Peter Ball

Hampden View Hedgehogs are back

We’ve only just started to see hedgehogs coming back since we last saw some in late November last year. Here’s yesterdays film. You can see the playlist if you look at this video or use this link https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPVuizlnkmHHwMYadRDjd90rTGUq6-hiY&si=BqUkseMprwJ-fYcb

Senator Cory Booker breaks a record

Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday broke the record for the longest Senate floor speech as he protested against President Trump’s policies. The New Jersey Democrat spoke for longer than Sen. Strom Thurmond’s 24 hour and 18 minute address in 1957. Courtesy of Youtube and CBS News #Politics#USA

Making ice cream

I make ice cream several times a week. I generally use home made yoghurt and custard as the main ingredients adding dark fruits from the freezer. Today’s batch has blackberry added. There is no sugar added. #Ice-cream

Fasting until Friday

Autophagy is an amazing process…. Autophagy fasting, a dietary approach, involves fasting to stimulate autophagy, a cellular process where cells break down and recycle damaged components to generate energy and building blocks. This process is triggered by nutrient deprivation, leading to the body utilizing stored resources for energy. Here’s a more detailed explanation: What is Autophagy? HowContinue reading “Fasting until Friday”

Mother’s Day 2025

Today, March 30th the clocks went forward an hour. We’ll have lighter evenings and for a while darker mornings. Val went for afternoon tea with Alice, Chris, Hazel and Poppy. #Mothersday

The signal Trump Scandal continues

March 27, 2025 From Heather Cox Richardson Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on the Houthis in Yemen. A payment on one of them was identified only with an eggplant emoji, which is commonlyContinue reading “The signal Trump Scandal continues”

Bob

https://photos.app.goo.gl/JeogqZpQEW1oGd8H8 Use the link to find Bob #Bob

I’m feeling old today

Today (27/03/2025) I’m feeling old. Its a nice day for this time of year. 17C at the moment which is nice. I’ve been gardening for most of the day both here at home and at my neighbours house where I spent an hour and a quarter cutting grass and weeding. After that I’ve been tweakingContinue reading “I’m feeling old today”

I find it difficult

I find it difficult to find things to write about. There is so much happening around me and its always difficult to decide what I should put to my journal. Today (26/03/2025) our Chancellor of the Exchequer brought a whole new range of measures to Parliament which she assured the house would put the countryContinue reading “I find it difficult”

ZOE re visited (ongoing post)

Its 3 and a bit months since I was enrolled in ZOE and I have to admit it does become a little compulsive. Its coming up to my second test and I was expecting that I would only get an opportunity to get the “poo” test but low and behold a couple of days agoContinue reading “ZOE re visited (ongoing post)”