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Posted 22 hours 23 min ago
The Peruvian Lily we might consider one of the most beautiful flowers on earth. Although it comes in a whole host of colours, the individual blooms tend to have a couple of petals which are yellow, decorated with little crimson strokes. Had the entire flower looked like this it might have been a little overpowering and garish, but the contrast with its plainer petals make it the more attractive.
Posted 2 days 22 hours ago
It is one of the oldest jokes in the book, yet it seems to be apter with each passing year:
"Guy Fawkes was the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions".
Posted 2 days 22 hours ago
My summer visit to York saw me staying in the parish of St Paul’s, Holgate. Curiously, the modest hotel at which I lodged had once been the vicarage. The Church of England is a mixed bag, though St Paul’s looks pretty good judging by its website. Its building was not open to inspect, and it is only Victorian anyway. It claims:
Posted 3 days 22 hours ago
After Friday’s coffee morning, a great, full-sized rainbow was observed in the skies about Salem Chapel. On closer inspection, a second could be seen, above it, running parallel. It was rather beauitful, and made the thick cloud and rainy sky a fair price to pay for so cheering a sight.
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