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Posted 2 days 10 min ago
Chinese meadow-rue is an easy plant to grow, but the RHS warns about its susceptibility ‘to powdery mildews in dry conditions’. Dry times in our spiritual lives are seldom pleasant, but we should always be on our guard against any longer term damage they cause. A dry and barren spirit will seldom value fellowship, public worship and personal prayer. Be on your guard.
Posted 3 days 10 min ago
At the base of Beorgs of Housetter are a couple of standing stones, erected, we are told, between 4000 and 2500BC. A cairn, pictured below, was also built close by, and its name of Giant's Grave indicates the burial of someone large, or powerful, or both.
Posted 3 days 11 min ago
St Oswald's Church at Dean in Cumberland is one of those elderly ladies; though old (dating to the twelfth century), she has had some remedial work done since her youth and still retains an air of beauty and elegance, no matter how faded. Rounded arches, a Norman font and even some prehistoric rock art brought in for safe keeping, combine to lend St Oswald’s an air of antiquity.
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