Dolphins and Wind Turbines

From a newspaper we picked up on the ferry between France and England

Template maker for boxes and odd shaped gifts

Need to wrap an odd-shaped gift? Create a box for it! Measure it up, choose a design and print, fold and glue The templates may need scaling up to the size you need – either by measurement or graph paper

Dark nights and Hope

There is a saying, – the darkest hours are before the dawn – waking up a little before dawn wonder if this is true, sometimes long to hear the first bird signalling the dawn and other times when not looking forward to what the next day will bring – hope he stays in his nest […]

Etsy and Musefind

Discovered a new section in the admin side of Etsy – Integrations – with ‘tools that help you run, market, optimise and enhance your business’ and in this section was – Musefind, a free app which at first seemed wonderful opportunity to help find influencers to promote what you do.. but And there is always […]

Autumn

Reallise this photo is a little darker than would like. the path was deep with leaves newly fallen and sun threw shadows of the trees across the path

Being human

Trying to rationalise last night although christened C of E by a Lutheran mother and sent to different schools including a Catholic convent school and a C of E school with friends who are Buddist, Muslim, Lutheran, Catholic and atheist – is it wrong to absorb the best parts of different faiths? I dont think […]

Joseph Joubert

Villages facing extinction turned into ‘albergo diffuso’ (scattered hotel)

© GETTY The Italian-speaking Swiss village of Corippo has a population of 12 – Federica Grassi Written by Gavin Haines of the Telegraph “Scattered across the scenic Verzasca Valley, the Swiss village of Corippo is slowly turning into a ghost town. Home to 300 people during its 19th-century peak, the population has dwindled to just […]

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United Nations – Day of Peace

Tomorrow is United Nations Peace Day -It would be wonderful if we – remain – connected with our friends and family in Europe. How about joining hands with all your colleagues round your building or college like a peace train.

Your Life’s purpose – an incredable link

Just thinking about these questions – made me feel instantly calmer – maybe for you too

The power of song and holding hands

Perhaps someone in Europe and in the UK and Southern and Northern Ireland need to encourage a human chain event – holding hands – to make the Politicians in Europe and the UK reallise how many of us want to stay connected and want our children to also have the same opportunity we have had

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Fluffy and the Vet

Drove my little cat to the vet for annual vaccinations and he got so scared he peed and pooed on the way, which meant driving along with the windows open, talking away to try and calm him down and him being rustled away by a nurse when we got there, to have a little wash […]

The Charlie Brown Theory of Personality

It’s not the economy—it’s failed politics!

As a country, we have the possability to do well so dont understand why people are standing back and allowing themselves to be led into this nightmare scenareo – even worse than predicted where we will find it difficult and more expensive to travel to our neighbours countrys and our homes and possably businesses and […]

Please Second Referendum and General Election

Before we need to apply for International Driving Licenses and different colored Passports, stockpile chocolates, food and medicines and so many other crazy things…including trouble between North and South Ireland Please let us have a Second Referendum or a General Election and bring some common sense back to the craziness that is happening between UK […]

Ikea today – lost the hygge

Going to Ikea has always been one of our favorite shopping trips – love the Scandinavian materials and gadgets, lighting department and interesting things round every corner – especially at Christmas always encouraging us to spend too much. But today was the first time felt it had been a mistake to make the long drive […]

If you can dream it ….

If the cavalry doesn’t comes over the hill in your darkest hour – you will cope. Listen to other people but believe in yourself. Have noticed, sometimes the sun shines when you least expect it and when you are open to see the sun shining, you notice it shining everywhere.