tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30518430736618427512024-03-16T19:45:53.825+00:00 Just Humans Being... ♥ Strolling Through Life With Love, Laughter And Compassion ♥Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.comBlogger698125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-26214742235737339892023-11-20T10:00:00.002+00:002023-11-20T10:00:14.843+00:00Nurturing Times<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4EPiQy3HmH-0VkrwjLhNMRMrF9RPiBbh1gclefVUfdeB40xNAFgNX3ShiwhlsgzAeFo4dYk-aPz1VTwTjO6E8WlLrJzR2FpB1d4FdZGxUSpAiJj1vLRqL8YIFs5yJx7KNKGNQdCTbTa9tHwTWG3LrzwK2OBzgsCCnZZyGhzjPAS7hkam2vQGzsDQLuAW/s2592/IMG_7855.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4EPiQy3HmH-0VkrwjLhNMRMrF9RPiBbh1gclefVUfdeB40xNAFgNX3ShiwhlsgzAeFo4dYk-aPz1VTwTjO6E8WlLrJzR2FpB1d4FdZGxUSpAiJj1vLRqL8YIFs5yJx7KNKGNQdCTbTa9tHwTWG3LrzwK2OBzgsCCnZZyGhzjPAS7hkam2vQGzsDQLuAW/w640-h478/IMG_7855.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Cabin;">It was over 10 years ago that we wrote a blog post about nurturing, simplicity and <a href="https://www.justhumansbeing.co.uk/2013/01/slowing-down.html">Slowing Down</a> and we are happy to say we still feel the same way.</span><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We enjoy helping others, being with animals and nature - somehow we have carved out this path. We can manage on a small income with enough money to do what we want...buying decent food is always our priority and maintaining our car. We do want to go on a road trip down to our house in France and that will happen at some point soon, but for now - we continue to creep and go. We live very frugally, but always feel our world is abundant and believe as a result, we often receive wonderful gifts - things we require often show up when needed...food, clothes, wood and books are always gratefully received. The kindness of others just blows us away. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">A few weeks ago we met a couple while out doggy walking. It turned out that we had a connection with this couple - the chap's mother had been the housekeeper for one of the grand properties we eventually took on some years ago. We probably chatted for about an hour, which was filled with lots of humour and at the end of our conservation the woman thanked us. We had talked about how folks don't often stop and chat to strangers and they were very happy that we did. She also said that many people miss out on all the little things they may share with others and that we are all connected in some way.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We seem to have come across a few friendly folks whilst out walking lately and we seemed to have dished out lots of pet sitting business cards. It's an exciting time for us to be connecting with so many lovely people and their furry friends, with new opportunities to spend more time with beautiful creatures. We have also learnt how to take care of the animals at home on the farm and it's nice to know we can step in and help. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">It's a while ago now that we also looked after our friends' kiddywinks. We realise our cabin isn't really geared up for entertaining the young folk, but we have accumulated a few things over the months. We decided that getting out was the best option, as at the time - we had one of our little doggy pals with us too. We will admit that we are totally out-of-practice when it comes to spending a whole day with youngsters and after a few little challenges, we ventured out to nearby <a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/halliggye-fogou/">Halliggye Fogou</a>, an English Heritage ancient site. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-m7EyRwV4cHh0K4WD5JxJqIycVfjo5KN-wMtkjHGpAWd9FX3h4wYPntip_MziLPD9gsET0LMUlz47q59TYYhF6pLzvczb6fgOr_klLYAl9TAdpxisqKtss9QVAmQzy3dbQoZeyMTjm5vncjeAy7eTJ-4ZgMes4FY9X4mzkPqUKUwF6hVxSKilzRZwJgKk/s2048/Map%20of%20fogou.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-m7EyRwV4cHh0K4WD5JxJqIycVfjo5KN-wMtkjHGpAWd9FX3h4wYPntip_MziLPD9gsET0LMUlz47q59TYYhF6pLzvczb6fgOr_klLYAl9TAdpxisqKtss9QVAmQzy3dbQoZeyMTjm5vncjeAy7eTJ-4ZgMes4FY9X4mzkPqUKUwF6hVxSKilzRZwJgKk/w640-h360/Map%20of%20fogou.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf18VS-5M5MWJrtVjilPPEX7weNy_7K-FbVnvMIhFYhJ-HU6VtlkuUJdtRFJ4_R4YM06yjZznPckwCCebfdx8yOQ_W056AD-7gMXL2kUgfFrky0jku1iO-7LuC1iSG7Y3ojixS5pGgT_-NIrmHwQwrB8Q9SRlVpL_h52FCdLzn-xDV_P45XACmGGJLgCl/s2048/Fogou.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVf18VS-5M5MWJrtVjilPPEX7weNy_7K-FbVnvMIhFYhJ-HU6VtlkuUJdtRFJ4_R4YM06yjZznPckwCCebfdx8yOQ_W056AD-7gMXL2kUgfFrky0jku1iO-7LuC1iSG7Y3ojixS5pGgT_-NIrmHwQwrB8Q9SRlVpL_h52FCdLzn-xDV_P45XACmGGJLgCl/w360-h640/Fogou.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPolQxmIMZubuyNXrpSQY6mLbN7WlSnjxOn0_4d65HYKkx1R0tC4W0drbCY_el7dJqEU61AMhBsPqz2G_BZB5AkTgPEET6BdZOA7Cwk2T_mk9b9LNezP9wA3KGBFrzsgUUMJ49HN-LCuRzRLphd6qZcTTVU8TDqDdE382TPNVvUc9uc4sVTMyvbpr27gMN/s2048/inside%20fogou.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPolQxmIMZubuyNXrpSQY6mLbN7WlSnjxOn0_4d65HYKkx1R0tC4W0drbCY_el7dJqEU61AMhBsPqz2G_BZB5AkTgPEET6BdZOA7Cwk2T_mk9b9LNezP9wA3KGBFrzsgUUMJ49HN-LCuRzRLphd6qZcTTVU8TDqDdE382TPNVvUc9uc4sVTMyvbpr27gMN/w360-h640/inside%20fogou.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">The guys enjoyed exploring the incredibly dark underground chamber and tunnels. It's the kind of place our kidlets would have also loved at their ages and we're sure they would love it as adults too! We spent a couple of hours walking and exploring, so a lot of excess energy was burnt off. After an ice cream stop, we returned to the cabin to make and eat curry, watch Harry Potter on our laptop and then the chaps left for home. We were totally exhausted that night, but we both felt it was a great achievement - we re-learned how to be with kids again and actually we are pretty good at it. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We do enjoy our simple life - going off pet sitting is wonderful, but we also love being at home....so we have a great balance. We continue to feel such gratitude for our warm and snug cabin, for all the help and support we receive from others, as well as the folks who invite us into their lives and allow us to help and support them too. This is the stuff that really makes the world go round, not money. Water is far more important than money and we feel that there will be scarcity of mains water in the near future - we have seen so many leaks and issues on our travels and just the continuation of problems seems like a nudge to take responsibility. Can you imagine the chaos if mains water was no longer available? We do hope that others think of these things too and at least prepare mentally for what may be a huge challenge. Look into having your own borehole or research into local springs and learn to live with less. We are all capable of doing so much more for ourselves and learning to adapt to this fast changing world in the long term will make us stronger. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Do many people see the world as we do? Or does living without a TV and not engaging in what others believe our heads need filling with (news) make us different? The thing is, everything seems so confusing and nobody can really be sure if what they see on a screen is actually real. What we do know is what is here, where we are right now. We have written lots of blog posts about this subject over the years, here's a couple of them: <a href="https://www.justhumansbeing.co.uk/2021/03/switching-off.html">Switching Off</a></span> <span style="font-family: Cabin;">and</span> <a href="https://www.justhumansbeing.co.uk/2020/12/intuition.html"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Intuition</span></a>.<span style="font-family: Cabin;"> Learn about your own capabilities, get together with neighbours, friends and connect with others, say hello to a stranger...you never know where that will lead. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Move away from fear and follow the path to finding joy. </span><span style="font-family: Cabin;">It can be done.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JNABIMWU5Nv0AmhaKgc5zZWdoovIOw-FBR89XxzNDNlxP5_3ziEM1J91-WKo8ca-0UuNru8bEgy91rUvIi-vEXzrwftS5laln65fuF33jFb5F8CHZJ77TcHjlNugPM6l36MG1_k8hL4rEmxsEy5u-UR0bJ2z82Z18D7ofyZ_H7_Y4BQG50WVwhZdJ-n_/s2048/go%20dolphin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JNABIMWU5Nv0AmhaKgc5zZWdoovIOw-FBR89XxzNDNlxP5_3ziEM1J91-WKo8ca-0UuNru8bEgy91rUvIi-vEXzrwftS5laln65fuF33jFb5F8CHZJ77TcHjlNugPM6l36MG1_k8hL4rEmxsEy5u-UR0bJ2z82Z18D7ofyZ_H7_Y4BQG50WVwhZdJ-n_/w360-h640/go%20dolphin.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Lots of love,</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Kay and Sime xx</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-39859162158716393152023-11-12T22:25:00.000+00:002023-11-12T22:25:22.354+00:00Dartmoor<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><div style="text-align: center;">Along with this lovely chap - who is staying with the gang temporarily and we have come to adore him.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Being professional pet sitters means we can only leave the animals for up to 3 hours per day, which suits us fine as we are content being here and pottering about. We have visited The Beehive Farm shop in Chagford and the Zero Waste shop in Moretonhampstead. Both shops are great for us and nice that they are close by.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As well as feeding all the animals, walking the dogs and generally keeping an eye on them all, we are enjoying cooking simple meals, reading, sitting by the fire and watching YouTube videos of folks building and renovating small houses in remote places! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It has mainly rained since we arrived with just yesterday being dry, which was nice! Amazingly, we've only got a thorough soaking once and seem to be quite intuitive regards venturing out and have mostly chosen the right times to dodge the torrential downpours. There's a storm coming in again tonight, so it will be noisy with the wind and rain battering the wooden lodge we are staying in, but we both love extreme weather and we have plenty of wood for the fire. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We've had time to watch on many occasions this week the fast moving clouds bringing rain. We've sat on the bench outside and listened to the wind building up and seen a huge amount of leaves fall from the tall Silver Birch trees. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We are up early each morning dealing with all the animals and have breakfast when all the chores are done. So our first meal of the day is around 10am and our last one is usually over by 6pm. We have 2 shots of our homemade mate tea and turmeric kombucha a day and at the moment we are going through an alcohol free period. It feels good and by the way...have we said how much we love this life? Well, we do! </div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3rfywXuTZMLeTuCBYTjFU0DlE-scPkq_yg2JBgeIreLoMxvHHrJUhJQBBMtA-6ZNVf61Sja-0e69kSmna0uTlTKhmW9o57rlDI1qAg9cdbxUXvWgy_DVpkw96RpTR_DN7h57ugTRAVoqUWuKwqFbE4yAcG902Ekb5NneBoZrpObCucCiclwt1MJpTG3O/s2560/20231108_155117.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ3rfywXuTZMLeTuCBYTjFU0DlE-scPkq_yg2JBgeIreLoMxvHHrJUhJQBBMtA-6ZNVf61Sja-0e69kSmna0uTlTKhmW9o57rlDI1qAg9cdbxUXvWgy_DVpkw96RpTR_DN7h57ugTRAVoqUWuKwqFbE4yAcG902Ekb5NneBoZrpObCucCiclwt1MJpTG3O/w360-h640/20231108_155117.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Lots of love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Kay and Sime</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">xx</span></div><br /> <p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-79753941731929633952023-10-26T20:12:00.000+01:002023-10-26T20:12:13.749+01:00The Rhythm of Life<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzi3NEpF63V0-M2SRTfkaehOcZYKfpn7mHfc9ysB3VX-0ZQ348xn4M3IKLq5Fy0LFFVJb93MogfQ_EbcOt4IPCqniT8dwnCeKiKsgU-80R-D2RisYRxs0C4d-xDxiJ9GEwUMn1g6RlvtgE4Q4YQZbfzQKN5ZfL18l3oEE1eEZkGpyAyO3dvexDrLVtW38m/s3264/Cobweb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzi3NEpF63V0-M2SRTfkaehOcZYKfpn7mHfc9ysB3VX-0ZQ348xn4M3IKLq5Fy0LFFVJb93MogfQ_EbcOt4IPCqniT8dwnCeKiKsgU-80R-D2RisYRxs0C4d-xDxiJ9GEwUMn1g6RlvtgE4Q4YQZbfzQKN5ZfL18l3oEE1eEZkGpyAyO3dvexDrLVtW38m/w360-h640/Cobweb.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We are back in Devon on one of our regular pet sits and after arriving a couple of days ago to torrential rain and flooding...we woke this morning to blue sky, sunshine and a beautiful mist across the valley. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">After our early walk we jumped into the hot tub to make the most of this glorious weather, soaking up the warm rays from the sun and marvelling at the clear blue sky - a rare occurrence these days!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We are here for 6 days and arrived with everything we need for our stay - our intention being to use this time to completely chill out and enjoy the peace and quiet. It's great that we both feel the same way and neither of us has a desire to race around sightseeing. Instead, it is a real joy to get into a rhythm with the animals, walking, cooking on the Aga, eating, reading and spending time in the snug by the fire in the evenings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2QSDsJ3gVpLFdTT_rWmJRecJUE32tTwI78eq4bXpdjvahkLJz58kEnEsY7RxfAkzQGEOruDYt-Noj0iiY60LstBncItdWw-e4VwCDbxxF-rWk_aCQDZacZghyphenhyphendDR8EbtlOBNw06mQIZERqGdx-6s8aINRgdc7Kzk7wtHKQsadbSa4_Fd8alXjGjTbUi6/s3264/Fire%20Groubear.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2QSDsJ3gVpLFdTT_rWmJRecJUE32tTwI78eq4bXpdjvahkLJz58kEnEsY7RxfAkzQGEOruDYt-Noj0iiY60LstBncItdWw-e4VwCDbxxF-rWk_aCQDZacZghyphenhyphendDR8EbtlOBNw06mQIZERqGdx-6s8aINRgdc7Kzk7wtHKQsadbSa4_Fd8alXjGjTbUi6/w360-h640/Fire%20Groubear.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Every day is pretty much the same and that's just fine by us...we always bring lots of books with us and the dogs love to snuggle in the snug...</span></div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5YgmbAGOEV9r7__2GOtFpHwEFqKuk9ucWwWtpiV2uqX0zK-6E7nvxJr2X1-1u0ZEovqP-H46hEs5DIE96Cw5LGA3UHfvFPy3xNfCHltzLBR351k0c_yI5JR8MG8yYLzJAJAItsDNoPoBT87PxxjTHwas1s0e3loqAKQkJ3mq1U2W89Bsq5B_NJaJ90zj/s1280/IMG_9875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5YgmbAGOEV9r7__2GOtFpHwEFqKuk9ucWwWtpiV2uqX0zK-6E7nvxJr2X1-1u0ZEovqP-H46hEs5DIE96Cw5LGA3UHfvFPy3xNfCHltzLBR351k0c_yI5JR8MG8yYLzJAJAItsDNoPoBT87PxxjTHwas1s0e3loqAKQkJ3mq1U2W89Bsq5B_NJaJ90zj/w640-h480/IMG_9875.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><div style="text-align: center;">This was during our stay over Xmas last year...</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEisAXi8Mi0iChb96-hgKYfLa6BCVJa9LJ9NNSHZRLfmygpy-Lk34Q2-67VuLVSrK3SS7QmssEIA8dEjLdcAz663QD8Q0-qf005xFrJvxC38hVCnzGg8OcFbH27qkfDv0ncFTlgj9OZeCt42hOQLyNzPYNag_Xj4105J3F5G91gjVA6aWfpyRBwL_SJS1o/s2560/Blue%20sky.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEisAXi8Mi0iChb96-hgKYfLa6BCVJa9LJ9NNSHZRLfmygpy-Lk34Q2-67VuLVSrK3SS7QmssEIA8dEjLdcAz663QD8Q0-qf005xFrJvxC38hVCnzGg8OcFbH27qkfDv0ncFTlgj9OZeCt42hOQLyNzPYNag_Xj4105J3F5G91gjVA6aWfpyRBwL_SJS1o/w360-h640/Blue%20sky.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">And this morning's blue sky.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Lots of love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Kay and Sime</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">xx</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-67243192902017128282023-10-03T16:06:00.000+01:002023-10-03T16:06:52.432+01:00Keeping Well<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCxaRFeq5m_gD1JHzL_VzTbb9Zmsga894MRVGWjEbIrVKgBWgnTRatdhXrz-9Z73z-zPWmloYQtlmJqPKrE6y1rIGkyOKSAGlSiwMXDdtVfrY2P3uUO23ezH8GJmw4OsIuFkDF0PTvANkCgF2GmvowcE8KSs87I3QWKh8JJRCZ7V3vKicy3c3aYubH8zQ/s2592/Cold%20Pro%201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimCxaRFeq5m_gD1JHzL_VzTbb9Zmsga894MRVGWjEbIrVKgBWgnTRatdhXrz-9Z73z-zPWmloYQtlmJqPKrE6y1rIGkyOKSAGlSiwMXDdtVfrY2P3uUO23ezH8GJmw4OsIuFkDF0PTvANkCgF2GmvowcE8KSs87I3QWKh8JJRCZ7V3vKicy3c3aYubH8zQ/w478-h640/Cold%20Pro%201.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">I like to take responsibility for my own health and believe that our reaction to a virus depends on the condition of our immune system. If it isn't tip-top then we will be susceptible to any germs going, but if we look after ourselves then we can avoid getting ill or at least reduce the impact.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Of course, if you listen to today's medical experts you will see things differently, but bear in mind these guys have been trained by the big pharmaceutical industries who want to make mega bucks from their wares, so it's in their interests to fund and build medical schools to steer the minds of those who are drawn to the profession. I'm afraid I don't trust any of them, even if their intentions are well meaning. I love the books of the old doctors, those who used their intuition to assist people to heal, who learnt from their ancestors and understood the power we all have to heal ourselves. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">It's been a while since I had a cold, but after a nasty mosquito (I presume) bite on Friday whilst out walking...my immune system obviously took a hit! The bite on my hand swelled gradually and was incredibly itchy. I took a dose of homoeopathic Apis and rubbed the area with fern leaves, within 24 hours the swelling started to subside. My body was concentrating on healing my hand and last night (3 days later) I started with cold symptoms. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Fortunately I'm not really ill, but have kicked in with my cold protocol - Echinacea, Grapefruit Seed Extract, Ferrum Phos Tissue Salts and Nettle Tea. I've upped my intake of vitamin C, D and Zinc. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Today, I've had to stay away from the day centre...so while Sime has been working, I have had the fire blazing and turned the cabin into a sauna to detox, played loud cheesy music and soaked my feet in hot water and bicarb. My blocked sinuses seem to have cleared and I believe I will be back on track by tomorrow. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYHTgRhtgIzJ12r8oveaaONsSEtnJp6z9dO2S6ven7SPzgSARpyj10ljY3OFPm4fGnZLGh_LkI_MN53z1jmhOECEsJcl_tWCb2xJctn0Ih2KFczoAZMqHFm-MQl8pYW4Z-ez_GhgrPDm_nzB02lrkiFpNSyPi_TIGXLkdLdL08tCKUc4RjuY8nCm1Cg/s2048/Footbath.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYHTgRhtgIzJ12r8oveaaONsSEtnJp6z9dO2S6ven7SPzgSARpyj10ljY3OFPm4fGnZLGh_LkI_MN53z1jmhOECEsJcl_tWCb2xJctn0Ih2KFczoAZMqHFm-MQl8pYW4Z-ez_GhgrPDm_nzB02lrkiFpNSyPi_TIGXLkdLdL08tCKUc4RjuY8nCm1Cg/w360-h640/Footbath.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We adore soaking our feet and don't really need an excuse to do so. We go through phases of having foot baths regularly. At one time we would only have them after getting chilled or when starting with a head cold. Our feet plunged into hot water with Epsom Salts and at the same time our faces would be over a steaming bowl of eucalyptus, our heads covered by a towel, so we'd be sweating profusely while inhaling the steam. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Mu2X7YvTNawFcgxf9igrT2MR7OB2SLmhHz1TpwBgDo69nTgACUQROmokm6t9rEhtebtZ5BnLZBz9UgmJCdM2DUjFUNvN8Kkm-2xd3ZOmio87jN1NYjLLabVspNoK5ZRYcJZ2UWznSYZ-Wplr4f21vMLfs5VHh3oyWm4mDVi8D158WLUBWXF4YcRfgg/s2858/Herbs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2858" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Mu2X7YvTNawFcgxf9igrT2MR7OB2SLmhHz1TpwBgDo69nTgACUQROmokm6t9rEhtebtZ5BnLZBz9UgmJCdM2DUjFUNvN8Kkm-2xd3ZOmio87jN1NYjLLabVspNoK5ZRYcJZ2UWznSYZ-Wplr4f21vMLfs5VHh3oyWm4mDVi8D158WLUBWXF4YcRfgg/w640-h412/Herbs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">These days we use bicarb or dried herbs, our favourites for a relaxing foot soak are camomile, lemon balm and lavender. It's a lovely thing to do and according to Dr Vogel's 1952 book "The Nature Doctor" The feet are excretory organs and sweat rids the body of toxins, therefore it is more important to wash your feet every day than it is to wash your face and if you do try this on a daily basis, it is not just good hygiene, but will have beneficial effects on your general well-being. He suggests trying it for 30 days and see for yourself the improvement you will feel. We have done this in the past and can concur that we did indeed feel great when we were having a quick foot bath every evening for a month. Vogel goes on to say that this daily practice takes just a few minutes, but the therapeutic value not only saves on doctor/hospital visits and bills - it will vastly improve your health.</span><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Organic stews and broths are a great way to keep topped up with good nutrition and easy to digest if you are ill, whereas poor food choices, like highly processed junk food will cause a build up of toxins in the gut, so it really is important to eat well. Dark green leaves are a must on your daily menu....organic Cavolo Nero is our favourite. We usually go for a macrobiotic dish when ill; organic veggies with lentils, brown rice and miso - the ultimate comfort food or miso mash is another good one. Keep food simple and drink lots of water and herbal teas. <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">It's all pretty easy stuff and certainly worth doing if you too want to stay well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-AK1X9a4VxxzfryBzLyVenvdBBU7PUD_3GfUkLOOJ2EJUacKdM3YJIP0eLvClm_rtiOIABVrYF6XVKwFjO88qA2BEH3TdJqr8cXh3uL1e2uCYqsmUYVz5mRmozXnnAK0hMaKTtsCf0eJWUmlMEf4jG-4DLBTqBl-lJMTFtgy5FRLmfOBGoQv2PF0Pbk8/s2560/Cold%20Pro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: Cabin; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-AK1X9a4VxxzfryBzLyVenvdBBU7PUD_3GfUkLOOJ2EJUacKdM3YJIP0eLvClm_rtiOIABVrYF6XVKwFjO88qA2BEH3TdJqr8cXh3uL1e2uCYqsmUYVz5mRmozXnnAK0hMaKTtsCf0eJWUmlMEf4jG-4DLBTqBl-lJMTFtgy5FRLmfOBGoQv2PF0Pbk8/w360-h640/Cold%20Pro.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Lots of love,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Kay xx</span></div>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-89411475627306762502023-09-20T13:13:00.000+01:002023-09-20T13:13:14.913+01:00Being Prepared<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebxR4jF1jXpGyOQOIh7rhEajtPEQmXR0NWNcno2OjP9RhvLC5b5gXoP_zkiSwYcmHHJ-dYJPx6kPVyBnowwG9HxIirTpijenHHUE7iUc8Y6j_EAPlTcIoPVJGlwE3nKVCo8p9R6zvpcyykKNkW3ayna8uiMmhV-41NR8CGOibNgXYL19xao0LH60u1oqC/s2592/IMG_8708.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebxR4jF1jXpGyOQOIh7rhEajtPEQmXR0NWNcno2OjP9RhvLC5b5gXoP_zkiSwYcmHHJ-dYJPx6kPVyBnowwG9HxIirTpijenHHUE7iUc8Y6j_EAPlTcIoPVJGlwE3nKVCo8p9R6zvpcyykKNkW3ayna8uiMmhV-41NR8CGOibNgXYL19xao0LH60u1oqC/w640-h478/IMG_8708.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We are coming to the end of our stay in Hampshire and the last 2 days have seen autumn arrive, so it sort of feels right to be thinking about leaving. A bit like Vianne and Anouk in Joanne Harris' book "Chocolat" - our work is done, though I think it's a south westerly here, rather than a north wind.</span><span style="font-family: Cabin;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">It is always a joy to be staying in this beautiful thatched cottage with our furry chum, to totally unwind and relax. The woodland walks are peaceful and we feel that we've reconnected with nature and got into a lovely rhythm. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">The great thing about regular pet sits is that they feel like our very own holiday home, everything is familiar...especially the pets and with this particular sit, we have got to know the neighbours and their pets too over the years, so there is much merriment when we arrive and see everyone. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We have enjoyed our quiet morning walks, as well as the pack gatherings every afternoon with the crazy furry gang running around the big field, while us humans stroll and chat. Then it's back to potter about in the garden, choose some veggies and cook up a little feast. Such a simple life and just perfect for us.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">There is definitely a different feel about this area, not only the landscape with it's wide open spaces and flatter terrain (it reminds us of France and we do like it a lot), but the people are different too. We don't find it as friendly as Cornwall or the north, of course not all people here are busy and quite self-obsessed, but lots of them are. Most folks don't walk anywhere, the public footpaths are rarely used and we never see others out on the woodland walks. Most dog walkers use secure dog fields or go to popular places like the various commons in the area. It seems that everyone around here employs mobile services from weekly car washing and valeting to wheelie bin washers, gardeners, cleaners, laundry collection and dog walkers...it's a different world! Yes, it's an affluent area and I'm sure we stick out like sore thumbs. There are no decent grocery shops, selling ethical foods, no great independent health shops or little farm shops selling organic veg. There are lots of supermarkets and a few expensive sparsely stocked corner shops and delis selling mainly brand named produce, then there are pubs and cafes with little or no veggie, let alone vegan options. It's really odd.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">This is very much a commuter area, folks travelling into London to their office based jobs or more likely these days - working from home. There is nothing here to attract the creatives and artisans amongst us, no alternative people, pretty much everyone is the same, with the same cars, gravelled drives and large houses. They have the same supermarket deliveries and hang out at the same coffee shops...it's important to be seen in the right places! We stood in a queue in the local village store last week, it's very plush, with cafe and fancy cakes (nothing vegan) and no-one speaks to each other, customers mouths gaped open when we walked in and started chatting and then when we let a couple of guys go before us in the queue - they were genuinely shocked, it just isn't the done thing. On the way back to the house, we wondered how these folks will fare in an end of world scenario - will they survive if indeed it heads this way?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">It must be said though that we did come across one good thing nearby and that is Kingsclere Community Library, an independent library run by friendly volunteers, who raise money to keep it going. We went along to their Giant Book Sale on Saturday and spent an hour rummaging through piles and piles of books and came away with £5 worth of books (4 for a £1) Hahaha!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Anyway, we are ready to head home now, to more pet sitting, to our kitty, our family and farm friends. It's time to stack all our wood indoors, dig out the candles and get the cabin cosy. </span></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmJ2eOpRvVTPvBcCfjVXLYYctQkPI3wKqI0ZPZYJ6UoYTsqY7vcer4sLovAKgw-s0vrJDfCAXqDT6TiJdsotJAcgqufuN8o9zwVr5VPw5lV3cUOw2IPZCeB4bLoK8p6HH_7NQgdrXFmvKs8bMQAZwsKtDVCxxOMoGfJA6Q4Fov2-67NVua7uOo5DmFEa5/s2560/20230917_084853.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVmJ2eOpRvVTPvBcCfjVXLYYctQkPI3wKqI0ZPZYJ6UoYTsqY7vcer4sLovAKgw-s0vrJDfCAXqDT6TiJdsotJAcgqufuN8o9zwVr5VPw5lV3cUOw2IPZCeB4bLoK8p6HH_7NQgdrXFmvKs8bMQAZwsKtDVCxxOMoGfJA6Q4Fov2-67NVua7uOo5DmFEa5/w360-h640/20230917_084853.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">See you on the other side!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Love Kay and Sime xx</div></span>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-8425784179909299562023-09-12T12:38:00.000+01:002023-09-12T12:38:46.901+01:00Going With The Flow<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Z6NrOlNYU_og11MTOzb7gun7iAYb5aSyE5oQ28JO5UvyWm_pqwf8B3j_OcC_-zSmKxOmfK00F3l3rqiQ4HtWXHuRvD9FC14VkvrmUpSs0bZv8cxKC0ufWtFF6CZObO-f9YEWbFxNXIM6-z9-If2LmL8U3mba15ee3xyFo9YtuzRU8eImZ9YMEQRUyXIB/s2592/IMG_8803.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Z6NrOlNYU_og11MTOzb7gun7iAYb5aSyE5oQ28JO5UvyWm_pqwf8B3j_OcC_-zSmKxOmfK00F3l3rqiQ4HtWXHuRvD9FC14VkvrmUpSs0bZv8cxKC0ufWtFF6CZObO-f9YEWbFxNXIM6-z9-If2LmL8U3mba15ee3xyFo9YtuzRU8eImZ9YMEQRUyXIB/w478-h640/IMG_8803.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-family: Cabin;">It has been such a treat to have good weather again, especially as we are on another pet sitting assignment. We decided to take a longer route to our destination in Hampshire - taking a more scenic route out of Cornwall, along the Atlantic Highway and a wonderful stopover with our dear friends in Glastonbury. As always, we enjoyed feasting with great company and left with full bellies, feeling relaxed. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We had already travelled from Cornwall, through Devon and into Somerset and the next part of our journey took us slightly north through Wiltshire and West Berkshire before landing over the border in Hampshire. It was a gorgeous sunny journey with little traffic and we thoroughly enjoyed taking our time, soaking up the sights and loving the changing scenery. It seems such a long time since we travelled through this part of the country...Frome, Trowbridge, Avebury, and Marlborough. Seeing delights such as: </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/bratton-camp-and-white-horse/history/">Westbury White Horse</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/silbury-hill/history/">Silbury Hill</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/west-kennet-long-barrow/history/">West Kennet Long Barrow</a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><a href="https://www.forestryengland.uk/savernake-forest">Savernake Forest</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We no longer have a camera, but have to rely on our old phone or ipad for photos, both of which can be temperamental and unreliable, so it is a shame that we can't always capture all the wonderful sights we have experienced. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Although this pet sit is one of our regulars, we managed to get lost in the network of little lanes nearby and our Sat Nav isn't great with properties which are off the beaten track, but eventually we figured out that we should just ignore it and use our very own inbuilt navigational tools instead. It worked, sometimes we just need faith in ourselves!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;">It is really great being here again, our furry friend is such a special chap and we adore him. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;">As usual, we are relishing time to relax, walking in beautiful countryside with our buddy and eating simple meals using fresh produce from the garden. It's a wonderful place to spend time in, with an abundance of wildlife to watch. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We are both content with our simple life, we have no urge to rush out, to traipse around places or to find things to buy. We have no desire for the constant stimulation that many people feel they need or to fill our days searching out new experiences. We have written a few posts about this, here is a link to one of them: <a href="https://www.justhumansbeing.co.uk/2020/12/buying-less.html">Buying Less</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We will venture out into the world at some point during our stay, but for now - we are happy taking it easy. Doing less and being present, enjoying the simple pleasures that each day brings...like early this morning seeing a huge gaggle of Canada Geese flying fairly low above us in a V formation. Such a magnificent thing to see and we continue to be grateful for it all.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0CBsFZ2WOKPn9iXHTspm5Mb-u83HhFR8lXSPCSf-aSzCFnaoEpp7wLfccEq_kZ3juovoVgJmySLByND2jm2pMeMHg3IOV1-qDhLWaer4tWavrCC0nKHDGQ_cIselN9kOFYQaeQr5vcesPjopFh5iymWTKncW4xSBn5QKm-3RGWgdk_YHt43mUcYIdN4l/s1280/IMG_8817.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG0CBsFZ2WOKPn9iXHTspm5Mb-u83HhFR8lXSPCSf-aSzCFnaoEpp7wLfccEq_kZ3juovoVgJmySLByND2jm2pMeMHg3IOV1-qDhLWaer4tWavrCC0nKHDGQ_cIselN9kOFYQaeQr5vcesPjopFh5iymWTKncW4xSBn5QKm-3RGWgdk_YHt43mUcYIdN4l/w640-h480/IMG_8817.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Lots of love,</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Kay and Sime xx</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;"> </span></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-47416318879178717332023-09-04T21:23:00.000+01:002023-09-04T21:23:09.204+01:00Lounge Lizards<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;">It was our wedding anniversary yesterday and after returning from our pet sit in Devon, then catching up with work for a couple of days - we fancied just being at home, pottering about, making food and preparing our car for it's MOT this morning.</span><span style="font-family: Cabin;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;">We don't really need an official day to celebrate our relationship, we just find it quite funny that time is flying by and it's actually 36 years now since we made that commitment to each other.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;">Anyway, our car "Earl" passed it's MOT early this morning and on the spur of the moment; we decided that that was definitely worth celebrating, especially as it was another beautiful day and we just so happened to be a couple of miles from Coverack, somewhere we hadn't visited for some time.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;">While Earl was in Zoar garage, we treated ourselves to a vegan breakfast bap each from The Bus Stop takeaway, which is in the grounds of the garage. Sarah, the owner is really friendly and it's nice to be reacquainted with her and her reasonably priced comfort food.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;">From Zoar, we drove down to Coverack - we basked in the early morning sunshine, watching the waves and feeling the warm wind dance around us.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEteb3U0tOu9aKnjuVRVXFpwPp52LAh0ZDsnUV5It0Zw52OpTIxmrXTYZrCI-aczcgxtW8GIWhYU0p57usS7r7Su2712TJtes9gAHMiomJG4hexX8yTKpj852yOvkmL3OEHwRpLFIttA0moAi8TwU5_uizoxgBfClxomQVi0dJNvHsOr4A1AAwsTtyL-kD/w361-h640/20230904_093531.jpg" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;" width="361" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">It was then time for a coffee and Loft cafe had several vegan cakes on display, so we knew we had to treat ourselves again and both chose their delicious carrot cakes. Coffee was great too and we sat outside overlooking the harbour.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VUZ7GTgsXWoJ3Y2zL6_546HSmNxdFZjWtPHzoYafCSyLKk2LBlCEC3ezDsMjqXBEfHMJ79VYqtOhXQQqK1KjS08vrQKzahG0n0Lkw7Q8AFflZF9-mUqVChiBqjA24K6MDtXMsBnSf6pM0jDWNGt22S4mScYHqxkM5pfQWBoYPEkzvxO1FGGcAtdV1_qV/s3264/20230904_101114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4VUZ7GTgsXWoJ3Y2zL6_546HSmNxdFZjWtPHzoYafCSyLKk2LBlCEC3ezDsMjqXBEfHMJ79VYqtOhXQQqK1KjS08vrQKzahG0n0Lkw7Q8AFflZF9-mUqVChiBqjA24K6MDtXMsBnSf6pM0jDWNGt22S4mScYHqxkM5pfQWBoYPEkzvxO1FGGcAtdV1_qV/w640-h360/20230904_101114.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We were very happy that everywhere we visited today accepted cash and feel it's really important to keep using it. </span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJq1npOimd7AaLuYgqIiHGeVcz_wrHEQtQuYHdmC2jdLvvQKGzPz1utVTzjFr8nTXcTuE1ayqp6iKWriQaznpmcuJbnaNQZ4r-mZ6eCEuFc7Gs2NOP_Il7tiCfs0DuljTcu2Ay5XtYyVMpiN7SFn3cSJ987nxeoN5znLjvuFVXPLVznMpa-nvbdp3Lx5n/s600/20230904_120639.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">After Coverack, we headed to Grade through St Ruan - where we came across La Petite Boulangerie selling artisan bread on the roadside. It all looked lovely, but I'd already made a batch yesterday...maybe try some another time.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We love the little church in Grade and decided to walk through the fields and woodland paths on a circular route, which was lovely and although it's possible to join the coastal path, we chose to stick with the quiet footpaths. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">St Grada Church dates back to the 13th century and is such a sweet and peaceful haven. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHje3cj4pd8Txayil7uh2EHFiZ7gitZIl8LPVQClyTMRW2KKfLhoncnXtxOYc-LEM0ZUxgRFvdYnPJCTl7IcWwvatq5lVlaLm_aPoojcOseRnYin73Zvc3k9NhZ5fAdTW9vni7IyNCoVCn12-fMbDSjoUdB1RbImtpAEDYdkktWEbYQagyXQpDufDD5YPn/s3264/20230904_131925.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHje3cj4pd8Txayil7uh2EHFiZ7gitZIl8LPVQClyTMRW2KKfLhoncnXtxOYc-LEM0ZUxgRFvdYnPJCTl7IcWwvatq5lVlaLm_aPoojcOseRnYin73Zvc3k9NhZ5fAdTW9vni7IyNCoVCn12-fMbDSjoUdB1RbImtpAEDYdkktWEbYQagyXQpDufDD5YPn/s600/20230904_131925.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We spotted a tiny teddy bear in the organ pipes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi1A8njEq8VOQY7TTgjZpD-K8n-ogMU89IdfsDLba72ORs8lGKckFhChH-WnVvtaMVhoG3XxGB0UEU6Nn3Igd8WJwv8kX-Ms-qelP5WnBcMf0LKzAicWFgq8nHssR6we72WvqGUzJjGkZpOvuoEdJQNktjNqtLvxf-pmR1Ibmm7ctkC0Bb5MweLVCdrFyw/s3264/20230904_131827.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi1A8njEq8VOQY7TTgjZpD-K8n-ogMU89IdfsDLba72ORs8lGKckFhChH-WnVvtaMVhoG3XxGB0UEU6Nn3Igd8WJwv8kX-Ms-qelP5WnBcMf0LKzAicWFgq8nHssR6we72WvqGUzJjGkZpOvuoEdJQNktjNqtLvxf-pmR1Ibmm7ctkC0Bb5MweLVCdrFyw/s600/20230904_131827.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Cabin;">The inside of the bell tower is full of ferns, unfortunately this photo doesn't pick it up, but it's at the far end.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDkwtYAyI1YdTC_AFCCEP9tF4_CzfBlzpAslHBBN87oT7wEmTf4E0P71wa_-mD_F3GVNob_eHnHIg99C5gcIFftfozTHK2XqnjG93OHwVHtjlshcZ0ppNATq95pSv6X7E5qCb83I5PPxdCIYwlu7d16m4A9E78eAp_jJE8Yc_OSfFqR7y2a4gHk6qqzTG/s600/20230904_131702.jpg" /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">This stained glass window was looking quite beautiful in the bright sunlight.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQanCWGxYRE7U7o88F51uHjDouxrBeiLy6lXqTw_w0WaUuCeqyK9uz4p62ww61_OboaB4tI1ikyE68i98xr2mogdrCv7BK8nLm5pqIRB6YaXGHX5ABfS6O-kWJi7ej2YSc5m2tR1zEboBmHx-_At0SE4jFWDh1xEy7AvpGmxjp3taXFhAcRojUXEfz9RnY/s600/20230904_132954.jpg" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Lots of the gravestones are covered in moss.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHhmoaTCbMS-lnrpiiwZV_8sN1ZhTcvPZprtJY7nnpyOHVa1KFlazewROjnbOp4H3xXwaMHLpCR4f66mZLmAwZ7n0gfZ71RrcOvU0Oh8LRO7_0Rh3-4PvshLch8I087Fs4a5xShIKbjlylHfOVnau4Sy6b50mXjz2MvmQJGjz21UrIv5IKLkIntRYAYX6/s3264/20230904_133149.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyHhmoaTCbMS-lnrpiiwZV_8sN1ZhTcvPZprtJY7nnpyOHVa1KFlazewROjnbOp4H3xXwaMHLpCR4f66mZLmAwZ7n0gfZ71RrcOvU0Oh8LRO7_0Rh3-4PvshLch8I087Fs4a5xShIKbjlylHfOVnau4Sy6b50mXjz2MvmQJGjz21UrIv5IKLkIntRYAYX6/s600/20230904_133149.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We are not experts on moss, but it definitely seems like it's coastal related as the church is very close to the sea.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ugileG0GpOmNjwplBDgemf818PIIz0p3b3JfpnF4PMkrwwK2XHOTplVIQzUImYs22-5pDHfkR7eYL_8D7aUbBwRZb83rDTmxXFJdpzt2Jy8Hq-a1BA835hft-fmM3D6Qj_YZW5vMNywHIveiWUzeEeztX6WK298r9aLMsITPaSxBCYS7OWkEnyHjhi2O/s2560/20230904_125508.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1440" height="600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ugileG0GpOmNjwplBDgemf818PIIz0p3b3JfpnF4PMkrwwK2XHOTplVIQzUImYs22-5pDHfkR7eYL_8D7aUbBwRZb83rDTmxXFJdpzt2Jy8Hq-a1BA835hft-fmM3D6Qj_YZW5vMNywHIveiWUzeEeztX6WK298r9aLMsITPaSxBCYS7OWkEnyHjhi2O/s600/20230904_125508.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><div style="text-align: center;">St Grada Church in the background...</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Hope you enjoyed our little tour!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Love Kay and Sime xx</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-8913482306609624592023-08-28T12:43:00.000+01:002023-08-28T12:43:04.436+01:00Stop, Look and Listen<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1J_N6zhkdJpnzgMgCmMFN79H3x2dd6sucnBubpt5lXdM5abrD017fwH08SfPpV7jHKmOruy9hRkOoe5AacBYcP21AdLSixex0BIm-ohGEV0wSUJF0JAy4EhUizcAdK6DHIZ1f8cf80EhS3OB2TAC6m7WzAMsnsIYbbueoWAff1R1Xp03tNOmsLz_pxiT/s2592/IMG_9068.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj1J_N6zhkdJpnzgMgCmMFN79H3x2dd6sucnBubpt5lXdM5abrD017fwH08SfPpV7jHKmOruy9hRkOoe5AacBYcP21AdLSixex0BIm-ohGEV0wSUJF0JAy4EhUizcAdK6DHIZ1f8cf80EhS3OB2TAC6m7WzAMsnsIYbbueoWAff1R1Xp03tNOmsLz_pxiT/w640-h478/IMG_9068.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We have been in the Exe Valley for a week, on one of our regular pet sits and apart from venturing out to the farmer's market in Dulverton, we are very content to be here on the farm.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Have to say, we met lots of lovely folks in Dulverton and spent a very pleasant afternoon chatting and purchasing a few bits and bobs...delicious home made preserves from The Selworthy Pantry, Pain du Campagne from Lucho Bakes and we couldn't resist sampling some vegan beers from the Cottage Beer Project. Sime was also told that he should visit the music shop...Oggies Music and although it had closed for the day when we arrived at the door, a family turned up and said we can actually ring the bell and they were right...the friendly owner greeted and welcomed us all in. A wonderful shop full of second hand instruments, books and records.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">It is always a joy to be back here with all the animals, walking on the land, through fields and woods. In this truly peaceful place, we embrace the remote quietness - far from other humans. We know it wouldn't suit everyone, but we get totally immersed. Like having a good soak in a hot bath; it's both rejuvenating and calming. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We love hearing the river as we fall asleep at night and on waking each morning. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We take the dogs for early walks and we all enjoy it so much that the walks seem to get longer and longer...so many directions to explore. A few days ago, we saw a deer running across our path. It stopped for a few seconds when it saw us all before leaping into the woodland and away. Luckily the dogs were too busy snuffling in the undergrowth, but they did eventually pick up it's scent, though by that time it was thankfully long gone. Yesterday, swallows joined us in the top field - they teased the dogs by swooping down on them and seemed to enjoy being chased up and down the field. Such a wonderful display and interaction to watch, really magical.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">There are a family of buzzards always around and we often sit and watch them circling around the tops of the trees on the other side of the river. One morning, we were eating our porridge on the patio and became suddenly aware of squawking above us, on looking up we realised there was one of the buzzards fighting with a heron over a creature - we think the buzzard won!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">There is a healthy orchard on the farm giving us a plentiful supply of apples, plums and blackberries. We have an Aga in the large farmhouse kitchen and I am in my element...making bread, fruit crumbles, kombuchas and compotes. We are eating very simply (as usual), lots of fresh veggies, stir-fries and dhals.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We have brought several books with us and Sime purchased a couple of second hand books in the music shop on the history of the blues. I've just finished Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, a bit of a cheesy and dated read, but when we lived at Meadowcroft - we had many guests from Germany who were visiting locations from Rosamunde Pilcher books and films, so when the book was offered to us...I thought "Why not?" It's an easy holiday read and now I'm reading Meadowland by John Lewis-Stempel, which is actually the perfect book for here...so thank you Kath!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We have a few more days of this lovely place and then it won't be long before we're off to another regular sit in Hampshire. For now, we will continue to enjoy our simple life - being in nature, the animals, the wildlife, the weather, the sunrises and sunsets, the night sky, the peace and each other.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wIk2i_Pltc8nk8wmxCE_950jTBFqLkjk8rdOxLBcIZRfh-snGJZ2ko1Yd9SiNsSjGqOmcLBHg2zYmDnQpGjO_H--3e2FYL0rsGKxrInO_lYJxvU2aX_2-kc9IoZHBPgXph3InmbrfNNMTSS2uHfCpxBkPGWSdHtYP8P3Iklpwm9UuwLAPrnSRb0Wg5At/s2560/20230828_075352.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1440" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2wIk2i_Pltc8nk8wmxCE_950jTBFqLkjk8rdOxLBcIZRfh-snGJZ2ko1Yd9SiNsSjGqOmcLBHg2zYmDnQpGjO_H--3e2FYL0rsGKxrInO_lYJxvU2aX_2-kc9IoZHBPgXph3InmbrfNNMTSS2uHfCpxBkPGWSdHtYP8P3Iklpwm9UuwLAPrnSRb0Wg5At/w360-h640/20230828_075352.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Lots of love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Kay and Sime </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">xx</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-421802349757696822023-04-04T18:35:00.000+01:002023-04-04T18:35:19.978+01:00Spring Forward<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJI6lWIJ8GQWOSvec7E3__nm364Zo8u4lqktZ1rYYZzQyVZtC8cVxMJJaThivGV6pWRl5W2MmAVLJDe2VNI8mLNqdTcj4v4p8Bll3xlzoqev35wsiHXiLGSQtTYKDUwiaFpeylkxYUZz_fd13LXXKgVCDWlDYVtMSNAZgnINl70KOHfg8Wsl0wuUWelQ/s2592/IMG_6309.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJI6lWIJ8GQWOSvec7E3__nm364Zo8u4lqktZ1rYYZzQyVZtC8cVxMJJaThivGV6pWRl5W2MmAVLJDe2VNI8mLNqdTcj4v4p8Bll3xlzoqev35wsiHXiLGSQtTYKDUwiaFpeylkxYUZz_fd13LXXKgVCDWlDYVtMSNAZgnINl70KOHfg8Wsl0wuUWelQ/w640-h478/IMG_6309.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We are gradually coming out of our winter hibernation and two weeks of pet sitting on The Roseland in Cornwall has been a wonderful way to slowly "wake up" and enjoy being with one of our favourite furry chums.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJ2XCcUxSbKgTM330CO22z-Ec4NR11BKsynvRQjczrc-iNU6DhJx2wZL-LL1K7ybyM14dRrTmfNKw1Sk2C_nescOY4SISNDSo_LMEt15AwpApc5SINPazluRnferuqc9RBlQB86Wt9u-vpMXgsQmxlk74Ca29i7EapwTNFbRUqk89i3hwHZ4-Gr8_6A/s2828/20230404_180118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="2828" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJ2XCcUxSbKgTM330CO22z-Ec4NR11BKsynvRQjczrc-iNU6DhJx2wZL-LL1K7ybyM14dRrTmfNKw1Sk2C_nescOY4SISNDSo_LMEt15AwpApc5SINPazluRnferuqc9RBlQB86Wt9u-vpMXgsQmxlk74Ca29i7EapwTNFbRUqk89i3hwHZ4-Gr8_6A/w640-h416/20230404_180118.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We are all enjoying being outside more and after 5 years of caring for our little pal - we have finally made progress with her ability to listen, focus and follow commands! She has always been a delight to be with, but her excitable behaviour tends to get out of control...perhaps she is calming down as she gets older or maybe we are more relaxed around her. We have certainly felt our bond with her has strengthened over the last two weeks and in turn she is eager to please. She can now have time off her lead and is thoroughly enjoying beach play time, with excellent recall. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KZx7VCVPUGe9ZExBEvrslpT_nPocspHdozWX4fpMN2Uk18PB_swCgGcPtRiwmOI0gnngIkeFaniksmiSf3hBzIA1V6z5v14dtwmznoVr7w0zxg6v0lRzpHf5TspPQqzDdXi4GVq5aHCE2cTlAJbRnMqFhQmq_Qfj5hY8gnecD00i0RbpY8y4pLTVIg/s2592/IMG_0107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KZx7VCVPUGe9ZExBEvrslpT_nPocspHdozWX4fpMN2Uk18PB_swCgGcPtRiwmOI0gnngIkeFaniksmiSf3hBzIA1V6z5v14dtwmznoVr7w0zxg6v0lRzpHf5TspPQqzDdXi4GVq5aHCE2cTlAJbRnMqFhQmq_Qfj5hY8gnecD00i0RbpY8y4pLTVIg/w640-h478/IMG_0107.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We had almost given up on the idea that Mabel could enjoy such freedom, so it is a joy to us all!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We do hope that she will continue with her Mum, but are confident that we will slip back into our new improved relationship each time we come to stay.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">It has been a wonderful rejuvenating time and we'll be returning home this week feeling happy and relaxed...though sad to be leaving our beautiful companion. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We really do enjoy the simplicity of our pet sitting work - walking, cooking, reading and snuggling with furry buddies...a real dream come true for us.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5HCyQEehe7jiCjuhcvwFyyzVyQ9A2K6qX6m4dG6mDqo6kSNesCcq4_1AVVptGUU7paDnp-4W7lltDhDBEJolXElJb-64nSZhblLlhj1fCi04rE06T4Foq2ytuiSzyRzVdieBhJLWukKeOhoReZXJqWGuf6_mWpfHWjounr5ZFg_C-7VGufRiwui6Zw/s1267/mabel%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1267" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5HCyQEehe7jiCjuhcvwFyyzVyQ9A2K6qX6m4dG6mDqo6kSNesCcq4_1AVVptGUU7paDnp-4W7lltDhDBEJolXElJb-64nSZhblLlhj1fCi04rE06T4Foq2ytuiSzyRzVdieBhJLWukKeOhoReZXJqWGuf6_mWpfHWjounr5ZFg_C-7VGufRiwui6Zw/w640-h484/mabel%205.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of love,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kay and Sime</div><div style="text-align: center;">xx</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-70392614129133592432023-02-12T13:08:00.000+00:002023-02-12T13:08:56.864+00:00Winter Recharge<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfEnTywU2rjqb8-gG4R6Oy-fc5Ka6HBojSPY0nCCIBT86QTyN_0INT_0OkuzbE9EcrXD7h5yu1-zx1lDYrJLtV3SqGpo0ulqUEHIq2vWYL1T3XBk2NnLXB09aVgky7ExHvJqbpEV5UP8UDR7azNMrWXZWPah-ZEoQpFwJMp_oEDo4hqk37W7fAqyZHQ/s1632/330135727_1636641463445768_4023492817663919012_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1632" data-original-width="1224" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijfEnTywU2rjqb8-gG4R6Oy-fc5Ka6HBojSPY0nCCIBT86QTyN_0INT_0OkuzbE9EcrXD7h5yu1-zx1lDYrJLtV3SqGpo0ulqUEHIq2vWYL1T3XBk2NnLXB09aVgky7ExHvJqbpEV5UP8UDR7azNMrWXZWPah-ZEoQpFwJMp_oEDo4hqk37W7fAqyZHQ/w480-h640/330135727_1636641463445768_4023492817663919012_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">This life is perfect for us - spending time with so many beautiful animals, walking, cooking, eating and being idle. We are on another pet sitting assignment...Dartmoor again and it feels like we are truly unwinding. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We are up early, out feeding all the buddies and walking with the furries. There's no rush, no clock watching. We get to start our days gently, enjoying the playfulness of the goats, chatting to the chickens, cuddling the kitties and then walking, talking, laughing. Taking in the beautiful scenery, the wildlife and collecting wood. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Life is simple, we have no desire to fill our days doing stuff and instead we return to base, light the fire, make up big bowls of porridge and take our time to sit and enjoy every spoonful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">It feels right to do less in the winter, to rest more and just be. At home we do have to work, but we are always dreaming up plans to make life simpler; for caring people to walk into our lives and take on some of our jobs, allowing us to do something closer to home between pet sits.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">For now, we can enjoy being here, focus on each other and our time relaxing together, recharging and slowing down. Wonderful stuff.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSZ1UisiEWQiWSO2GMLI5whyN392zvdbN3V6ws4YY7iJ8rgINp3-jrZpi_fZty0WOqKEj5EUZnqZg2I086jf0Vn0LnGOEXEfOwY_z3HZGarNksS5aXPYM8DgLNEzY4Y9U3xZHPtgtCtvlZUWAaJQ-iws394_WaD3olhtsR8qCdev8L-uFci9SBAZhNA/s1296/330157622_899269984527639_3909883178340376922_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="972" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDSZ1UisiEWQiWSO2GMLI5whyN392zvdbN3V6ws4YY7iJ8rgINp3-jrZpi_fZty0WOqKEj5EUZnqZg2I086jf0Vn0LnGOEXEfOwY_z3HZGarNksS5aXPYM8DgLNEzY4Y9U3xZHPtgtCtvlZUWAaJQ-iws394_WaD3olhtsR8qCdev8L-uFci9SBAZhNA/w480-h640/330157622_899269984527639_3909883178340376922_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of love,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kay & Sime</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xx</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-52172369600847331422022-11-12T14:46:00.001+00:002022-11-12T14:46:15.752+00:00Clive's Pies<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpcryAccwz5QRUeG_Ouz1i_awcHk8lBbKbe8mUznPb8pAA0yrlwfpiXXSiJgGCNIpzw4hJEMU9XqCIfGL6rf4aFHd7JXBmFeJqEIprAcfRy5C9rokfk1hGWFhp6cCLBL4EiCZXjOwUSJh9RdpOt0OySZaywke5_a9QfdFTRFyQNFEvvrIHtO4BolvtQ/s2592/IMG_9596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpcryAccwz5QRUeG_Ouz1i_awcHk8lBbKbe8mUznPb8pAA0yrlwfpiXXSiJgGCNIpzw4hJEMU9XqCIfGL6rf4aFHd7JXBmFeJqEIprAcfRy5C9rokfk1hGWFhp6cCLBL4EiCZXjOwUSJh9RdpOt0OySZaywke5_a9QfdFTRFyQNFEvvrIHtO4BolvtQ/w640-h478/IMG_9596.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>It's not often that we big up a food company, but since sampling a few pies from Clive's range we felt that we should extoll the virtues of these delicious products. We've been vegan for a long time now and it's commonplace to find plant based foods in most outlets, of course this doesn't mean that they are all nutritious and of good quality - you have to sort the wheat from the chaff. </p><p>We took a chance on a couple of Clive's pies some time ago when we discovered our then local wholefood store, Archie Brown's in Truro stocked them. We each tried their creamy mushroom pies and loved them...really tasty, well filled and with a good crust. We are not huge fans of pastry, so were pleasantly surprised as to how good they were. We dipped our vegan toes into the Clive's portfolio and were rewarded with pies of consistently good quality. Other brands we've tried have been a bit hit and miss in terms of taste and consistency, but Clive's hit the mark every time. We thought it would be nice to write to the company and say how much we like their products. They replied with a lovely message and sent us a selection of their goodies - see photos. What a lovely thing to do. </p><p>We are gradually making our way through these delicious pastries...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBSPo9T1nRDsyzTuHSMSlppsiFVTquw1AsMEpWyxYd6kL4j7QEVHOy0u9SHJD3FpsBN7VstTbtdKVFRT8eqiiIFJ8qFrxovWlFS_lrJIgmimRBjNxtYjosepi0N72hypAcJnxBwrtWVwMlt2J1KowK60ayLJGD0-mbIVltRTbPwKu8Pakw8SyFUcOYw/s1440/1CC16784-1E5F-48B5-B69C-7FCD945D5F3F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="1440" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifBSPo9T1nRDsyzTuHSMSlppsiFVTquw1AsMEpWyxYd6kL4j7QEVHOy0u9SHJD3FpsBN7VstTbtdKVFRT8eqiiIFJ8qFrxovWlFS_lrJIgmimRBjNxtYjosepi0N72hypAcJnxBwrtWVwMlt2J1KowK60ayLJGD0-mbIVltRTbPwKu8Pakw8SyFUcOYw/w640-h478/1CC16784-1E5F-48B5-B69C-7FCD945D5F3F.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAMo8_GIAYA1orhilSaxzBQDtMcmuCanl-K02p_HSybBwU2LpyD62eBMIAe1xzCnMU8dDNXBqQCHlQFmdfNF2csVP9MLt12xgJ8spX7sBef7JN2nY-fKcAJ412jsH1DOl-RQop0oPbhB9gHFde-1R3uHli6O3fqvbAOfyp9fGp-bO2o85leU9AjyGtA/s1440/FD266C23-3D7A-4FB6-A505-E67FEC903B77.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1074" data-original-width="1440" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAMo8_GIAYA1orhilSaxzBQDtMcmuCanl-K02p_HSybBwU2LpyD62eBMIAe1xzCnMU8dDNXBqQCHlQFmdfNF2csVP9MLt12xgJ8spX7sBef7JN2nY-fKcAJ412jsH1DOl-RQop0oPbhB9gHFde-1R3uHli6O3fqvbAOfyp9fGp-bO2o85leU9AjyGtA/w640-h478/FD266C23-3D7A-4FB6-A505-E67FEC903B77.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red Pepper Harissa Quiche</div><p style="text-align: left;">We enjoyed half a quiche each with our homemade potato salad, stir-fried greens and olives. It has a nice spicy kick.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3XN2s3QnLjwybYfFyKttY3846VfFEZCs2aKOdKjU1faVy8u8eGwLxNuFMdPSa0_4OZ2BXrnU3zsdx3Pin92JAmM7xaq6vo6xKjF-DtyY9G8asutJmRfEC8-LbqHLylwlFmJY4q-otGIlISM-S-onYTLtIsspgRl2IEiBo0nbg145rH3BJCwvba_Wmw/s1024/E70F5972-F4CF-477A-880D-868D4127C47B-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3XN2s3QnLjwybYfFyKttY3846VfFEZCs2aKOdKjU1faVy8u8eGwLxNuFMdPSa0_4OZ2BXrnU3zsdx3Pin92JAmM7xaq6vo6xKjF-DtyY9G8asutJmRfEC8-LbqHLylwlFmJY4q-otGIlISM-S-onYTLtIsspgRl2IEiBo0nbg145rH3BJCwvba_Wmw/w640-h640/E70F5972-F4CF-477A-880D-868D4127C47B-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDXTTEQAwrgrriavYx0AgoClRxEHOSHc5uu_ZQ0yuKUDZJ0bdeoCY42BGLwsL3E2bWJZMSVweOFmjFMK1LRBuur9F4qYgok21JLcxDvxD88a1A3CmAktPmUg4dA2UHNPJK5xPsgapiJlx8Fpf5Pmneg9o8qA2vq9DADcV00EXfZRK4_BSMvYiUBNxdg/s1024/332DE489-334F-4095-8363-54F4CA742633-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYDXTTEQAwrgrriavYx0AgoClRxEHOSHc5uu_ZQ0yuKUDZJ0bdeoCY42BGLwsL3E2bWJZMSVweOFmjFMK1LRBuur9F4qYgok21JLcxDvxD88a1A3CmAktPmUg4dA2UHNPJK5xPsgapiJlx8Fpf5Pmneg9o8qA2vq9DADcV00EXfZRK4_BSMvYiUBNxdg/w640-h640/332DE489-334F-4095-8363-54F4CA742633-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We shared these pies - half each with our leftover stew and rice!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's the first time we've had the Coronation Chickpea and we loved it.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7T1yPbp9pKoIq6XSwraOEbOGmRQ1O2Fk1c9WKbAHnrz-4lUYs3uHoa21GrQFFN1901fZPm8Dd9C3Hw4jApjrtuXZJWbA0hyh4HERQUxvjyOJD-q84QEJZQF2p0HLMGqqULZylFdjRsQ-XWZY4aChWKdXl2Tdj1bDRe1Hmo4ISOnJZkerO5uEomtHBA/s2592/IMG_9612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7T1yPbp9pKoIq6XSwraOEbOGmRQ1O2Fk1c9WKbAHnrz-4lUYs3uHoa21GrQFFN1901fZPm8Dd9C3Hw4jApjrtuXZJWbA0hyh4HERQUxvjyOJD-q84QEJZQF2p0HLMGqqULZylFdjRsQ-XWZY4aChWKdXl2Tdj1bDRe1Hmo4ISOnJZkerO5uEomtHBA/w640-h478/IMG_9612.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today for lunch we have shared the Broccoli and Pesto Quiche...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2P8K5O2CZxkf9LWJTv0c75mapD8eG0Oh-5S5A9O3wr2DgDjyVzMraXK6CQdnjUV_i1rbQfv-BXiKEch5eTJaThUX_DFhNm3zF-bl-gG-BMacIB3QhyzbY48qQU98nJXIEteSHO7KgwsvTZ21BNYXBZ8ilG6I1x0Wlzg2mWqGb8nRP0yfBAx7v6SMxg/s1024/35F4692C-0895-43BA-87D1-FA6BAEEF08D5-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS2P8K5O2CZxkf9LWJTv0c75mapD8eG0Oh-5S5A9O3wr2DgDjyVzMraXK6CQdnjUV_i1rbQfv-BXiKEch5eTJaThUX_DFhNm3zF-bl-gG-BMacIB3QhyzbY48qQU98nJXIEteSHO7KgwsvTZ21BNYXBZ8ilG6I1x0Wlzg2mWqGb8nRP0yfBAx7v6SMxg/w640-h640/35F4692C-0895-43BA-87D1-FA6BAEEF08D5-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Along with the nut roast...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCU7qe_PWv2dN1V75P1-l9izCr4g6kzoi-sYjNo12t06MKtIoUW-JvdR0HCd6UvX6Hv0_XN_RdqihIayYSQKQCQdznV_m5JTyzcMBGPQefa0Xc-aFk0K1sTNKDOPAUOJi3sOfBSxgq-qEzTDIa4S-e-A55WEyRXM3uom03smXNnC7CUChb6t4lSysTQ/s1024/3651CE20-F3C8-4CE2-B253-6564844EB97D-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSCU7qe_PWv2dN1V75P1-l9izCr4g6kzoi-sYjNo12t06MKtIoUW-JvdR0HCd6UvX6Hv0_XN_RdqihIayYSQKQCQdznV_m5JTyzcMBGPQefa0Xc-aFk0K1sTNKDOPAUOJi3sOfBSxgq-qEzTDIa4S-e-A55WEyRXM3uom03smXNnC7CUChb6t4lSysTQ/w640-h640/3651CE20-F3C8-4CE2-B253-6564844EB97D-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZT6kEi24B4TJx0sE2yW31T_tkwvs020xCFXjRax_4ahIy29v84n_3tgvhinYaKFCtdt5l_ZAx_nrzTxdqQVWLNqd1S4skzbPdz8fxWbdaJco5fG6FMjTYLK1o__zlaqf9Qz5JCLzKnr-UfvnpQiNeNRjpa4rO3lWAdl6N2l8kHZhZMyQ9lzpKBOS0CA/s2592/IMG_9627.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZT6kEi24B4TJx0sE2yW31T_tkwvs020xCFXjRax_4ahIy29v84n_3tgvhinYaKFCtdt5l_ZAx_nrzTxdqQVWLNqd1S4skzbPdz8fxWbdaJco5fG6FMjTYLK1o__zlaqf9Qz5JCLzKnr-UfvnpQiNeNRjpa4rO3lWAdl6N2l8kHZhZMyQ9lzpKBOS0CA/w640-h478/IMG_9627.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Served with miso and lemon stir-fried veggies. </div><p>If you do come across a Clive's Pie (the puff pies are our favourites), we would definitely recommend popping it in your basket and enjoy on its own or like us with some steamed or stir-fried organic veggies. Cruelty free foods made with love in Devon...Bliss. 💚💚</p><p>Enjoy and lots of love,</p><p>Kay and Sime</p><p>xx</p><p> </p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-86988536611821136822022-07-31T17:47:00.000+01:002022-07-31T17:47:11.209+01:00Dhal<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvcHebMmBj_UpZBkwU19C-hqk12ua0UvwpeKRrUFT0IjK61fyPKIt1qwrc9kePl_h4Edp4mJ8y3u2H4ae6b8Dyq5qMpAfn1yXESBb0uBaOyNSsEkZpeM_lMbcZHgikqSgJ68VN0beCmUqPgAXUYVRAyPLie0dRB1VAbYINoFil6F86kGJhXKyOoWJWw/s2592/IMG_8836.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitvcHebMmBj_UpZBkwU19C-hqk12ua0UvwpeKRrUFT0IjK61fyPKIt1qwrc9kePl_h4Edp4mJ8y3u2H4ae6b8Dyq5qMpAfn1yXESBb0uBaOyNSsEkZpeM_lMbcZHgikqSgJ68VN0beCmUqPgAXUYVRAyPLie0dRB1VAbYINoFil6F86kGJhXKyOoWJWw/w640-h478/IMG_8836.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Red lentils are an absolute favourite and we have both felt the same way about them for many years...our go to comfort food, whatever the weather! </span><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Put them together with some vegetables, miso and brown rice and we have the ultimate in simple, nourishing food. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkAv5mk4aMfWpLmE_zrF4u9S0qoh69d4qJVYiyqYri5MlDH3d4rB1nQ7SJyjoIBYmQoDFbvJUguDOrUUQT7LFKlubxR5g3X-bUGVTpdDTIlxvW6yNXwvfiehBJzjt9dmD87g8oBXD1qT3DN23n0DjAFvflipvgdWSuQLeyc3eaKHbmcMD4DmGTsy3vQ/s2592/IMG_7125.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPkAv5mk4aMfWpLmE_zrF4u9S0qoh69d4qJVYiyqYri5MlDH3d4rB1nQ7SJyjoIBYmQoDFbvJUguDOrUUQT7LFKlubxR5g3X-bUGVTpdDTIlxvW6yNXwvfiehBJzjt9dmD87g8oBXD1qT3DN23n0DjAFvflipvgdWSuQLeyc3eaKHbmcMD4DmGTsy3vQ/w478-h640/IMG_7125.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;">It's one of the first vegan ingredients we attempted to cook over 34 years ago - with very little in the way of recipe books and we had no idea how to get them just right; resorting to beans on toast over and over again, but sheer determination and much experimentation got us there in the end!</span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbxSYELmD9vaPpJztX4UW-f6XMnCbZceQHXhvak-4bE8in4wxsZO293HgmgncVwKVwCRBMbByUH8roIfssZBzGKk99OJ3T8lICk_NtOJ63odH-KsHQka6WaYaeOQOeeNQ7XJ62JF5gQINlsvgwjRokAGZf9IPZAb7HDzRVmOAr37s_Zn3WCW74ZNYqQ/s2592/IMG_7112.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbxSYELmD9vaPpJztX4UW-f6XMnCbZceQHXhvak-4bE8in4wxsZO293HgmgncVwKVwCRBMbByUH8roIfssZBzGKk99OJ3T8lICk_NtOJ63odH-KsHQka6WaYaeOQOeeNQ7XJ62JF5gQINlsvgwjRokAGZf9IPZAb7HDzRVmOAr37s_Zn3WCW74ZNYqQ/w640-h478/IMG_7112.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><p>Now we enjoy them at least twice a week, these days in a pan of seasonal vegetables cooked with spices and fresh herbs - sometimes using the leftovers for roasts and burgers...they are just so versatile and we adore their subtle, almost bland flavour and creamy texture. </p></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuGeynKFIaSpzHbwBpNiJwZwRibj349sv99mr2tG6vCOt61ourrD0uq3Tg7kPL_k4kbVvzi_DzwQJ3VeWzy5NZRT1I4pvl1AUuiIgjtDvZlOzKUpp6yJWmswEcowFRDy5Y9L0OE_9KUerOkHPrmNnuoDOuOYU1ES3tefj-5busoqB-XxfdeKKczqIrg/s2592/IMG_3689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1694" data-original-width="2592" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuGeynKFIaSpzHbwBpNiJwZwRibj349sv99mr2tG6vCOt61ourrD0uq3Tg7kPL_k4kbVvzi_DzwQJ3VeWzy5NZRT1I4pvl1AUuiIgjtDvZlOzKUpp6yJWmswEcowFRDy5Y9L0OE_9KUerOkHPrmNnuoDOuOYU1ES3tefj-5busoqB-XxfdeKKczqIrg/w640-h418/IMG_3689.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwQsAGTbACHSWfW62GWbEoBwtTBEgOS51qJtbdL5fxSrveB01N7y5PJsFby8RHvcXzPo1TwRMVf2KpWGbmhVknCL4IGtXafA44JJN6YNAvFgysiCcb3vzA18owqIat4IOoiSd8J0ur64rlmsLhch-TAAYdiR06D-4SrQBQTMLbrba96ip3DQfjcuqDQ/s2093/IMG_4330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2093" height="592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwQsAGTbACHSWfW62GWbEoBwtTBEgOS51qJtbdL5fxSrveB01N7y5PJsFby8RHvcXzPo1TwRMVf2KpWGbmhVknCL4IGtXafA44JJN6YNAvFgysiCcb3vzA18owqIat4IOoiSd8J0ur64rlmsLhch-TAAYdiR06D-4SrQBQTMLbrba96ip3DQfjcuqDQ/w640-h592/IMG_4330.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><b><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Red
Lentil Dhal Recipe</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> (4 Servings)<br /><o:p></o:p></span></b><b><u>Ingredients<br /></u></b>8oz red lentils<br />1 medium onion<br />4 garlic cloves<br />Selection of seasonal vegetables<br />Selection of spices (black cumin,
coriander and mustard seeds is a delicious combination)<br />1 tablespoon soy sauce and a splash of
water for frying<br />½ to 1 pint boiling water<br />Optional extras to add at the end of
cooking: salt and pepper, miso, bouillon, lemon juice, coconut milk, seaweed
flakes and fresh herbs</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Instructions</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Cabin;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Chop
or dice all the vegetables (hard vegetables like potatoes and cauliflower can
be precooked – steamed, boiled or roasted).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Cabin;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Fry
all the veggies (including the onion and garlic) and spices in the soy sauce
and water until starting to soften, for around 5 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Cabin;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Wash
the lentils and add to the pan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Cabin;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Add
the boiling water, stir and allow to bubble away for 5 minutes on a high heat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Cabin;">5.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Turn
the heat down, stir and cover the pan. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Cabin;">6.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Simmer
for 20 – 30 minutes until lentils have become quite mushy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Cabin;">7.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Add
any optional seasonings and stir well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Cabin;">8.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Switch
off and leave for around 20 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Cabin;">9.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Serve
with rice, bread and chutney. </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Enjoy! </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4oEUR3CYyiFtg4bcgFXyNnLc7FVEwVO3dlqpMRzs-CUbYVUMtSRH8ULrz3oYLPty2Y7B73LCDwtiSjfvDFZKQXigWWEaMDAEFfS3z_j3ezVlI5gyYVQsS-sFiBSCfLhOvvqT_ZtUzeQ1oDukkp6pocQlJGAGMd6ok-MVmUsYzgoyr_TlsrqDDKyRFA/s806/E10AA313-2FB1-4960-A8C2-403C2510B680.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="806" height="538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4oEUR3CYyiFtg4bcgFXyNnLc7FVEwVO3dlqpMRzs-CUbYVUMtSRH8ULrz3oYLPty2Y7B73LCDwtiSjfvDFZKQXigWWEaMDAEFfS3z_j3ezVlI5gyYVQsS-sFiBSCfLhOvvqT_ZtUzeQ1oDukkp6pocQlJGAGMd6ok-MVmUsYzgoyr_TlsrqDDKyRFA/w640-h538/E10AA313-2FB1-4960-A8C2-403C2510B680.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-indent: -18pt;"><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></span></p>Lots of love,</span><p></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Kay and Sime</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">xx</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></p></div><br /><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-45679515952512889212022-07-17T21:15:00.000+01:002022-07-17T21:15:25.798+01:00Slow Travel<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUgh5VA9zfAQQkUKd2VKQANal8zPcKYHhw_S5PY-p6AeQgd0bR9PWdLhVPMuhvEkKHRFvARGC-wig10SBEIqswykrSgO436OpNkwi94mEn_CXxta5nH2xjhxznFbI1MVvqlYG00mYBxaQwHM9pgXJAGJKCWNXN_EKEuZ_xxH5X0GtjjkVQ06Cy9sp3Q/s2592/IMG_8621.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUgh5VA9zfAQQkUKd2VKQANal8zPcKYHhw_S5PY-p6AeQgd0bR9PWdLhVPMuhvEkKHRFvARGC-wig10SBEIqswykrSgO436OpNkwi94mEn_CXxta5nH2xjhxznFbI1MVvqlYG00mYBxaQwHM9pgXJAGJKCWNXN_EKEuZ_xxH5X0GtjjkVQ06Cy9sp3Q/s600/IMG_8621.JPG" width="600" /></a><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We have always enjoyed road trips and you only have to search through our blog to find many posts featuring our trips. We like this independent, laid-back way of travelling. Staying away from the main routes and instead, exploring the quiet roads away from the traffic. On the rare occasions we have been stuck in hold-ups; we remain calm, go with the flow and if possible just look for an alternative way.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Holidays for us start as soon as we exit the door to our home and not when we arrive at our destination. Travelling is very much part of the whole experience and we'll either pack a picnic for the journey or pick up food once we're on the road...sometimes even both! No hard or fast rules, just making decisions as we go and doing what we feel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Slow travel is quite wonderful, setting off early and seeing what happens. There are always opportunities presenting themselves - intriguing places we may come across on the way and the people and animals we meet. Leaving our plans open means that we can be flexible and it really is such a nice relaxing way to travel. No timetables to follow, just the freedom of the road and the adventures waiting to happen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">If you have followed our blog for some time, you will know that we are very good at manifesting the things we desire - like our French house, our Cornish cabin, our business, the house and pet sitting, living in a community, our Canadian trip, etc, etc. Big road trips for us very often start out in the same way; a small sentence in our little manifesting notebook. During our stay in Hampshire, we have discussed in more detail our plans for a new campervan. We have had several over the years and we knew that eventually we would have one again, so here we are - ready and busy visualising our dream van... </span><span style="font-family: Cabin;">A new campervan with rustic interior. A fixed bed at the back with storage space/garage underneath. Kitchen with a hob, oven, sink, fridge and a decent amount of work surfaces to allow us to cook together. A small dining area and shower room with a fancy new compost toilet. We also want solar panels, so we can be off-grid. </span><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We do already have pictures on our cabin wall of some campervans we like, but now we are going to put our ideas out there, attracting the perfect van for us and bringing it into our lives.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We have done this kind of manifesting many times and our wooden cabin actually came to us in just 2 weeks. We dreamed it up, then we both drew a picture in our notebook and BOOM! There it was! We didn't have the money, but we said yes - we want it! We made a decision and went for it and the money came to us. Three months later, we were living in our dream home on a lovely community! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSB-hcANrL7TH6J1SVzgiMZbtKARJlu60S6zEcqW_6s1Aqv2bprardMUj_Q_h54DjdDaSE4gZj8FPCPTITaULedbuuROwB_slcerTC8d7l5l-Y6PstrRlpabzT8YRAbCRfIvu7JkGxQPpirH2sxIyzlCfcsS7D9lVEVrDsWyXMD5ck5zlglct2e9D5fQ/s1024/Cabin.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSB-hcANrL7TH6J1SVzgiMZbtKARJlu60S6zEcqW_6s1Aqv2bprardMUj_Q_h54DjdDaSE4gZj8FPCPTITaULedbuuROwB_slcerTC8d7l5l-Y6PstrRlpabzT8YRAbCRfIvu7JkGxQPpirH2sxIyzlCfcsS7D9lVEVrDsWyXMD5ck5zlglct2e9D5fQ/w640-h640/Cabin.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We don't focus on the financial side or concern ourselves with how it will come to us, instead we are just content and secure in the knowledge that whatever we desire will be on it's way. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">So watch this space!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeIpHsWgySAkNLsfn-DRifJh8YNM1duocTQdTkLO07_nKyTaWYZjoTappo1Ec5QuwokAUrSNlEHMtJ_hAGmHxBaGmNAfEXRMNnpKdhmmYl8t17Ab2hlfPWGDAx8rsd0x6cb3kMcNSiu0TUEF4u-t2tDWHDys2cwQZ75kYsmv1-YShl8z2vF58ZdgeMw/s1280/IMG_8676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeIpHsWgySAkNLsfn-DRifJh8YNM1duocTQdTkLO07_nKyTaWYZjoTappo1Ec5QuwokAUrSNlEHMtJ_hAGmHxBaGmNAfEXRMNnpKdhmmYl8t17Ab2hlfPWGDAx8rsd0x6cb3kMcNSiu0TUEF4u-t2tDWHDys2cwQZ75kYsmv1-YShl8z2vF58ZdgeMw/w640-h480/IMG_8676.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Lots of love,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Kay and Sime </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">xx</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUgh5VA9zfAQQkUKd2VKQANal8zPcKYHhw_S5PY-p6AeQgd0bR9PWdLhVPMuhvEkKHRFvARGC-wig10SBEIqswykrSgO436OpNkwi94mEn_CXxta5nH2xjhxznFbI1MVvqlYG00mYBxaQwHM9pgXJAGJKCWNXN_EKEuZ_xxH5X0GtjjkVQ06Cy9sp3Q/s2592/IMG_8621.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></a></div>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-25321871571375027072022-07-11T19:52:00.002+01:002022-07-11T19:52:42.276+01:00Bringing Joy Into Our Lives<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyEY1jG_Zdy2_5t2GsX6xnLqomu2GSlSfHC9rXq5PN67ug0ys21Gg6IcuAzvCCsmzxNv0uKpWdBVvD-lI8vwOcMinxRtXalCs2NIkOXxObLDgpEK4BbQclQrDS4FoLDEbdxAEKR2mQQi6ez-njpk2RMb_xIm36xnrOJ6QT3rFhpNuA8cI4EO4IKeuqg/s2592/IMG_8674.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAyEY1jG_Zdy2_5t2GsX6xnLqomu2GSlSfHC9rXq5PN67ug0ys21Gg6IcuAzvCCsmzxNv0uKpWdBVvD-lI8vwOcMinxRtXalCs2NIkOXxObLDgpEK4BbQclQrDS4FoLDEbdxAEKR2mQQi6ez-njpk2RMb_xIm36xnrOJ6QT3rFhpNuA8cI4EO4IKeuqg/w640-h478/IMG_8674.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We seem to have quite a few pet sitting assignments lined up this year and we are very happy about it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We feel incredibly honoured to be paid to do something that is so enjoyable and adore spending time with such lovely furries.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">It's a pleasurable way of living for us and such a simple way of life...walking, cooking, eating, taking care of various pets, reading and sleeping. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">A nice change from our sometimes crazy work schedule at home (well, crazy for us) we just can't help getting involved with folks in need of support, but what we really should be doing is taking care of ourselves too. </span><span style="font-family: Cabin;">House and pet sitting means we can take things easy, no rushing around and it is truly wonderful; basically a paid holiday!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We are currently in very hot Hampshire, arrivi</span><span style="font-family: Cabin;">ng 10 days ago totally unprepared with more food than clothing - pretty normal for us...which means we've already had to buy shorts and now an elderly neighbour has offered for us to cool off in her pool, which leaves us with the dilemma of do we also purchase swimming gear? Bearing in mind that we already own perfectly functional swimwear, but it is unfortunately around 300 miles away and adding in the fact that we live in a small cabin with little room for extras. Do we just skinny dip? It's over 30C here, so having a swim is extremely tempting! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrw2oRTNQ1HgJRFzgAi_KNlScH1pGEMier3ADHMxvGttLfNrKqpvJP75qak_WqDRZ1Are8Dyk50UTBex8ZLym2bAWg4pkdU9jiY77d0zSugbQHBRDmCJwA6GPreRmTNGNkHdmJUKHils7lpMnWCnk0FhmOTHe1MbU7bYzvnfE3IG5aoBgHAR5bEdhjg/s2592/IMG_8713.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKrw2oRTNQ1HgJRFzgAi_KNlScH1pGEMier3ADHMxvGttLfNrKqpvJP75qak_WqDRZ1Are8Dyk50UTBex8ZLym2bAWg4pkdU9jiY77d0zSugbQHBRDmCJwA6GPreRmTNGNkHdmJUKHils7lpMnWCnk0FhmOTHe1MbU7bYzvnfE3IG5aoBgHAR5bEdhjg/w478-h640/IMG_8713.JPG" width="478" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We are glad to be near some lovely woodland walks, which are great for getting away from the heat. Though we have come across a couple of overgrown and impassable public footpaths, which is a real shame - people don't seem to walk much around here, instead they drive to popular country parks and usually at mega speeds too! It is a very different world to Cornwall, with most folks living in the fast lane - big, expensive houses and multiple cars sitting in their driveways. No doubt, commuting to London and working long hours at their "important" jobs. These vast properties in large plots of land are probably standing empty for most of the week and it makes us wonder what is the point? How can these folks get any enjoyment from their homes when they are rarely there? Would some of them love to walk away from their lives and do something completely different? Do they feel under pressure to keep up with their lifestyle? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We really don't get it - funny how a way of life can seem ordinary to some and almost repulsive to others. We're sure they would feel the same way about us...we see the occasional disapproving looks at our scruffiness, which just makes us laugh! We are proud of getting over 20 or 30 years out of some our clothes, to patch up the rips and carry on until they can no longer be repaired. We have no desire to be fashionable and often think people have been duped into believing that the way they dress is important. Maybe it brings them much joy, but at what cost? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Anyway, here we are...just a couple of scruffy, sweaty bums - happily so!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6U5nCw6gPzqQNfChV0dxVm1vYB6toDcrZJYTNgkavX95sAxgB2qzAju72bBrylSoX9g0vyDXp-Y5kImwSb5Em86sME35tWv1B5-C4Dpp9TxMi8f5a5JbTXGB_wpoUpnfISjuHh3SB44azkdHSlzi-btOAPZnujj-TAwL3x8siFw0nqo7zmVxYVyJUw/s1280/IMG_8780.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6U5nCw6gPzqQNfChV0dxVm1vYB6toDcrZJYTNgkavX95sAxgB2qzAju72bBrylSoX9g0vyDXp-Y5kImwSb5Em86sME35tWv1B5-C4Dpp9TxMi8f5a5JbTXGB_wpoUpnfISjuHh3SB44azkdHSlzi-btOAPZnujj-TAwL3x8siFw0nqo7zmVxYVyJUw/w640-h480/IMG_8780.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> Lots of love,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kay and Sime</div><div style="text-align: center;">xx</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-63530686938459539102022-04-03T09:42:00.002+01:002023-01-11T07:45:55.443+00:00Love and Laughter<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We want to share with you our love for each other, a powerful and intimate connection which continues to grow each and every day. Today isn't an anniversary or birthday...dates don't really matter, we just enjoy sending our love out into the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We started writing this shortly after our anniversary in September and somehow became too busy to be blogging...so hello again, we are still here!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">34 years married, soon to be 36 years together and over 50 years since we first met.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">One day we'll dig out the box of old photos under our bed and make a montage, but for now - here is a few from the last 5 years, as well as our wedding day on the bottom right.</span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaZsafz2jCC8L7mJoxuXQ6twz2JfRw_8vWws8yFkrofF8fCheTTpJr_1u9uSEsoikxOacuC0IEJyL909WNioXSb50EKsAVUhdbPkriROudIWQe64Ha-EC6bplhXM0Y1B4j96fFn7INDF5/s1530/IMG_0162-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="1530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJaZsafz2jCC8L7mJoxuXQ6twz2JfRw_8vWws8yFkrofF8fCheTTpJr_1u9uSEsoikxOacuC0IEJyL909WNioXSb50EKsAVUhdbPkriROudIWQe64Ha-EC6bplhXM0Y1B4j96fFn7INDF5/w640-h640/IMG_0162-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Last September, we enjoyed
a wonderful celebration of our relationship with family and friends on the farm
and created: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4v4lzZLEOT2LrKjZrESeZG?si=cc9b1f28c6f041b4"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Our 80s Playlist</span></b></a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">How can we love each other more than ever after all
these years? We just do.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">The first time we declared our love was over a barrel
of beer in a friend’s garage, while a party was going on in the house. Amidst
tears of joy we felt that strong connection and knew we wanted to be together
forever. Over the years, we have shared many similar moments...usually over a
cup of rooibos these days, but the tears of joy continue. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We have been told several times that we have had many lifetimes together and we always find each other easily - we found this quite funny at first and now we are both believers, it just makes sense.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Our hearts burst with love and we share those feelings.
From seeing each other walk into a room, to doing something that has required a
lot of courage. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">When one of us suffers, we both do. We also find great
strength from each other and when one of us is down, the other will pick up the
slack. We’re a team, we get on with it and continue to love and show our love.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We do talk lots, but we also have the ability to
communicate without words. We can look at each other and know what the other is
thinking, of course that comes from being together for a long time...it’s
useful in group situations!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">When the kidlets were small and sometimes irritable,
we often calmed them down with silly songs and crazy dancing. They all left
home years ago, but our silly songs and dancing have continued. We very much enjoy
our early morning dancing until we cry with laughter and loudly singing along
to cheesy songs in the car often with our ridiculously misheard lyrics. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Neither of us ever imagined that our love could
possibly continue to be so strong, but it is and here we are - 36 years later
and still loving each other’s company. Feeling the pleasure of holding each other,
our intimacy, watching each other sleep and waking up to find each other there.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We are on the same page, soul mates, twin flames and
it is truly wonderful. </span><span style="font-family: Sitka Small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Happy Sunny Sunday!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Love Kay and Sime xx</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-58460555917194772802021-08-16T10:23:00.000+01:002021-08-16T10:23:17.779+01:00Natural Light <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmF-2vHy157yR_w958Voey_Gie_2Ri0Vo5SlzGNy2AiZ9QNWOrCzfl9X9jn53b_TxhYqjnS69_LzMfuuNDYThHpkq4_4jA_pvPBJiQwOxqsXLOaOleNWdEL_umNqv9FzrNSCZ08XZgJUH/s2592/IMG_6941.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhmF-2vHy157yR_w958Voey_Gie_2Ri0Vo5SlzGNy2AiZ9QNWOrCzfl9X9jn53b_TxhYqjnS69_LzMfuuNDYThHpkq4_4jA_pvPBJiQwOxqsXLOaOleNWdEL_umNqv9FzrNSCZ08XZgJUH/w640-h478/IMG_6941.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Cabin life...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoQw9aGbxVaMMzA5KHKhG1GVZh4BtRR0u_VLTbdOVZxtMNO_zo52pKkjS-U-Cc2yUF2HwMkMbMk0qC4STDXDfYXs42zMy_SygLbSmcakpNRb_IrN61OMkH4SecsHRBqkxkgecVyCqjPf7/s2048/IMG_6769.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1530" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinoQw9aGbxVaMMzA5KHKhG1GVZh4BtRR0u_VLTbdOVZxtMNO_zo52pKkjS-U-Cc2yUF2HwMkMbMk0qC4STDXDfYXs42zMy_SygLbSmcakpNRb_IrN61OMkH4SecsHRBqkxkgecVyCqjPf7/w478-h640/IMG_6769.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">For years, we have felt the need to shut out the light from our bedrooms. We truly believed that our inability to sleep solidly was due
to our curtains not being thick enough, long enough, wide enough...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk8XmLqZJW1JpM84DReou8fZudOiToyJgFo7VlloiI74DhdoBmII-ShIjdNLqo83hCJx2c_pp-SafbOHHz-XChX4OwHnhOolF5FbzcY6QI6_KxJ0DrfCpucnUgs0qNm8R_jCN28MtSgizx/s2048/IMG_6329.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk8XmLqZJW1JpM84DReou8fZudOiToyJgFo7VlloiI74DhdoBmII-ShIjdNLqo83hCJx2c_pp-SafbOHHz-XChX4OwHnhOolF5FbzcY6QI6_KxJ0DrfCpucnUgs0qNm8R_jCN28MtSgizx/w640-h478/IMG_6329.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Sitka Small";"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Sitka Small";">And yet here we are; over 10 months without curtains
in a south facing cabin with many windows, lots of light and we sleep so well! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">At a time in our lives when many folks of our ages are wakeful or needing the
loo in the middle of the night...as we did before living here. We now sleep soundly
and only extreme weather (torrential rain or howling wind) has disturbed us. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2MlRyj8oMbdZBGRn8uHsya1pGtWKFmYBR5cETYhE2zWmbdvHd6RlrCChteL6CJWiQz3NTR49qk7zN3GL9kpjrzUxs8BRuEso3gumUQBIs2YPGv_Av7ZqO2Va_Nu6GI8ZdXuEc-d6z4rj/s1936/39E4E214-17F8-4638-A8A3-DDFEC15A0810+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg2MlRyj8oMbdZBGRn8uHsya1pGtWKFmYBR5cETYhE2zWmbdvHd6RlrCChteL6CJWiQz3NTR49qk7zN3GL9kpjrzUxs8BRuEso3gumUQBIs2YPGv_Av7ZqO2Va_Nu6GI8ZdXuEc-d6z4rj/w640-h640/39E4E214-17F8-4638-A8A3-DDFEC15A0810+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We don’t have any electricity around our bed.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Our wooden cabin doesn’t have any built-in sockets and
our only electric cable is in the kitchen, which is at the opposite end of the
cabin. The fridge is the only thing that remains on at night and we switch
everything else off...absolutely everything; including our phones and we pack all our devices away each night.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We use candles, tea lights and torches once our kitchen lights are off - it's just nice and simple.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilldZZo4QMKYXOlhyphenhyphen3P7dZme-QEcD5o_BtS1uoFn2lypeIYHMLxEAdqcR94JAkn8dYKeeN-0n0OLhxqkKLEOTWp9raXytfMBA9nTUVVApys2u90G06p9J0W9_S4vCPrLWv4ZPEajN7XX48/s2048/IMG_6258.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilldZZo4QMKYXOlhyphenhyphen3P7dZme-QEcD5o_BtS1uoFn2lypeIYHMLxEAdqcR94JAkn8dYKeeN-0n0OLhxqkKLEOTWp9raXytfMBA9nTUVVApys2u90G06p9J0W9_S4vCPrLWv4ZPEajN7XX48/w640-h478/IMG_6258.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Sitka Small;">We all have a sense of calm and take great pleasure in the sunlight that seeps through the clouds and bathes our cabin in it's happy warmth...</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VMIvOcxU33txhN2dGE5F2DWmJ5BZYpgSMCqDfRPyiz7V1hZMcxdiWiQ6xalbct0VIb5FAbFygK4wzMyMa9fpV6JikFq3QRU1NM8U4TnGWtugu1531IPn6t-1fsUkUumo0XuXGkuwSL7W/s2048/IMG_5773.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6VMIvOcxU33txhN2dGE5F2DWmJ5BZYpgSMCqDfRPyiz7V1hZMcxdiWiQ6xalbct0VIb5FAbFygK4wzMyMa9fpV6JikFq3QRU1NM8U4TnGWtugu1531IPn6t-1fsUkUumo0XuXGkuwSL7W/w640-h478/IMG_5773.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Sitka Small";">We have natural light, a cabin made of natural
materials and no wires running through the walls, no street lights and we have
peace. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Sitka Small";">We wake to birdsong, fall asleep to the hooting of owls and on a clear
night – we can see the moon and stars from our bed...it's truly wonderful! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Sitka Small";"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx34yWC5rt0DkQmDL4k1s3UTQLK6BdM1dGTBZ2QlUW1RKV5cIBAqJ8RioUSao1c3KVloF6RxkBow7EOBDRkkiHJ6RWUl73W0zV-m13gMky6MAiD8gtY0fNYcMMRsF_KmYP-l5ojIzDXGFc/s1280/IMG_7298.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx34yWC5rt0DkQmDL4k1s3UTQLK6BdM1dGTBZ2QlUW1RKV5cIBAqJ8RioUSao1c3KVloF6RxkBow7EOBDRkkiHJ6RWUl73W0zV-m13gMky6MAiD8gtY0fNYcMMRsF_KmYP-l5ojIzDXGFc/w640-h480/IMG_7298.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Light!!! </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We love it and are thriving on it – are you? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Tell us about it.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Love Kay and Sime</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">xx</span></p></div><div><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-27470238504302847882021-08-08T13:13:00.000+01:002021-08-08T13:13:00.562+01:00Working Holiday<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFvYlyVZMj0GvGdkCWnboyg91WyGuwAZVAdTgWjdd28Mt5KTtlaXKkVxKRnjnyoSQj9uOEXVPjY_Vkl2yhXAjxuBM9B_W4cv_x9TcIU6EyQqyrDhLKpNpGjPEwaLEOU26eaByB0lIbZrp/s2592/IMG_7508.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsFvYlyVZMj0GvGdkCWnboyg91WyGuwAZVAdTgWjdd28Mt5KTtlaXKkVxKRnjnyoSQj9uOEXVPjY_Vkl2yhXAjxuBM9B_W4cv_x9TcIU6EyQqyrDhLKpNpGjPEwaLEOU26eaByB0lIbZrp/w640-h478/IMG_7508.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When we think about all the wonderful opportunities that come our way, we sometimes have to pinch ourselves...what an incredible life we have created together!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the beautiful place we are taking care of at the moment and although it's been a while since we were last here, it has felt like coming home and our furry friend has been very happy to see us.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV18-y3XBhebE2aVcCkb_c-UPZRDPxjSC8-a-doJGTrkTyo95uFnX-XklkaDLO8WivljpcZfCZWm3psqfP0puw_JE9Dppkm632Su2l4Rv-pGfbd7u67c9XTrXUBRUclB2M8mcJd5aP5Tda/s1944/A023348D-B129-4813-A8A1-1C901E6BA8B7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1935" data-original-width="1944" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV18-y3XBhebE2aVcCkb_c-UPZRDPxjSC8-a-doJGTrkTyo95uFnX-XklkaDLO8WivljpcZfCZWm3psqfP0puw_JE9Dppkm632Su2l4Rv-pGfbd7u67c9XTrXUBRUclB2M8mcJd5aP5Tda/w640-h638/A023348D-B129-4813-A8A1-1C901E6BA8B7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The huge garden is a peaceful haven for wildlife and it's a joy to wake up each morning to hear and watch the birds and squirrels feed, potter and play.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is also an abundance of butterflies and bees...being surrounded by nature is very much home from home for us, as our Cornish home is also a quiet haven with many birds, bees and butterflies. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQW8Cokp0CPW_sSV9IRw5Q7V_0GhWtv-Y6aXbyaGm5tY0Ytpzv_6J2lJ8WsWSQ0JMRbhGxCmFEFIWEvmhNT-_DSyXDrZeOfvAWUzFuNhC8w9Vs58UBFL7xnej3wv4J5otV6OSQr9oV6dr/s2592/IMG_7498.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQW8Cokp0CPW_sSV9IRw5Q7V_0GhWtv-Y6aXbyaGm5tY0Ytpzv_6J2lJ8WsWSQ0JMRbhGxCmFEFIWEvmhNT-_DSyXDrZeOfvAWUzFuNhC8w9Vs58UBFL7xnej3wv4J5otV6OSQr9oV6dr/w640-h478/IMG_7498.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Woodpecker</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GnFFt26asO4ilpVdHhrLcCzh_iXhICmz9JeX70_RQ1Z7wU6mVFkmFYeqkw6-rX0DXEVqFHOY_jl2461OEhX5ckG_q3t4qnIvfmK2Gna4IpduD3MFamQjgrDTj5mqJBu7T9Xwkbx4L2PW/s1936/IMG_7544.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GnFFt26asO4ilpVdHhrLcCzh_iXhICmz9JeX70_RQ1Z7wU6mVFkmFYeqkw6-rX0DXEVqFHOY_jl2461OEhX5ckG_q3t4qnIvfmK2Gna4IpduD3MFamQjgrDTj5mqJBu7T9Xwkbx4L2PW/w640-h640/IMG_7544.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red Kite</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bh7KAGKfz-JB0uVXe8kCpZm0Raw26BGJ-YCNtDJXxLgeVjOaJWTKZrQNTzjWHq5qSnhR8JuHb0iACaiC1cOFOIdYzbUvAgMw37wQssQqKahTIYagI9VfshbBV6-2H0xCZyLD9triO5cV/s2592/IMG_7518.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bh7KAGKfz-JB0uVXe8kCpZm0Raw26BGJ-YCNtDJXxLgeVjOaJWTKZrQNTzjWHq5qSnhR8JuHb0iACaiC1cOFOIdYzbUvAgMw37wQssQqKahTIYagI9VfshbBV6-2H0xCZyLD9triO5cV/w640-h478/IMG_7518.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our lovely furry buddy...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPtpQ63tqbuy6ninSXYxasZeRzteLe_e7DTPHTf12oOK0rFpO7PPHSUIpxaB5hjLViJfrpAswhW47VIQF3FH3izIMlIqyEY_ZWeNCLqWbHJ4Y2zwSVJWLbWWWsshjczFEBq-9yRMzpSdM/s2592/IMG_7487.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPtpQ63tqbuy6ninSXYxasZeRzteLe_e7DTPHTf12oOK0rFpO7PPHSUIpxaB5hjLViJfrpAswhW47VIQF3FH3izIMlIqyEY_ZWeNCLqWbHJ4Y2zwSVJWLbWWWsshjczFEBq-9yRMzpSdM/w640-h478/IMG_7487.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">enjoying some snuggles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuetCT5RNy7iZup32xA_Wm2kMFa5QMYhYahmYATBBvSlibDLcXv9_ClLm1IoZQGxBrxcdsWxVupRxKNQeugUz3ylxGbY7HJzZjPZKKM_MQN-MX-2XCJsfOGNcFBmZjUddBCzv6JiKkAUiu/s1280/IMG_7567.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuetCT5RNy7iZup32xA_Wm2kMFa5QMYhYahmYATBBvSlibDLcXv9_ClLm1IoZQGxBrxcdsWxVupRxKNQeugUz3ylxGbY7HJzZjPZKKM_MQN-MX-2XCJsfOGNcFBmZjUddBCzv6JiKkAUiu/w640-h480/IMG_7567.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our roles here are to firstly doggie sit (feeding, walking and snuggling), then take care of the vegetable garden, feed the birds and look after the house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We do love all our work - helping others comes naturally to both of us and we are lucky to have such lovely clients, but it is nice not having to race around for a while.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have worked solidly for 18 months and at times it is physically demanding, so being paid to be here is really quite wonderful and we are enjoying a much needed break.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you are all having a good weekend!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love Kay and Sime</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><br /> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-66865224095244995972021-06-14T12:30:00.000+01:002021-06-14T12:30:00.615+01:00Creeping and Going<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lBnvqEziKe4amWo1m-hvEDbsKKi_uZFeSVn3WfqOL5gv8Bkw25RsWXzPPbQva7f_caYPD04zqDwdjYmJBluxaLMhnnBQ7UAn8Gw2cit_K4esMHV45UL6qbUdYtMzIHoRoa65CRRb7nrB/s2592/IMG_7211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_lBnvqEziKe4amWo1m-hvEDbsKKi_uZFeSVn3WfqOL5gv8Bkw25RsWXzPPbQva7f_caYPD04zqDwdjYmJBluxaLMhnnBQ7UAn8Gw2cit_K4esMHV45UL6qbUdYtMzIHoRoa65CRRb7nrB/w478-h640/IMG_7211.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More pics of our wild garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are going with the flow and creating little pockets of growing areas without getting concerned about timings; happy to just see what happens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvn_o9TKZEqmAGsw3spE06VUYFkf3BR2SHk9hNWcmuiv3UF66StEII0Y7D4JH6lThTZBB3EOg09i2Dc-kr3Ov3qOKf3fdlAz8V0D_qqh08X5K30W_9tk3qzkgZm1W0ChdULXPZvH0347b/s2592/IMG_7208.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvn_o9TKZEqmAGsw3spE06VUYFkf3BR2SHk9hNWcmuiv3UF66StEII0Y7D4JH6lThTZBB3EOg09i2Dc-kr3Ov3qOKf3fdlAz8V0D_qqh08X5K30W_9tk3qzkgZm1W0ChdULXPZvH0347b/w478-h640/IMG_7208.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sweetpeas along the path to the cabin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKhejS7XZWQGwR_KCpwWIbnkAoOQf3_qFYVwOVayMSCwWzAYt6151f_gbjzNnm-2SFjnXvMMAszHCRMbJR0afSVndn4QTVJF61wP82DU9_5k9nGOuqH0sWwCwn0AVEOxw7hUAEFFZ5vMS/s2592/IMG_7209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKhejS7XZWQGwR_KCpwWIbnkAoOQf3_qFYVwOVayMSCwWzAYt6151f_gbjzNnm-2SFjnXvMMAszHCRMbJR0afSVndn4QTVJF61wP82DU9_5k9nGOuqH0sWwCwn0AVEOxw7hUAEFFZ5vMS/w640-h478/IMG_7209.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have around 30 tomato plants, which we have repotted for now and they continue to live in the workshop until the posts for the polytunnel/greenhouse come to us...which they will!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AHy2ve-0DufxewJjcQf73fvxMYnbR3NbsPQ8Zy0vPmmzeojAlG53sd8Q14gQWOQLYdnOaFVw7YFOQE1Jtf58S-VaWIMwI1_MYE2ONj_mt7YyjZg1NGS-59gnrrj_9CucJ-9nBzNmhlSQ/s2592/IMG_7212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AHy2ve-0DufxewJjcQf73fvxMYnbR3NbsPQ8Zy0vPmmzeojAlG53sd8Q14gQWOQLYdnOaFVw7YFOQE1Jtf58S-VaWIMwI1_MYE2ONj_mt7YyjZg1NGS-59gnrrj_9CucJ-9nBzNmhlSQ/w640-h478/IMG_7212.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Creating another no dig area.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDZnTAxxHEtvwq1VJFfsYzm15wz7kkWJA-RRTehBT2_sUknpgu0WMcW4xUSil7koezUoOdfNrMYcPEXF7j9RomkbYgkSgiZlF03N9pKGf0PfIJOC4lXIe8xJ7SoBbxwcA39YqS-VCAx3i/s2592/IMG_7213.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDZnTAxxHEtvwq1VJFfsYzm15wz7kkWJA-RRTehBT2_sUknpgu0WMcW4xUSil7koezUoOdfNrMYcPEXF7j9RomkbYgkSgiZlF03N9pKGf0PfIJOC4lXIe8xJ7SoBbxwcA39YqS-VCAx3i/w478-h640/IMG_7213.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have lots of fruit vines, which we are gradually getting tied up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The bees are loving the wild flowers, so we are leaving them in place.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdF3VXXbdkfRxTP0J9LYVNkfdRmYibRwdb-IRjAkwNsTVu5wcJcZ13mOczXcA6objz9jK_sYF52xUdpxcUT88kMxD0-1pISIpaXSB4rxAelmhgPgnLU0pgJBw0BxBqkJykSkxWeLvsHDZ4/s2592/IMG_7226.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdF3VXXbdkfRxTP0J9LYVNkfdRmYibRwdb-IRjAkwNsTVu5wcJcZ13mOczXcA6objz9jK_sYF52xUdpxcUT88kMxD0-1pISIpaXSB4rxAelmhgPgnLU0pgJBw0BxBqkJykSkxWeLvsHDZ4/w640-h478/IMG_7226.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Floober Toobs overseeing everything in his most regal way.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiueS9RfPW109YwUrIeK_b8UvI9Vm7qNpoE-2u6SKFKK2ZfDDfCN7OR6ETxhD1Fj3enpqUj7VJTuR8iDcPj9HEmxc7MNyEW8TNVzsXOr8gwFI_TH_lYdHJl1-4ydtFojKoR5g5P8GMl8w/s2592/IMG_7217.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRiueS9RfPW109YwUrIeK_b8UvI9Vm7qNpoE-2u6SKFKK2ZfDDfCN7OR6ETxhD1Fj3enpqUj7VJTuR8iDcPj9HEmxc7MNyEW8TNVzsXOr8gwFI_TH_lYdHJl1-4ydtFojKoR5g5P8GMl8w/w640-h478/IMG_7217.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Not easy to see on this photo, but the Globe Artichoke is looking quite magnificent and is already over 6 feet tall. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVg-W2j_sSX-Dv45r-cefmiEA_3z1QUrHC2xhs359jTg54n9U2m0pU8dTKnSGzLpK1Gnf-JB7vr2KHZb6SUU6w6xdmhgQEKGWDsheow0kd_0OB-dZZYN6h-sX5SLHQVqEop2gHv1tP0iAC/s2592/IMG_7215.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVg-W2j_sSX-Dv45r-cefmiEA_3z1QUrHC2xhs359jTg54n9U2m0pU8dTKnSGzLpK1Gnf-JB7vr2KHZb6SUU6w6xdmhgQEKGWDsheow0kd_0OB-dZZYN6h-sX5SLHQVqEop2gHv1tP0iAC/w478-h640/IMG_7215.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have lots of raspberries and red campions fast taking over the chard and kale area, but we seem to be still getting some nice edible greens, so we are happy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89ZEAbwjSvRrrF46hXUn1tHhK_u6XXSyorMItfUgkeMVfC4E0oT8mtpfT5vQMq4Wa9qG43yMRuGkXY0LhaA6MMo__BeqGqKftdZ0mu9OJTNofN4T72Eblum7e5_n3wFVn2p1AVXDmtkxG/s1280/IMG_7231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi89ZEAbwjSvRrrF46hXUn1tHhK_u6XXSyorMItfUgkeMVfC4E0oT8mtpfT5vQMq4Wa9qG43yMRuGkXY0LhaA6MMo__BeqGqKftdZ0mu9OJTNofN4T72Eblum7e5_n3wFVn2p1AVXDmtkxG/w480-h640/IMG_7231.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday was very hot and having a south facing garden means there is only shade early morning and evening...lovely to chill out amongst the greenery last night!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Love Kay and Sime </div><div style="text-align: center;">xx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-30977184734794053332021-06-07T07:41:00.001+01:002021-06-07T07:41:16.831+01:00Garden Pottering<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-xerxvsbuUaNlBNtFjzRDFV2j0O9Yqh4heKh4mhr9KK83HV45709gEG9CwKKUDV_uObm_B9CkY3Ovk7AUdwZ-z2tYoNrVLzI5Rt-FHVNDLMxGQedbuLp_ygD0EL_Lh91neJ5K-r2d5g2/s2592/IMG_7099.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu-xerxvsbuUaNlBNtFjzRDFV2j0O9Yqh4heKh4mhr9KK83HV45709gEG9CwKKUDV_uObm_B9CkY3Ovk7AUdwZ-z2tYoNrVLzI5Rt-FHVNDLMxGQedbuLp_ygD0EL_Lh91neJ5K-r2d5g2/w640-h478/IMG_7099.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Taming some of the wilderness!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GObaAFPCZwiTEG_1o1D4SmD8GHjYsnNnxG8VGf4U-n1Nl3LZwZJknIEhWlqqWieVDjYiRnWe-sGq-LdWl9_3PzudtropBCFZmVBLnfway2Q5556qdtEb94vSj2Q0zgOwJ2II1YqLpcqw/s2592/IMG_7139.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8GObaAFPCZwiTEG_1o1D4SmD8GHjYsnNnxG8VGf4U-n1Nl3LZwZJknIEhWlqqWieVDjYiRnWe-sGq-LdWl9_3PzudtropBCFZmVBLnfway2Q5556qdtEb94vSj2Q0zgOwJ2II1YqLpcqw/w640-h478/IMG_7139.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have started clearing little areas and putting in a variety of plants we have very gratefully received.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Thank you Sadie and Amy!)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8J53qKnZ4X4Qa0iY3S3cZyhbuzdsa_3pQt4k8vMwwY4p_okm4PSoYFgnkbbaPbNR-Nm9BG-LQJiG78O_jmeLYGyNNH5oEHiVydQppIcwoxbkSWcbrVXfT9mexN8vvuRPZ2trrdaRSKpYB/s2592/IMG_7141.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8J53qKnZ4X4Qa0iY3S3cZyhbuzdsa_3pQt4k8vMwwY4p_okm4PSoYFgnkbbaPbNR-Nm9BG-LQJiG78O_jmeLYGyNNH5oEHiVydQppIcwoxbkSWcbrVXfT9mexN8vvuRPZ2trrdaRSKpYB/w640-h478/IMG_7141.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We haven't pruned the raspberries, but Sime was eager to get them tied up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are using some scraps of recycled fabric as ties...I think seams and cuffs from our friend, Kath who makes fabulous patchwork quilts and all sorts of beautiful fabric art from recycled material. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-V5sIsNYLJADgGsX0gnwyYp2MxEQBHp2HTIZQp9a_uJ4xcZkwDqrOd34Cl9lqfcWBgcD1PHJFFQU5gtS1cRcbOA-oIhiOVfMyPRJ_fwnz-89CKhKjm5mLb2jnMlfLX2b6IyNlK9DFxy_/s2592/IMG_7140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS-V5sIsNYLJADgGsX0gnwyYp2MxEQBHp2HTIZQp9a_uJ4xcZkwDqrOd34Cl9lqfcWBgcD1PHJFFQU5gtS1cRcbOA-oIhiOVfMyPRJ_fwnz-89CKhKjm5mLb2jnMlfLX2b6IyNlK9DFxy_/w640-h478/IMG_7140.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Compost Corner.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPb-jiyfh76thtlGhcOu_y-yszquRi8NS6JxsWWtNeimsWl03VDZvOW2voWrCLwJu1eq_3z8h52TPFGBBDs4wUEALY4QoJWkqqPFp-7Au1pwvowlrZCEgz1IEWuTP2cYf_nNUTysQAtbdT/s2592/IMG_7096.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPb-jiyfh76thtlGhcOu_y-yszquRi8NS6JxsWWtNeimsWl03VDZvOW2voWrCLwJu1eq_3z8h52TPFGBBDs4wUEALY4QoJWkqqPFp-7Au1pwvowlrZCEgz1IEWuTP2cYf_nNUTysQAtbdT/w640-h478/IMG_7096.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Inside our bin...we started this one 7 months ago and we are already getting some lovely compost.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We only put in raw vegetable and fruit waste, which we layer with brown paper, newspaper and cardboard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Garden waste is put into a separate open heap and seems to rot down pretty fast.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbevVFkwn8ZkDrOYEcSgOFbnBuipqpaeEnwo81eqRarrEBYpQ9u5wm-dNK9vMZCi_gUOL3leS8EohRJ3knB0L-4BLV8q2_wQZX98rVc-TD-rz-iUxT16K81OZN5SgbLlI3fft_vGikbU1/s2592/IMG_7093.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEbevVFkwn8ZkDrOYEcSgOFbnBuipqpaeEnwo81eqRarrEBYpQ9u5wm-dNK9vMZCi_gUOL3leS8EohRJ3knB0L-4BLV8q2_wQZX98rVc-TD-rz-iUxT16K81OZN5SgbLlI3fft_vGikbU1/w640-h478/IMG_7093.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Making progress in what will become our hybrid greenhouse/polytunnel...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6300w67xka-TTRgLiWxSG59qiEa-5d8ER3KKlSn_dso2P31hTiSIEaNdotHrhqdz87UYyiqmP5zqfkIyuSp2O8yMyNIGiTxKT9m-wyL5VoerD7tCVTwZO1ym8KGJWP3XBYkEW_t9akPT/s2592/IMG_7138.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv6300w67xka-TTRgLiWxSG59qiEa-5d8ER3KKlSn_dso2P31hTiSIEaNdotHrhqdz87UYyiqmP5zqfkIyuSp2O8yMyNIGiTxKT9m-wyL5VoerD7tCVTwZO1ym8KGJWP3XBYkEW_t9akPT/w640-h478/IMG_7138.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have the side panels and hoops ready to go on and the roof will be made from the old polytunnel plastic sheet - just need the supporting posts to hold it all together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6et74hqVl5rdixyY7jcNNX-W2w4c-iYPMmuJacci0wBeQltaOhNeAJQocqT9CuhuCeAuMcIMC4S_fvmagYDbg0eo5LNd4SVjAaEa1JvSFZTohLNfiQs9Ci4lm36SmrUsD-uazWsCId7d/s2592/IMG_7142.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv6et74hqVl5rdixyY7jcNNX-W2w4c-iYPMmuJacci0wBeQltaOhNeAJQocqT9CuhuCeAuMcIMC4S_fvmagYDbg0eo5LNd4SVjAaEa1JvSFZTohLNfiQs9Ci4lm36SmrUsD-uazWsCId7d/w640-h478/IMG_7142.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some views from the garden this morning...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOve8Nd4RfKJaxkq_HC0JwdahkfmPJr3UZqSOATpeFkDJ_pNlIXhKpYX-t1yJkXIdFj4j7zRDCNmhIzV93xMyOxwQ1O5xarEYKcRQGOxN2m4vZ3Cq8H79NOhtr-qsnwhDqRBdIHqgwKND/s2592/IMG_7137.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOve8Nd4RfKJaxkq_HC0JwdahkfmPJr3UZqSOATpeFkDJ_pNlIXhKpYX-t1yJkXIdFj4j7zRDCNmhIzV93xMyOxwQ1O5xarEYKcRQGOxN2m4vZ3Cq8H79NOhtr-qsnwhDqRBdIHqgwKND/w640-h478/IMG_7137.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Up early and watching lots of planes going over...spraying their nasty trails.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxSko2M907tIVqi5Pg_emo5dOCEID0MjYocf5mZwfR44_m0rZ68MGSvobrgMzxKYYgQ3THhZhaMnJYhhTQL3G1bcU_MJ_tcBgFlcdqIS4wAq6vvOAFXsCmnTOHqy63f1dvwAu5om5fIgJ/s2592/IMG_7136.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcxSko2M907tIVqi5Pg_emo5dOCEID0MjYocf5mZwfR44_m0rZ68MGSvobrgMzxKYYgQ3THhZhaMnJYhhTQL3G1bcU_MJ_tcBgFlcdqIS4wAq6vvOAFXsCmnTOHqy63f1dvwAu5om5fIgJ/w640-h478/IMG_7136.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you watch it all for a long time, you will see these trails join together and completely cover the sky as far as you can see...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hopefully one day we will get to know the truth about what is going on up there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqezdaw4xqAYPTWI5LRhyphenhyphenBfl49DPSCakJFU3b2oWLkeE0LV64SgiWRHBkcnCd8aWLPDL_wRh8z6wGtX-daRTIM1ZxXSc_XJbKT_90-oa7RvYQE3wMXQOkcUwcTGNuDdSvzZpyS_DQ-_VVm/s2592/IMG_7110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqezdaw4xqAYPTWI5LRhyphenhyphenBfl49DPSCakJFU3b2oWLkeE0LV64SgiWRHBkcnCd8aWLPDL_wRh8z6wGtX-daRTIM1ZxXSc_XJbKT_90-oa7RvYQE3wMXQOkcUwcTGNuDdSvzZpyS_DQ-_VVm/w640-h478/IMG_7110.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Young Tik and Uncle Toobs.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LpXweZk0gdLctIn00UqdoJWFy5_iLq95J_bPx50P_Xreuca4E266Mobp2G2ccWNDroCMYVch72vy2XUkqG2L1gPWtgvfcqxP81cW4lMyZFs4yb4YEwWpN_tkJdcsAZ7kOI_hLIOUjiDg/s1280/IMG_7046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LpXweZk0gdLctIn00UqdoJWFy5_iLq95J_bPx50P_Xreuca4E266Mobp2G2ccWNDroCMYVch72vy2XUkqG2L1gPWtgvfcqxP81cW4lMyZFs4yb4YEwWpN_tkJdcsAZ7kOI_hLIOUjiDg/w640-h480/IMG_7046.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy in the sun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love Kay and Sime</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xx</div><br /> <p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-82753323759183637482021-05-30T23:00:00.001+01:002021-05-31T00:10:59.830+01:00Wonderfully Wild<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgspBjiVwTnYiZAljGQHAXdZMDcagLTcnZ4RlOGiTnTWqmLxJTwwZ_DucFvslX-dTjUTbgisFdKVGCnyepc1jWAFNVTOjyef8tHikGDolkiXiyP5S3I4uSsEZGfeuHYCyIt_fz7bpUbUTH/s1024/EC2327CB-BEBC-415D-B837-EB24B0FB11D1-COLLAGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgspBjiVwTnYiZAljGQHAXdZMDcagLTcnZ4RlOGiTnTWqmLxJTwwZ_DucFvslX-dTjUTbgisFdKVGCnyepc1jWAFNVTOjyef8tHikGDolkiXiyP5S3I4uSsEZGfeuHYCyIt_fz7bpUbUTH/w640-h640/EC2327CB-BEBC-415D-B837-EB24B0FB11D1-COLLAGE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Holidaymakers are swarming down to Cornwall, so we are enjoying a couple of days being homebased and it's finally warm and dry... instead of the cold, wet and windy weather we have had over the last weeks or is it months?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We have much to do in the <strike>garden</strike> jungle, and after being crazily busy for what seems like forever - we were dreaming of spending some quality time at home with the kitties, pottering about outside...and now we have exactly what we have been craving.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnK6FjU0ecEEt5GJNIbWWdb3-c6sP45kqfwy7COV8oGPA-p52C2hw0jsaHwVcnTvRMMgiTNwClpv7BeCUFughs0DBekwyftnZP0OGg5iDU93JizGbZV8IF8xQCBD5hsGcBcUtfa6JO22PB/s2592/IMG_7030.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnK6FjU0ecEEt5GJNIbWWdb3-c6sP45kqfwy7COV8oGPA-p52C2hw0jsaHwVcnTvRMMgiTNwClpv7BeCUFughs0DBekwyftnZP0OGg5iDU93JizGbZV8IF8xQCBD5hsGcBcUtfa6JO22PB/w640-h478/IMG_7030.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yesterday we visited our local farm shop and for the first time we bought some Green Wheat Freekeh from Palestinian company <a href="https://zaytoun.uk/products/freekeh/">Zaytoun </a> and we love it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We cooked up some spicy veggies and added the soaked Freekeh at the end and served on a bed of salad and topped with chopped coriander.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNKeE14Ab2b0SxKJuPoUjULo-pGkO380zcyYIAT0QuL-HtIbGJpA7o3X6T0MsyjCbIpIr8rZpeQ8LGyT0JddnzyYiaQc2v_95Lq1Hk39LnkT8bf-1S4SDZMeR534ZeHgauVgugdGegbUn/s2592/IMG_6998.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNKeE14Ab2b0SxKJuPoUjULo-pGkO380zcyYIAT0QuL-HtIbGJpA7o3X6T0MsyjCbIpIr8rZpeQ8LGyT0JddnzyYiaQc2v_95Lq1Hk39LnkT8bf-1S4SDZMeR534ZeHgauVgugdGegbUn/w640-h478/IMG_6998.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We have also been experimenting and decided to have a go at making our own version of a vegan frittata using silken tofu and buckwheat - it was delicious!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We'll make it again and share the recipe soon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJryt4IxlDyAfnFt3M69Z3PYHBvDhk9XPDbCWzUU6xwZaxGLMBsoeSJn0ZRlD3M1Pabf1wOKTvi8UaKg7s7S4QqVzjbHK6gKjpwzrn4rLz0BDEWV2lmBdPUz3uvjMK1s4UxyesNZI4gKy/s1089/B418BA7F-53E1-4B4A-9612-834BDF2F20E4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1089" height="564" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJryt4IxlDyAfnFt3M69Z3PYHBvDhk9XPDbCWzUU6xwZaxGLMBsoeSJn0ZRlD3M1Pabf1wOKTvi8UaKg7s7S4QqVzjbHK6gKjpwzrn4rLz0BDEWV2lmBdPUz3uvjMK1s4UxyesNZI4gKy/w640-h564/B418BA7F-53E1-4B4A-9612-834BDF2F20E4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The weekend wouldn't be complete without a little treat...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Second breakfast from vegan takeaway <a href="https://www.slothandsparrow.com/">Sloth and Sparrow</a> in Falmouth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you are all having a great weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of love,</div><div style="text-align: center;">Kay and Sime xx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-89432856960457601342021-05-09T21:48:00.002+01:002021-05-09T21:48:46.901+01:0010 Things To Avoid Before It's Too Late<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cabin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">One thing we learn from spending time with older folks
is how NOT to live!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cabin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We are well aware that we are not like most people and
our views on life are probably very different, but is it not weird that so many
people happily follow the path of many others? All with similar jobs, houses,
cars, clothes...all influenced by something they’ve seen on TV or read in a
magazine. Groups of similar aged people all wanting the same; conforming to what
they feel is expected of them without question. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cabin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We can only imagine what it is like to feel the sort pressure
that would make someone want what others have and slipping into a strange world
where everyone is the same. We only catch glimpses of these lives and from
where we are standing the results are not looking good. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cabin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There are many lists out there for improving lives
with recommendations for happy and healthy retirements; most of them are quite
twee and superficial, so we thought people need to know what not to do!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">Without further ado here is our top 10 of <b><u>DON’T DOs </u></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Sitka Small;"><b><u><br /></u></b></span></p><ol><li style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cabin; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; text-align: left;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Don't Retire</u> - </span><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;">Quit working for corporations before you start to become obsessed about pensions and the gap you will need to fill. Instead, work for yourself and do something you enjoy and feel passionate about, something which has no age limit and that will make you happy every day.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><u style="font-family: Cabin; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Don't View TV Or Mainstream Media</u><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;"> - Stop absorbing negativity. TV, radio and newspapers will keep you in a state of fear and misery. Find positive news outlets and take educational courses to broaden your knowledge.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><u style="font-family: Cabin; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Don't Stick With Your Own Age Group</u><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;"> - Make sure you surround yourself with friends of all ages, especially younger people. This one thing will change your life for the better. It is very easy to get stuck in one time period, so having younger friends may lead you to opportunities you may not have previously considered. Be prepared to have your views challenged, open your mind to learning something new and enjoy being motivated.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><u style="font-family: Cabin; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Don't Enter Beige World</u><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;"> - It is very easy to slip into buying "age appropriate" clothing and to visit the same shops as everyone else your age. Don't do it! If you have money - be an individual and find yourself a young designer who can make you some wonderfully unique garments or if you prefer not to spend much on clothes - shop at charity stores. Be bold and colourful or dark and different. Most importantly, be yourself! </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Don't Listen To The Same Old Music</u> - </span><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;">Break the habit of being stuck in a musical past; you've heard it a million times now - change the record! There is a world of new music to discover and genres you may not of heard of. Remember, your favourite records were new once.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Don't Grow Old In A Home That No Longer Suits Your Needs</u> - You must not let yourself fall into the trap of complacency with your surroundings. Before your home becomes a burden - move! Don't procrastinate, get rid of stuff you no longer use or that no longer brings you joy. Your house is full of useless shit. Don't leave it for your kids/relatives/friends to sort out - that's selfish thinking. Living simpler doesn't mean rejecting comfort; it does mean that you will remove the shackles of responsibility in maintaining a property that has outlived it's purpose.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Don't focus On Your Ailments</u> - You will attract more of what you don't want. Place your attention upon what you can do and seek help to discover ways to attain good health. Don't rely on big pharma, learn about food, nutrition and alternative therapies. Avoid strenuous exercise that can ruin your skeletal health and instead, take a more gentle approach - walk, swim, take up Yoga, Tai Chi or Tibetan Rites. </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Don't Compromise on Food</u> - Always make food your top priority, eat healthily and never pass up an opportunity to try new dishes. Learn to cook, if you have never done so before and prepare simple, colourful and well-balanced meals. Nutrition is the key to good health and it's never too late to change your diet. </span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Cabin; text-align: left;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Don't Be Fooled Into Thinking That You Need To Keep Busy</u> - Filling your time with crosswords, puzzles and extra responsibilities will not save you from the onset of dementia. Being idle and having quiet moments are far more beneficial. Learn the art of slowing down...whatever your age. Decluttering your living space will encourage you to thrive and be more creative, by unburdening your mind from the distractions of unnecessary material objects.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><u style="font-family: Cabin; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Don't Fall Into Habitual Patterns</u><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"> - Routine causes stagnation and apathy, so shake things up! It's good to be disciplined, but it's also empowering to change your behaviour and sometimes be spontaneous. Connect with nature, get outside when it's nice weather and hibernate during the winter months. Start each day differently; meditate, read something inspirational, keep a journal with a daily gratitude list. Sing, dance and laugh...lots! </span></span></li></ol><span style="font-family: Cabin;">This last year has really shown us the importance of community. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;">We humans need the support and love of others and we question whether segregating our elders is a big mistake...there is much joy to be found in the company of a mixed group of people and perhaps this is the secret to a long, healthy and happy life.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppaD0rfJLKaCE4AZRDo_JZO2k36xXgQPJT8R68LVppYKcI1cFsXELPqr78mfuxIb7jDRy_sUZO-SvoomhbaonRhp6TWWTB3-69G5rZcJUg5IsVVyhaFOVurCyr5x6Ag7r2USC-oWb_LTm/s1280/IMG_6523.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppaD0rfJLKaCE4AZRDo_JZO2k36xXgQPJT8R68LVppYKcI1cFsXELPqr78mfuxIb7jDRy_sUZO-SvoomhbaonRhp6TWWTB3-69G5rZcJUg5IsVVyhaFOVurCyr5x6Ag7r2USC-oWb_LTm/w640-h480/IMG_6523.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of love,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Kay and Sime xx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Cabin;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-69157842095853028592021-05-02T14:15:00.000+01:002021-05-02T14:15:38.361+01:00Return To Nature<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGCale6_ALn31ESof5asQKOMRPBIl_SjPwDqS0tvH54Rxd3_NM0kqd3RhIlzBvGq_huwaRbMOLczt46S1NoXJvMhNG8II1HWXZpWHtaZSaG1dUacmUt9A2Fzls6vEQN8G_0G6hHFsNCB7/s2592/IMG_6880.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSGCale6_ALn31ESof5asQKOMRPBIl_SjPwDqS0tvH54Rxd3_NM0kqd3RhIlzBvGq_huwaRbMOLczt46S1NoXJvMhNG8II1HWXZpWHtaZSaG1dUacmUt9A2Fzls6vEQN8G_0G6hHFsNCB7/w478-h640/IMG_6880.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We take much pleasure in this view...The gateway to our plot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yesterday we had a lazy day, after a few days of being on hand 24 hours a day supporting a client.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyq8QQ6E3xtpJwJC17NFP10lrtawHxfAe770MOBcQ7Q2RgxIZpUGm2Zjfx5ajXf1Kam37gNyNqd2LvqgvxMgYtwMQ5WQ982vhMkWBDjM_LbLayMSEeG4bm-oNm80tWxxdnbZJFrSoraNg/s2592/IMG_6876.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEyq8QQ6E3xtpJwJC17NFP10lrtawHxfAe770MOBcQ7Q2RgxIZpUGm2Zjfx5ajXf1Kam37gNyNqd2LvqgvxMgYtwMQ5WQ982vhMkWBDjM_LbLayMSEeG4bm-oNm80tWxxdnbZJFrSoraNg/w640-h478/IMG_6876.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We have spent time looking at the garden and thinking about our plans for the little caravan, which was originally used (by the previous dwellers) as guest accommodation. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We would like to eventually wood-clad it and use as a potting shed, freeing up the workshop for other things and as the farm has a hostel and camping field, any folks wishing to stay have those options instead of this little caravan, but we would highly recommend a visit because it really is a lovely place to be.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a little look at <a href="http://holifieldhostelcornwall.co.uk/">Holifield Hostel</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was built by the community using reclaimed wood from Falmouth Docks and we believe it's going to become a very popular holiday destination, especially as it's already getting booked for the summer!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you are planning a trip to Cornwall - come and see us...you will of course not only be immersed in beautiful nature, but you will meet some lovely and inspirational people here on the farm too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is definitely the time to learn about alternative living and community life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Think about what is really important - is it to maintain a position to constantly consume, surrounding yourself with stuff and live far away from the countryside?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or are experiences and connection with people, animals, wildlife and nature what your heart is desiring?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you crave money or simplicity? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More and more folks are re-imagining their lives, following their hearts and finding new ways to live.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Making these changes can be empowering - taking control and being prepared for whatever comes along...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our next step here is to go off grid; to rely on solar and wind power and be responsible for and think about our energy usage. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The added bonus of this is when the predicted power cuts occur - we will continue as usual.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We already use very little electricity - we have a small fridge (no freezer compartment), an electric grinder for seeds and dried herbs, a food processor, Nutribullet and hand blender (all used rarely), then there are our lightbulbs (mainly 1w LEDs) and we have several things which require charging.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also need to think of a way to live without gas, as we use gas cylinders (propane) for cooking and heating the bath water. In the winter we use the wood burner to boil water and cook one pot meals, but as it gets warmer and we don't need the fire in - what are the alternatives?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Anyway, the kitties are happy we are home, although they did get to hang out with our youngest kidlets...Hugo and Jess live on the farm too, which is so lovely for us and although we are neighbours - we are respectful of each others privacy and continue with our own lives.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdySQlHjn0YcT_e6Is3gk8Q-Y1LFafhr40rbk9TmFF6iYZF8PYuYMT2NtvZgDzGk-HDt1CszwXjoHIe7wZmlHtOPH3mi05S6hXCm8ddb7sXfqCTLkTtBb1lff9Zaye8JrwXaIscxo2JPZ/s2046/IMG_6820-COLLAGE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2046" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdySQlHjn0YcT_e6Is3gk8Q-Y1LFafhr40rbk9TmFF6iYZF8PYuYMT2NtvZgDzGk-HDt1CszwXjoHIe7wZmlHtOPH3mi05S6hXCm8ddb7sXfqCTLkTtBb1lff9Zaye8JrwXaIscxo2JPZ/w480-h640/IMG_6820-COLLAGE.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tik and Toobs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How on earth did Flea end up being Toobs?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Flea - Fleaby - Fleabs - Floobs - Floober Toobs - Toobs!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6ACgYciwWMpRy04bzOvs2MchM3XZbLDjxjE1-tfiNn-d0zrKdkWfZ1tu3EpELdfUbI3FDypd6OtwSOZ1q28WQSQOEnA-O7KNkaWQPV4ytyp0Xu4UMeoCsX0InP8wWQDEot61rv-V35CW/s1280/IMG_6838.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf6ACgYciwWMpRy04bzOvs2MchM3XZbLDjxjE1-tfiNn-d0zrKdkWfZ1tu3EpELdfUbI3FDypd6OtwSOZ1q28WQSQOEnA-O7KNkaWQPV4ytyp0Xu4UMeoCsX0InP8wWQDEot61rv-V35CW/w640-h480/IMG_6838.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We've been catching up on our sleep...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Friday night we slept for 12 hours, last night another 11 hours and today - we are feeling more alert, relaxed and happy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you're all having a nice weekend.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Love Kay and Sime xx </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-63413665705652508592021-04-28T14:39:00.000+01:002021-04-28T14:39:01.385+01:00Cabin Garden<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZCICYHKkAg3sqURnjWP5dWPzNHQ0DXdH10TP4qV3TtmQdY3KmBjbd5_aFmVN0QtrrWOjk_1P2MrRDr-UaeI-X8aLOYIlxdcETpVi7zy6lqtPhAcedQPTSJE6pg0hySzsxUJ9rOl8WENi/s2592/IMG_6818.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZCICYHKkAg3sqURnjWP5dWPzNHQ0DXdH10TP4qV3TtmQdY3KmBjbd5_aFmVN0QtrrWOjk_1P2MrRDr-UaeI-X8aLOYIlxdcETpVi7zy6lqtPhAcedQPTSJE6pg0hySzsxUJ9rOl8WENi/w478-h640/IMG_6818.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are several growing areas on our plot, so we have decided that the veg bed directly outside the cabin will eventually become a flower bed and picnic area. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKryjQoUA7V21NPZAWZRfL670uGrJvOwIg0i70cWumOTQYveMcTn2N_iAYyW0YkpRvn8HytgBf3XA07_S2h4mFkNpjNRlV02oJeg73lZXw_rXh643k2J268_qS8Ay4QMPfaEA_iK21Le9/s2592/IMG_6802.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNKryjQoUA7V21NPZAWZRfL670uGrJvOwIg0i70cWumOTQYveMcTn2N_iAYyW0YkpRvn8HytgBf3XA07_S2h4mFkNpjNRlV02oJeg73lZXw_rXh643k2J268_qS8Ay4QMPfaEA_iK21Le9/w640-h478/IMG_6802.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The kitties love this space and we have the bird feeders here too. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Our French windows need fixing and then they will open out on to what we hope will be a pretty little space for us all to chill out.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdZA05TmckwvwleLIU2LBptKTzZpqCFCAxyl6EssdEva2uUyd7Nt6aOPznY6T0_bjI-xQD7LUAlWbsRTQMOQ3TsaFyNiqndkk-AwZ0nxxLWE7grOr5XeIPq7RABYld9JyDEX7So5JM7hT/s2592/IMG_6815.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJdZA05TmckwvwleLIU2LBptKTzZpqCFCAxyl6EssdEva2uUyd7Nt6aOPznY6T0_bjI-xQD7LUAlWbsRTQMOQ3TsaFyNiqndkk-AwZ0nxxLWE7grOr5XeIPq7RABYld9JyDEX7So5JM7hT/w640-h478/IMG_6815.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We think the bin lid may make a nice bird bath, which Sime wants to set up on a plinth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oryYpJbp9JbXfuXXm7FxKNodG_Dsa8QEtpNt3Tz2yR7HKLfQ4nD7mwlX13K_udo8dWYTdu_2DLeTUqEcSRkzJ67GhTvr8PeAwa4-mKFe8HHhSSGlbNiIWWAaAZgL3gWFeh3BOGvVW7VP/s2592/IMG_6595.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5oryYpJbp9JbXfuXXm7FxKNodG_Dsa8QEtpNt3Tz2yR7HKLfQ4nD7mwlX13K_udo8dWYTdu_2DLeTUqEcSRkzJ67GhTvr8PeAwa4-mKFe8HHhSSGlbNiIWWAaAZgL3gWFeh3BOGvVW7VP/w640-h478/IMG_6595.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our plan for the old polytunnel space is to make a greenhouse, using recycled panels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOR0sKyufkR-1xkQfDh43HuzepW1Bd-oK-4sUmjDQ3PV_qkjy-AcnWCqGvDVxlXKhVtvXJpOX1JzZWe2Hm4_f_Bd_n1OpkctOb1zu-q-uY40Y5NEcDzaS7V8gn2UHrlOjnKQPEbk_4I_Vn/s2592/IMG_6823.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOR0sKyufkR-1xkQfDh43HuzepW1Bd-oK-4sUmjDQ3PV_qkjy-AcnWCqGvDVxlXKhVtvXJpOX1JzZWe2Hm4_f_Bd_n1OpkctOb1zu-q-uY40Y5NEcDzaS7V8gn2UHrlOjnKQPEbk_4I_Vn/w640-h478/IMG_6823.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We are a bit late with getting our seeds going, but so far we have tomatoes which will go into the greenhouse plot and leeks which we plan to put amongst the rather overgrown plot of raspberries and assortment of greens...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6M4mV_j0RbofTJ1yizVkeA0MwnPdwI-QCpNEFjUa5l0eh8pb2tyJud8CsMtpOOfHX0Um-9D_p9ZVsoD0TcHNyv_djtJtRmgqzoHaOwFf2N_j9uEEH4q5L4_v84SJmdKuTCryITdK6ren/s2592/IMG_6856.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju6M4mV_j0RbofTJ1yizVkeA0MwnPdwI-QCpNEFjUa5l0eh8pb2tyJud8CsMtpOOfHX0Um-9D_p9ZVsoD0TcHNyv_djtJtRmgqzoHaOwFf2N_j9uEEH4q5L4_v84SJmdKuTCryITdK6ren/w640-h478/IMG_6856.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We are spending a lot of time away at the moment; caring for one of our clients; giving his family a break...it's not quite how we imagined this year to be, but as always, we go with the flow - the garden isn't going anywhere and will be sorted eventually. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gd6dDJs2vj3jFlLNdaNH6lV1URGnvFflVPPnja30SOBv0DEmV0gIxyepdinjKlsQQn0cqkOZaLy1893-XfmPH8UZSs_LuXzbNphPkiCh-JcHTLITR98GuPFG66Cv5G5AldPm7N249X8R/s2592/IMG_6857.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1936" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-gd6dDJs2vj3jFlLNdaNH6lV1URGnvFflVPPnja30SOBv0DEmV0gIxyepdinjKlsQQn0cqkOZaLy1893-XfmPH8UZSs_LuXzbNphPkiCh-JcHTLITR98GuPFG66Cv5G5AldPm7N249X8R/w478-h640/IMG_6857.JPG" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another area needing attention - eager to get stuck in once we are home properly!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Uu1cNKS1ilgSE_w2ewve7R5JJibWIS4TSRjARznQyA0t845EzBFj5dRtiDEU9rZiarx0DzS5A0k0vf1QnOnKnRxgGhN96D28VxVRCg5OUUV9M-dBuOf-KBark2Q7KpLhSdwfwPVi2VtH/s2592/IMG_6854.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Uu1cNKS1ilgSE_w2ewve7R5JJibWIS4TSRjARznQyA0t845EzBFj5dRtiDEU9rZiarx0DzS5A0k0vf1QnOnKnRxgGhN96D28VxVRCg5OUUV9M-dBuOf-KBark2Q7KpLhSdwfwPVi2VtH/w640-h478/IMG_6854.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yesterday's frosty view from one end of the garden - looking down on the valley of Gweek...</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1Uh2tsl2fiDU0JpbsQg9j7OSRUb9lqNDAAPApYbRP1akAUV4qgUgiZ8OMQ9ULIEqYtJTYfMsqpVnJ9b0mHIFkRtVOFvF86qITetc3bGPnph68pWCXIZuqiE1sAEt8Mu-8_r7c1jwBJ6q/s2592/IMG_6860.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW1Uh2tsl2fiDU0JpbsQg9j7OSRUb9lqNDAAPApYbRP1akAUV4qgUgiZ8OMQ9ULIEqYtJTYfMsqpVnJ9b0mHIFkRtVOFvF86qITetc3bGPnph68pWCXIZuqiE1sAEt8Mu-8_r7c1jwBJ6q/w640-h478/IMG_6860.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And from the other end of the garden - the view from the cabin door!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's wonderful to see the garden come to life again - we are very happy to be calling this beautiful place "home" and as we slowly trudge up the path when returning after a day or few days of work...it fills us both with joy to arrive back.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4r_u7BjwFCfsKv1C4BgtuU5cYqFRVcdYL_y8jpbEOnsKYs-uwbJFbcCQqo5139Y6B-aIWeACYL92wwJgT6_DoLmsrX96Ogr3nyy19JZeziN9YlMNQ1DQO2ddQGfqnOlwpTcGefeLZBxGn/s1280/IMG_6580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4r_u7BjwFCfsKv1C4BgtuU5cYqFRVcdYL_y8jpbEOnsKYs-uwbJFbcCQqo5139Y6B-aIWeACYL92wwJgT6_DoLmsrX96Ogr3nyy19JZeziN9YlMNQ1DQO2ddQGfqnOlwpTcGefeLZBxGn/w480-h640/IMG_6580.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love Kay and Sime xx</div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-48678712043394195652021-04-25T10:52:00.007+01:002021-04-25T10:52:36.613+01:00Acceptance<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREJGHmdYlhZVNyy1rGsjn7sesRl42Z5xlnvM8AbdkkwjMnaroxr2OYDeBXv2ClenoaEcKSYsiqsYKzLlngK42-2JlkrkUxquK1zr8W-1iqnqGGryTxhhy2YDIu5ixTDo3iGwglJMERl3K/s2592/IMG_6792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREJGHmdYlhZVNyy1rGsjn7sesRl42Z5xlnvM8AbdkkwjMnaroxr2OYDeBXv2ClenoaEcKSYsiqsYKzLlngK42-2JlkrkUxquK1zr8W-1iqnqGGryTxhhy2YDIu5ixTDo3iGwglJMERl3K/w640-h478/IMG_6792.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you live in fear of growing old, of becoming ill and dying? </div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Or do you enjoy your life; living with purpose and seeing the beauty all around you?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our work has evolved in the last year and has taken us on a path which felt right...caring for others. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Going into the homes of older people who have needed help and human contact. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We started with 2 clients, people we have been supporting with housework and pet care for many years and as the months ticked by, they both asked if we would go into various friends too. We are now working pretty much full time, doing whatever is needed...housework, gardening, dog walking, food preparation, sometimes just sitting and chatting over a cuppa. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We feel we have calmed those who were fearful and helped them to see things more logically...there is little virus here in Cornwall and it is very doubtful anyone will catch it while sitting in their house. Those who had become frightened of the outside world, have now started going out again - seeing family and friends. Their confidence is growing and hopefully they will carry on. Most of them have had family coming to stay, just one or two nights throughout the year, but it has made a difference to the way they have coped and it has been a relief to know that not everyone listens to all the scaremongering and instead make their own choices.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One of our clients died last week and although we could see it coming - it was still a shock to her family and friends. Spending time with older people and seeing how much their lives revolve around pharmaceutical drugs is more of a shock for us. The time it takes to box up a line of drugs for each day and to then to sit and take them all...are they all really necessary? Some are purely to lessen the side effects caused by the other drugs - it is all insane! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Why do people wish to live like this? Is this really living?</div><div style="text-align: center;">When did it become acceptable for older people to go from living to just existing?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Around 7 years ago, the UK government deregistered us from our GP surgery for 5 years of non-attendance and daring to stay healthy! They gave us an option to carry on if we handed over more personal information and went along to see if they could find any illness...so we threw the letters on the fire and have happily lived without a doctor ever since. We intend on living naturally until death, no unnecessary check-ups, tests or interventions, no prolonging our existence - just a good old fashioned way of living.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Taking responsibility for our own health and our own lives hasn't needed rocket science, but an immense passion for taking care of ourselves. We nurture and nourish; having learned about food and nutrition, herbs and natural health. We take gentle exercise in nature and do our Tibetan Rites daily. We live in a community - with adults and children of all ages, we laugh every day and feel surrounded by love.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We don't live in fear, we are not frightened of death and we certainly have no desire to hang around if we can no longer enjoy life. We have always said that once we're done and had enough - we'll have a beach party with our kidlets and friends to say goodbye, get crazily drunk, swim out into the sea and just hope we get eaten by marine life before someone finds us...that's the plan!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">No sombre funeral, no formal gathering - just a silly end to our funny lives.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQFV9iyRCBIovqIYniz3LvsVViGqk77fL2wW9Efl5TUhCTkBwWC7z7noJqZ66jJW4x8ov-CshQ3JZ8jyDPzib7MbUNc-J1SOD6PZHSfI0qitO8rGeIiPNHN12rx1FG-NlR_A1YCc5B3jX/s1280/IMG_6644.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQFV9iyRCBIovqIYniz3LvsVViGqk77fL2wW9Efl5TUhCTkBwWC7z7noJqZ66jJW4x8ov-CshQ3JZ8jyDPzib7MbUNc-J1SOD6PZHSfI0qitO8rGeIiPNHN12rx1FG-NlR_A1YCc5B3jX/w640-h480/IMG_6644.JPG" width="640" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Love Kay and Sime</div><div style="text-align: center;">xx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p></div>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3051843073661842751.post-42125533325903212642021-03-15T10:59:00.000+00:002021-03-15T10:59:20.134+00:00Switching Off<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJU7ZKRdYDAFFmTW0p7lX322ndwdfTf_5X4JhZciKPl_d-CkGox98KC1L9_2MPgLZUgV6gDQ2HF1c4IoL4dtEyCFbq4WbEC4iFMxcTunaOqaXBTBJv3WvxteWZGBB99piKlJoatDlOKiQ/s2048/IMG-6642.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkJU7ZKRdYDAFFmTW0p7lX322ndwdfTf_5X4JhZciKPl_d-CkGox98KC1L9_2MPgLZUgV6gDQ2HF1c4IoL4dtEyCFbq4WbEC4iFMxcTunaOqaXBTBJv3WvxteWZGBB99piKlJoatDlOKiQ/w640-h478/IMG-6642.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It is important to have some quiet time each day, to
turn off TVs, radios, devices and just enjoy the peace. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We see how addicted people are to technology and the
information they are constantly receiving – it is very clear that these things are
having a huge impact on their lives. This unhealthy habit is being encouraged
and it almost feels like an obligation to stay “tuned in” and up-to-date with
everything that is going on in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We are also bombarded with messages about the past -
world events to acknowledge, shows to commemorate and documentaries keeping us
fixated on a time gone by. Even social media pushes photographic memories. Why
do we need to keep dwelling on the past? And then of course, there is “the
future” – we must worry about what is coming next...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Ask yourself this question:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">What would happen if you switched everything off for a
few hours? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Well, this planet we call Earth will continue it’s
journey around the sun and the huge machine dishing out it’s slick three-worded
slogans will carry on quite happily without you...though it is clear that that
same machine would suffer terribly if everyone started disengaging. How would
they then promote fear if no one is listening?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">More importantly, what happens to us when we stop hearing
gloom and doom? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Our minds relax, we take time to contemplate and get creative.
We connect to the world around us...with nature and real people. We stop thinking
about the past or future and just concentrate on NOW. The more we do this, the
better it gets. Our consciousness awakens and as our awareness heightens - we start
to see things quite differently. We slow down and feel a calmness that we have
never experienced before – there is joy to be found and it is right here.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">If you would like to learn more, here is a video of Eckhart Tolle:</span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8G46F9ye204" width="320" youtube-src-id="8G46F9ye204"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8cyCnVIgvAOD3SndWzUjyNVNPgxHzIPFMgTkLGB1IxE48ICmpH8YTGaLZRSIGbzsg_Egp88SvdbAz7zGbKwmiBITrn2mp7bNjA_6PrO2LCfyRREwD34TuvB5ib6vT0pSCMr-AWYpDH7z/s1280/IMG-6643.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8cyCnVIgvAOD3SndWzUjyNVNPgxHzIPFMgTkLGB1IxE48ICmpH8YTGaLZRSIGbzsg_Egp88SvdbAz7zGbKwmiBITrn2mp7bNjA_6PrO2LCfyRREwD34TuvB5ib6vT0pSCMr-AWYpDH7z/w640-h480/IMG-6643.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Lots of love,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Sitka Small"; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Kay and Sime xx<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /></div>Just Humans Beinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14896514191821358208noreply@blogger.com0