Finally

The former chief of staff to Brexit Secretary David Davis has called Britain’s efforts to leave the EU a “catastrophe” and called on “sensible MPs” to admit it .. more

Low Tide

Always thought these telephone boxes were there for a reason

Smallwoollyelephant

Perfecting a drone-hunting machine that can see… and chase

Photograph by Georges Gobet—AFP/Getty Images The technical challenge of safely stopping a dangerous drone has been taken on by Guy Bar-Nahum, one of the inventors of the Apple iPod and the engineering brains behind Airspace Systems more

Chris Ulrey rock version of the Munsters theme

Getting organised – me? – making and freezing Pesto

Image credit: Christine Han We have considerable amount of Basil and other herbs and have been wondering, if we could freeze homemade pesto – so get ready freezer. the Best Way to Freeze Pesto is not what you think by Sheela Prakash

for one moment

‘stop and recall the most peaceful place you have ever visited. and chances are, as you think about it – you feel lighter and you may feel yourself start to smile’ EquiSynch

raspberry summer

perhaps this summer will remember most the quietness of picking raspberrys in my parents garden at the end of the day, my fingers turning red with raspberry juice, peering into a sea of raspberry canes to find the lovely fruit and listening to the birds, wearing wellies as sometimes snakes make their way into the […]

Teatime

Drifted next door into a delicatessen waiting for a pizza – discovered shelves stacked high with lovely food – that would never normally buy but love to.. including beautiful fragile boxes of biscuits called Butterflies – Lemon Crisps and Rosehip Biscuits Artisan Biscuits

For those days when you feel like a Hamster on a wheel – a playground

Chocolate Kale Fudge Pops

We found this recipe wondering if you could freeze Kale – and you can From – ‘50 Shades of Kale’ by Dr. Drew Ramsey and Jennifer Iserloh Image courtesy of Ian McSpadden Ingredients: 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon ground […]

Visiting Bees

Flowering Pumpkins

The temperature dropped from about 27 to 21 degrees overnight and when looked out the window early morning, all the pumpkins were flowering – huge yellow flowers. The sky was cloudy and not many bees around – so pretended to be a large bee and went around transferring pollen. Dont think these flowers will become […]

A Rainbow for Moonbeam — Discover

“I got to thinking: Say something that will let her close that door and move on. I got to thinking: Say something that will let you close that door and move on.” Musings from Terah van Dusen on her mother. via A Rainbow for Moonbeam — Discover “Be thankful for closed doors, detours and road […]

Selsey RNLI Final Launch

Future Breeze feat. Liza Da Costa – Ocean Of Eternity

Acupuncture

Lying on a couch with a bunch of needles in interesting places, terrified to move – felt like a needle felted animal. But it does seem to work depending on how good the person is. Understand its about helping the body to heal itself. I have only been for muscle, joint and tendon injurys but […]

Be like Popeye – Cream of Spinnach Soup

Ingredients: 500g Spinnach 50g Butter 1 Onion 2 Carrots 4 sprigs Parsley (Bouquet Garni – Parsley, Bay, Thyme) Salt, Pepper, Nutmeg 850 mls Stock 150 mls Cream Prep time: 40 minutes Discard Spinnach stalks, wash and chop roughly Melt butter, add roughly chopped Onions, Carrots, Spinnach – 5 minutes Add Stock, Parsley, Bouquet Garni […]

nighttime garden

Another beautiful day, althou not a heat wave. we tried to add many scented flowers to our garden and at the end of a warm June day the scent is very lovely – honeysuckle, roses – almost over, different lavender, thyme and sweetpea – althou my favorite is the night scented stock. Because it may […]