
Filed under Holidays, Tewkesbury 2022
Tewkesbury – Day Three
We packed and were ready to load the car before we went to breakfast. Our table was in glorious sunshine, leading us to linger a while before loading the car and checking out. As we handed in the room keys we were asked if we would like complimentary coffees ‘to go’. Mr C declined and [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jul 15th 2022
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At The Going Down of the Sun…
…and in the morning,
4 Comments CherryPie on Nov 11th 2020
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At the Going Down of the Sun…
…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 [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Nov 11th 2019
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13 (KJV)
12 Comments CherryPie on Nov 18th 2018
