Nighttime

Standing outside looking up at the sky filled with stars, heard the summer evening wind blowing clouds across the sky, our neighbors coming home and some old car rattling along in the distance. Heard owls and noises from the bushes – maybe country mice and summer smells of stock blown by the wind and saw […]

A short, suspenseful Norwegian winter’s tale

Driving listening to the radio, heard end of an interview with the author Hanne Ørstavik of a new book ‘Love‘. What caught my attention was the description of being outside in the snow – the silence. Something in the South of England we might not experience anymore. Finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for […]

Hidden in the Mist – m.joy

Favorite view looking across Sussex from on top of the Downs. Sometimes the mist or clouds make view even more beautiful.

Sol De Bossa

Edgar

Crispy Kale Seaweed

Classic Raleigh

No Hayburner stopping for Tea

Found ourselves in time warp last Sunday, the first Sunday in November travelling same way as the old crocks from London to Brighton. Passed a collection of vintage Raleighs half way between London and Brighton parked outside a village pub. We were waved at a lot as we drove along very slowly but happily.

Check source of news in run up to an Election

Found these quotes on the Content Factory – many sites like this one – its about “Delivering Results and ROI” (Return on Investment) “Spin doctors are: “professional political strategists, able on behalf of their clients to manipulate the media – planting a story here, a rumour there, a tip-off somewhere else – so that any […]

Christmas tree decoration – Swan Princess

Made to order – Small Woolly Elephant – Etsy

Which Countries provide and receive most Foreign Aid

Conversation in our home about the problems of loss of life in the Channel seem to be about reinstating/increasing the Foreign aid to war torn developing countries who may be carrying the brunt of impacts of Climate Change in more developed countries. Following link is for 2017 and shows Countries donating and those receiving the […]

Cake Recipes

Many Cake Recipes

Sea of Cambodia

Hard to see both father and brother travel to look for her within a week. Unbelievably heartbreaking to have her returned to them from the Sea off Cambodia. Despair you feel losing contact with someone you love who is old enough to follow their dreams but young or vulnerable Being the parent and watching your […]

M & M’s and Ice Cream

How zoos persuade the big cats to have the vaccine – Matt Blitz “If you’re not supposed to eat at night – why is there a light bulb in the fridge?”

Broken Arrows – avicii

Farmer ploughs huge anti-Brexit message in field

Lots of reasons farmers are worried if Brexit goes ahead. If the UK isolates itself from the European Market – the farmers voice – is one that must be heard. Farmer David Lewis of Manor Farm, Water Eaton, Swindon, who ploughed the message into his field, said: “Brexit would be just awful for farming. “So […]

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Breakdown Recovery in Europe

Our breakdown travelling in Europe about a month ago was on a friday night driving over cobbles in a northern German city. A broken fan belt – which would normally take half an hour to fix been told. Although our policy covered this sort of thing with a hotel, alternative car even having the car […]

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