Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

PERMACULTURE THE ANSWER TO POLLUTION PROBLEMS?

Pollution is simply an unused resource
Plants can filter silted waters. They trap the minerals,
and readily absorb them and converting them into food or
other useful plant products such as fibre or bio-chemicals.
Plants breathe in co2 and breathe out oxygen. People
breathe out co2 and breathe in Oxygen
Slugs and Snails are not pests if they are used as food
for other animals. A duck eats slugs and other pests and
provides natural fertilizer, eggs and meat.
Sewerage (Animal and Human) is not pollution if it is
processed and used as fertilizer. There are international
systems sewerage treatment systems that make agriculturalgrade
soil.
Recycled water can be used by large industry such as
Steel and Pewter manufacture.
Organic waste from farming such as sugar cane, padi,
coconut, rubber and oil palm [Daud 1998] can be recycled
even as material for Bio-gas plants which are being in installed
in city waste management plants world-wide.
Metal and Wood can be re-used or reycled.

source is

Friday, September 16, 2011

Monday, August 29, 2011

Sunrise 30 August 2011



Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky. ~Rabindranath Tagore

Friday, August 26, 2011

Places I'd to see.......Turkey

Suspicious Lizard

Mrs Beetons idea to wash your hair with egg!

I was inspired by my finding a make your own cosmetics book,
It talks about how bad commercial hair products are for our hair, and after researching a little more, I found that using egg to wash your hair used to be an acceptable practise.
Now me having temperamental hair all my life, I am used to trying all kinds of things to get my not straight, not curly hair under control.
So I decided to give it a whirl.
3 egg whites later whisked to a froth,
1 egg yolk (lots of protein) for conditioner
I washed my hair with the egg whites, I rinsed it through with the yolk conditioner,
i rinsed my hair, ensuring that the water was cool, scrambled egg would not be much fun...
after having to run two baths, as I could not expect to be clean after sitting in a bath of egg!
My hair had that squeaky clean sound, but not too hard to comb, but not silken like after using chemically proccessed Pantene..I await the result.









I let my hair dry itself over night, and the result, is not ideal, after having recently had highlights my hair is a little stressed anyway, but now the top especially where I have extra blonde pieces, feels scratchy and rough, and like brillo pad, the back is not bad as this hair is in better condition, no wher near as much frizz, the curls have half formed ok. But seriously lacking in the lustre department.
Ok result, I do not think I would get a comb through the top! Seriously want to get some real conditioner on it asap!
do I recommend washing your hair in egg.....no, would I do it again, maybe, but I would use a real commercial conditioner full of silicons and all the other bad stuff for after, not sure if the egg whites helped clean my hair better than the detergent I get from shampoo, but there was something about putting slime on my hair, that I really liked.
Over all I think egg whites to wash, yes it did feel good, and felt squeaky clean, but the lack of condtioner makes for a serious nest!
So now I have rats hair so you dont have to!






Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Byron Bay where I live needs support for bringing Spendour home

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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Friday, July 29, 2011

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Takes one to know one....

How people see the world is often a reflection of how they see themselves. If they think that the world is just a cesspool of lies and deceit, then they themselves may be full of lies and deceit. Watch out for those people who are always telling you just how corrupt the rest of the world is. As the saying goes, “It takes one to know one.”
-David J. Lieberman, Never be Lied to Again

Thursday, July 14, 2011

KNOW THE RULES: how to choose the right hat for you...

you have a round-shaped face if...
- your face is as wide as it is long

the right hat for you? we suggest...

- small to medium length brim
- an asymmetrical tilt is good!



Thank you to Tonya Gross

Rules of good hat making decisions

Rules for good hat-making decisions:

#1: COUTURE FOR THE MASSES: stop shopping at stores that buy and sell mass-produced hats
- the price might be right but the fit probably is not;
- manufacturers cannot customize a shape and size for you, but we can. in any price range;
- we can work with any budget in an effort to get a great hat on your head. couture for the masses!

#2: KNOW THYSELF: learn more about what shapes work best for you

generally speaking: the crown of the hat should be at least the same width as your face. full-figured? choose larger hats that will suit your proportions. petite? again, stay in proportion with a smaller crown and a brim doesn't overpower you or your look. tall people can wear all types of hats, including those with very tall crowns or wide brims.

#3: KNOW HOW TO MEASURE. FAR LESS INTIMATE THAN A BRA-FITTING AND PROBABLY EQUALLY UNKNOWN.
to measure your head in inches: place a soft tape measure across the center of your forehead (about an inch above your eyebrows), wrapping the tape around your head. keep the tape parallel to the floor. think about how you want the hat to feel on your head and do not pull too tight or make the tape too loose.

ARE YOU ABOVE AVERAGE?
In the United State, the common hat size for women is about 22 1/2 inches (this equates to about a 7 1/4" men's).

Thank you to Tonya Gross

Millinery Suppliers

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

THE TOP HAT


Image thanks to lockhatters
The first man who was credited with wearing this new creation in London, the hatter John Hetherington, nearly caused a riot and was arrested for wearing a hat that was ‘calculated to frighten timid people’ (St James’s Gazette).

Quote for the day...

“Open your hear, open your mind. Look for the best and that’s what you’ll find.” - anon

Friday, July 1, 2011

It's You I Like! Frederick 'McFeely' Rogers

It's you I like,
It's not the things you wear.
It's not the way you do your hair,
But it's you I like.
The way you are right now
The way down deep inside you
Not the things that hide you
Not your diplomas...
They're just beside you.
But it's you I like,
Every part of you,
Your skin, your eyes, your feelings,
Whether old or new.
I hope that you'll remember
Even when you're feeling blue,
That it's you I like,
It's you yourself, it's you
It's you I like!

Sunday, May 29, 2011

live your life full

Looking back

They say men get better with age
I say bananas do

They say you can make yourself age with stress,
So make sure that your getting plenty of rest,

They say we age, by obsessing with days,
So relax, as it pays

Age is a word, Accomplishing Greatness within Everyday,
Lifes getting better i hear everyone say,

I embrace coming years, its going so fast theres no time for fears,
Im gonna create a most amazing life, maybe have kids or be somebodys wife,
Maybe climb mountains, or jump out the skies, whatever your dream is,
Live it with pride.

Eperience all of the things that i promised,
back in the days when i was being honest,
do lots of things that bring me pleasure,
that leave behind lots of memories to treasure.

I dont want to get old and have to say
I did or I didnt back in the day,

I want to look back, as i couldnt believe,
how i did all those things i set out to achieve.

I want wonderful memories lots of laughter and cheers,
with plenty of smiles, after all of the years,
Think, gosh it has been a while, as my eyes fill with tears.

I sit at the window of my residential, how did i get old,
Where is all that potential? Suddenly im aware of bright light,
I know thats my cue, namaste and good night.

I sit here in heaven, looking down through the trees,
a serene peace upon me, as i play with the leaves,
I smile as i sit here cradled in this lull, I lived my life well and i lived my Life FULL!

Samantha Parkinson

Thursday, May 19, 2011

WHATEVER THE WEATHER

What ever the weather may be -says he,
whatever the weather may be,
Its the songs ye sings, and the smiles ye wear,
thats making sunshine everywhere
- James Whitcome Riley

Saturday, May 14, 2011

THE TOWN OF DONT YOU WORRY

Town of Don't-You-Worry

There's a town called Don't-You-Worry,
On the banks of River Smile;
Where the Cheer-Up and Be-Happy
Blossom sweetly all the while.
Where the Never-Grumble flower
Blooms beside the fragrant Try,
And the Ne'er-Give-Up and Patience
Point their faces to the sky.

In the valley of Contentment,
In the province of I-Will,
You will find this lovely city,
At the foot of No-Fret Hill.
There are thoroughfares delightful
In this very charming town,
And on every hand are shade trees
Named the Very-Seldom-Frown.

Rustic benches quite enticing
You'll find scattered here and there,
And to each a vine is clinging
Called the Frequent-Earnest-Prayer.
Everybody there is happy
And is singing all the while,
In the town of Don't-You-Worry,
On the banks of River Smile.

I. J. Bartlett

Motivational Quotes

The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose.

-Hadia Bejar

Saturday, April 23, 2011

my Imagination Poem I wrote in 2007

Imagination

Current mood:bored

Theres an ability, that we all share,
we've had it since birth so its always been there.
Its a gift from above, that not many use,
not in its best way, this way its abused.
Its the notion in you, that the mind creates matter
It can be fragile or robust i'd go for the latter
Your mind can manifest all of creation,
The only limit is your imagination

Your brain cannot tell if somethings real or not,
Close your eyes, try and feel it, your not losing the plot
Let your mind wander over all that you want
Let it just tick on over, make sure nothings forgot
Let it really run wild to your greatest creation,
Your not going mad, thats your imagination

You limit yourself when you dont pay attention,
To the thoughts that your mind brings, during times of frustration.
So lets do this know, lets make this your mission,
You'll watch what you think, to give yourself permission,
To moniter thoughts, to ensure all they'll bring, are happiness,
Joy and some beautiful things.

Your world can be litterally your creation, by using the basis of manifestation.
A clear mind a good heart, is one place to start,
Desire, expectation they both play a part.
In bringing you all of your favourite things, bringing you things that make your soul sing! - Imagination

Girl Friday

Dadirri – Aboriginal way- listening to one another

Dadirri – Aboriginal way- listening to one another

By Miriam Rose Ungenmerr

Dadirri. A special quality. A unique gift of the Aborigina people, is inner deep listening and quiet still awareness. Dadirri recognises the deep spring that is inside us. It is something like what you call contemplation.

The contemplative way of Dadirri spreads over our whole life. It renews us and brings us peace. It makes us feel whole again. In our aboriginal way we learnt to listen from our earliest times. We could not live good and useful lives unless we listened.

We are not threatened by silence. We are completely at home in it. Our Aboriginal way has taught us to be still and wait. We do not try to hurry things up. We let them follow their natural course – like the seasons.

We watch the moon in each of its phases. We wait for the rain to fill our rivers and water the thirsty earth. When twilight comes we prepare for the night. At dawn we rise with the sun. We watch the bush foods and wait for them to open before we gather them. We wait for our young people as they grow; stage by stage, through their initiation ceremonies. When a relation dies, we wait for a long time with the sorrow. We own our grief and allow it to heal slowly. We wait for the right time for our ceremonies and meetings. The right people must be present. Careful preparations must be made. We don’t mind waiting because we want things to be done with care. Sometimes many hours must be spent painting the body before an important ceremony.

We don’t worry. We know that in time and in the spirit of Dadirri (that deep listening and quiet stillness) the way will be made clear.

We are like the tree standing in the middle of a bushfire sweeping through the timber. The leaves are scorched and the tough bark is scarred and burnt, but inside the tree the sap is still flowing and under the ground the roots are still strong. Like that tree we have endured the flames and we still have the power to be reborn.

Our people are used to the struggle and the long waiting. We still wait for the white people to understand us better. We ourselves have spent many years learning about the white man’s ways: we have learned to speak the white man’s language; we have listened to what he had to say. This learning and listening should go both ways. We would like people to take time and listen to us. We are hoping people will come closer. We keep longing for the things we have always hoped for, respect and understanding.

We know that our white brothers and sisters carry their own particular burdens. We believe that if they let us come to them, open their minds and to us we may lighten their burdens. There is a struggle for us but we have not lost our spirit of Dadirri.

There are deep springs within each of us, within this deep spring, which is the very spirit, is a sound. The sound of Deep calling to Deep. The time for rebirth is now. If our culture is alive and strong and respected it will grow. It will not die and our spirit will not die. I believe the spirit of Dadirri that we have to offer will blossom and grow, not just within ourselves but within all.

Edited version adapted from the writings of Miriam Rose Ungenmerr

Discovering things and not sharing them...

The greatest allergist known to the world lived 2,000 years before Christ. He was called Mithridates, a Greek king. When he was 10 years old, he discovered that taking tiny and increased doses of 2 poisons used to kill the kings, cicuta and arsenic which were put into the wine - he would become immune. I don't know how he discovered this. I know that his pleasure was always to have a wine taster that had to drink the wine. When the wine taster dropped dead, instantly killed by a sip, he would take the rest of the wine in the glass and he was considered by the people as having divine powers. He discovered that the poison itself created the defence against the poison. He took it in increasing doses and this is the principle of the vaccine.

When the antiophidic serum is made, which later on can save us from snakebites, increasing doses of poison are injected into a horse, until it can cope with a dose that would kill the horse if it were the first time dose. Blood is taken from this horse, the serum (the white part) is separated and the red part (from the globules) is discarded. The white part is the antiophidic serum. But the one who discovered all this was King Mithridates, 2000 years BC.

Alexander Fleming and the discovery of antibiotic

Alexander Fleming and the discovery of antibiotic

He was a gardener's son who later became a Lord, thanks to the blessed almost drowning of Winston Churchill, who was 8 when he fell into a well. Alexander Fleming was 10 years old, and the son of Winston Churchill’s father's gardener when he saved Winston Churchill, by pulling him out of the well.

Lord Churchill called his father and said: “My son's life is priceless. Ask for anything and I will give it to you, if you want a house I will give you a house.” “I don't need a house, I was born here, my father was born here, my grandmother was the first one to work here. I need to be able to fulfil my son’s wish. I have four children, three will be labourers, they have no interests, but ever since Alexander was very small says he wants to be a doctor and researcher. I don't have the means at all to fulfil his wish.” Lord Churchill said: “Then he will be, if he has the ability. There will be no problem due to lack of money.” Alexander graduated in medicine and thanks to his humbleness he discovered penicillin.

Lord Churchill offered him any room in his mansion and Alexander said no. (Alexander himself gave this account at the Servidor do Estado Hospital, at Sacadura Cabral Street, in 1951.). “A place under the staircase is all I need. There is enough space there to set up a laboratory.” Luckily it was a very humid place. And while he was carrying out experiments with culture plates, a fungus that loves humidity, the penicilium notatum, destroyed one of those culture plates. As he was a researcher, instead of throwing the spoiled culture away, he wondered why that halo of destruction had appeared.. He found the fungus and discovered that this fungus discharged a substance, penicillin. So he started to use this antibiotic in horses at the Jockey Club in London, and in cows with some infectious disease at neighbouring farms.

One day the Royal Air Force Commander came to fetch him to apply penicillin to Winston Churchill who was dying in North Africa. Winston Churchill had gone there to give General Montgomery moral support because he was being defeated by Marshal Rommel, Hitler's desert fox. There he caught double pneumonia, there were no resources, and practically no hope for him.

Both Alexander Fleming and the Royal Air Force commander crossed over Europe on their own, passing over areas occupied by Germans, at high altitudes, and arrived in time to apply penicillin to Churchill. But then he said quite simply to the Royal Air Force commander: “But Churchill of all people will have to be the first human being to have a penicillin injection! What? Churchill, our Prime Minister?!” And the answer came: “It is all or nothing. His case is a hopeless one.” And in this was he saved Winston Churchill for the second time, the first was in the well, that resulted in him studying medicine

Saturday, April 16, 2011

About nonsense

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
— Dr. Seuss

SOUL MATES

"People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to reveal another layer of yourself to you, and then leave.

A soul mates purpose is to shake you up, tear apart your ego a little bit, show you your obstacles and addictions, break your heart open so new light can get in, make you so desperate and out of control that you have to transform your life, then introduce you to your spiritual master..."
— Elizabeth Gilbert

Friday, April 15, 2011

Three small rules for living a happy life

Three small rules for living a happy life

Garden 1. Start each day with a grateful heart.
2. Focus on the positive aspects of every person you encounter.
3. End each day with a grateful heart.
- Lucy MacDonald

Audrey Hepburn
"For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
 For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
 For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
 For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.
 For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
 People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.
 As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others."
— Audrey Hepburn

Too true

"Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell."
— Joan Crawford

What Women Should Know..........

"A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
enough money within her control to move out
and rent a place of her own even if she never wants
to or needs to...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
something perfect to wear if the employer or date of her
dreams wants to see her in an hour...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...
a youth she's content to leave behind....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to
retelling it in her old age....
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE .....
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black
lace bra...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who
lets her cry...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone
else in her family...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems, and a
recipe for a meal that will make her guests feel honored...
A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....
a feeling of control over her destiny...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to fall in love without losing herself..
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
HOW TO QUIT A JOB,
BREAK UP WITH A LOVER,
AND CONFRONT A FRIEND WITHOUT RUINING THE FRIENDSHIP...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that she can't change the length of her calves,
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
that her childhood may not have been perfect...but it's over...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she would and wouldn't do for love or more...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
whom she can trust,
whom she can't,
and why she shouldn't
take it personally...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
where to go...
be it to her best friend's kitchen table...
or a charming inn in the woods...
when her soul needs soothing...
EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...
what she can and can't accomplish in a day...
a month...and a year..."
— Pamela Redmond Satran

Monday, April 4, 2011

the 'success poem' (and its origins..)

"Success - He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children; who has filled his niche and accomplished his task; who has left the world better than he found it whether by an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul; who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it; who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had; whose life was an inspiration; whose memory a benediction." (Bessie A Stanley, 1904)

What is a maxim?

max·im/ˈmaksim/
Noun: A short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct. More »
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Sunday, April 3, 2011

“A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.”

Just a little courage


“You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity.”
Epicurus
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”

Albert Einstein

Good morning from Byron Bay


A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.

- Mohandas K. Gandh

Friday, April 1, 2011

Mazza Always an inspiration

Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt

"I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best."
— Marilyn Monroe

Love Hats


"Wearing a hat versus not wearing a hat is the difference between looking adequate and looking your best." - (Martha Sliter)

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Australians - what they say, what it means


Not my bowl of rice: not my cup of tea; I don't like it

Australians - what they say, what it means


Bloody oath! : that's certainly true