Lidl in the News and Indian Clothing Workers

The low prices at shops like Lidl worry me. Have an uneasy feeling, something is being compromised but the fact its a German company and some of the products still have a German origin is great. Sadly they dont seem to sell Vitamaltz but sometimes have dark Cherry juice. Today Lidl is in the news […]

Hope

“For millenia migrating birds have filled the skies, heading south in search of warmer climes and richer pickings. Conversely, these days, droves of our fellow beings struggle northbound against all odds, seeking safety and a better life. The key difference ? This vast exodus of human traffic moves in one direction only. (A testimony to […]

Blue Downs

Confidence

Harvard psychologist Amy Cuddy’s advice to achieve a calm state is to be “present” so you can succeed in challenging situations without a sense of threat and achieve your full potential – whether you’re at a job interview, pitching your startup or any interview situation. “People can tell right away if you’re present, and they judge […]

Selsey Lifeboat Station – February 2016

Silhouette of Selsey Lifeboat Station out to sea may soon be gone – wish someone would rethink. Just along from the ‘Lifeboat Arms’ you can buy fresh Fish, Selsey Crabs, Crab Sticks and maybe Lobsters from all the Lobsterpots piled up nearby

“Fun is good.” Dr Seuss

“Kid, you’ll move mountains!” ‘No need to get intimidated by the size of the task, it’s just a matter of taking small steps towards your bigger goal. Moving a mountain may sound impossible, but you don’t actually have to move one, it’s just a figure of speech. But there must be a mountain-sized task […]

Books or E-Readers

For me – its books every time, but maybe if an E-Reader (or Ipad) is what you grow up with – then maybe a book is a strange thing. Does it mean in classrooms and colleges – students have E-Readers instead of textbooks? When you sit on a train or bus do you ‘loose yourself’ […]

Daydreaming Monkey

“It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all of its shy presence may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.” James Douglas

Magic Lantern Festival – Chiswick House and Gardens

Golden Lion Tamarin

Smallwoollyelephant – made to order

Golden Lion Tamarin Monkey

Notice sometimes things you make, take on a life of their own..

Humphrey – Humpback/Baleen Whale

In the middle of making a small sculpture – 60cms high by 40cms long of a Whale made from Shetland and Finnish wool – greyish Have read Humpbacks are the noisiest and most imaginative Whales – creating long complex, eerie and beautiful songs.

Snow

Starman and Stardust for Bowie

“Belgian astronomers have registered a collection of seven stars, which can be seen “in the vicinity of Mars”, in memory of Bowie – “Sigma Librae, Spica, Alpha Virginis, Zeta Centauri, SAA 204 132, and the Beta Sigma Octantis Trianguli Australis — in the vicinity of Mars. The constellation is a copy of the iconic Bowie […]

Goliath

We decided to battle with a tree we loved dancing and blowing in the winds. Its three trunks had reached almost 15 metres but had been planted 5-6 metres from our home. A plant man identified it as the same family as Californian Redwood and looking at the foliage, probably a Japanese Red Cedar or […]

David Bowie – The Jean Jeanie

Very sad news to wake up to, our love and thoughts to family.

Beagle in a Chaise Lounge

Inbetween rain showers we ran out and took a photo of our Beagel in a Chaise Lounge available from http://www.honeybeeswax.com

One of the costs of leaving EU

As a very small business – one of the hurdles to selling outside UK borders is the huge cost of postage and VAT on top – at least 20% or more – that non UK customers must pay the other end – as well as handling charge of at least £8s of parcel delivery […]

Thirsty Concrete, Surface water and Spray

Wondering as struggling along the M25 in heavy rain what could be done to cut down the spray from surface water. Approaching lorries, so much spray, they become almost invisible. Maybe we need more runoff ditches besides roads or control of speed and volume of the traffic in heavy rain. Even wondered if lorrys/vans/cars could […]

How far you have come or how far you have to go

When you have a quiet moment – quotes