‘Sometimes you don’t get closure – you just move on’ – K. Salmanson

fluffy

All our ‘Fluffy’ cats are named after first ‘Fluffy’ – a Sealyham terrier – very funny and very naughty,

Desh – Trying to find balance in an unstable World

“DESH is a full-length contemporary solo and the most personal work to date from celebrated choreographer and performer, Akram Khan. DESH meaning ‘homeland’ in Bengali, draws multiple tales of land, nation, resistance and convergence into the body and voice of one man trying to find his balance in an unstable world.”

Travels

We have just returned from an interesting road trip to Mecklenberg – we loved Holland the best but didnt spend too long there. When we got lost in Zeeland we followed a motorbiker to an incredibly long tunnel – 6.6 kms under the Islands. The light and green fields in Holland was beautiful but because […]

Insel Poel

Ruiniert – Herz – Kraftwerke

While ago

While ago, wondered why hornets were visiting our roof – now understand animals and insects we didn’t get before are moving further north and some we used to get are dying out or moving even further north and mosquitoes have arrived which can be vectors. Despite their bad press – when we encouraged hornets inside […]

Roundstone Harbour – Connemara

In Connemara With eyes all untroubled she laughs as she passes, Bending beneath the creel with the seaweed brown, Till evening with pearl dew dims the shining grasses And night lit with dreamlight enfolds the sleepy town. Then she will wander, her heart all a laughter, Tracking the dream star that lights the purple gloom. […]

Beautiful Day – U2

Treading the Line

Thinking about morals and ethics is a can of worms. Most of us, tread the line where what we aim for isn’t always what we achieve and no one is any the wiser except us and maybe people who know us. But is it ok?

Red Cabbage

This is simple ‘hand down’ recipe, you probably need to be brought up on to look forward to eating. Probably tastes best, second time you cook it after storing in fridge or freezer – reheating with some extra butter. Eats best with Knodles and Goulash. Long time since eaten meat but this dish is very […]

Making a Wooden Game

Vegetarian Student Cookbook

Not completely Vegetarian, nor a student but there are some interesting recipes in this book. The tags for this book are: cheap, healthy, easy, fast, fab, share, spicy, quick and snack We paid £6.99 and is available from Hamlyn at https://www.octopusbooks.co.uk/ There doesn’t seem to be an author. Tried a few recipes and never get […]

Alfriston Summer Fair

Hoping to be somewhere on Alfriston Village Green one of the days over next weekend 24th – 26th August – although not sure at the moment where the Green is. There is a dog show on Sunday at 12.30 This event runs Saturday to Monday Bank Holiday. Alfriston is not far from the coast and […]

Sunflower

Van Gogh‘ by Thompson & Morgan which shaded out much smaller ‘Irish Eyes‘

Dance

Who knows – Julia Pietrucha

Order Order – Questions to Secretary of State of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

On the hotest day since records began, i was crawling around London on M25 from our home on fairly long journey across England. When i set off about 7am the temperature in my car was a reasonable 22 degrees but in two hours climbed to 32 and most of journey home an extrordinary 39 degrees. […]

Storks

The German Stork route or Deutsche Storchenstrasse is also a scenic route through north Germany. The route travels around Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, and Lower Saxony centering around the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Elbe River Landscape. Another interesting link if you like Storks – is the Stork village in Bergenhusen where you may catch them […]

Extreemily stinky Comfrey Liquid Fertiliser