Nagasaki

Some time ago on a flight from Paris back to the UK was chatting to a family from Japan traveling for holiday over here. They were very excited and we talked about some places worth seeing over here.. Think traveling is opportunity and people you meet on your travels, seem happy It was a short […]

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Hans Zimmer ∼ Flight

Almost evening but still light outside today, heard strange sound above my head and some type of small birds – at least a 100 – flew low and in formation strait as an arrow from west to east as a group faster than any animal have seen. Not flapping their wings like a normal bird […]

The Elephants that came to dinner

Fig and Honey Smoothie

We have a fig tree in our garden and this year many figs on it. Read that figs are good for you. This is a simple recipe for a Smoothie – we left out the yoghurt and salt and just blitzed up six fresh peeled figs, a banana, tablespoon of honey and milk. Sieved but […]

Summer

Flor d’Luna – Santana

Smartest Bug in the World

“The three groups that are, up on the podium of smartest bugs, are the bees, the ants, and the cockroaches. The honey bee is a social animal, which forces it to have many intelligent abilities that non-social insects (like, flies, or beetles) don’t need. And its smarts are legion: the insect are able to recognize […]

Some things never change

the sea

Windy Beach whenever i want to remember whose me i find a beautiful place by the sea. Love when its lonely and stormy and wild Spray in the air and sand through my toes Where do i wander besides the sea.. Nobody knows, only me. m.joy

Fabio Rodrigues

The Blue Zones of Happiness

Have you thought recently of what makes you Happy? Remember studying about Maslow’s Pyramid – during the virus think we have moved to the bottom of this. – doing what we need to keep us alive and surviving. Just off the top of my head – absence of red bills would make me happier than […]

Ping

The End of Farming

“For decades, the way we farm has been degrading land and destroying wildlife. Now there’s a revolution coming – but is it going to create more problems than it solves?” – Christopher de Bellaigue more A feisty article worth reading – especially with conditions for farm workers in the UK under the spotlight because of […]

The Wolf Song

Instrumental

Storks

Not sure but think this is still a live stream. The family of storks probably still there – now grown up – but in next few weeks will have flown away south to Africa – probably leaving by end of July

Bee whisperer

Strange day rescuing many many bumble bees that kept appearing inside our house and guiding them out the window, as soon as one had left – another one appeared, not sure where they came from, maybe a nest in our attic and they found a way out into the main part of the house. Terrified […]

the little frog

“Spending mindful time in the woods is beneficial for body and soul”

Every day, apart from when it’s raining heavily, Dr Qing Li heads to a leafy park near the Nippon Medical School in Tokyo where he works. It’s not just a pleasant place to eat his lunch; he believes the time spent under the trees’ canopy is a critical factor in the fight against diseases, of […]