15th October Blog Action Day 2009 - It's Here!
I run several blogs and have put up a different post for this day on each of them. I wanted to try and reach a balance between being informative and providing a means of taking action.Climate change can affect us in so many ways. It's not all about the global catastrophe that may occur tomorrow or in 500 years as depicted in films such as The Day After Tomorrow, there are very real and small changes occurring all the time, the impact of which may not be realised until it is too late, or until... Read Full Story
Porcupine Tree
I went to see PT last Friday, they were awesome! They played the first disc of The Incident as the first half. It is an amazing album, I feel as if I have know it for years, it is a thing of beauty and I cannot get enough. Here's a bit of it!! Read Full Story
Sky Watch Friday # 50 - At Last it Rained
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Heavy Cloud, No Rain
I have had this song in my head for days. I am desperate for rain and we have not had any significant rain for over 6 weeks now. I have newly planted trees drooping all over and my clients do not want to pay to water them. It is a costly affair but so very vital.Drought stress can cause irreversible damage to a trees ability to photosynthesise, to feed itself.This is one of my favourite albums ever. I love the whole album without exception and think it to be Sting's best.If you are not famili... Read Full Story
Sunday is...
For me Sunday is the best day of the weekend. I am used to a more relaxed routine, the chores for the weekend have been taken care of on Saturday and there is little left to do other than the things I want to do.We have leisurely walks with the dogs, walks around the garden with sporadic bouts of weeding, I get to visit blogs I treasure and post some things myself, and in the afternoon I cook.I really like the kitchen in my house. It is reasonably big and the afternoon sun streams in through ... Read Full Story
Camera Critters 7 # Lapwing
I visited the local reservoir again yesterday to enjoy the strong winds we had by the waters edge, and to see how many birds were there still. There were not many! However these little chaps seem to be there all year round.They are so graceful in flight and remind me of bats. They are however shy and I had to try and sneak up on them to get some shots.The pictures in flight were taken with my big lens without tripod on multi exposure setting.I took just short of 200 shots in all and probably ... Read Full Story
Sky Watch Friday # 49
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Blog Action Day 2009 - 15th October
I have been planning my Blog Action Day posts for the 15th October as I want a different post for each of my blogs. The post for this blog is done and I am quite excited about getting it out there!I have an idea for The Green Man and have also started on my post for Evolved.It's been a very thought provoking process. I want the posts to reflect the purpose of each blog. The blog register for the day itself has increased by over 200 blogs since this time yesterday. Here is a little more inform... Read Full Story
Camera Critters #6 - Four, Three, Two, One...
I visited a local nature reserve a while back and got these shots of the Canada Geese that reside there for the summer. It was a great afternoon. Now that autumn has arrived the Geese are massing for their migration. They fly over our house in ever growing numbers collecting at the larger water holes to prepare for the off, and as usual I find myself wishing I was going with them.I love all four seasons for different reasons. Autumn displays stunning colours, fruit and leaf fall, and brings t... Read Full Story
Blog Action Day 2009 - 15th October, Climate Change
The 15th October 2009 is Blog Action Day, powered by Change.org. In their words:‘Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 will be the largest-ever social change event on the web. One day. One issue. Thousands of voices.’I have taken part in Blog Action Day for a couple of years now along with my Sister and ... Read Full Story