The Queen's the one in blue & Bees a buzzing

You cannot read any news media without seeing graphic pics of the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine.  We can only hope that eventually the people responsible will face justice.

After HM the Queen's visit to Matlock this one caught my eye

HM was visiting Reading Railway Station which she opened 25 years ago and is now re-opening it after its £9m facelift.  Funny story about the bloke in the 2nd row 2nd from the left - - -





Which side do we walk on

The Article  stems from a "nanny state" piece of advice pushed out by HM Government Rules for Pedestrians  as the article says, "who knew and who cares!"
It does however take me back to when i visited Koln in Germany back in the 70's
The place was packed but the Germans obeyed the "rules of the road" and people walked "on the Right" to avoid bumping into each other.  The article suggests "we" don't do that preferring to do a "little gavotte" when encountering another person head on - - -

A cringingly unfunny tale this one

 The child in the picture looks to be a Genius or that's where her parents are pushing her.  The things she has to do however to achieve this status make you wonder if its all worth it.
A BBC C4 programme has a group of these kids to study.
 One 11 year old of the group, Eleanor,  proclaims that if she doesn't study hard enough to do well in her A-Levels she wont go to a Good University so she wont get a good job so she wont earn enough money so she will "Starve to death"  - - - don't think I'll be watching that programme then - - -



Closer to home
The logging in the sunshine went well the other day

I have decided to leave the wood where it is at the moment so this pile will be added to before its covered for the winter.
We were sat in the garden the other day and Sally remarked, "Why can I hear what sounds like a swarm of Bees"  Looking up we could see a couple of hundred above and slightly behind us in the air.  Preparing to make a quick exit from the garden the bees thinned out a bit and we could see they were concentrating their numbers around a tree in the kitchen garden of Peak Organics

 I walked up the pathway which runs along the Kitchen Garden and managed to snap this pic of the swarm on a tree. Looking the following morning they had moved on - - -

Yesterday was meant to be "the hottest day of the year" but it fizzled out round here as a muggy overcast day.  Thunderstorms were forecast for the night and i could see the lightening in the sky around midnight over to the South West.
I crept downstairs and set up the I.P. camera to pick up any more that might show up.

 I'm using the free Webcam XP 5 software with a Foscam camera set to pick up any movement.  The round spot at right is a street light.

This mornings pic of the same view is decidedly soggy - - - bit of a "make and mend day" methinks - -
Enjoy the day
Follow this link to see  our weather website

Or this one just to see  the streaming birdfeeder cam