Last of Christmas Dogs

Tried very hard to match the larger than life personality of Elvis and Dolores – they should be film stars and the little terriers are the last two of the Brighton dog tribe

Hiking in East Greenland

This is one of those things that up to now has been left undone, a memory of a hope, not mine – perhaps now with a little planning it is something to make happen Trip diary: Hiking in East Greenland

Tree Nymph Butterfly

Not really sure how to photograph butterflys, they move around so fast and after zero degrees outside the heat inside greenhouse caused camera to mist up but someone told me to keep my camera on until it warmed up to temperature inside. They have about 40 different types of butterflies and some as big […]

Working towards a better digital World

Shaun is trying to improve the lives of people with disabilities by developing more accessible digital products. Shaun needs some help. What is Insite? Insite is Shaun’s personal journey – his life challenge. It’s himself and some talented friends and colleagues. Who will help third sector organisations build disability friendly products and websites as well as […]

What to sow and grow in January

Its frosty outside and nice the garden is taking a rest and you dont need to feel bad about weeds but getting slightly twitchy green fingers so wondered what you could start growing now and found Thompson and Morgan site. Besides Sweet Peas you can also grow Celery, Celeriac, Onions and Rhubarb and herbs on […]

Rolling Downs

Blue reflection

Looking after our neighborhood

… never forget, you are awesome

Snowflakes – m.joy

Touch of frost

Elvis and Dolores

Just beginning to make two bulldogs called Elvis and Dolores – two dogs with huge amount of character. My knees are almost shaking making them. Dolores will have a red and white polka dot everyday collar by Holly and Lil and Elvis a blue one. This is biggest challenge so far and have been researching […]

Cautionary Tail

Scary tail of a paper carrier bag.. Came home with a lot of things in a carrier bag and our little Fluf being curious went straight into the empty bag. I was distracted with the things that had bought and because we know he loves to go into bags and boxes we wernt worried.. until […]

First blog…. and Lil Star

Thinking about first blog… vrmmvrmm.blogspot.com The name was probably because love driving and F1. Its basic and couldnt seem to write any more after last post about a friend my son made while in hospital The first post on this one was about a Christmas market we were setting up with friends and then enjoyed […]

Hello again

Wilfy and Sparky – m.joy

These are Wilfy a very destinguished greyhound and Sparky an elegant Jack Russell handmade by us

If life seems jolly rotten……

Richmond Park

Today we drove up to Richmond Park again to see the deers. We went in the middle of the day to avoid the traffic in suburbs of London and turned off M25 at junction 12 which took us right into Richmond High Street on the A316 – past landmarks like Twickenham Rugby ground and the […]

Friends

Hyacinths and Winter Wings – m.joy

People Who Love to Write

Have seen different blogs talk about benefits of writing and on the Arts.mic website they talk about James W. Pennebaker who has been conducting research on writing for healing for years at the University of Texas at Austin. “When people are given the opportunity to write about emotional upheavals, they often experience improved health,” Pennebaker […]