A friend of mine did the remembering and organising of tickets for the Chelsea Flower Show this year, so after work yesterday we headed off to see some flowers. I'd been to Chelsea 2 years ago, and remember not having enough time to see everything - this year was much the same! We were naturally pleased to see that both the City of Durban and the Kirstenbosch exhibits won awards - although I'm slightly puzzled to see that the awards are listed under 'The President's Award: UK Horticulture' - not entirely sure how they qualify for that!? But it was still a worthwhile visit - perhaps the inspiration to do more in my garden than just mow the lawn will still strike...
Chelsea Flower Show
A friend of mine did the remembering and organising of tickets for the Chelsea Flower Show this year, so after work yesterday we headed off to see some flowers. I'd been to Chelsea 2 years ago, and remember not having enough time to see everything - this year was much the same! We were naturally pleased to see that both the City of Durban and the Kirstenbosch exhibits won awards - although I'm slightly puzzled to see that the awards are listed under 'The President's Award: UK Horticulture' - not entirely sure how they qualify for that!? But it was still a worthwhile visit - perhaps the inspiration to do more in my garden than just mow the lawn will still strike...
Race for Life
I took part in the Cancer Research Race for Life 5km event again this morning, for the third year running. It was a fantastic atmosphere, with sunshine and blue skies (which have been scarce this week in London!) - and of course women of all shapes and sizes, taking part in order to assist the battle against cancer. Reading comments/dedications on people's back signs and t-shirts is quite something!
This year there were 3 of us taking part - it seems to increase by one each year. The combination of almost no training and too much going out in the past week did not (surprise, surprise) result in a personal best - with a few walking breaks we finished in about 35 mins again, much the same as last year. Maybe next year...
This year there were 3 of us taking part - it seems to increase by one each year. The combination of almost no training and too much going out in the past week did not (surprise, surprise) result in a personal best - with a few walking breaks we finished in about 35 mins again, much the same as last year. Maybe next year...
Reduce, reuse, recycle...
Since living in London, I've become a lot more aware of environmental issues and the impact our lives have on it. I like to think that I wasn't completely ignorant beforehand, but perhaps it's just been brought home a lot more by living directly in the Heathrow flight path! This week has been a bad one for plane noise (runway alternation means it's sometimes relatively quiet) - the only good thing to come out of that was that it reminded me to investigate carbon offsetting. I've just done that, and used the ClimateCare website to offset all the flights I've taken since December 2006.
Other things I'm trying to incorporate into daily life: recycle as much as possible, compost kitchen waste, use public transport or my own two feet (easy when you don't have a car!), low energy light bulbs where possible, eating local produce... Hopefully this list will increase over time!
If you haven't seen An Inconvenient Truth yet - see it.
Other things I'm trying to incorporate into daily life: recycle as much as possible, compost kitchen waste, use public transport or my own two feet (easy when you don't have a car!), low energy light bulbs where possible, eating local produce... Hopefully this list will increase over time!
If you haven't seen An Inconvenient Truth yet - see it.
New beginnings
At long last I've succumbed to peer pressure and am posting to my own blog. My personal escapades in the blogosphere actually started a few months ago when I created a blog prior to advising a friend on how to create one... and promptly forgot how to log on to it! (I'm pleased to report that his blogging has been way more successful than mine to date - perhaps I should listen to my own advice sometimes!!)
So this is a new (or renewed?) beginning. A place to share thoughts, experiences and... who knows! Welcome... do feel free to share your thoughts/comments too.
So this is a new (or renewed?) beginning. A place to share thoughts, experiences and... who knows! Welcome... do feel free to share your thoughts/comments too.
You're probably wondering why I'm here
And so am I
So am I
~Frank Zappa
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