Selsey Lifeboat

Yesterday was my dad’s birthday and we went with them back to his old stamping grounds – sun shining and the sea was fairly calm. This lifeboat station is being decommissioned and being replaced with one launching from the beach. Feel sort of sad about this We found the place, his grandfather was born too, […]

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September Art Festival – Lindfield

Hoping to take part in an Art Festival in Lindfield in the autumn this year that includes interactive art and video – the theme is Past, Present, Future. Voluntered to be involved with a workshop recording people’s responses to questions connected to the theme.  Thinking about creating a small space like a small circus booth […]

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Wish i had a rowing boat

then with all this rain, we could row up our lane .. in fact its not that bad, only parts of the road are flooded.. middle of night last night, before another heavy downpour, heard an owl outside, so close it almost sounded like it was on the roof, wondered if it had sneaked in […]

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Snow Heart

the most popular legend about snowdrops is that when Adam and Eve were expelled from Garden of Eden, it snowed and snowed and Eve sat weeping and an angel wanted to comfort Eve and held out their hand and caught a snowflake and breathed on it and it fell to earth as the first snowdrop […]

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Waiting for mr mouse

Driving past a field, noticed this cat sitting very still besides the hedge, something about it, made me curious. we were looking for Hebridian and Jacob sheep that we were told were in a field next to a pub nearby – but we never found them and the pub was closed so we drove on […]

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Earthworms, Cherrys

Was wondering how earthworms cope with all this rain and what is the knock on effect on the quality of the Soil? Heavy rain brings out a flood of earthworms above ground, because thou they need moisture or they will die and dont have lungs, they still need oxygen We are renting a cherry tree […]

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Bridging the river Thames with trees

“Two innovative new bridges are set to change the landscape and the environment of the Thames, if current proposals are given the go-ahead. Named the Garden Bridge and the Diamond Jubilee Footbridge, these two new structures would give priority to pedestrians and look to add to the natural surroundings rather than damage them. First, there’s […]

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Nelson Mandela… an inspiration

Very sad to hear that Nelson Mandela died last night, Among the many tributes was his own thoughts “I would like to be remembered not as anyone unique or special, but as part of a great team in this country that has struggled for many years, for decades and even centuries,” he said. “The greatest […]

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