I went on the Sunday Stroll at RSPB Rainham yesterday. I last went in the winter of 2012 so was very excited to see what was there during springtime :) It was a fantastic day, the sun shone, the birds sang and our guides were very good, we learnt lots about the folklore surrounding plants…
Category: Exploring
Nature Journaling – Elmstead Woods
During the summer I did a wildflower survey in Elmstead Woods (South East London) for Plantlife.com and collected leaves from some of the plants I saw. I decided to make a nature journal page using paper copies of the leaves and thought I’d share how I made it. Firstly I pasted a brown paper bag…
Crystal Palace Park
Hi all, today Cha-guy and I went for a long walk around Crystal Palace Park in South East London. We passed some ruins of the old Crystal Palace erected on the site in 1854 This magnificent building was designed by Joseph Paxton and hosted the Great Exhibition of industry and technology. It was burnt to…
Brick Lane and the Museum of Childhood
Hello all, Cha-guy and I spent most of Sunday wandering around Brick lane Market in London’s East End before heading off to the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green where we reminisced about space invaders games, stickle bricks, baby alive dolls – they ate and poo’ed! old advert here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA8RsYEr_J8, plus a whole variety of…
..destitute of geometry…
We had a fantastic time in Oxford last week visiting the new maths institute for a garden party and talk by Marcus du Sautoy. I’ve only been to Oxford once, many years ago so it was a real treat to be shown around by Cha-guy who studied maths there. Our first night was spent at…
Messing about on the water :)
We spent a delightful weekend on a friends canal boat moored in West London. It was lovely waking up to the sounds of Moorhen chicks chirping around the boat, watching Dragonflies darting above the water, watching bats at dusk, being visited by a Cormorant and generally feeling all ‘wind in the willows’ :) Here is…
Sunday afternoon at the V and A
On Sunday I spent a lovely afternoon at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. I was supposed to be going to see the Beatrix Potter exhibit on the 5th floor but got sidetracked by the wrought iron, metalwork and recently opened ceramics galleries :) We also had an amazing meal in the beautiful cafe…
Funky 3D Boombastic Box SVG
Hi, I just thought I’d make a quick blog post about my new Funky 3D Boombastic Box. It was inspired by memories of playground break-dancing and body-popping with electro and old skool hip hop mix tapes :) and features a working cassette tray, mini cassette tape and realistic graphic equalizer sliders :) The SVG files…
Darwin’s House
On Sunday we visited Down House the former home of Charles Darwin in the pretty village of Downe in Kent. We managed to get a bus all the way there from Bromley town centre, which was very quick and cheap!! We had a pot of tea and cake before touring the house and gardens and…
National Maritime Museum
A couple of weeks ago Cha guy and I decided to visit the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. I had spent most of my teen years in Greenwich and nearby Kidbrooke and Blackheath but had never visited the museum so it was quite exciting. On arrival I immediately recognised a large fresnel lens which had…
Phloem 