Earlier this week the Shropshire Star published an article about Shrewsbury Museums curator, Peter Boyd’s, quest to find the long lost Towton Rose. It is reported to have grown in its hundreds on the graves of the fallen in the in the Battle of Towton that took place during the Wars of the Roses. [...]
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PhotoHunt – Free
Some definitions of free: Not bound – at liberty – not under arbitrary government – not strict or bound by rules – not literal – unimpeded – unconstrained.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull when he discovers the technique of flying:
How much more there is now to living! Instead of our drab slogging forth and back to the [...]
42 Comments CherryPie on Jul 9th 2010
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100 Photos 28 :: Poppies
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 9th 2010
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Burton Agnes Hall – The Statue Fountain
This pretty fountain with water cascading out of it’s leaf tips is by Marion Smith.
26 Comments CherryPie on Jul 8th 2010
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Burton Agnes Hall – The Potager…
…and beyond.
The potager is filled with vegetables, herbs and flowers that can be cut for the house. This part of the garden is laid out symmetrically into blocks:
Runner beans and sweet peas are planted along the edges of the wide paths which provide a cool root run. Herbs are planted in the corners along [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 7th 2010
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Aristotle
10 Comments CherryPie on Jul 4th 2010
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PhotoHunt – Open
This was taken in Burton Agnes Garden, which is Elizabethan in style.
Since 1990 the family have been involved in a major redevelopment of the garden. The garden has many different garden rooms showing different themes and colours. The aim was to make it a garden that all the family can enjoy and several [...]
30 Comments CherryPie on Jul 2nd 2010
