Chocolate Kale Fudge Pops

We found this recipe wondering if you could freeze Kale – and you can From – ‘50 Shades of Kale’ by Dr. Drew Ramsey and Jennifer Iserloh Image courtesy of Ian McSpadden Ingredients: 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon ground […]

Visiting Bees

Flowering Pumpkins

The temperature dropped from about 27 to 21 degrees overnight and when looked out the window early morning, all the pumpkins were flowering – huge yellow flowers. The sky was cloudy and not many bees around – so pretended to be a large bee and went around transferring pollen. Dont think these flowers will become […]

A Rainbow for Moonbeam — Discover

“I got to thinking: Say something that will let her close that door and move on. I got to thinking: Say something that will let you close that door and move on.” Musings from Terah van Dusen on her mother. via A Rainbow for Moonbeam — Discover “Be thankful for closed doors, detours and road […]

Selsey RNLI Final Launch

Future Breeze feat. Liza Da Costa – Ocean Of Eternity

Acupuncture

Lying on a couch with a bunch of needles in interesting places, terrified to move – felt like a needle felted animal. But it does seem to work depending on how good the person is. Understand its about helping the body to heal itself. I have only been for muscle, joint and tendon injurys but […]

Be like Popeye – Cream of Spinnach Soup

Ingredients: 500g Spinnach 50g Butter 1 Onion 2 Carrots 4 sprigs Parsley (Bouquet Garni – Parsley, Bay, Thyme) Salt, Pepper, Nutmeg 850 mls Stock 150 mls Cream Prep time: 40 minutes Discard Spinnach stalks, wash and chop roughly Melt butter, add roughly chopped Onions, Carrots, Spinnach – 5 minutes Add Stock, Parsley, Bouquet Garni […]

nighttime garden

Another beautiful day, althou not a heat wave. we tried to add many scented flowers to our garden and at the end of a warm June day the scent is very lovely – honeysuckle, roses – almost over, different lavender, thyme and sweetpea – althou my favorite is the night scented stock. Because it may […]

Firdaws Kedir – Grenfell Towers – 22nd Floor

Although there has been huge improvement in treatment of minority groups – ‘there is much much much more to do’ Jon Snow. The responsibility to bring about change falls on all of us, not just a few people. Schools, colleges – anywhere people learn are a good place to start also parents day to encourage […]

Hoglets

Hoglet season is in full swing and I am inundated with little spiky orphans. The reasons for them coming into care and many and varied. In some cases nests have been disturbed whilst gardening and mum has abandoned the babies. In other cases, it is likely that something has happened to mum – she has […] […]

Sprinklers need retro fitting in all existing high rise buildings and always in any new build

Until similar high rise buildings with cladding are made safe – advice today from expert – residents organise ‘fire watches’ to reassure residents

Looking for red squirrels

We visited Brownsea Island hopeful to see some red squirrels – we know they are there but like the Northern Lights – you have to be lucky to see them. A small one ran for cover to a tree trunk but somehow i missed it and feel sure as soon as we left they […]

Sugar Town

Liam Gallagher – Live Forever – Ariana Grande with Coldplay – Dont Look Back in Anger

Sounds interesting

Thought about the balance of my day, my week, my life even and read about Do Something Different Not saying planning to rent a camel with a small seat for Fluf and travel slow round the World – althou the idea has been (ma)lingering in the back of my mind. Just daydreaming.

We all share this Planet

Extreem sadness for the pointless loss of young innocent life in Manchester – for the victims and their familys caught up in it. Also for the family of the perpertrator, hope there will be compassion otherwise how will things change. Dont all our religions teach us this. “Because we all share this planet Earth, we […]

Snoopy

little yellow bird

Its easy to find reasons to be sad but .. “I think it’s important to find the little things in everyday life that make you happy” Paula Cole