It's gonna be a long hot summer!

What does summer mean to you?

Suddenly our summer is here, and in two days it's becoming hot!

I like the beginning of summer, but not when the temperatures go well over a hundred.

Summer makes me think of….

Luscious strawberries, fruits of the forest, melons, and peaches and cream.

We used to have barbecues by people's pools and picnics on the beach, but not since Covid.

Swimming in clear blue seas…but this year, we have warnings of poisonous sea snakes…ugh. We do usually have jellyfish too, and sharks in some areas. But I've never seen sea snakes before.

I love to watch people learning to do water sports and usually grab a sunbed on a private hotel beach, but this year seems to have hundreds of tourists coming for the sunshine. I like lonely beaches, just the sea and sand, shells, and rock pools.

What do you like to do in the summer?

I enjoy long summer evenings in restaurants or bars or coffee bars by the sea, watching the sun sink into the sea from the sky.

I used to enjoy sailing when my friends had yachts, jumping into the cool deep blue sea.

Think I need a new swimsuit, as I've worn the same one for years. LOL

We also have a beautiful hotel in the capital with huge gardens, and sometimes we pay for a day around a pool by the sea, but that's rare these days.

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Lian

Stop the world…I want to get off

For many years before starting work, I used to enjoy reading the news.

I loved the feel of the crisp black and white print, the colourful pictures, news items, jokes, catching up with film stars, money pages, and problem pages. Theatre, movies.

However, I haven’t bought a paper in years now. Watch repeat movies on tv…rarely go to the theatre.

The daily ritual of reading the news continues….with either dread, horror or some boredom.

Usually, I skip many articles these days, especially the violence.

The news becomes more and more BIZARRE, coloured with oddity.

The world is becoming a difficult place to negotiate on a daily basis.

This week Karl Largerfelds's cat inherited 1.3 million dollars? Perhaps a loving home might be a better inheritance for a family pet.

A person was dismissed from work for considering marriage should be between a male and a female. What’s odd about that?

A star admitted to never reading a book! He would not be on my social list, books have always been essential to education and leisure time. Can we progress without knowledge? It used to be…kiss a frog, he may turn into a Prince. Now Charles will be King.

What are your thoughts on the above?

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Most of all, enjoy.

Let’s thank Kieran for his help with some technical problems too.

Lian

Fly High

Fly High

I’ve always loved old planes,especially the painted ones.plus the pretty pin ups that adorned the planes,am art form in itself.Why are modes of transport feminine? Now they are Trans…port.no gender.

People used to care for their planes and vintage cars,Flying was an art,and those magificent Men loved their flying machines,and vintage cars.

Now everything goes faster and faster,and few planes or cars have character.

Leonardo De Vinci was the first person to design a flying machine.Man has always dreamed of flying.

Icarus flew too near the sun and his waxen wings melted and he fell to earth.

Last week early one cold morning…somehow I always leave doors open to the garden,two little birds came into my room.They flew round a few times,investigated and were away.At Christmas a robin would visit several years in a row, come into my room totally unafraid.I crossed the courtyard and another sparrow followed me into the house.conclusion, they are hungry and nesting.Now they are flocking ito the garden and eating  their was through my crumbly plum cake.I love the twitter and weetin when the food is put out.

Flying in small planes is fun,often used to before airways became commercial and flying no real fun any more.

Hang gliding and flying in the wind on currents of air looks fun! But one of my friends landed in the only tree for miles around and injured himself badly.Plus we have a lot of ravines and cliffs here….dangerous…oh amd sharks in the sea.

Many of my friends bungee jump,looks like a horror experience to me.

Musks  super expensive rocket burst into flames.As much as I would love to land on the moon or Mars,the cost is prohibitive,and it would have to be safer.

The theme for today is flying,birds including pin ups.So post gifs, memes,trailers, videos,stories and music,to your hearts content.

No politics or religious comments…respect all commenters.Enjoy

Lian

We dont need no Education!

We dont need no Education!Put another brick in the wall!

Or do we need an education?Many entrepeneurs  made money without a so called  good education.

Some colleges taught skills rather than academic subjects…always a practical idea.

Do you remember the old school yard where we used to play and sing?

Hogwarts would have been an adventure of magic.

How education has changed to what appears to be control from previous freedoms.many schools now have locked doors,and intercom systems to keep children safe..Possibly a pronoun agenda? Parents often receive a letter….Your daughter no longer classifies as female,kindly use the new name and pronoun.How things have changed.

I remember dinnertime conversations with my teenage peers,they went to  a ‘free school’,a wonderful school situated in 1,200 acres in a medieval building of historic churchlike appearance,Called Dartington Hall.I attended government day schools,and had to work to subsidize a university education.My last school,a government school produced a few notable pop stars.At Dartington Hall, children did not have to attend lessons,they could if they wished attend any class at any level.The record time one girl did not attend lessons was two years.It sounded a wonderful place of ‘freedom’,and bliss.Children made the rules at Dartington.The teachers/tutors were called by nick names or first names.Of my three friends,one married a pop star,and worked in the film industry,one became a first violinist,and the third started a farm growing exotic vegetables and fruits.In a way my friends were an expansion of my education,and a different world to mine,The press often visited Dartington with free beer and cigarettes to dish out to the children and promote a bad image of Dartington,A S Neil who ran Dartington wanted to produce free thinkers who were happy,and not suppressed do you consider your education was adequate to deal with your career or life,did you conform or rebel?

I always did  well if I liked a teacher or feared one.It does appear that many schools now pressure an agenda that fits into a political agenda of what may well be brainwashing young minds into a particular direction that many parents now have little choice in.What type of school did you attend?Did you do well in a subject if you liked a teacher?Did you love or hate school days? Was school a bed of roses?Did you consider or do you consider qualifications important!Did you behave well? Were you ever punished?Was school/ college/ university interesting?Did you do well when you left your education?Was life easy after you left your education?

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Most of all enjoy.Lian