Hi, . This is a post which is interesting for everyone, never mind just the tree-huggers amongst us. . In the Parks of America there are some groves of the Giant Sequoia Trees, which are giant Redwoods. . These amazing trees measure huge circumferences around their trunk. . In fact, as a child, I can [...]
Nov
6
2011
6
2011
Nov
4
2011
4
2011
Lemmings Will Love This Place!
Hey Folks, . This post is especially for any of you Lemmings who happen to be reading my post today….so, you don’t need to bother writing to me anymore, in order to complain that I do not try and include the concerns of such small creatures such as yourselves in my posts. . You may [...]
Oct
10
2011
10
2011
Now You See It….Now You Don’t.
Hello Monday, . After a weekend of rubbish weather, and extremely from the dampness, I was once again thinking of how much nicer it would be to live down in a place like where it is warm enough to support some quite tropical plants. And oh, the lure of more sunshine and much warmer winters. [...]
Oct
6
2011
6
2011
Wanton Destruction Finally Takes Place.
Hey, . This post is to let you know that the jobsworths have prevailed once again against the protests of just about everyone else. . You remember , Scarborough. The villagers in Ireton have been protesting for years about the decision by North County Council to cut down their beautiful 100 year old Beech tree. [...]
Oct
5
2011
5
2011
Ugghhhh Boots.
. Hi, . Once again we have reports of terrible which is apparently going on . It seems that many items of apparel which are marked as faux fur are actually produced using the fur of Raccoon Dogs. . It is also reported that many pairs of copy Ugg Boots are not made with actual [...]
Sep
25
2011
25
2011
An Everyman’s Protest.
Hi, . There is a Battle Royal underway, in a small village of about 150 houses, in . . The villagers of Irton had been fighting for five years to prevent what they consider to be the wanton and unnecessary felling of their beloved Beech tree, which is growing on a grass verge at the [...]
Sep
22
2011
22
2011
Clever Hobbitses.
Hi, . As you were rushing to leave home today, have you ever given a thought to the reasons why many of us are always tiredly dashing off to work. . Is it to pay the large mortgage upon one of the huge structures that we are encouraged to aspire to, with some houses now [...]
Jul
21
2011
21
2011
From Godzirra To Seriously Frightening Stuff.
Hi, . So it is that time again. . There have been new reports that a ” has just been spotted by an Alaskan fisherman in Cadboro Bay. It was said to be from 20′ to 30′ long with humps on the back. . So, it may be Nessie enjoying her holidays, or it is [...]
Jul
19
2011
19
2011
You Absolutely Cannot Miss This!
Hi Folks, . I have just seem something absolutely wonderful, and I want to share it with you. . A humpback whale was trapped in a discarded fisherman’s net in the Sea Of Cortez, off the coast of California. . Luckily for the whale, three men in a boat saw what they thought was a [...]
Jul
7
2011
7
2011
The Cube Project.
Hey, Hey, . I hope that all is well with yourself today….and with your home and hearth. . My thoughts have been turning to again lately, and to the changes required for a retirement move. . I have also often wondered how much ‘stuff’ we actually need instead of the mountains of ‘neccessary’ posessions that [...]
Jun
30
2011
30
2011
Wake Up Now.
Hi, . Today is a greeny issue. It is with regard to the scary changes which are taking place in the oceans….and speeding up all the time. . Project Clamer is a worldwide study, where reports from many different are gathered together, as they collaborate in a huge effort to plot the effects of climate [...]
Jun
6
2011
6
2011
Fiery Skies. Earthquake In Chile.
Hi, . Bad news on the front at the moment. . There has been a in Chile now, from a volcano in the Puyehue Cordon Caulle Chain, which contains many volcanoes. There is said to have been no major eruption there for the past half a century . There is a high plume of smoke [...]
May
24
2011
24
2011
What A Difference A Day Makes.
, . Just thinking that a little touch of Aussie charm would enliven today’s blog offering. . Oh come on, I am doing my best to give an antipodean feel to your day, without you actually having to travel there. . My Oh My, and what a wonderful day it is too. The sun is [...]
May
22
2011
22
2011
Volcanoes R Us
Good Morning, . So it is Sunday once more, amazing how regularly we keep getting them really! . The skies were very heavy and black when I got up this morning, not much sign yet of the two weeks of weather which was being forecast to begin about now. But hey, weather is a strange [...]
Apr
23
2011
23
2011
Final Warning. London Air Is Dangerous.
Hi, . I hope I find you chipper today. . We are having another very warm day again here….as forecast….but all is not well. Yesterday it ended up being a hazy sort of day here, all day, and was more chilly out of the sun too. . It turned out that there were warnings issued [...]
Feb
16
2011
16
2011
Why Oh Why!
Hi, . Greetings to you. . Although this is still a beautiful country, it seems that the problems of littering and fly tipping are getting worse everywhere. This is really strange when you think that there are Waste Management Sites all over the place, which are free and run by the council. They also have [...]
Feb
10
2011
10
2011
Taiji Cove. The Silence Of The Dolphins.
Hi, . Heartbreaking stuff again, with regard to Taiji Cove in Japan. . When the brutal and secret killing of dolphins was and released in the shocking film The Cove, the reaction of the Japanese government was to deny everything and say that the slaughter was humanely done and was to provide food. . Fishermen, [...]
Jan
15
2011
15
2011
Waking Up.
Hi, . We have had a change in the weather here, thank goodness. It has suddenly become warmer, with intermittent blue skies, not exactly summery but different enough to give us hope that the summer may actually arrive at some time! . As all of the horrible black ice is now gone, we are able [...]
Jan
9
2011
9
2011
Apocalypse Now?
Hey, . How are you doing this . I hope that your weekend is exceeding all of your expectations! . Ours has been a little disappointing owing to the inclement weather. I awoke this morning to find that the bloody snow is back, and it is incredibly cold, with everything frozen up solid. . Yesterday [...]
Jan
6
2011
6
2011
A Devil Of A Feast.
Hey, . I have just been hearing about yet another case of casualties resulting from the terrifically cold winter we are being subjected to this year. The sea has apparently become the coldest it has been for over 100 years. . This fall in temperature has now resulted in almost 50,000 Necora Puber, otherwise known [...]
Jan
5
2011
5
2011
Going To the Dogs.
Oh dear, . The new VAT increase is now pushing the prices up, while temperatures are all set to fall again. I cannot believe that we may have to cope with a return of December’s horrible Arctic weather. We really needed cheering up, because we have months to go until the summer arrives again, but [...]
Nov
25
2010
25
2010
The Clock Is Ticking.
Hi People, . Oh My….Oh My! This morning I have woken up to find myself in the middle of a christmas card. It is a complete whiteout. There are inches of snow on everything, and the world has been transformed into a Narnia wonderland, even though I have been nowhere near a wardrobe! Exquisite. . [...]
Oct
7
2010
7
2010
Barking Up The Right Tree.
Hi Peeps, . Well, after so many about the abysmal way that we are caring for, and abusing, this utterly lovely planet of ours, there is actually some very encouraging news to pass along. . The UK has more woodlands now than it has had in the past 250 years. Not since the 1750′s has [...]
Oct
4
2010
4
2010
Jacinto Zarabata’s Visit To London.
Hi, . I hope that you had an excellent weekend. We had a very, very damp one here because it never stopped raining at all. I am surprised that we are not all tiny from shrinkage after being soaking wet so often, I mean if you waited for it to actually stop before you went [...]
Sep
24
2010
24
2010
Lost Land Of the Tiger. Episode Three.
Hi, . Oh my God, what a great series this is, so real and exciting and important for the survival of the tigers, . Dr Rabinowitz is so intense about helping these beautiful big cats. It is so touching that he is able to use his terminal and untreatable cancer as a spur, to keep [...]
Sep
23
2010
23
2010
Frantic Efforts To save Stranded Whales.
Hi, . At the moment a frantic rescue operation is being carried out on an isolated New Zealand beach. A large pod of about 70 Pilot Whales has been stranded there. . Approximately one hundred volunteers are trying, non-stop, to save the lives of as many whales as they can, keeping the unlucky creatures wet [...]
Sep
23
2010
23
2010
Lost Land Of The Tiger. Episode Two.
Hi, . What A fabulous series this is. What beautiful creatures tigers are. . I think God must have created tigers on the last day just for his own pleasure! Link to watch episode 2. . .
Sep
22
2010
22
2010
Lost Land Of The Tiger. Episode One.
Hi, . . Well, did you watch ‘Lost Land Of The Tiger’ tonight. It was brilliant. . The next episode is on BBC tomorrow night. I shall definitely be clearing my calender for it. . If you regret being naughty and missing it, then use this link to watch the first episode, and catch up. [...]
Sep
20
2010
20
2010
Lost Land Of The Tiger. The Preview.
Hi, . . This is just to let you know that there is a programme on BBC 1 this week, called Lost Land of the Tiger. . This programme shows film of a ‘lost’ colony of tigers which have been found living at a high altitude in the Himalayas. . This film was obtained by [...]
Sep
18
2010
18
2010
A Warning. Broadcast Globally This September 2010.
Hi, . . Twenty or so years ago, a film maker called Alan Ereira was making a documentary for the BBC. He worked with a tribe of people who called themselves the Kogi. These people live up on remote mountains on Colombia’s coast in South America. . This tribe believe that their purpose is to [...]
Aug
31
2010
31
2010
Live Quietly On The Earth,
Hi, . It’s a much nicer day here today. Very cold before the sun came up, but sunny now with a pale blue sky….and no rain at all! . I don’t expect anyone is keen on going back to work this , after the weekend, but at least next weekend will be here sooner than [...]
Aug
30
2010
30
2010
Maniacs On The Roads.
Hey Peeps, . My goodness, how many times do we see bad driving on our roads. How many times do we watch some fool who almost caused an accident through bad driving, and wish that there had been a policeman to see it. . How many times, like me, do you see or hear of [...]
Aug
29
2010
29
2010
How Many Times Has This Happened?
Hey, . Sunday Greetings. I hope that you are being greeted today with a bright and sunny summer day, but that is probably a step too far if you reside in the UK. In my particular patch we are still enjoying grey skies and heavy rain….so what’s changed! . Never mind, because all is well [...]
Aug
16
2010
16
2010
Doctors’ Advice To Gwyneth Paltrow.
G’day, . Greetings once more from our very own version of ‘Groundhog Day’, that most excellent film starring Bill Murray. I cannot believe that you don’t know what I am talking about, but if you don’t, then you need to watch it! Now! Once again I am writing to you from the beginning of a [...]
Aug
14
2010
14
2010
Cruelty To Horses.
Hey, . If you do not want to see painful things and be upset then please don’t read this post, you are probably already too disturbed by a lot of my other posts recently because cruelty never seems to stop. In all of the research I have done into whaling etc, I had never considered [...]
Aug
6
2010
6
2010
The Cove. Taija Japan. A Disgraceful Secret.
Hi, . This is not the most cheerful of mornings, being wet and grey again today, and neither is this going to be the most cheerful of posts. . Have you seen the prize winning film ‘the Cove’? This eye opening film is an Oscar winning documentary that brings to light the inhumane slaughter of [...]
Jul
28
2010
28
2010
Another Reference To ‘The End Of Days’.
Hey, . Good morning to you. . We have a beautiful morning here today. I awoke to sunshine and some blue sky….no rain at all yet. I would quit while I am ahead but unfortunately there is the rest of the day to get through….and that probably means even more rain. . But then again, [...]
Jul
18
2010
18
2010
Unbearable Cruelty In Abattoirs.
Hey, . It is enough to turn you to vegetarianism. . Videos have been released by Animal Aid which were taken during some covert filming in many abattoirs in the UK. . The most recently taken video showed a slaughter man gratuitously inflicting terrible suffering upon pigs, which are shown being given repeated shocks with [...]
Jul
12
2010
12
2010
BBC Video. Monkey-Eating Eagle Of The Orinoco
Hi, . Just to ask you….did you remember to watch the amazing BBC2 nature programme that about? . Well, if you missed it you have been very, very naughty. But do not despair because the wonderful BBC have a catch-up facility for those absentminded nature lovers among you, although I think that it may only [...]
Jul
8
2010
8
2010
The Monkey-Eating Eagle Of The Orinoco. BBC Tonight.
Hi, G’Day to you. Are you going to be busy tonight, with some unmissable appointment, or are you totally free? If you are, and you enjoy Natural World programmes, then there promises to be an excellent programme on BBC2 at 7.00pm tonight ( in the UK). . It was filmed over a period of one [...]
Jul
5
2010
5
2010
December 12th 2012. End Of Days?
Hi, . I hope that you are well today. I hope that you are enjoying life. . Have you ever wondered about all of the different prophecies, beliefs and forecasts about the timing of the end of the world as we know it. These range from the beliefs of American Indians and the biblical Revelations [...]
Jul
3
2010
3
2010
IWC Corruption Review.
Hi, . It is a beautiful morning here, with blue skies, sunshine and birdsong. Wonderful. . Something else wonderful has happened. Do you remember my posts about the and that the Sunday Times discovered and reported on recently. Well, there has been a good result from their expose. . Officials from Nations all over the [...]
Jun
22
2010
22
2010
With Extreme Prejudice. The Culling Of British Wildlife.
Hi, . I just thought that I would share this with you. . I know that man was granted dominion over the animals….but what about treating them with a little respect and care. . If you are bothered about the millions of disappearing animals then you must read a fabulous, easy-to-read, well illustrated report which [...]
Jun
21
2010
21
2010
Shame On Woburn Safari Park.
HI, . My god, did you know about the expose done on the inhuman way that the animals at Woburn are kept in. Although it has been trading on the fact that they say animals are allowed to roam free in a ‘natural environment’ this has now been discovered to be far from the truth. [...]
Jun
17
2010
17
2010
BP. A Blot On The Seascape.
. . .Raging Grannies protest BP their about frigging drilling rigs. . Greenpeace comment. . . BP’s stance? . Oh Dear, it seems that none of us are perfect then! . . .
Jun
14
2010
14
2010
Bribes, Whales, Cash and Prostitutes.
Good Morning Peeps, . So, here we are again ….it’s Monday…. and it is a cold and rainy one to boot! . The only good thing about Mondays is that they hopefully come after a cracking weekend, so if they don’t then you only have yourself to blame. . My own weekend was very very [...]
May
13
2010
13
2010
Poem: Let’s Get Rid Of Planes.
Let’s Get Rid Of Planes. . . Airlines are not green at all Their pollution’s in the red, If you can fly on wings of song Let’s just do that instead. . .
Apr
25
2010
25
2010
Act Swiftly.
Hey, We have begun yet ….albeit a gray one. I warmed two croissants that I bought yesterday and we had a very pleasant breakfast together. . While I was tearing delicious morsels off mine, I read the Home supplement of The Times and saw a report about Swifts being added to the Amber List, which [...]
Apr
19
2010
19
2010
Bloody Japanese
Hi . Now Japan sucks, . . I was pretty disgusted to read that after a 25 year worldwide ban on commercial whaling, things are going to change. . Japan is now taking steps to overturn the prohibition. Japan, Norway and Iceland carry out whaling at the present time, and have done so since 1986 [...]
Mar
30
2010
30
2010
A Plague Of Noxious Smog.
Hello Folks, . This is an unexpected treat for you. A second post! Are you not lucky, lucky, lucky as Kylie would say! . I was just reading that China received some divine punishment last week….no doubt because of their previous in so It seems that last week Hong Kong was hit by a poisonous [...]
