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  • Painting the Town Pink

    21 May 2018

    This was in Glasgow as they painted the town pink. It was filled with thousands of women and girls laughing, smiling and enjoying the day. Raising money for cancer charities and raising awareness to their cause. /

  • The immersion in Duolingo is now history

    19 January 2017

    A critical part of Duolingo that was the translation immersion has now been discarded Duolingo is a real and vibrant community with the immersion. The immersion helped mutual help, understanding and genuine friendships Based on this lovely shared passion...

  • Immersion

    09 January 2017

    Immersion is something on Duolingo But today it disappeared for everybody. Very strange but then it came again must have been a glitch The Immersion has often disappeared but often for a temporary period However If the articles still exist, and you can...

  • Nature alive with a flying ant

    17 June 2017

    Here is such a clear picture of such clarity to bring this insect alive to our eyes. This was a picture done by the talented @crunchyscallop

  • Summer Churning in Scotland

    04 June 2017

    Churning should take place at least twice a week in summer. Esther Copley, Cottage Comforts, England 1825 Always a pleasure to work a little bit hard to get so much pleasure

  • GAB social media popular in Germany

    03 June 2017

    The GAB users in Germany have now overtaking those in America The exclusion of so many from twitter have led to an exodus to GAB Dr. Artur Braun · commented this - "That's thanks to the German Department of Justice which has forced Twitter to censor posts...

  • A poem by bella

    30 May 2017

    It's like a poem! I like it. Living in the lively city Waiting for the subway Wishing for the countryside A tree with a windy day To sit under. this was done by Bella926919 Bella https://www.duolingo.com/Bella926919

  • Christopher North (1785-1854)

    26 May 2017

    Christopher North Laws were made to be broken Christopher North (1785-1854) He was professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University (1820–1851).

  • A Glasgow song in Scotland

    23 May 2017

    Murder murder polis, three stairs up, The wumman in the middle door hit me wi a cup, Ma face is a' blood, and ma nose is a' cut, Murder murder polis, three stairs up. Polis = The Police

  • Bringing the world alive

    22 May 2017

    Bring the world alive Take a paper plate and imagine as to what it could be . A sun, a face, a hat We sit and smile as to what it could be all the things it will be to bring our world alive

  • Sir David Lindsay (1490-1555)

    22 May 2017

    Sir David Lindsay (1490-1555) What vails your kingdom, and your rent, And all your great treasure; Without ye haif ane mirrie lyfe, And cast aside all sturt, and stryfe. Sir David Lindsay (1490-1555) . . Sir David Lyndsay was a Scottish well regarded...

  • Bono: In a tax haven.

    07 November 2017

    Anti-poverty campaigner Bono has so much money he didn’t know some of it bought a piece of a Lithuanian shopping centre via a tax haven. . This was added by wendy @wbvt_98fm Wendy would also like to add springsteen and bonjovi to the list They live in...

  • Allan Cunningham (1784-1842)

    17 May 2017

    Allan Cunningham (1784-1842) It’s hame and it’s hame, hame fain wad I be. O,hame, hame, hame to my ain countree! Allan Cunningham (1784-1842) .

  • Robert Burns (1759-1796)

    14 May 2017

    Robert Burns (1759-1796) The story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice in my veins which will boil along there till the flood-gates of life shut in eternal rest. Robert Burns (1759-1796) William Wallace, one of Scotland's greatest national heroes,...

  • Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897)

    12 May 2017

    Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) Happiness dies, love fails, but art is forever Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) She was a Scottish writer, who usually wrote as Mrs. Oliphant . Her fictional works encompass "domestic realism, the historical novel and tales...

  • A lovely day of cycling

    16 August 2017

    A lovely day of cycling I was just cycling in this forest path with I noticed the bare roots showing up. It is quite unusual for normally the roots are buried in the earth

  • A lovely day

    11 May 2017

    A lovely day Here was me waiting for the local bus and there comes a Nuclear Submarine passing by with an escort. Not everyday but often enough. By the time it passed that post the bus had arrived and took me to the ferry pier. The start to a lovely...

  • Whisky

    06 May 2017

    Drinking whisky There are two rules for drinking whisky, First, never drink whisky without water, and second, never take water without whisky. Chic Murray (1919-1985) And rule number three, don´t delude the water of life with ice! Bernard bf2010

  • Monday morning dreams

    06 February 2017

    Lovely day all is good ........................ "When the stars begin to fade, the sun shall rise. When the night turns to day, we must find the dawn

  • Ammil

    03 May 2017

    Ammil Not so often, but there it is .......--- Ammil - something to make you sit and pause wandering through today In a nice pleasant forest. . Ammil is a term used to describe the film of ice that lacquers all leaves, twigs and grass blades when a freeze...

  • T.S Eliot (1888-1965)

    17 April 2017

    T.S Eliot (1888-1965) Here the crow, here the patient stag Breeds for the rifle. Between the soft moor And the soft sky, scarcely room To leap or soar. T.S Eliot (1888-1965) ["Rannoch Moor"] .

  • Duccio di Buoninsegna: The Virgin and Child

    03 April 2017

    Duccio di Buoninsegna: The Virgin and Child 1308 This was painted on wood was part of a triptych. It would have been in the centre of the triptych. Often when going through the National Gallery I will seek it out and spend a few minutes In contemplation...

  • The smeuse

    01 May 2017

    The smeuse On a Spring afternoon, there was bustle and a hustle in and out the smeuse comes and goes the world A busy natural world, dormouse, hedgehog ,nestling lark, with lots of things to do as they pass each other busily by. Smeuse is a hole or gap...

  • Frigate like a book

    15 March 2017

    There is no frigate like a book to take us lands away, nor any coursers like a page of prancing poetry This traverse may the poorest take without oppress of toll. How frugal is the chariot that bears a human soul. By Emily Dickinson

  • The American cities are losing 36 million trees a year,

    10 May 2018

    36 million trees a year are being lost in the USA, Scientists warn of environmental threats rising from trend that is ‘likely to continue unless policies are altered’ Trees do improve city living, so its worrying that so may trees are being lost not just...