I am busy again due to last minute unexpected visitors! We will be going out for a meal which will give me a challenge in choosing some healthy options. I can’t go spoiling my weight loss plans so soon can I?
So for now I shall leave you with another of my Corel Painter Essentials [...]
Archive for the tag 'Self Portrait'
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Busy Again
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 11th 2010
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Just Me
I have been testing different effects in Corel Painter Essentials trying to get a softer feel to images. I tried the effects on some of my self portraits, this is one you haven’t seen before, it was taken a couple of years ago in the grounds of Stanton Manor.
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2010
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National Cherry Day
The summer edition of the National Trust magazine advises that today is National Cherry Day. At one time the south and west of England were ripe with cherry trees, but in the last 50 years 90 per cent of their number have been lost and currently 95 per cent of the cherries we eat are [...]
26 Comments CherryPie on Jul 17th 2010
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Meetings, Shopping and High Court Rulings
Yesterday we had our first PCS regional meeting for about three months. What with the general election and the campaign to save the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (CSCS) we hadn’t found time to get together before now.
For some reason I got rather confused and caught the train an hour earlier than I needed to. [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 18th 2010
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100 Photos 20 :: Transport
I got myself organised early this morning because my car was due for it’s service and I had to drop it off at the garage. Then somehow I got into autopilot mode and drove straight past the garage heading off towards my workplace. When I came to my senses I did a quick detour at [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 2nd 2010
My actions are my only true belongings.
I cannot escape the consequences of my actions.
My actions are the ground upon which I stand.
Thich Nhat Hanh
18 Comments CherryPie on May 23rd 2010
Filed under Faith Foundations, Heritage, Out & About
Buildwas Abbey – Chapter House
The architecture of chapter house at Buildwas Abbey is Gothic in style and quite beautiful. It was from here that I was treated to that lovely musical surprise.
It is here where the monks would assemble every morning with the abbot presiding over the meeting:
This began with the reading of a lesson and a chapter from [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 19th 2010
