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A Day with Open Spirit
A wee journey across the water. Starting with a pop into the local rural Post Office . Whilst on the shore we could see this sea container ship. . So on this lovely day we embarked our wee ferry. . Such A blue lovely day on the rolling waves abord the...
Wildflower meadows
Wildflower meadows come under the heading, unimproved grassland. They originate from the late mesolithic, the very early years of farming, when land management was in its infancy and included, light grazing, annual hand cutting for forage and burning....
Cycling
Do cycle lanes have a disproportionate amount of space. On the Embankment in London the new cycle lanes are carrying more people in total than the parallel road, in about a quarter of the space. Cycle lanes are very efficient. There may be places where...
Lists? Who needs lists?
Who needs a list???... get up, go to work, come home, go to bed , get up, go to work, come home, go to bed, get up go to work, come home......… seriously I have been doing that since I left school.....
The natural world
How many products do you use that do not rely on the natural world? Do you consume vegetables and fruit and believe in so doing you are obtaining vitamin C? Do you consume milk and believe you are obtaining calcium? Are there no materials in the products...
Indoor plants are fun,
Indoor plants are fun, and there’s always more to learn and experiment with. For example some plants are CAM plants, which means they produce oxygen at night. Most of these plants are succulents or epiphytes, and the CAM mechanism is one which allows...
sharon fruit /persimmon
sharon fruit /persimmon I expect there are loads of kinds of sharon fruit /persimmon, but over here they fall into two main categories: the kind that's longer than it is wide, and the kind that's a more squashed, tangerinish shape, wider than long. The...
Land reform
A contention that oligarchic power is rooted in the ownership and control of land has been amply vindicated by the response of oligarchic power ... This all started in Tudor times, when good public land was taken by the rich and powerful, leaving only...
Three envelopes
Three envelopes ...an incoming manager is replacing a recently fired outgoing manager. On his way out, the outgoing manager hands the new manager three envelopes and remarks, "when things get tough, open these one at a time." About three months goes by...
Summer heat so be careful
There's a lot to do when the weather is right: family picnics, working on your tan at the beach, a homerun derby on the softball field, endless hours on the golf course, or lounging in your backyard hammock. Unfortunately, too much fun in the sun can...