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 […]

EU

know nothing (and dont want to know) about politics …but seems a crazy thing to want to encourage UK to pull out of EU althou we are an island we don’t have to be like one apart from the benefits for trade and business and looking for jobs and homes outside of our little bit […]

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

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Identity and blackstrap molasses

these thoughts spinning round in my head the first for a few reasons but watching a film review reallised what i have been searching for. Someone described a film to be released this year as a life changing film, a search for ‘personal identity’ its about an alien absorbing information about our world. i expect […]

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, […]

Paper bag

Fluffy a few months after he arrived in a McDonalds bag

Katie’s Rosehip Syrup Recipe and two wet ponies

Rosehips are still on the bushes… and even thou days are getting longer, its dark and gloomy and rosehip syrup with lots of vitamin C will help fight off colds and flu. Around us the bridlepaths are mostly underwater and feel really sad for two old horses out in a boggy field with no shelter […]

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 […]

Good news about the Tasmanian Devils

Looked around to find out a little more about the Taz and found this link about Tazys bred in captivity being moved to new home.. but watch out for your hiking boots if you visit Looking little closer at photo, think its looks a little bit like our Fluffy, when he was smaller.. maybe hes […]

Avoca Winter Woollens

Avoca has been around since 1723 and is a family run business from County Wicklow in Southern Ireland. Its the colours and softness of the yarns – Lambswool, Angora and Mohair. Please visit our online store – not all products are uploaded yet thou, please look by again

Taking it easy

the first day

Our small fourlegged friend has made his home in a large toy mouse in our kitchen, loves his food and hides to get more… long car journey back was amazing – he was completly calm except playing some sort of miaowing game – guess people passing by may have wondered. Drove back over the Dartford […]

Black Sheep Felt Cushion Cover and Pillow

The wool to make Felt for this Cushion Cover came from a sheep with a browny/black fleece from an organically reared Zwartble herd from the Welsh mountains. The wool is sorted, washed, carded and prepared by us – every step from one Sheep to our Pillows and every one is unique and different

Sunday Pattys

Ingredients: Reasonable amount of Curly Kale Couple of lbs of new Potatoes 2 Onions 1 Cooking Apple Mozerella cheese – to taste Milk (for mash) – to taste Butter French Mustard, Salt and Pepper Handfull of Parsley Handfull of Thyme 10 slices of Bread (chopped and wizzed) 1) Make breadcrumbs – chop about 10 slices […]

Look out – giant conkers

Tom Hare – Willow Sculptor – Wakehurst Place this afternoon, strolled round Wakehurst, one of those places its good to walk and think, full of trees, flowers and lakes.. nice cakes and giant conkers.

Summer

Awesome Nona’s

Chatted to two extraodinary nonagenarians .. one busy at an allotment and another also helping her family do gardening who had flown over to visit them here in the UK – from Australia. They were both full of life and mischievous, amazing ladies probably with incredible stories to tell. One of them said that maybe the […]