…Leads to a sunny excursion to Attingham Park
Archive for the tag 'Self Portrait'
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 4th 2018
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
William Faulkner
4 Comments CherryPie on Sep 23rd 2018
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.
Mother Teresa
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 19th 2018
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
How we experience the world is intensely shaped by who and what surround us on a daily basis. Today that can include more virtual, social media friends than physical ones.
Quoted from the National Geographic Article ‘Are We as Awful as We Act Online?‘
14 Comments CherryPie on Jul 29th 2018
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, York 2018
The Birth Place of Guido Fawkes
On 5th November 1605 a York man, Guy Fawkes, was discovered about to ignite 36 barrels of gunpowder underneath the Houses of Parliament. His aim was to spark a Catholic revolution.
Fawkes was born in York in 1570, probably at a house in Stonegate. He was baptised in St Michael le Belfry church on [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jun 9th 2018
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A Sunday Jaunt to Broughton Castle…
…with my Mother and Father in Law.
First stop was Little Amsterdam Cafe for lunch.
After lunch we made our way to Broughton Castle where we enjoyed the landscape views and a visit to the Parish Church of St Mary Broughton with North Newington before the castle was open for visiting.
During our visit we enjoyed a pleasant [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on May 21st 2018
