Very, very long cat

Discovered this quote, looking for something to cheer myself up “You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive […]

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Call for Second Referendum on EU

(sorry – wrote this when feeling upset, find difficult to delete or alter as still believe lot of it although think understand why ~51% voted the way they did however much wish they hadn’t and believe in democracy) As the Vote Leave – Brexit Party – have now admitted, ‘some’ of their claims to get […]

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Midsummer Freefall

We are truly sad this morning waking up to hear the result of the Referendum. So what does happen next… a Northern Ireland Referendum, a Scottish Referendum  – sorry another Scottish Referendum, a Welsh Referendum. Perhaps a General Election? Wonder if the voters to leave, really considered the impact – on farmers, on businesses, on […]

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Lettuce

“Lettuce is low in Sodium, and very low in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Thiamin, Vitamin B6, Iron and Potassium, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Folate and Manganese” nutritiondata.self.com Vitamin B6 is naturally present in many foods. The body needs […]

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Watercolor

Sunrise Woke with unknown expectation and pushed the window ajar. my cat arrived and with excitement we listened to the chorus of birdsong exploding outside and felt the cool air I know if i could see beyond the trees i could see the sunrise and it would be very beautiful but through the trees i […]

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Skellig

In our village every two years we have a Summer fair with a Scarecrow Competition and this was one of the Scarecrows about the main character ‘Skellig’ in a children’s novel by David Almond. A story about a boy who had a baby sister with a heart problem and he learned from his mother that […]

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Swarm

  Driving into a car park, noticed a beekeeper in his wellys trying to get a swarm of bees into a wicker basket. Someone had noticed the bees resting on the ground and had called him out. He said that probably the Queen had just got tired.  He folded the hessian over the wicker pot, […]

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Mohammad Ali

  “Muhammad Ali, the eloquent, colorful, controversial and brilliant three-time heavyweight boxing champion who was known as much for his social conscience and staunch opposition to the Vietnam War as for his dazzling boxing skills” – no longer with us. I dont like boxing but Mohammed Ali was a Legend – with a twinkle in […]

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Battle of Jutland

One of my dad’s relatives – a young cook (25) on the Queen Mary when it was hit May 31st in 1916 at 16.25 and exploded. 1,266 crewmen were lost and eighteen survivors were picked up. Found this out by accident, looking for my dad’s ancestors. He didn’t survive – they had no choice. My […]

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Summer Fair Blues

Just home from summer fair which was interesting because of the dogs all shapes and sizes walking around on the village green waiting for last event of the day – and impressive collection of vintage cars and just cross section of people walking past my little stall. Not forgetting,  a pretty good Elvis impersonator – […]

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