The Wonderful story of Avoca – Beautiful Woollens from County Wicklow, Ireland available from Honey Beeswax

Hilary & Donald Pratt tell the story of how a young teacher and a solicitor pursued a crazy dream and ended up rescuing the Avoca Mill, saving a tradition of handweaving that had been there since 1723 Please visit our store Honey Beeswax where we sell many beautiful Throws, Baby Blankets, Scarves and Hats from Avoca […]

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Floating Flower Candles

  Beautiful Frangipan Floating Flower Candles for Gifts and Decorations for Easter, Weddings, Birthday and Pool Parties.. any Celebrations – please contact us 10% online sales goes to Global Giving projectsbecause of our Carbon Footprint

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Dreaming of India

Yesterday with just few snow flakes whirling around at tea time, we went out for a take away and visited our favorite Indian restaurant, normally we phone and collect but this time, we just called in While we waited and lovely smells drifted out of the kitchen we chatted about life, IT and India. the […]

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perhaps its about distraction

The meteorite falling to Earth on Friday seemed like something from a film and heard that if impact had been two minutes earlier it would have hit Malmo in Sweden – huge distance in 2 minutes but also heard the north of UK was on same latitude, so a subtle shift in angle and some […]

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Waddesdon Manor

    Beautiful Renaissance style Chateau built by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild waiting for an army of groundsmen to make it sparkle again. We visited on a late winter afternoon, with statues in the grounds still covered and shutters drawn but still possible to imagine how this incredible chateau must look in the spring with shutters open and fountains […]

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Tardis

Yesterday we were driving along when the Tardis lurched infront of us and rattled off at a great pace, lights flashing.. and continued to the motorway and disappeared in the direction of London This Tardis was, cover your ears.. a sewage truck, an amazing looking truck with two red antennae and large red flashing light. Trying not […]

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3000 people in confined space

… and then flu Some wise old bird said to me while i was sitting nearby wishing i was home in bed.. my head feeling like it was going to explode and eyes feeling like burning coal mines disappearing into the center of my head but on stalks at the same time.. if thats possible […]

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Humanity

Thinking about what David Attenborough was quoted as saying.. that “Humanity is a plague on the Earth and needs to be controlled by limiting population growth” otherwise “Its coming home to roost over the next 50 years or so” Have great respect for him and can understand i think where he is coming from but also think and […]

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Fluffy

In his search for food our little black cat zooms around like he is rocket propelled.. you turn round while quietly checking the food situation in the fridge yourself and there he is his little black face with huge round green eyes intensely surveying you..my son says that he teleports but maybe wonder if our […]

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Money to be made available to access modern, psychological therapies over next four years

Have been told that an additional payment of around £400 million is to be made available to improve access to modern, evidenced-based psycological therapies over the next 4 years – current programme extended offering personalised support to 3.2 million people across the UK – to give access to a choice of psychological therapies including CBT, […]

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