Lao Tzu

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CHPHIL/LAOTZU.HTM

Outdoors in Sweden

thinking, it would be nice to b
http://www.naturetravels.co.uk/category-all-experiences.htm

Quote from First Lady and Mom-in-Chief Michelle Obama

"My first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls…that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe."

as a mom over here in the UK , think this is really sweet thing to say and a great message

new moon and in the darkness the wind soughed through the trees like waves eddying and pooling beside the sea, a damp sad night

Button, Barrichello and Brawn ... you are incredible

Well done

Cycling..

trying to get stronger but its not easy. The lanes round here in late May are beautiful and the smells.. wild garlic and today, Sunday dinner smells

Centipede joke

What do you get if you cross a centipede and a parrot ?
...... a walkie talkie !

Curious

Wanted to get an idea of what is best selling non fiction at the moment and these are on the best selling list, but maybe
more US than UK

Beowulf by Seamus Heaney
Who moved my cheese by Spencer Johnson
States of mind by Brad Herzog
Cybil Disobedience by Cybil Shepherd
What's holding you back by Linda Austin
Finest News Reporting by Scott Dikkers and the Onion

Kenny

our black and white cat has 'things' about his favourite places. Normally when i get up and open the door, he rushes out so fast, its like a small tank with a tail, knocking over everything in its way. Today, the sun is shining, birds and little voles (his favourite pasttime) are roaming around the garden but i have to lift Kenny, a small hissing Sid outside and a few moments later he is back, on the printer

Jalbum

to share your photo albums on your blog
http://jalbum.net

Jalbum have moved their servers to the ex nuclear bunker Pionen. The bunker is located 30 meters below ground. The inspiration for the place was old sci-fi movies like Star Wars and Logan’s run.

Jalbum blog badge in action ..
http://www.lescroix.blogspot.com/
http://jalbum.net/blog

Mamo

http://esc-gr.blogspot.com/2009/05/russia-anastasia-prikhodko-mamo.html
All the songs here from Eurovision.. the Russian one has sad but beautiful lyrics

Chelsea

http://www.bbc.co.uk/chelsea/

Beauty in the rain

Today an artist from Poland knocked on our door with his charcoal sketches. We bought a sketch of a hare, a tall ship outside Gedansk and another of people huddled in a wagon in the Russian countryside. This reminded me a little of stories my mother told us of her father's background and a little of Tess of the D'Urbervilles. The rain fell as he walked away.

Fudge Cookies

225g Soft butter
110g Caster sugar
275g Plain flour
300g of very small chopped up fudge
Banana (sliced) or blueberries
Sprinkle of cinnamon

Preheat oven to 170°C (325°F) Gas Mark 3
Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until the mixture is light and fluffy. Sift in the flour and bring the mixture together to form a dough. Then add fudge with your hands. Use a spoon to scoop a walnut sized ball of mixture, as almost too soft to roll out. Flatten with a fork and bake in the oven for 15 minutes or until they are light golden brown. (Makes about 30)

Burned fingers warning .. if the fudge pieces are toooo big (because you thought this would taste even nicer) .. it will ooze out of the biscuits. If this happens it will be tricky to get the biscuits off the trays, wait too long and you will have fudge flavoured burned trays forever or not enough and you will have very burned fingers. Hmm.

Lola considering Formula One return in 2010

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/4/9227.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfoLMa8bET4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUpIIYysoS4&NR=1

"Monks of the Jain Dharma are forbidden to bathe any part of their bodies besides the hands and feet, believing the act of bathing might jeopardize the lives of millions of microorganisms."

Piano

Does anyone else have a cat that plays the piano, not like a maestro but with his four paws. My small black cat mostly prefers the high notes, but when he plays the low notes, i know hes feeling neglected

Martin Clunes: Islands of Britain

..searching for island paradise in Barra and Eigg in the Hebrides

www.itv.com/Lifestyle/MartinClunesIslandsofBritain/
www.isleofeigg.org
www.isleofbarra.com

Brighton Festival starts today

Beginning with the childrens parade with 4000 children parading and sambering through the streets and ending on the 24th May with the big splash at the marina - stilt walkers, jugglers, acrobats, aerialists and pyrotechnicians.

http://www.brightonfestival.org/events.aspx?p=i&i=FOUT
http://www.brightonfestival.org/