Humanity

Thinking about what David Attenborough was quoted as saying.. that “Humanity is a plague on the Earth and needs to be controlled by limiting population growth” otherwise “Its coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so” Have great respect for him and can understand i think where he is coming from but also think and […]

Money to be made available to access modern, psychological therapies over next four years

Have been told that an additional payment of around £400 million is to be made available to improve access to modern, evidenced-based psycological therapies over the next 4 years – current programme extended offering personalised support to 3.2 million people across the UK – to give access to a choice of psychological therapies including CBT, […]

Hornet’s nest

By the time we reallised there were hornets in our attic.. it was almost winter and we just tried to stop them coming into our home. When we saw them late summer, we thought they were somewhere close by outside. They were very big and very loud but seemed harmless and we thought they were […]

Kenny under the tree

Fluffy’s Christmas List

our cats have made us laugh a lot this Christmas..spending a lot of time snoozing under the tree, they cameto life when they smelt the turkey.. Kenny, the black and white one got a bit too excitedplaying with the wrapping paper, and got his headonly for a moment stuck inside a parcel

Geel and St Dymphna

Geel is a community in Belgium that supports people going though tough times with their mental health by supportive families, work and community integration. The whole outlook is more accepting of people who see life a little differently. There is a connection with St Dymphna from Ireland. There is a similar program in Sweden called – Healing Homes. […]

Beautiful Avoca

We have 10% off our lovely Avoca Scarves, Hats and Gloves until December 25th Please use ‘Mums‘ at the Checkout

Clutter

If you are drowning in a sea of Lego .. good ideas from Netmums to help you organise your home

The Polar Bear Baby Blue Hat Show

Help to increase land farmed organically

If everyone in the UK spent just £10 more on organic products each year, then the market would increase by around 30% – securing more land to be farmed in an environmentally sustainable, bee-friendly way! Just buy at least one extra organic item in your weekly shopping this September.

Once in a Blue Moon..

Tonight is the second full moon in August – a Blue Moon, this one significantly and very sadly was Neil Armstrong’s memorial.

Kenny and Cat Nip

Wondered where Kenny was, he has many favorite hiding places, then found him on a tray of cat mint we had laid out on the boiler to dry to make cat nip toys… making very happy contented purring noises

Singing Ringing Tree

A wind powered sound sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine mountain range, overlooking Burnley in Lancashire, England. The sculpture is 3 meters tall and the pipes have been designed so the sound will not disturb animals in the environment. Also the name of an East German children’s film – Das Singende […]

Inspirational – sad its over – Roll on Rio!

“Good evening, Mr Bond.” Queen Elizabeth at 86 makes her film debut with James Bond star Daniel Craig in a clip for London’s opening ceremony where she ‘ jumps’ from a helicopter. “I hope that this medal inspires the kids at home to put down guns and knives and pick up a pair of trainers instead.” […]

Perseid meteor shower – best in hours before dawn

These meteors are often bright and leave persistent trains. On the morning of August 11, 12 and 13, the moon will be a waning crescent, and the meteors should be flying at a rate closer to their peak of 50 or 60 meteors per hour. And on August 11, 12 and 13 – the moon will […]

Our cat..

Kenny has been in the wars and this is to make him smile

Shared a sunny bench with a butterfly

It flew around and landed on my head several times, this tickled and then sat next to me. Maybe thought i was a very large flower and when i got up, he flew away too. Wondered about this. ‘Native Americans considered butterflies as symbols of transformation, hope, and rebirth. In Chinese culture, the symbolism […]