Looking after our neighborhood

… never forget, you are awesome

Touch of frost

Lift my hat to Norway

Trying to find out about the mountain peak collapse of Mount Mannen in Norway – heavy rain seems to be the cause. Old news, perhaps everyone but me already knew about it but (with a nod to my dad) – take imaginary hat off to Norway. If its true – perhaps we should all be […]

Poverty Alliance

Thank you for passing by – Poverty Alliance It is very impressive to see how Cuba is reaching out – it doesn’t have to be about money, althou this helps, more about helping pull someone up when they are down

Vitamin D – Could it stop modern diseases?

“An award-winning writer and scientist believes a deficiency of Vitamin D in pregnant women is behind the increase in conditions such as MS, diabetes, schizophrenia and asthma” Oliver Gillie – 2014/The Telegraph (to continue to read the article – you need to pay for a subscripton to the newspaper)

Rainbow Organic Chocolates – Brighton Open Market

Lhasa Apso and Born Free Piglet

This is ‘Fluffums’ – a Lhasa Apso Tibetan Terrier and ‘Born Free’ Pig. Met Fluffums at a market. Unfortunately as i’m learning, probably didn’t get the angle of his head right – he held it a little higher, especially around other dogs and perhaps his body should be just a little shorter. But reasonably pleased […]

Bunnys

Went up to look at the bunny den at the top of our garden.. have thrown a few things in to try and deter them, some large clods of earth and a few large rocks. But they have dug them all out and little stranger, where we have planted a few dozen lavender plants in […]

London Road Regeneration

The Open Market area in Brighton is part of London Road Regeneration…more and the original market was established by returning WW1 serviceman The market is run as a social enterprise and the 12 studio workshops include ‘Open Arts’ that provides therapeutic support and social enterprise opportunities to people with Asperger’s, Autism and Learning Disabilities through […]

Open Market – Like Tea?

We dont sell at the Open Market any more but first time we had a stall there, impressed that this new market housed many permanent small businesses, open studios upstairs (there is a lift in the corner – looks a little like getting into a white tardis) and traders like us on the big floor […]

Secret Squirrel

Sitting underneath fir trees this morning and reallised something in the branches above was pelting me with bits of pine cone.. bits a little nibbled, were flying thru the air almost on target, until the middle bit of the pine cone came flying down as well. maybe he was just having a bad day

Herefordshire Herd at Sullington

Herd of Herefords at the bottom of South Downs We grew up with a pet Hereford cow called Curly, so for me this is a field of Curly’s Our Curly had long and happy life in her own field and apple orchard and once got drunk stealing apples from the trees. She had a wry […]

Coastline – m.joy

Storm coming althou in the distance sun is still shining

Brighton and Lewes Downs Unesco Biosphere

Brighton and Lewes Downs are now a UNESCO World Biosphere site (Ditchling is included) UNESCO have included the Brighton & Lewes Downs internationally recognised for: We are the first completely new World Biosphere site established in the UK for almost 40 years, the first ever in south-east England and one of only a handful worldwide […]

Pevensey Bay

On our way home, we were looking for the road that runs past Pevensey Castle and took a wrong turning and found our way down to the beach at Couden, very old fashioned seaside beach. We drove along very small single track road between the sea and Pevensey Levels on our way, many sheep […]

Quantum dot Windows

“Quantum dots could help solar cells efficiently harvest more sunlight, opening up new potential applications – but there are disadvantages. House windows that double as solar panels could be on the horizon, thanks to recent quantum-dot work by Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers” …. more

Dutch Rooster

Mossy tree and Bluebells

Handmade Wooden Plant Labels

When its been windy and been windy a lot this winter, we go out and look for fallen wood and cut/split branches then sand and burn on the name of plant/vegetable. We can make to order, just email us what you want. Our wooden plant labels are solid and easy to see in the ground. Handmade Wooden […]

Tree, frosty early spring morning

something about this tree, early morning with a touch of frost.. more personal, first time able to walk without thinking too much about foot and able to drive again, small things but notice how small things have big impact