This comes up every year along our road. I have no idea of it's real horticultural name but I refer to it as the Bacon & Egg Camelia. A bit rude as it is a lovely plant and I like Camelia, but it just

Five months ago (can't believe it's been that long) my grandaughter's new puppy Neo arrived in our family. He immediately stole our hearts and is making me fitter by the week with his walks and it even

Standing at a local bus stop in Kingston recently, I happened to glance down and saw this sweet new ivy bursting from the growth of greenery by my feet. I immediately took a photo as I was impressed with

The new puppy dog NEO my grandchildren are enjoying. A Cavapoochon and that's quite a mix but a good one. He's lovely and so good and very smart. At 4 months old he is obedient, playful, energetic and

I could not get out to march with all those kids round the world trying to get the message across about the importance of recognising Climate Change. herewith my view: GET THE MESSAGE Protect the rights

Dear Steemians Back with a greeting to you all. We are coming up to our Easter bank Holiday here so that has a good feel whatever your religion. I am working at a huge public organisation and my office

Remembering Armistice Day centenary in Paris, very significant, and London also very significant. Macron's speech enlightening, and a note on the attractions of world unity. However, one feels it would

One of my favourite statues, she always looks so cool. Placed in the centre of the lovely Sloane Square in the west of London, I come here often to meet my sister for coffee in Peter Jones, the department

One of the many stalls in the market. Borough Market as London’s oldest food market, it has been operating for 1,000 years. What we like about it is that the producers have stalls there and we can be sure

The other day, someone I’d recently met told me they wanted to be a writer. I told them “Just sit down and write” and they looked at me in amazement “but I can’t write!” I said as long as you can read

This dear little tree I could once see from my dining room window. Recently they cut it down as it actually grew in the grounds of neighbouring gardens. The loss of this little tree I felt keenly as it

Clive James the Australian born, but UK living humorist, writer and intellectual, was on TV last evening. He was as funny, and intelligent as ever at the age of 84. He has had dreadful life-threatening

Can someone please advise me why when I attempt to "power up! I put in the amount I want to use and the form asks for a Memo? I put in my Steem code, I don't think I have a "memo" and it

Greetings fellow Steemians! Californian Poppies grow so beautifully when it's sunny weather and we've had the hottest and longest summer I can remember and I have a long memory! The hottest was in 1976

I have a dream, of getting one of my screenplays made into a movie. The sad part of it is that I don't actually want to make the movie myself. I have a director's degree and would have loved to do this

"Fake News masks real news. However Propaganda is a tool." Anon

Luckily, all my life I have had good health. I take care of myself - my mother used to say "take care of yourself, nobody else will" - meant in a loving way, and it's true. If we are responsible

ON KNOWLEDGE "It ain't what a man don't know that makes him a fool, but what he does know that ain't so." Josh Billings, from complete works 1919. Josh Billings was the pen name of 19th-century

ON BUDGETS: "All decent people live beyond their income nowadays, and those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's. A few gifted individuals manage to do both." Saki (H.H.Munro), "The

"A note of advice for wannabe dictators: Don't run to your power base every time it gets tough. It makes you look weaker"