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- I Love A Lassie is a perennial favourite in Scotland. This song became a worldwide hit in English speaking countries during the early 1900s. I Love A Lassie I love a lassie, a bonnie Hielan' lassie, If you saw her you would fancy her as well: I met...
What a day. Horse riding and kitchen. A choice of what to do. Stay in the kitchen. Or Adventure on a horse. Pancakes are nice. Cantering out is brill What a choice Do them both.... ... can't do both or just stay in bed. A nice comment from DSF @Addlepated...
Roobarb angers the Viking Gods So Roobarb runs away ............................................................................ When the moon rises up with the gang of robbers where going out and stealing . When then was the sun the birds have realised...
There has been a legend for many years that the Ark of the Covenant is in the Saint Mary of Zion Church in Axum, Ethiopia. This legend is based on a story that the Ark was smuggled out of Jerusalem by Menelik I, the supposed son of a union between the...
Winter is coming soon, and with it the greatest polluter of the 21st century - smog. Fortunately, we know a good way to reduce air pollution in our homes. Plants Remember that plants will not remove smog completely, but they significantly improve air...
Mbappe plays for PSG in the French league Mbappe was excellent against Argentina He really reminds me of the Brazilian Ronaldo to be honest. Has a natural striker's instinct and is quick in the box but is also a hard, fast and relentless dribbler, dropping...
at the heart of school reform and it must recognise a diverse population of individuals who have a right to access from birth to death. Pedagogy tells us to view education as a continuum, but our system does not truly allow for this. Additionally schools...
saving seeds store seeds in paper bags - we keep paper bags of all sizes ready for this purpose in summer/autumn - and let seeds dry out in the bags in a cool airy place; once dry and sorted from the chaff, seeds can be kept in small paper bags inside...
The 'megascience' of mycology Fungal diversity lies at the core of our ecosystems and thankfully both academicians and citizen scientists are beginning to make inroads into knowledge of the Fungi kingdom. The British Mycological Society has been active...
Cool, briny pickles straight from the fridge are one of the simplest pleasures of summer. Quick pickling is also a brilliant solution for preserving a plethora of vegetables from the market or your garden. Quick pickling doesn’t require canning or a bushel...
As the pandemic lockdown has demonstrated, more people have come to appreciate the significance and importance of their gardens, allotments and parks, people have at least had a go at growing their own food is another stage in addressing that 'disconnect'....
As far as the UK is concerned, the £400bn cost of covid this year has been "paid for" already by quantitative easing - the Bank of England has bought back roughly that amount of Gilts/bonds from the financial institutions with newly created money, and...
Catholic Church in Northern Ireland is deeply unhappy at how the Executive shut churches as Advent starts. Archbishop Eamon Martin says: "I cannot understand how a person may still go to an off-licence to buy alcohol but might not be permitted to visit...
I have just planted lots of tulips in containers. I was so grateful for them this year in the lockdown. I’ve also planted some tiny irises. My main challenge is to make sure that rabbits don’t dig them up (the rabbits also provided lots of entertainment...
The Verge There’s a place on verges to grow more than grass and weeds. As horticulturists say, “there’s a place for every plant and a plant for every place” but one of the big problems is, that, the verge needs to be a place for people to access if needed...
War, Famine and diseases are the normal for humanity. This is what humanity has always faced, most of us are lucky we have lived in a period of time which has been OK. We also live in a country that hasn't had to face anything horrific for many decades....
The beginnings of the weekend with rain and gales of wind a glance out of the window with leaves billowing astray All is good A sleepy sun still sleeps As we emerge so early A breakfast in darkness Sunshine only within all is good Loch Long on one side...
So quiet all around except for the gentle rustle of falling leaves. Breakfasting from those tasty berries than where picked this morning from the garden. Warmth inside as the chill air contrasts of the lovely natural world outside. Happiness from the...
A joy of the day is to spend some time in the garden Seaweed that I had got earlier this year has dried and stored at a pile at the side in a corner. Now at this time of the season to prepare the earth before winter truly arrives we take a lot of this...
Honey and melted butter on toast. A simple lovely tasty easy breakfast Warming hands on a perfect coffee Happy at home . Happy with delight All is good A spade. a rake and a saw wait patiently For small spurts of work in the garden A few minutes out whilst...
Scottish morning Quarantine brings the world around so alive. Great to see my blind neighbour walking down the hill for the local bus with his guide dog, shouting out to him from my garden and shouted out a conversation well over the distance required...
lockdowns are justified at first as a preventative, cautious measure. If a half-decent vaccine is never found or not found within a year or two a fairly horrible decision will have to be made to just "live with the virus." But as treatments improve, and...
Back then (way before today) foreign made goods had a mystique. Also France could not compete with West Yorkshire textiles. So Paris built their brands around fashion and what was chic, not function. It was a successful move. For some reason Paris and...
Layers and a waterproof outerlayer are the essentials to staying comfortable outdoors in winter, they don't need to be expensive either, one of the best bits of kit I have had was a cheap cagoule that you can still buy for under £20.00, don't rely on...
Getting eggs right can be surprisingly tricky. I believe the great French restaurateur Fernand Point used to judge the skills of potential apprentices by asking them to fry him an egg. This wa some great advice that we got today from USA FunnyFarmer @CharlieWhiskey...
