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What are your future travel plans?
It doesn’t have to be hot
It doesn’t have to be sandy.
I’d like there to be a pier
That is still working this year.
Maybe a promenade
Brass band playing a tango
Or Waltzers spinning and twirling
Horses galloping on the Carousel.
That would suit me very well..
Gulls stealing chips
Waves rolling in
My head in a spin
From the loud wind blowing…
And of course a stick of rock
Peppermint flavoured
The resorts name written
right through it.
What would you change about modern society?
Something needs to change. As the world gets more complicated, resources diminishing, people may be becoming more selfish?
But is that because we see so much more of the bad things going on in the world? It is only since film and TV and then the Internet that we have been able to see wars and conflicts in real time. We are not always sheltered by time or censorship of terrible events. Computers give us access to horrendous content that could change the way we think. But statistics show that in some countries crime has decreased considerably over the years.
As countries seem to be heading towards populist, right wing agendas, perhaps we should look at the ethics of news, bring in compassion and empathy. We could go back to religious rules, like turning the other cheek, enacting laws so that the weapons of war are not easily available, or working against theft and violence. But it doesn’t have to be a religious interpretation. Not all of those rules make sense. Why not work with humanitarian or humanist ethics? Listen to world courts and follow their precepts.
If compassion and empathy were taught in school we might not change the current situation but we could change our futures or our children’s futures.
Florets unfurl
The hydrangea bursts
A firework flower
Bursting into life!
I’m watching a film called Yesterday starring Himesh Patel, Lily James and Ed Sheeran. The premise is that a failing musician has a bike accident when all the power goes off in the world for 12 seconds. He wakes up in hospital and when he gets out he finds out that none of his friends have heard of the Beatles (a 1960’s and 70’s pop group).
The story continues to tell the tale of his life and integrates Beatles songs into it. I don’t want to say much more, but it’s great to hear those old songs again. The hairs on the back of my neck were standing up as I watched the film.
If you want to see something funny and life affirming on a wet Sunday night this is one worth watching.
What’s your go-to comfort food?
Just lately I could have eaten ice-cream for breakfast, dinner and tea. That’s not good. It’s the only thing I feel comfortable eating!
I like pizza, lasagne, Thai green curry, masala, sushi, fish and chips, and lots of other things. But when it’s getting hot I like ice-cream, specifically the adult sort with lots of flavour combinations. Icelandic berries, peppermint and coffee, mango fizz, (not salted caramel).
I’m happy to just eat chocolate ice-cream as long as its not too sweet. I’d try different flavours. There is apparently an ice-cream parlor in London that sells odd ones, like piccalilli, vinegar, baked beans, coffee, jaffa cake. It sounds bizarre but they even have soy sauce flavour.
I’m thinking of going to the freezer now for a small tub of the stuff!
My cat has gone missing. He’s a large cat with a distinctive smudge on his nose. He might have got shut in somewhere if he’s found a place to sleep in the shade. I’ve looked round the garden, round the back of the house. I’ve knocked on neighbours doors. I’ve been down to the pdsa but they haven’t had him handed in. I rang the local vets, but they are closed till Monday so I rang their emergency vets but they are in Nantwich. He was abandoned by his previous owners who would not speak to the cats protection league so I was never able to get his microchip changed over. He’s a very loving cat, very big, he might have gone up to someone. All I can hope is he might be asleep somewhere because of the heat. But then he comes in for a drink and food? I don’t know what to do. Posted to Facebook.
Cat jelly mould, dinosaur night lite. The dinosaur dropped on the floor and split. Unfortunately it had to go because I couldn’t glue it back together.
I’ve used the jelly mould to make a few jellies, but it was hard to use because it doesn’t like to stay upside down without propping up. It hangs on the side of the fridge now.
I just think it made an interesting photo. And although they are strange bedfellows they are both plastic and animal shaped. So I guess they go together.
A small space crammed with flowers. My sister and a friend helped me hang the baskets and cut back a lot of overhanging ivy that was shading the yard.
The main garden is quite overgrown with trees, but this is overgrown with an abundance of flowers. My plants have not needed to be watered too much because of all the rain, but now the sun’s arrived it’s glorious out there. No room for me. I keep tripping up on pots and the watering can, I admit I have to water with a hose as I cannot lift the weight of the can. I’m glad I’ve got a stick.
I often see mad gardens on TV shows so I like to try and emulate them.
And my apple tree which was behind me when I took these photos? It’s covered in big apples!
Sun shining through the kitchen window. My cctv camera seems to be being affected by the brightness of the low sun. All the colour is washed out. It looks like a black and white photo. You can see how overgrown it is. We really did create a wood by the side of the house. Cherry, walnut, eucalyptus, plum, apple, and other trees were planted over twenty years ago. They have grown large and healthy. It’s one way of mitigating my carbon footprint I guess.
Dogs or cats?
Cats are very loving, except when they give you the cold shoulder! They are aloof but also demanding. They can be funny.
One advantage, you don’t have to take them for a walk, just install a catflap!
They can be cheeky, friendly, mad, crazy, and run about so fast they are like miniature cheetahs!
They like company, and will try and get your attention when you least expect it. Walking over your keyboard and flopping down just as you get to that important clause in the contract you were writing.
By the way I still like dogs, but I’ve grown up with cats and I love them.
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