Crickets chirping, owls hooting, hyenas cackling and lions roaring. Mixed with the sound of a crackling, popping campfire, the smell of wood burning and a million stars clearly visible up above. Pure bliss found only in Africa. I hold my hands up and say that for learning about the wonders of nature while experiencing them […]
Archives for August 2015
Live Your Life
“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and Demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, Beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and Its purpose in the service […]
UK Woodpeckers & why they don’t get brain damage
Thanks Auntie Jane for this interesting post about woodpeckers – a bird I have to admit to never giving much thought to before! (edited from original post) Woodpeckers in the UK do exist, however it is really unsusal to see them, especially in Urban Environments. I’ve probably seen four or five in the half century plus […]
18 months on & the plot was lost!
It’s been hard to know how to focus this website and ‘non- profit organisation’ in memory of Gumby. It’s only been 18 months today since he was so suddenly taken from us and in some ways it’s no time at all but in others it feels like so much longer. While I cannot say that […]
Plastic free experiment #2 Off to a very slow start
Hello hello! Ok so living plastic free is REALLY tough! I cannot believe how much plastic there is absolutely EVERYWHERE! And I am so much more reliant on it than I even suspected I was. I really thought after my first post about this that it would be easy to go shopping and reduce the […]