The competition is now closed. I will announce the winner on my blog on Sunday 23rd September 2012. Thank you to all those who entered. Today is a big day in our household. My daughter starts her new secondary school and I’m back to work after a laidback schedule in August, which is exciting for […]
The Olympics has been a glorious event and even though I’m theoretically taking August off from blogging, it did seem a shame not to mark this marvellous show. In our house and many houses across the UK, we’ve been cheering on Team GB and the London Olympics 2012 has been inspiring people and children all
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The Venus transit of the Sun is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, at least if you consider a pair of Venus transits as a whole. This pair both take place in the sign of Gemini and the current Venus transit is exact at 01:09am GMT on 6th June 2012. The last Venus transit took place at 8:44am
In our modern world, eclipses are the delight of scientists and eclipse chasers as much as songwriters and poets. There’s something awesome about a solar eclipse when the shadow of the Moon blocks out the light of the Sun. Flowers begin to close, birds go to roost and the natural world thinks night-time has arrived,
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Ask anyone what they know about the full moon, which takes place every 28 days, and they may mention the effect the moon has on the tides or werewolves howling at the moon. What some people don’t realise is that the date Easter falls in the calendar is totally determined by the cycle of the
I was sent a link to an indian astrology site yesterday which I decided to take a quick look at. I love the differences between Indian (vedic) and Western astrology and India is a country that I have visited twice and both times fell in love with. The site included the usual links to astrology,
I discovered the following video on YouTube from, I believe, 1970 entitled “Raquel Welch – Aquarius and Let The Sun Shine In” and knew I had to share it in a blog post. These are the six reasons why: 1. I am a hippy at heart. 2. Two years ago, I went to see “Hair:
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“Call The Midwife” (Sundays, BBC1, 8pm) has become essential viewing in our house. Based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, the programme is set in London’s East End during the 1950’s. It focuses on the friendship between a group of young midwives who share accommodation in a nursing convent. The cleverly interwoven themes of birth,
Today’s New Moon marks the start of the Chinese New Year. The dates differ every year as the Chinese New Year is based on the Lunar Calendar and follows the cycle of the Moon. The start date is the second New Moon after the Winter Solstice on the 21st December. This Chinese New Year begins
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Two weeks ago I went to see an outdoor exhibition of sculpture at Somerset House in London. The exhibition by the chinese artist Ai Weiwei consists of 12 bronze animal heads representing the 12 animals of the chinese zodiac. The 12 animals are Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Ram, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Boar.
