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Strewth! Give me strength. Believe this claptrap if you like. I prefer to go it alone. 

Toodle pip.   ilona

Try listening to Dr Suneel Dhand. 

Millions are being harmed by over treatment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErFgVCO27BA

Good ideas

 Good morning. I am so excited. Litter picking is taking off in a big way. I have just found this faceboook page on dealing with the bags when they fill up and become too heavy to carry. People are so inventive. 

Thanks to UK Litterpicking Groups for these ideas. I need to be more organised, I need a set of wheels. 

Happy Tuesday. Catch ya later. Toodle pip.   ilona

A busy Monday

Good evening. 

I've been multi tasking today. First a visit to the Village Hall for the Crafty Club. It was a bit quiet, heads down let the stitching and knitting begin. Once the coffee was served things livened up a bit and the conversation flowed. 

Back home for lunch I need some shopping so why not combine that trip to town with a litter picking session. I parked my car and cleared this section of a busy road. I have walked this route many times before, it looked a terrible mess. Now it's all clean. I left the bag of litter and some other rubbish under the road sign. I hope a Council pickup truck comes along and takes it away. 

I just made it back to the car as the heavens opened. It was a short, but very heavy shower. Aldi was quiet. I think a lot of families have gone away as it's half term holidays. £66 spent. Sorry no details on what I bought. 

It was dark when I came out of Aldi. I stopped on the way home to get a photo of the Fun Fair in full swing with all the lights on. Not many cars in the car park. Not surprised, it's flipping freezing cold. 

Dinner tonight was the second portion of cauliflower and potato stew. I chucked some frozen beans in as well for good measure. 

Catch ya tomorrow. Toodle pip.   ilona

Some waffle

Good evening.

I need a haircut. I'll get around to doing it as soon as a warmish day comes along. I cut it outside so I don't have a mess to clear up inside. 

Here is a video I recorded yesterday on my walk back home. It's just a bit of waffle so you might not want to bother watching it. I won't mind. I scroll through a lot of videos that I watch. Some of them are a bit repetitive. You don't have to click the 'like' button on mine, or subscribe, if you don't want to. I don't bother to check my stats, and have no idea what an algorithm looks like.  

I did an hours litter picking this afternoon. It has been raining for most of the day and I needed to get out of the house. Now I am yawning, I am winding down towards bedtime. 

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

What's happening at the Funfair.

Good evening. 

Have you had a good Saturday? I had one of those spontaneous get off your backside and go outside moments. The sun was shining and if I am quick I can just about make the 1pm bus to town. 

On the way back I took a slightly different route. Maybe I'll find something else to photograph. There is a shortcut path from the main road through to an Industrial Estate. I'll go that way instead. I came across this very nice yellow Volvo. It was parked in the corner away from the factories. The back door of the trailer was open and I couldn't resist having a nosey inside. There was a smell of cooking, and the driver had a pan of stew on the go on his camping stove. I said hello, he hesitated to reply. I asked him where he was from. Romania he replied. His English was almost non existent so it was difficult to have a conversation. I am happy to chat to any drivers who find themselves parked up and  away from home. I could see it was going to be difficult so I waved him goodbye and left him to get on with his meal.  

I came out of the Industrial Estate opposite the Raceway where the Funfair was taking place. I went to see how it was getting on. Is it busy, have they got enough customers. There were a lot of cars in the carpark, and some of the rides and stalls were busy. I took a few pictures. The sunshine had brought people out. Look at the blue sky. 

This is a trampoline ride. Strap your little one into a harness and let them bounce to their hearts content. 

Fancy a ride in the sky. Swinging chairs towering above everything else. 

Now are you all strapped into your seat. Let's get started then. 

Swing high, swing low, hold tight. 

You want to go higher!

Ok, here you go then. Help, let me get off, I feel sick, ha ha. 😨😵😬

Coming back down. Thank goodness for that. 

The flying chairs waiting for customers. This would be more my thing. It doesn't throw you around. 

£4 for a big sausage. They had a steady queue of customers. 

An old favourite, Hook a Duck. Great fun for the little ones. 

Even with the sun shining it was bitterly cold. I carried on walking back home.  

That's my daily dose of fresh air done. 

Thanks for popping in. Enjoy your Sunday. Toodle pip.   ilona

Let's Restore Britain.

 Good luck Rupert. 

Toodle pip.   ilona

Work exchange visit cancelled

Good morning.

The sun is shining but it is very cold. I have had to break the ice on the birds drinking bowls scattered about on the lawn. 

I came across this snippet of news last night, so a quick copy and paste was all I had time for before I went to bed. So What's it all about? You might get the gist of it if you have time to read it. The text on the letter might be a bit difficult to read, sorry, not had time to edit it. 

VictoriaAtkins

URGENT letter to Home Secretary about animal welfare.

@ukhomeoffice

ministers have stopped 75 highly skilled sheep shearers from coming to the UK for this year’s sheep shearing season.

@natsheep

tell me that Australian and Kiwi shearers usually shear 1.5-2 million sheep in our warm months to prevent heat stroke and disease. The Home Office must u-turn on this decision urgently before the season starts in two months.

Comments from other sources. 

The government is trying to stop 75 highly skilled sheep shearers from coming to the UK for this year’s sheep shearing season.

All part of Starmer's campaign to bankrupt the UK farmers.

Preventing Australian/Kiwi Sheep Shearers from entering the UK at the height of season appears to be part of an all out attack on Farmers by its own Govt as well as this being animal cruelty.

For years there's been a partnership & friendships between Australian NZ & UK shearers & surrounding communities.

So I guess the shearers from the UK won't be able to go to NZ & Australia either. For years this partnership & friendship has existed & a petty bureaucratic breaks it. Another part of our culture destroyed

Photo from my blog post, 3rd June 2010. On holiday in Dorset. 

I chatted to the young lady as they were getting ready. She told me they are from Lanarkshire, and they go all over the world shearing sheep. They have 350 to do here today.

A story about the Labour Government trying to stop the sheep shearers coming here to help out with the mammoth task of shearing all our sheep within a limited amount of time. So what happens when our sheep shearers want to go there to work on their shearing programme? 

Have a good weekend. Toodle pip.   ilona

Me again - are you keeping up.

Good evening.

Still cold, still wet. I managed to find a half hour window this afternoon when it stopped raining, to take Billy a walk. 

Lunch yesterday was half a tin of mushy peas, half a tin of butter beans. Warm in a Pyrex bowl in the microwave. Add a couple of shakes of garlic granules, and two teaspoons of sweet and sour sauce. A bit unusual for a meal, but it was fine, and cheap.  

Crafty wise I am playing with face masks, I have 50 of them. I want to paint them in different colours. It's an experiment at the moment. Using acrylic paint and diluting it with water. They look a bit blotchy  so I might have to soak them several times to get the density I want. This may take a while. 😟😜😴

I put out this video yesterday. I started a new mandala. It's smaller than the previous ones.  

Who will survive when it all goes tittts up? We are being led into a dark place. Do we have to go? No we don't. Better to prepare now.

Now it's time to chill with a glass of cider. Thanks for popping in. Have a good weekend.

Toodle pip.   ilona

Pure Genius

 This is genius. Very emotional. Brought tears to my eyes. Full sound. 

It is sometimes difficult to put into words what genius is. But you do feel it when you experience it. This is Jacob Collier as he improvises with an orchestra performing with the world's first Audience Symphony Orchestra in San Francisco, a gathering of fans from all over North America, conducted by Suzie Collier. In the middle of the show, this happened - no rehearsal, no sheet music, no prior discussion.

Catch ya later. ilona

EDIT.

If you like that, you will love this. A longer version on yoootooob. Make this your treat for the weekend.

 

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EDIT AGAIN.

Unbelievable. I have just read some of the comments on twitter. Some of them are very critical, very scathing. This is the nature of the internet and social media. The state of the world is going downhill fast. It doesn't matter what you put out there, no matter how enjoyable it is, how good it is, there are always people who want to pull you down.