Strimmed hedgehog

Originally posted on Little Silver Hedgehog:
The sound of people people using a strimmer sets my teeth on edge. I hate them! They do so much damage to wildlife including hedgehogs, frogs and toads. This is the story of Holly and her journey to recovery from a terrible strimmer wound. She was found at the…

Richmond ‘Red Arrows’ Paraqueets

We were driving round Richmond Park this afternoon (dont need much of a reason to point the car in this direction) and funniest thing.. nearby in Kingston there are lots of escaped Paraqueets who seem to have made their way into Richmond Park and near the entrance lots of squawking and flashes of green as […]

find it your own way

‘To find peace in outer world you need to make peace with yourself’ Dalai Lama ‘Are you angered at the drop of a pin, losing your temper very easily? Are you impatient? Do you find yourself sometimes regretting your actions? Do you let work, news, weather & other people influence your mood, your behavior, and […]

Live

Ane Brun – Big in Japan

View from a Pine tree

Little in my boots and trying to climb out But feels a safer place than a tree surgeon we watched in awe yesterday swinging backwards and forwards from the top of a 30-40ft pine tree as he cut down the tree above him. The tree was being held in place by his team with ropes […]

Panoramio

Very sad Panoramio is being shut down/replaced.. please visit while you can.. and be taken on a journey round the World with some of the most beautiful photographs i have seen. I know nothing lasts for ever – sometimes you just wish it would. http://www.panoramio.com/

Helen Dillon’s Garden – National Treasure

Monty Don chatting to writer and gardener Helen Dillon in her beautiful abundent Irish walled town garden just before it was sold, commented that.. “Gardening was what grown ups do outside to play” in reponse to her comment that gardening was the only place she felt at peace. Another funny exchange about an orange rose […]

Count to 10 in Japanese

am very proud, have learnt to count to 10 in Japanese

No, no, no, no…

If you manage to watch to the end … yes

Detective Montalbano: True Sicilians

(look out for the singing parrot)

Italian hand gestures

love the something secret one

Try to

Today is one of those days, pause and remember – just the wind thru the trees, the early dark, an empty landscape. Grateful for kindness we were shown and sad about the rest “My theory is children don’t do what you tell them to do, they do what you do. You have to always (try […]

Watercolor Sunrise – m.joy

Some Landscapes by Plinius

The ‘Open Pit at Dannemora Mine‘ and ‘Some wine besides the white clouds‘ written by Plinius who explores Landscapes through Art, Painting, and Photography at ‘some Landscapes’ “Landscape can be a solace to the exile, but it can be hard to contemplate the beauty of lakes and mountains without thinking of home, or the bitter […]

Ruby Sunrise – m.joy

Autumn Fire – m.joy

Tomato’s

Found an interesting website trying to work out difference between a sultana, currant and a raisin to decide which one to put in a chutney http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-tomato-puree-233959 We have a lot of tomatos and tried to make tomato & apple chutney.. but it didnt go very well, heart wasnt in it – kept tasting as it […]

Three Beeswax Candles in a Bag

Three Beeswax Candles in free drawstring Gift Bag

the Bigger Picture and benefits of being United

Two other debates stood out Mindfullness in Schools https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-09-06/debates/16090642000001/MindfulnessInSchools and Calais and Dunkirk, Refugee Children https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2016-09-06/debates/16090640000432/CalaisAndDunkirkRefugeeChildren But also noticed on the news two things – that the UK is spending money on building a wall around the port entrance in Calais and also that there is at least one significant asteroid circling the Earth that […]