This afternoon it's raining, so we're doing 'hama' beads.
Strange craft thing that they all seem to enjoy. S makes flags, A gets upset if she can't follow a picture exactly, F always makes people and designs clothes. LC is into circles and concentric rings. great to see her especially so absorbed into something.
Been out to the garden centre (lol) this morning.
Bought and fitted a new water butt.
Stayed for a cup of coffee.
And flapjacks
Chose a Rombouts(??) which I enjoyed (Javan) but it made me think.
I never realised before (as I don't indulge very often) what a terrible waste of plastic these things are??
Isn't there some way of making acoffee 'bag' like a teabag, instead of throwing away the whole top bit and the lid.
It's irresponsible and completely outrageous!
How many millions of these are 'consumed' daily??
Had another high horse rant yesterday actually when Volvo sent us there new marketing package in the junk mail.
"Because we care about the environment, all our promotional literature is printed on paper made from sustainable forests" etc...
You care so much about the environment that you send out millions of junk mail leaflets? And produce a new range of cars every year??
Do we need more new cars?
Sustainable forests?
What's that all about?
Acres of featureless conifer plantations where previously natural woodland existed. Where no birds or wildlife live.
Hmmm.
And printing on 'recyclable' paper?
Why not use 'recycled' paper??
It's too expensive.
Oh I see. But you care so much about the environment...
I get so annoyed that something so fundamental is now reduced to being a marketing gimmick.
When will products in supermarkets have labels on to say that they have been unfairly traded or they are produced in an environment that uses pesticides
Painting now.
I love mess
