Tuesday, 14 March 2017

I need to vent!


Yesterday the UK parliament voted to become officially useless by rejecting an amendment to the Brexit bill that would give them the final say on any deals between the EU and the UK when the two years of negotiations are over. It's full power to Theresa May.

Back in 1933, the Germans representatives voted in a very similar way, giving Hitler absolute power through the Enabling Act. The British had not yet lost their minds in 1933:

The British Ambassador to Germany watched these developments with increasing alarm and, having seen Hitler rip up the constitution, wrote: “We are living in a country (Germany) where fanatics, hooligans and eccentrics have got the upper hand.”

I expect the German Ambassador to the UK to have very similar feelings regarding yesterday's vote...



More about the Enabling Act: http://www.historyinanhour.com/2011/03/23/enabling-act-summary/

Saturday, 11 March 2017

Adorable porcelain creatures

These porcelain animals by Anya Stasenko are really cute!








Friday, 10 March 2017

What a great experience!

GrannyJ sent us this impressive video. Make sure the sound is on. Thanks, GJ.

Wednesday, 8 March 2017

International Women's Day

Young, old, rich, poor, witty, serious, beautiful, plain, calm, impossible, thin, fat, somewhere in the middle, whatever we are, we're all being celebrated today, it's our day! (Please join in the celebration, Pallottine and View!)













Tuesday, 7 March 2017

Yesterday I was in the middle of a post...

... when the power was cut off. The weather was absolutely atrocious yesterday, very, very windy, with 90km/hour gusts. The power came back in time for cooking lunch, but the internet stayed down until today. We went grocery shopping this afternoon and saw many trees down, and some were uprooted!

We didn't go out at all yesterday and we now know it was a wise decision. We just hope nobody was injured during the storm...

The post I lost will go up tomorrow.



 

Sunday, 5 March 2017

We're absolutely fabulous!

These Polish Frizzle chickens look great! Are they stylish or what?





Saturday, 4 March 2017

It's so fluffy!

This seal was given a furry toy that looks like a baby seal and fell in love with it!




Friday, 3 March 2017

Beautiful places

Let's do a bit of virtual travel today...

    Tuscany, Italy

    Cappadocia, Turkey 

    Granada, Spain

    Sligachan Glen, Scotland 

    
Fougères, France

    Iguaçu Falls, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina