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this adorable baby is a life size vinyl collectable doll that I have just paid an absurd amount of money for! she's about the same length and weight as my first baby. :o)
view large to see how lifelike this is.
This photo was taken a couple of years ago around this time of year. It was when I was in Thailand on a humanitarian assistance mission. It really pains me to hear that the country is in such disarray right now...because this is my picture of Thailand. Even the dogs were smiling there!
Hearing reports such as what's going on in Thailand, about the insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, the random stabbings in China, makes me wonder why I got so lucky. First off, I was born in a country where people stare at Soldiers in a town because they've never seen one before...not because they are a daily occurrence. The people of the US would never STAND for Soldiers running around their capitals or daily military convoys in front of their house. Second, I have been given the opportunity to see these parts of the world and was treated with nothing but kindness and left unharmed. I'm so lucky to have this picture in my head when I think of my time in Thailand.
When I was in the Philippines, I used to think that we should take a spoiled, rotten, American kid who is always in trouble because of stupid stuff and stick them in the middle of the Philippines for a few months. And then take one of the Philippine kids who work hard to get an education and let them experience the opportunities that most American kids get. I worry that it would corrupt the Filipino. I would hope it would give the American kid a wake up call...life isn't so bad if you're not fighting for your very survival every day.
I think I'll get off my soap box now. This post was just to remind myself that only by luck of birth am I able to enjoy on the "extras" in life.
Chatouille was in a very pleasant mood today! He just loves week-end when we're at home with him all the time ;-)
©2023 Tom Nicholson. 13/07/2023. London, UK. The Life Science Awards are hosted at the The Waldorf Hilton, London, UK. Photo credit : Tom Nicholson
Our trip to the Scottish Highlands reminded us how clean the air is up there.
Without doubt, the climate is wetter than here in Sussex, and the combination of clean air and damp causes prolific growth of lichens and mosses.
So many living trees are covered in a pale green crust of lichen and trees that have died and are decaying prove to be the most wonderful hosts for so many small organisms it is difficult to see anything beneath!
Just open your eyes
Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful.
Will you swear on your life,
That no one will cry at my funeral?
Finally getting stock ready! L to R: small smoky quartz, large rainbow fluorite, large amber, small goldstone
Apocalyptic ruins of Bombay Beach.
The strange and mysterious big lake in the middle of the desert in California. The beachfront portion of this community has been abandoned, though people still live inland a block or two.
Salton Sea History Museum: www.saltonseamuseum.org/
Wikipedia entry for Bombay Beach: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Beach,_California
Watch a nighttime time lapse video of Bombay Beach: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gHeIsivhQ0
Just read a text, it stood "I'm in a confused age, i'm good,life's perfect with my friends. They mean the world to me,love them with my whole heart" when I red it, I started to cry, then i realized one thing. What is my life really? 5 years ago everything was perfect, then I was 11.But after my 12 birthday, everything went wrong, now I get it why I get so happy when someone say my name, now I get it. I have no friends, I dont have anybody,i'm alone. My life is a hell, I become super happy when someone starts talking to me, I love that feeling. There is nothing better than that. Now I am 16, soon 17 what will I have the memories of my youth? loneliness .... I cant stand it anymore. So this is my life.
Reuben and I worked on this idea of life being a journey with obstacles and a prize. Concentric circles came from a friend and the rest is Roo's. Please bear in mind he is only 9!