Shambhala

You came.. and a silky rain flourished under the yellow leaves Today I went out on the balcony and i saw cyclamens bloom On the edge of the clouds the smallest ligtning was crying your name Listen! listen to the rain For an old tale talks and it is true you know like the old […]

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Rabbits

Since wrote this – the bunny population in our garden is much less – we have seen crows attack the baby rabbits in our garden even thou we try and scare these birds away and hear foxes at night. There are few squirrels and deer don’t often walk through in the early morning.  But we […]

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Sunseed Desert Technology

Because background is in Horticulture and Environment became involved with Sunseed Desert Technology. My intention to go to Morocco to help Berber community especially ladies have own income and to give them independence by developing the potential for Argan seedlings by reconstructing a greenhouse to grow them inside. Talked to lots of people and advice […]

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GDPR compliance

To help our site be compliant with GDPR as we are based in the UK – since May 25th 2018 and other laws requiring notification of tracking, we must display a notice to users on our contact form. Nothing has changed – just the need for transparency.

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Oil delivery mans lament

Had an interesting conversation with our oil delivery man about his feelings on his treatment by angry drivers when he stops his tanker to deliver oil to places like ours in the country. He said ours was just about ok but other places on even smaller roads with nowhere for him to pull off the […]

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World Bee Day

“The Slovenian Beekeepers in 2017 proposed to the United Natons (UN) to declare May 20 a World Bee Day. In Slovenia, May 20th is known as the birthday of Anton Janša (1734-1773), the pioneer of modern beekeeping. Janša was the first teacher of modern beekeeping in the world, he was appointed by the Habsburg Empress […]

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Graham Norton’s Eurovision best bits

Well done Netta “Taking to the stage Netta performed the song for a final time, in spectacular fashion and representing everything we love about Eurovision: diversity, inclusion, fun, and utter, utter madness. Little sad what happened during the UK entry – Suri must have been really frightened. Thou thought she looked more annoyed than frightened. […]

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Selsey

We drove down to Del Quay yesterday, through leafy lanes and over the beautiful rolling Downs – im not sure if the sky was blue but felt it was. It was very busy at Del Quay so we drove on down to Selsey – a long time family stamping ground and walked besides the sea […]

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