Perhaps what am saying will be seen as controversial and appologies this is not my intention. Difficult to find the right words. Wondering rather than vilify people who misread the way a new culture to them operates – we should find ways for each culture to understand each other better. The high figures/statistics of rape […]

Dachsund smelling the flowers

We can make one like this for you or you can buy cards, prints, pillows, tote bags, shower curtains – from us at FAA or Pixels.com

Prickles long walk home after falling over in the snow

Sorry very basic – Smiling Hedgehog

The thought crossed my mind to call this – ‘Never trust a Smiling Hedgehog’ but didnt want to give Hedgehogs a bad reputation

Todays World

The Silver Swan at the Bowes Museum

History of the Silver Swan

Honeybee

all things must pass

‘Great people are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lighted’ – Napoleon Bonaparte. Walking round Chiswick house garden, curious – discovered a small locked building, leaves piling up inside and plaster peeling away and looking thru the bars of the gate saw a bust of Napoleon with pigeon feathers hanging from […]

Panda holding Bamboo tree

Strolling into work at 10

Sun, Sea, Sunflowers

Tweets, resignations and interesting vessels in the English Channel

“We certainly live in interesting times” David Dimbleby who also said.. “We’re allowed to have had a private life before politics in which we make mistakes and do things we should not” or is it the other way round “Merge BBC Four with BBC Two, cut out some of the gardening and the cookery and […]

Distant Downs

Immigration

The thing i just dont understand – apart from indiginous races – native Indians and native Australians later called the Aboriginal people – we are all Migrants. Go back maybe one generation and you will find connection to your ancestors and your homeland. People leave their homeland for many reasons, some for opportunity and some […]

Animal Sculptures

Have been working on this for a few days and thought ric rac braid would help to make the plumage. Our rooster is small enough to hold in your hand but we have perched it on a small birch base, with metal slots for its feet.

Thank you

Would like to add our appreciation and respect to Mr and Mrs Obama as his Presidency comes to an end. Although the World is a turbulent place today – we felt safer knowing that there was a calm, kind and we think caring couple looking after a significant part of it. Whereever there journey takes […]

E.C. – Promises

“Your turn to growl” by Ches Chesney

by Ches Chesney

Kew Gardens (after the gates had shut)

Over the wall, softly, quickly tumbling thru’ the leafy fullness landing deep in a silvery blue fragrance. Shade and light flowing towards you – where spangled fronds flip jewels of moisture The sound of bells carries in the wind. One dragonfly swims someplace down a dusty sunbeam. m.joy (written while living in London at the […]

Little Scottie Dog

the little Scottie has a Tibetan silver handmade logo

sunnypolarbear

Ditchling Gardens

Sweden comment