Green Bean stick insects are native to the Caribbean including the islands of Grenada, St Vincent and Guadeloupe.
Both males and females have vestigial wings. This means that their evolutionary ancestors had wings and were capable of flight. However, the ability to fly became less useful and so their wings diminished over many generations until they [...]
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Green Bean Stick Insect
6 Comments CherryPie on Apr 4th 2025
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Luke 11:9
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 10th 2025
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
Pericles
6 Comments CherryPie on Feb 2nd 2025
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 26th 2025
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The Medieval West Doors, St Albans Cathedral
This enormous pair of doors once stood at the main entrance to the church at the far west end of the Nave. They date from the 1400s when the church was at the centre of England’s leading abbey.
The doors were opened wide for religious processions. For everyday use, monks and visiting pilgrims used the small [...]
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 24th 2025
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The Rose Window, St Albans Cathedral
In 1989 Laporte industries of Luton celebrated their centenary by funding its reglazing. The designer, Alan Younger, interpreted the concentric circles of the universe, with the earth in the centre and triangular areas of colour used to suggest the infusion of spirit into matter. The window was unveiled by Diana, Princess of Wales.
4 Comments CherryPie on Jan 22nd 2025
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St Albans Cathedral
St Albans Cathedral is the oldest site of continuous Christian worship in Britain. It stands over the place where Alban, the first British martyr, was buried after giving his life for his faith over 1,700 years ago.
The building’s amazing mixture of architectural styles bears witness to the many centuries of its life, first as [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jan 21st 2025
