Ozymandias – M.Joy on The Painted Brain Ozymandias – Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold […]

Cherry Frangipan Tart

250g Short Crust Pastry 250g Cherries (stoned and cut in half) 125g Butter 125g Sugar 3 Eggs 340g Ground Almonds Flaked almonds and whole cherries for decoration Method – Set oven to 200 degrees (little less if Fan oven)– Line your flan dish with the pastry and chill for 10 minutes– Bake blind in the […]

Dogs are welcome too

View from the Mulinopod, early after rain – not far away on the hill was a wind turbine that powered the electricity. Nice warm shower too.

Rose Hill Tavern, Brighton Sussex

The Rose Hill has been a pub since the 1870’s but it was bought by developers who wanted to turn it into luxury flats. “We have until October 2nd to raise the money to buy the pub. Community Asset status only provides protection from development for a year before another planning application can be […]

Up the ladder to the sky

Glamping, Peak District, Mulino Pods and little black cat

Had interesting journey up to the Peak District – went up M40/M6 around Birmingham and back down from Nottingham on the M1. Something ‘cool’ about driving down the M1 to London and sitting in service stations that spanned the whole motorway and watching cars speed underneath – that is until missed the turn off to […]

Qualities of Successful Markets

Wonder if a trader’s hopes for success are not matched to the experience people are looking for in a market? “People love markets for so many reasons, yet in all our surveys asking people why they use markets, the one that always shows up on top is the experience: seeing other people, opportunities for impromptu […]

Mythical Moose

Handmade from Shetland wool – m.joy Like the northern lights, it is something always wanted to see in the wild and have seen crossing the road in Lappland and also a few in a sanctuary being fed bananas, something they like. Also seen Moose in an Alpine Zoo above Innsbruck, that reached by cable car. […]

RSA at Atlow Mill

Two interesting videos

Floyd

made by honey beeswax

Escape to the Wild

Interesting programmes about how some people found their happiness in the wilderness Escape to the Wild – Kevin Mccloud

Deep in thought

Fluf

The day approached and didn’t want to think about it – two years ago, Sunday just gone, the longest day, which it was. Like all family animals, we thought somehow our little Fluf would always be there and think thats what he tried to do – the sweetest soul i have ever known. Our Fluf […]

Why is Greece in trouble?

Being probably more right brain than left brain sort of person, know money handling is challenging but wonder how Greece – a very important ancient civilisation – got into this situation? Is it because of more young people leaving Greece and going elsewhere since entry in EU (or was this already happening) – taking with […]

Sam

Today the London to Brighton cycle ride flowed past the entrance to our small lane and managed to get across and drive along the edge of the Downs to Clayton but as we drove along saw a lovely old collie, alone on the road, who it turned out was running away from home – worried […]

Almost midsummer

We make to order from photographs, no obligation to buy until you see what we have made. The ‘hand made’ sign is Tibetan Silver http://www.honeybeeswax.com

No touching..

Sussex Prairies Gardens

Interesting garden open from June until 11th October (1 to 5pm) near Albourne in Sussex

Author: sunnypolarbear

sunday summer rain

Ry Cooder – Dark End of the Street

The Painted Brain … interesting website