My loyal fans. LOL

 Good morning. 

Here's a couple of funnies for you. Landed here just before midnight last night. 

I sense that someone is a tad annoyed. 😄😵😝

Oh well, never mind. LET THEM. 💙💚💛💜💖

One day they might grow up. 

Catch ya later. Toodle pip.   ilona 

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9 hours ago

More bloody virtue signalling.

By the way Valentines Day is well over.

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9 hours ago

Why do you giggle once you have said you are litter picking. Bloody hell this video is boring…you park your car! Nah can’t take anymore

I went for a walk today.

Aye up me ducks. Flying Fanny here. No flying today, a nice steady amble along a five mile walk. No picking stick, no bag, no yellow vest. Not picking today, it's my day off. Not many photo's to show. I love fluffy white cotton wool clouds. 

I looked into the distance and thought this would make a nice picture. Quite a lot of zoom needed. Grazing sheep and a lot of seagulls. 

Bet you don't know what this is. Could be a mountain range in Mongolia. 

Don't be silly. It's a pile of rotting grass cuttings in the corner of a turf field. 

The sun is going down. 

This made me laugh tonight. A pop up in the corner of my screen. A new video has been recommended to me. Erm, I made it, I know what it's about. 

And here it is. 

Now I am tired and Mayze is pestering me for a cuddle.

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

Full to the brim.

Good evening. 

There is an event coming up soon. It's a Tabletop sale in the Village Hall, and I have booked a pitch. The intention is to go through my drawers and cupboards and dig out some unwanted stuff and sell it off very cheap. The plan is not to make money, but to clear out some of my clutter. 

I need to transport my stuff to the venue, so I have modified my shopping trolley to do the job. First remove the bag. I have a set of three plastic drawers, and some zip-locks.  

As you can see, the platform that the bag, now the boxes, stands on is not very big. I have extended it with a metal cooling rack. All held together with zip-locks. 

 

This will do the job nicely. If I want more capacity I can add another box to the top of it. Bungee elastics will hold it all together. 

This afternoon I went back to the Industrial Estate to check out the mega grot spot, which had been tackled by some members of the Scunthorpe Litter Picking Group on Sunday. I expected to see some improvement, but was surprised that it looked much the same as I saw it a week ago when I made the video. 

I had a couple of hours to spare so I set about filling a couple of red sacks. I thought it would be sensible to separate the litter. Here we have 300 drinks cans. All stamped on and flattened by me. Yes I counted them.  

Way much lighter but bulkier, 90 plastic drinks bottles. What a job it is to tie the tops of the bags when they are full to the brim. 

As you can see from these pics, there is still a lot more to tidy up. To be honest it needs a team and a full week to get rid of it all. 

This corner of the Estate is a dead end and is only seen by the people who walk up and down from home to work and back again. I don't feel inclined to give my time to it. It's quite a big Industrial Estate so I will litter pick along the edges of the through roads. Then people might see a difference and think twice about chucking litter about. 

That's it for tonight. I see that 'To Sir with Love' full movie, is on yoootooob, so I'm going to watch that.

Thanks for popping in. Toodle pip.   ilona

New duck pond.

 Good morning

It is Tuesday and the sun is shining. Mr and Mrs Duck have been for their breakfast and are trying out their new plastic pond. Mrs Duck takes a dip while the Mr watches over her, just in case any of those pesky cats get a little bit too close for comfort. Mayze watches from the comfort of the window sill above the radiator. 

Let's see what the day brings. I have choices. I can do what I like. All my red bags have been collected by the Council truck, so where to next. 

Make sure that you have a good day. 

Thanks for popping in. Catch ya later. Toodle pip.   ilona

What I did yesterday

Good moaning, ooops sorry, morning. Forgot myself for a minute. 😁😘😵

This is the house on the corner of where I parked yesterday to start a litter pick. The people love having birds in their garden, and scatter copious amounts of bird seed to encourage them to come on in. It's nosh time. 

Every time something disturbed them they took flight. I tried to capture them in the air and almost got run over by traffic coming around the corner. Good job I had my yellow vest on. 

Like a scene from an Alfred Hitchcock's film. 

I planned to do a short stretch of road that I hadn't had time to finish on Saturday. It is never as easy as you think it might be. A lot of the litter was partially buried in the long grass. Some people only use the red bags, but they are very heavy when full. I have my own method. Fill two carrier bags first, walk back to the car, then empty them into the red sack. I did this up and down method twice, First one side, then the other. 

Oooh look what I found. 

There is a bus shelter with a litter bin next to it, so that's where I left my two bags. The Council will be along today to take them away. I will check on that later, as well as the two other piles I parked elsewhere. 

Remember the video I did on the possible next location for picking? The grottiest spot I have ever seen, it's on and Industrial Estate. Well it came up on the Scunthorpe pickers page last night. Someone has been to sort it out. Oh gooodie I thought, I don't have to do it. But, reading the report more closely it seems that they didn't do the whole length of it. Yes, they got 18 bags out, but there is still a lot left. I will go and have a look, to see if there is more to be done. 

Now I need to wash my hair before I go to Crafty Club.

Thanks for popping in. Catch ya later. Toodle pip.    ilona

Party Political Broadcast

Good morning. 

It's a bit overcast, no sun as yet but we can live in hope. Look on the bright side, it's not raining. 

WARNING. This is a politically incorrect post. It is said that you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but what is the first thing you see in front of your eyes. My gut instinct speaks to me. Yep, he is good looking, or nope, not to my liking. 

My first reaction on seeing Pierre Poilievre on my screen was WOW, now that is eye candy. As soon as he opened his mouth I just knew. I'm going to like this man. The voice, deep and velvety. Never heard of him before, but I was lured into listening to the whole interview. Naughty me, judging him on his looks. 

Watch this interview here.  7,909 comments and all positive. 

About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians.

Remember this fiasco? Trudeau made a right pigs ear of it didn't he. 

Trudeau might have been good looking but what came out of his mouth was pathetic.  

On the other hand, Pierre is one gorgeous hunk, with ooodles of common sense. You get the full package here. 

I think we should start a campaign to find the sexiest man on the planet. I nominate Pierre. 

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

Funny but not funny

 Happy Saturday

What a daft idea. Somebody tweeeeted this. 

It’s no wonder we have rising crime when the police roll out on patrol in something that looks like Postman Pat’s van! Also proving that even electric Tuk-Tuks lose 82% of their resale value in 2 years.

See story in the Dayleeee Mail 

The force said: 'Four tuk-tuk vehicles, rolled out in Newport and Abergavenny as "safe spaces" for those residing or visiting Gwent are now available to provide crime prevention advice, report incidents to and seek help from if you are feeling unsafe.

'Our tuk-tuks will be used both during the day and night, driven by our officers and "ambassadors" such as those employed by Newport NOW as part of a Newport City Council initiative.

'The tuk-tuks will be used to patrol parks, walkways and other public spaces across Newport and Abergavenny.'

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A longish litter picking walk today. I did this area a couple of weeks ago. Fresh litter found. Drinks cans and takeaway wrappers, thrown out of passing cars. Some old bottles buried in hedge bottoms. I will sleep well tonight. 

Catch ya tomorrow. Toodle pip.   ilona

There were 91 green bottles . . . .

Good evening. 

The weather has been a bit dull today. I went out for a couple of hours this afternoon. A nice and easy litter pick, or so I thought. On a nearby Industrial Estate. I drive through it sometimes and it doesn't seem too bad. A nice stroll with a bag and a stick. 

I parked in a layby, and set off down a straight and quiet road. Not many vehicles enter the Estate here, they all use the other entrance just off the main road. 

There is a roundabout at the bottom with thick hedging on it. I checked around the edges. Ooooh, quite a lot of glass bottles. I reached in with my picking stick and pulled them out. Then I went down a short dead end side road. I found more bottles. 

In total there were 91 bottles. The green bag has 30 bottles in it, which I topped up with more. That was as much as I could lift into my car.  

All loaded up. That's it, I've done enough. 

Drop them off at the other end next to the litter bin. The Council will pick them up from here. 

Five o clock, straight back home. Billy will be waiting for his walk. 

Thanks for popping in. Have a great weekend. Toodle pip.   ilona

Things are looking up

 Good morning. 

Friday morning is not looking too good outside, unlike yesterday when the sun was shining. After the litter picking and after a quick lunch, I went off to Hull for the afternoon. That's Kingston upon Hull if you are posh. 

First of all, when arriving by bus or train check the poster displayed in the Station to see if you are allowed to wander around freely. If you have been naughty and your Implied Permission has been withdrawn, get straight back on a train or a bus, and go back to where you came from. Behave yourself and stop mucking about. That is my interpretation of this poster anyway.

Let's go to Hullabaloo. Looking up at the fantastic architecture here. Wall to wall piccies. 

There you are. You don't need to go there now, you have seen it all here. 🙋🙋🙋

Thanks for popping in. The weekend is coming. Make it a good one. 

Toodle pip.   ilona