Garstang, Lancashire
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SCOUT: "Paddy! Paddy!" *Excited.* "Paddy come and look!"
PADDY: "What is it, Scout? Are you alright?"
SCOUT: "Of course I am alright. Paddy! Why would anything be wrong?"
PADDY: "Well, usually when you call me, Scout, it's because something is... well wrong... and you need help."
SCOUT: "Oh!" *Puts paw to mouth.* "Well, in this case I don't need help today, Paddy! I am excited!"
PADDY: "Why Scout? What did you find in this pumpkin patch?"
SCOUT: "I found a coach, Paddy!"
PADDY: "A coach?" *Surprised.*
SCOUT: "Yes Paddy!" *Nods emphatically.* "You know, a carriage."
PADDY: "Yes Scout, I know what a coach is." *Looks around.* "I don't see any coach."
SCOUT: "Then you aren't looking hard enough, Paddy! It's right here!" *Points excitedly towards a nice ripe pumpkin.*
PADDY: "That isn't a coach Scout!" *Shakes head.*
SCOUT: "Yes it is, Paddy!" *Nods head.*
PADDY: "No it's not!" *Shakes head more.* "It's a pumpkin!"
SCOUT: "It is a coach Paddy! Don't listen to him, my beautiful one!" *Strokes pumpkin's rind with paw lovingly.* "Or rather, it could be, Paddy, with a bit of magic! It is full of potential! It could be the best coach in the whole wide world, EVER!"
PADDY: "Do you mean like Cinderella's coach, Scout?"
SCOUT: "Oh no, Paddy!" *Shakes head.* "Better than that, Paddy: Scoutarella's coach!" *Jumps up and down excitedly.*
PADDY: "Scoutarella?" *Alarmed.*
SCOUT: "Yes! That will be me!" *Pats chest with paw proudly.* "I shall be Scoutarella, and my magic pumpkin coach can drive me to the royal ball where I can dance in my very best tutu with Prince Peter, who also happens to be mijn beste vriend, and Princess Rosie, who also happens to be Prince Peter's princess! You can come too, Paddy, but no-one will dance with you."
PADDY: "Why not, Scout? I happen to be a very good dancer." *Disgruntled.*
SCOUT: "Well, for somebear who is ancient, from ye olden days when the world was black and white, you are a good dancer, but no-one dances like that any more!" *Giggles.* "Besides, somebear has to play a wicked stepsister!
PADDY: "Scout!"
SCOUT: "What?!?!"
PADDY: "Well it isn't going to be me, Scout!" *Folds paws akimbo across chest. "Besides, how many times must I tell you that it is rude to discuss my age in such a way! Anyway, as I keep saying, it wasn't the world that was black and white. It was the telly that was!"
SCOUT: "That's what you say, Paddy!" *Scoffs.* "Well... what's your magic like?"
PADDY: "My magic, Scout?" *Alarmed.*
SCOUT: "Yes Paddy! I need a faerie godbear to come and transform this pumpkin into my beautiful magical golden coach coach. That could be you... if your magic is good enough that is!" *Nods seriously.*
My Paddington Bear came to live with me in London when I was two years old (many, many years ago). He was hand made by my Great Aunt and he has a chocolate coloured felt hat, the brim of which had to be pinned up by a safety pin to stop it getting in his eyes. The collar of his mackintosh is made of the same felt. He wears wellington boots made from the same red leather used to make the toggles on his mackintosh.
He has travelled with me across the world and he and I have had many adventures together over the years. He is a very precious member of my small family.
Scout was a gift to Paddy from my friend. He is a Fair Trade Bear hand knitted in Africa. His name comes from the shop my friend found him in: Scout House. He tells me that life was very different where he came from, and Paddy is helping introduce him to many new experiences. Scout catches on quickly, and has proven to be a cheeky, but very lovable member of our closely knit family.
1. Own shadow, 2. Plataan seedsballs, 3. soon we need the fan, 4. The shadow of Glass
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
This is how Harry stepped off the school bus this evening, he and his friend thought this was the best way to use their fairtrade stickers that were given to them at school. :)
Woman work at The Beneficio La Divina Providencia, Matagalpa, Nicaragua. Got this while on assignment documenting La Revancha coffee estate which is Fair Trade certified.
We purchase organic fruit at home. In the main, that comprises of bananas, apples and pears. Within the UK the trade of this organic items is under the brand mark of Fairtrade.
The Foundation’s mission statement is to work with businesses, community groups and individuals to improve the trading position of producer organisations and to deliver sustainable livelihoods for farmers, workers and their communities by:
- being a passionate and ambitious development organisation committed to tackling poverty and injustice through trade using certification and product labelling, through the FAIRTRADE Mark, as a tool for our development goals bringing together producers and consumers in a citizens’ movement for change being recognised as the UK’s leading authority on Fairtrade
Our Daily Challenge - ORGANIC .....
I've had this floating about my room since Easter, and i thought it's probably best I take a photo of it quick before i decide to smash it up!
Here it is! I finally got my Ass to make this poster! It uses This Imageand a load of text that i deemed appropriate.
I don't think it's got enough Lego/brick/building refrences, so any ideas?
An experiment: I was planning to use this for the little square on the front of a Lisette Portfolio top, but I think it's a bit too 3D for that.
The fabric is part of Fairtrade Fabric's new certified organic and Fairtrade range; this one's called Birdhouse Pink. Please note that this was sent to me for free, and I don't believe that anyone can be unaffected by receiving something as a gift - so do bear that in mind when reading my opinion.
This fabric's described as a chambray on the website, and it is technically a shot cotton - white weft, pink warp. You can't really see that at all in person, though; it looks like a plain colour, a very pretty, delicate shell pink (my photo was taken in daylight).
After washing I found that it held a crease rather well - too well, in the case of the creases from the wash, which wouldn't quite press out even though I ironed it while still damp. (I've cut out a Portfolio top and am hoping it will soften with wear and further washes... The fabric's really wide so I got a size 10 top out of a single metre with plenty to spare.) For this little pleated piece I decided to use the crease-holding characteristic to my advantage! It pressed into small (5mm) pleats very easily and then held those pleats sharply as I manipulated them.
I was also given another colour from the same range - Dark Peak Blue - and I washed the two fabrics together, but they responded surprisingly differently. The Dark Peak felt much less stiff when wet, and its creases ironed out nicely. I'd say the Dark Peak is like a percale (it has a very slight sheen and is a bit 'rustly', if you know what I mean), while the Birdhouse Pink seems more like a fine calico. I'll be interested to see how they change with wear.
A shot for the Fairtrade fashion challenge press release.
The concept is to take old knackered clothing and make something useful out of it.
Hat = old t-shirt
Bag = old jeans
Cardigan = battered and machine shrunken, ready for the bin, given a new lease of life with some cute new buttons and cuffs.
Model: Nicky Short
Designer: Clem Short
Ideally, we'd have liked to have done this earlier in the day so we had some ambient light but timings didn't work out so we ended up doing the shoot at about 6pm on my deck just as the snow started to fall again.
30D + 17-40 F4L.
Exposure: 1/200th
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 19 mm
ISO: 500
Strobist:
430EXII + shoot-through brolly high camera left at 1/4 power as key light.
SB24 at 1/16 power, bare, camera right for rim.
Fired with Phottix radio trigs.
Staff from the Food store in Mill Street, Bideford, get up to all sorts of monkey business on Monday (27 February 2012) to celebrate this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight.
Make Trade Fair...what more can I say? Oh, yes! My fair trade tea tastes delicious! :)
And seriously, are you still buying Nestle'? It's so 90's... ;)
Members of the local Fairtrade campaign taking a break from dishing out free teas and coffees in Crawley town centre.
Carole Hollows with Ben Graham, pupil from St Joseph's Catholic Junior School, the food store in Durham Road, Birtley.
Members of the local Fairtrade campaign taking a break from dishing out free teas and coffees in Crawley town centre.
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