سبتمبر 2022

It’s unspoken, but ever present behind one’s mind. That which you don’t know,...

  Creative thoughts are intangibly flowing out onto the world, penetrating all that is ...

 Ellen Emeline Montalba (1842-1912) was a British artist. She was born in Bath, England, one of four daughters of the Swedish-born artist An...

The Massacre of the Innocents (Location: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes.) is the biblical account of infanticide by Herod the G...

  Below there are riddles that identify which model car I drive. If you cant work it out, there is a clue further down the page numbere...

 This is one of a series of posters I have had for some time. Each article will reveal one poster at a time. The drawings are from Stanley ...

 We are now in November 2019 and for Southern Hemisphere folk, that's spring. The Monarch Butterflies have been at it early and we are ...

 The wasps are out in force, decimating caterpillars or newly hatched butterflies. They are aggressive, voracious and exotic in origin. A f...

 We've had a rush of new entrants to the world of butterflies. Unfortunately, we have had to stop collecting eggs for some respite. At ...

 Our last entry for the year. I appreciate the funny side of the blog has been overshadowed by the butterfly situation. The jokes ares stil...

 The smoke from the bush fires in Australia has made its way across the Tasman Sea to NZ. Here is an evening shot of the effect. The settin...

 Wasps have been viciously attacking our Monarch Butterfly caterpillars they have to be cared for in containers to protect them until they ...

1) What sort of reception do tourists get in Chile? 2) Are chamber pots popular in Poland? 3) Do people take their mothers on ...

1) Would I need insect repellent in Laos? 2) Do they get enough to eat in Hungary? 3) Do they chew things over in Norway? 4) Ar...

  Sunrise

Today it is a warm spring one and the monarch butterflies are having a great time doing acrobatic, syncronised movements around our ...

 This is one of a series of posters I have had for some time. Each article will reveal one poster at a time. The drawings are from Stanley ...

 This is one of a series of posters I have had for some time. Each article will reveal one poster at a time. The drawings are from Stanley ...

 This is one of a series of posters I have had for some time. Each article will reveal one poster at a time. The drawings are from Stanley ...

 This is one of a series of posters I have had for some time. Each article will reveal one poster at a time. The drawings are from Stanley ...

 This is one of a series of posters I have had for some time. Each article will reveal one poster at a time. The drawings are from Stanley ...

 This is one of a series of posters I have had for some time. Each article will reveal one poster at a time. The drawings are from Stanley ...

 This is one of a series of posters I have had for some time. Each article will reveal one poster at a time. The drawings are from Stanley ...

  This is one of a series of posters I have had for some time. Each article will reveal one poster at a time. The drawings are from Stanley...

 This little spider had a dead fly and was towing it around. I took these pictures of it before it tried to take it up a wall, presumably t...

 I found this unusual creature on our kitchen benchtop. We had been given some fruit from a friend who has a lifestyle property just out of...

                                                               If you like green countryside, here's an idea. Greenland! They say Ch...

Campaigns raise awareness. Education reaches the heart.  There is no such thing as bad weather. There is inadequate clothing.  I do not ...

Is the pope a catholic?  Is the sky blue? Do one-legged ducks swim in circles?  Does Donald Trump shoot from the hip? Can fish swim? Are...

 Sayings are a concise way to say something that paints a word picture in our minds and then drives home a salient point. What are some sa...

I wouldn't say I am a bad singer.... ...but the local bar manager likes me singing Karaoke just before closing. It clears out the s...

 People say things but what do they really mean? First, the setting (bold type), then what is said and finally (in italics) what they are re...

  A Nice Pair

Dietary advice: "Can Beetroot make you run faster?" If you need a laxative, no harm in giving it a try.                       ...

He could sell sand to Arabs.  He could sell scuba gear to a shark.

 In the Rangitikei District of NZ (near Palmerston North) is a small town of Bulls. It was named after a settler James Bull but the name la...

  The UK motor industry has a fine historical record and still is a very important part of the economy but nothing like it once was. W...

Registrations for June were +13% and the first six months of 2022 were +10% on the corresponding period of 2021. The 'Diff' fi...

  Registrations for June was -17% and for the first six months of 2022 was -14% on the corresponding period of 2021. The 'Diff...

  For the first six months of the year, the production of commercial vehicles in the UK is the best going back to 2013. What's not...

  The VW Golf has been knocked off its perch as the leading model. Of course, there are still six months for that to be rectified. Whi...

  Registrations for June were -2% and the first six months of 2022 were -+4% on the corresponding period of 2021. The 'Diff' f...

In New Zealand, a few attempts have been made by Chinese manufacturers to enter the market. Initial efforts were not successful. here ...

A design director at Mazda was recently asked if he liked what others were doing in vehicle design. He said he wasn't and talked a...

Anyone that regularly follows this blog will know that in this neck of the woods the pickup is very popular. It suits an outdoor lifes...

The Russian car market is protected by import duty so brands with any volume of note had assembly plants. Sanctions came and foreign p...

  Passenger cars: On the model front, the departure of Western brands is very much having an impact. Russian and Chinese (shaded yello...

  Having to walk to work because the car's not charged. I hate it when that happens. Toyota manufactures cars in many places as we ...