Good morning all, I hope you had a good weekend and week so far… Well the sun as been out and about here in the U.K, something we don’t see much off, so it was a refreshing change not having to be bundled up with layers of clothes. Because it is a rarity the sun being out in this country, everyone as been making the most of the weather, some of us will be heading down to the coast to spend time at the beach, while others will be basking in the sun and gathering family and friends together as they stoke up the barbecue for a fun-filled day.
This week I am going back home to my birth place. I grew up surrounded by family and friends and have some great memories of family gatherings, and all was good, until it wasn’t. My life got turned upside down and now all I have is bad memories, sadness and pain, which forced my families decision to move far away, to get away from the constant reminders of so much pain and heartache, which leads me on to this week’s post a poem called The Day I Left It All Behind.
I ran away so fast, From my past, Always going forward, Never looking back, It was full speed ahead, I now no longer feel the dread.
The day I left it all behind, In the hope of forgetting, I Buried all the memories, Deep down inside, Keeping all the heartbreak hidden, Somewhere that’s forbidden.
They say time heals, Old wounds, But I still feel the pain, Every single minute, Knowing that one day… I will have to go back there again.
The day has finally come, Where I must return, To a place… Where I once called home And where it all began.
by Aria
Thanks for stopping by and visiting my blog today, and taking the time to read this weeks post. It’s now time for me to say goodbye to you all. Enjoy the rest of your day, and I will see you back here next week.
Good morning to all you lovely people, where ever you may be in the world today, I hope are all having a good week. I am afraid mine didn’t start off very good, as I found out that our current doctors surgery has lost both my daughters and my own medical files, as they only go back as far as last year, so I am having to go in and question them on what as happened to our records before 2023. I have also had to write an email to see if my birth place still as our original medical records, hopefully they still have them there, because if they don’t, this will make going to the Doctors a whole lot harder, as they won’t have any health information. I would like to know how can they lose our important records?
Today’s blog post is 55 Photography Quotes, and it just so happens that it coincides with National Photography Month, which is celebrated every year throughout the month of May by both amateur and professional photographers, as well as anyone else who loves taking snapshots. Photography can be taken up as a hobby for those who just love just take photo’s to post on social media or keep for themselves as a way of keeping good memories alive, while others would rather turn it into a full time career, where they will document their lives through the pictures they create. You will get to see someone’s perception of life through their own eyes. Inspirational photography quotes will inspire and motivate you. These pearls of wisdoms will fuel not only the mind, but also the sea of creativity, and understanding the art of photography with these Inspirational Quotes. My daughter is a great photographer, so this is for her and every photographer out there.
“The way that light hits objects, I think, is one of the more important things that sculpture and photography share.”Rashid Johnson
“Photography is an art of teleporting the past into the future.” Mehmet Murat ildan
“Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past.”Berenice Abbott
“Photography is a love affair with life.” Burk Uzzle
“Every artist has a central story to tell, and the difficulty, the impossible task, is trying to present that story in pictures.” Gregory Crewdson
“The whole point of taking pictures is so that you don’t have to explain things with words.” Elliott Erwitt
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” Dorothea Lange
“Great Photography is about depth of feeling, not depth of field.” Pete Adams
“I think of photography like therapy.”Harry Gruyaert
“Photography is the only language that can be understood anywhere in the world.” Bruno Barbey
“When I have a camera in my hand, I know no fear.” Alfred Eisenstaedt
“There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” Ansel Adams
“Photography for me is not looking, it’s feeling. If you can’t feel what you’re looking at, then you’re never going to get others to feel anything when they look at your pictures.” Don McCullin
“Life is like a camera. Just focus on what’s important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don’t work out, just take another shot.” Unknown
“I think life is too short not to be doing something which you really believe in.”Steve McCurry
“Taking an image, freezing a moment, reveals how rich reality truly is.” Anonymous
“Photography is all about secrets. The secrets we all have and will never tell.” Kim Edwards
“A good snapshot keeps a moment from running away.” Eudora Welty
“A portrait is not made in the camera but on either side of it.” Edward Steichen
“Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop.” Ziad K. Abdelnour
“Fear is the thing that prohibits a lot of photographers from reaching their full potential.” Collin Pierson
“Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything.” Aaron Siskind
“The picture that you took with your camera is the imagination you want to create with reality.” Scott Lorenzo
“What i like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” Karl Lagerfeld
“It’s one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it’s another thing to make a portrait of who they are.”Paul Caponigro
“I woke up one morning and realized that I was in this extraordinary position to do the portraits of our time.” Annie Leibovitz
“With creating, we are literally bringing something into existence that didn’t exist before.”Montana Dennis
“To me, photography is about finding something interesting in an ordinary place. I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” Elliott Erwitt
“Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.”David Alan Harvey
“Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.” Dorothea Lange
“A tear contains an ocean. A photographer is aware of the tiny moments in a persons life that reveal greater truths.” Anonymous
“I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them.” Diane Arbus
“…we are there with our cameras to record reality. Once we start modifying that which exists, we are robbing photography of its most valuable attribute.”Philip Jones Griffiths
“Photographs open doors into the past, but they also allow a look into the future.” Sally Mann
“There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.”Ernst Haas
“I began to realize that the camera sees the world differently than the human eye and that sometimes those differences can make a photograph more powerful than what you actually observed.” Galen Rowell
“If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.” Linda McCartney
“Photography is like a moment, an instant. You need a half-second to get the photo. So it’s good to capture people when they are themselves.” Patrick Demarchelier
“We are making photographs to understand what our lives mean to us.” Ralph Hattersley
“Photography is the beauty of life captured.” Tara Chisolm
“Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.”Jacques-Henri Lartigue
“You’ve got to push yourself harder. You’ve got to start looking for pictures nobody else could take. You’ve got to take the tools you have and probe deeper.” William Albert Allard
“Only photograph what you love.” Tim Walker
“If you are out there shooting, things will happen for you. If you’re not out there, you’ll only hear about it.” Jay Maisel
“You don’t take a photograph, you make it.”Ansel Adams
“Beauty can be seen in all things, seeing and composing the beauty is what separates the snapshot from the photograph.” Matt Hardy
“The camera sees more than the eye, so why not make use of it?” Edward Weston
Photography is the story I fail to put into words.” Destin Sparks
“It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head.”Henri Cartier-Bresson
“I like photographs which leave something to the imagination.” Fay Godwin
“Photography is about capturing souls not smiles.”Dragan Tapshanov
“A camera is a SAVE button for the mind’s eye.” Roger Kingston
“A good photograph is one that communicates a fact, touches the heart and leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective.” Irving Penn
“With photography, you zero in; you put a lot of energy into short moments, and then you go on to the next thing.” Robert Mapplethorpe
“Photography is the art of frozen time… the ability to store emotion and feelings within a frame.”Unknown
Thank you for stopping by my blog today, and taking the timeto read this weeks post. Enjoy the rest of your day and have an amazing week.
Good morning all, I hope you have had an amazing week. As you all know, I’ve been a great supporter of charities and anything to do with the condition Chronic Fatigue Syndrome / Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME for short) since my youngest daughter was struck down with this complex and debilitating condition when she was eleven, and diagnosed as having the condition two years later, so you can imagine how horrified and shocked I was to discover, that they had missed out on funding of $10 billion in research grants in America. This would have made a great of difference in helping the CFS/ME community who have to suffer with this debilitating condition on a daily basis. For some reason funding for this condition in any country seems to go under the radar. Why does this keep happening, it’s as if this condition doesnt matter, but believe me it does, CFS/ME needs the funding so much for scientific research, to finally begin to help. How can you explain to someone with CFS/ME that their condition doesn’t matter, because that is what the government are saying, if they only knew how vital and important it is. Anyway, enough of my ranting, let’s get on with this week’s post.
Dwayne Johnson also known as The Rock is an American professional wrestler turned actor, producer, businessman, activist and philanthropist. He has come a very along way from the days when he was a full-time wrestler at WWE and being known as The Rock. He comes from a long line of wrestlers in his family. His maternal grandfather, “High Chief” Peter Maivia, emerged on the scene professionally in the 1960’s and 70’s. While his father, “Soulman” Rocky Johnson, could be found working on the American regional wrestling circuit, who would go on to spar with George Forman in preparation for the rumble in the jungle with Mohammed Ali. Then you have his maternal grandmother Lia who was one of the first female pro wrestling promoters over the Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling after the death of her husband in 1982 and she would go on to manage it until 1988. Johnson gave up doing professional wrestling full-time, to go into acting, but he still had his hand in the WWE circuit part-time. He is now known for his incredible talent, for doing both action and comedic roles, such as Red Notice (2021), Skyscraper (2018), Rampage (2018), Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), Central Intelligence (2016) and San Andreas (2015). His acting as gone from strength to strength and he has fast become one of my favourite actors. I can’t wait to see what comes next. There is no limit to his generosity, as he is such a generous and kind person with both his time and money, as he would help anyone who needs it, because that’s the kind of person he really is.
Early Life
Born Dwayne Douglas Johnson on May 2, 1972, in Hayward, California, U.S. to former professional wrestler Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles). and Mataniufeagaimaleata “Ata” Fitisemanu (née Maivia). Whilst he was growing up he briefly lived in Grey Lynn in Auckland, New Zealand, with his maternal family, it was during his time there that he attended Richmond Road Primary School, where he played rugby, before they making there way back to America.
Dwayne Johnson with Parents Ata Johnson and Rocky Johnson
Once he was back on US soil he attended seven different schools around the country like the Montclaire Elementary School in Charlotte, North Carolina, and then would go on to move to Hamden, in Connecticut where he would attend Shepherd Glen Elementary School, followed by President William McKinley High School in Honolulu, Glencliff High School and McGavock High School, both in Nashville, Tennessee, before moving on to his last school Freedom High School Bethlehem Township, Pennsylvania, down in the Lehigh Valley region, where he would go on to graduate in 1990. Dwayne struggled and found it very difficult during his time at Freedom High, because of this he got drawn into petty crime. When he was 17, he had been arrested several times for fighting, theft and cheque fraud, this got him suspended from school for two weeks. Newspapers had branded him a troubled teenager because of his history and run-ins with the police. But there was someone at Freedom High School who saw his potential, and that was coach Jody Cwil who saw his athletic capabilities, he was then recruited to join the football team, where he excelled in playing defensive tackle, it was that experience that transformed him in a significant way. He has stated that “My thought process started to change. That’s when I started thinking about goals and what I wanted to accomplish,” he had said regarding his time, on his high school experience. Besides playing football, he also did track, field and wrestling. He had played football for two years by the time it was senior year at Freedom High School, when he was offered a full athletic scholarship to go to the University of Miami, where a football program had started to emerge as one of the nation’s top-level NCAA Division 1 teams, and where he would spend four years there.
L-R: Dwayne as an actor and as a wrestler
Johnson followed his families legacy and went into the world of wrestling full time for many years before he headed over to Hollywood and starred in roles such as The Mummy Returns (2001), Scorpion King (2002), and Walking Tall (2004). He would provide a supporting role in Be Cool (2005) about a bodyguard who had hopes of being an actor. Like all great actors he had ups and downs where his movie career was concerned, but with perseverance, determination and a lot of hard work he started to turn out some great movies and has proved that he is so much more than just a fighter.
Activist and Philanthropist
Dwayne Johnson founded the Rock Foundation in 2006, a charity who works with at-risk and terminally ill children on October 2, 2007. Johnson and his then wife Dany Garcia donated $1 million to the University of Miami to help support the renovation of their football facilities, and in 2015 the University went on to change its name to Hurricanes’ locker room in honour of Dwayne. He then went on to donate $25,000 to the Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in 2017. Johnson also donated a gym to a military base in Oahu, Hawaii in 2018. This time Dwayne donated his time to help with a non-profit organization Malama Kauai, to help repair the damage that the flood had caused. He has also made time to work with Make A Wish Foundation on numerous occasions, and made a very generous seven figure donation in July 2023 to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, and at the time it was cited as being the largest single donation that the foundation has ever received at any given time from one individual.
Dwayne Johnson Facts
Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born on May 2, 1972, in Hayward, California, US.
His father, Rocky Johnson, is a former professional wrestler, and his mom is Ata Johnson.
Johnson spent some of his childhood growing up in Grey Lynn in New Zealand with his mother’s family. He attended Richmond Road Primary School in Grey Lynn.
He admits to being arrested multiple times for theft and fighting before the age of 17.
As a high school student, he found it very difficult to make friends due to his lofty (6′ 4″/225 lbs) and moustachioed demeanour which led his fellow students to suspect he was an undercover cop.
Born into a family of fighters, both Johnson’s father and grandfather were professional wrestlers, and his grandmother was a pioneer of Polynesian Pro Wrestling.
Johnson’s grandmother was a strong-willed businesswoman who was one of the first female promoters of the Polynesian Pro Wrestling.
Originally Johnson wanted to work for the FBI, he studied criminology (7 grade point average) and physiology at a university in Miami, Florida. .
Is a published author.
Johnson first met Dany Garcia when she was 22, they were both at University of Miami in the early 1990s. They married on May 3, 1997, the day after his 25th birthday.
Dwayne’s with now Ex-Wife Dany Garcia
Dwayne with wife Lauren Hashian
Although he has lived in the United States for most of his life, he has Samoan citizenship as his mother is Samoan. He has often stated in interviews he is proud of his Samoan heritage and feels honored to be a Samoan.
Both his parental grandparents, James and Lilian Bowles, were both of African origin! While his maternal grandparents were Samoan.
Johnson made his first WWE appearance with the name Rocky Maivia in 1996. The name was a combination of his father’s first name Rocky and his grandfather’s last name Maivia.
On June 1, 2007, Johnson and Garcia announced there amicable separation, and in May 2008, the divorce was finalized
Dwayne’s father, a native of Canada, is of Black Nova Scotian and also Samoan descent, and was born in Amherst, Nova Scotia (Dwayne’s father’s ancestors were African-Americans who moved to Canada). Dwayne’s mother is of Irish and Samoan background.
He suffered from a knee injury and was unable to fight again until 1997, and this was his first appearance under his new name, The Rock.
Johnson was a promising football player. He played defensive tackle for the Miami Hurricanes and even won a national championship in 1991.
WWE owner Vince McMahon originally owned the rights to the name “The Rock”; therefore, McMahon received executive producer credits for Johnson’s movies. Eventually, Johnson got the right for the name “The Rock.”
Johnson featured in one episode of Star Trek: Voyager in 2000, playing an alien gladiator.
In 2007, he began dating Lauren Hashian, the daughter of Boston drummer Sib Hashian. They met in 2006 while Johnson was filming The Game Plan
Dwayne with his kids Simone, Jasmine and Tiana
In 2002 whilst filming The Scorpion King, Johnson accidentally hit co-star and good friend Michael Clarke Duncan whilst acting out a fight scene. Johnson’s elbow collided with Duncan’s chin so hard it knocked Duncan out.
He did not meet her parents until shortly before their wedding. Tonga Fifita, the wrestler known as Haku, was his Best Man.
Dwayne is the youngest of his seven half siblings fom oldest to youngest, Lisa Purves, Paula Parsons, Trevor Edwards, Adrian Bowles, Aaron Fowler, Curtis Bowles, Wanda Bowles.
In 2012 Dwayne formed the film company “Seven Bucks Productions” with ex-wife Dany Garcia and her brother Hiram Garcia to produce their own variety of projects. The company name was reportedly inspired by Dwayne’s predicament after ditching his football career when he ended up with just “seven bucks” to his name.
Have you seen his tattoo? In 2003 Johnson got a tattoo that spans from his chest through his left arm. The tattoo is based on a Pe’a, which is a traditional style of tattoo in Samoan culture.
By the time Dwayne was 16 years old, he had already enrolled in numerous high schools due to his frequent expulsions.
Johnson’s tattoo took 60 hours to complete, and it tells a story of his family history and ancestry.
Has three daughters: Simone Alexandra Johnson (b. August 14, 2001) with ex-wife Dany Garcia, and Jasmine Lia Johnson (b. December 16, 2015) and Tiana Johnson (b. April 17, 2018) with wife Lauren Hashian.
Dwayne Johnson has a close friendship with Hollywood star Kevin Hart that is full of banters and hilarious pranks. The two stars hardly leave an opportunity to take digs at each other. All these interactions also do affirm that the two are best friends who can give and take insults.
The Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation was formed in 2006. The charity works with terminally ill and at-risk children.
Dwayne Johnson with Michael Clark Duncan
When Daniel Craig retired from the 007 franchise, he had expressed his desire to play James Bond. Dwayne’s grandfather Peter Fanene Maivia appeared as a Bond villain in You Only Live Twice (1967).
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on December 13, 2017.
His $5.5-million paycheck for The Scorpion King (2002) earned him a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2007, as his salary was the highest for any actor receiving top billing for the first time.
Has a fear of spiders.
Johnson was the main character in the Universal Studios ride called Disaster! The ride was for the public to work alongside Johnson in a quest. This was then updated in 2018 with a new ride based on Fast and Furious, which also has Johnson playing a key role.
His ex-wife, Dany Garcia, was his manager until 2022, when her role was redefined as “strategic advisor”.
In March 2020, Johnson launched Teremana Tequila, which sold 600,000 nine-litre cases in its first year.
First ever 8-time WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
When Johnson was 15 years old, his family was going through a rough period. Recently, he revealed that after they’d lost their apartment, his mother, Ata Johnson, tried to kill herself. He said she stopped their car on a Nashville highway and tried to walk into oncoming traffic. Johnson grabbed her shoulder and pulled her back.
He was Tim Burton’s second choice for the role of Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), which went to Johnny Depp.
Dwayne Johnson with good friend Kevin Hart
In 2012 Johnson founded his own production company called Seven Bucks Productions. The name comes from the amount of money he had in his wallet when he was cut from the Canadian Football League.
Forbes magazine listed him in 2013 as number 25 in the Top 100 Most Powerful Celebrities.
During a visit to Samoa in July 2004, he was anointed by Head of State Susuga Malietoa Tanumafili II with the chiefly title of ‘Seiuli, Son of Malietoa’.
He owns the rights to name “The Rock” (including logos, phrases, etc). The rights to the name “The Rock” were previously owned by WWE, Inc. (which is the main reason why Vince McMahon has received executive producer credits in some of the Rock’s films).
In 2009, Johnson obtained Canadian citizenship through his father’s birth and citizenship there.
He once appeared on Martha Stewart Living (1996) to cook one of his favorite family recipes.
Johnson donated $1,500 in 2015 to a GoFundMe campaign to pay for the surgery of an abandoned dog.
He set a Guinness World Record on May 22, 2015, for most selfies taken in three minutes. Dwayne captured 105 selfies on the red carpet at the world premiere of his new film San Andreas.
Has a wax figure likeness of himself at Madame Tussaud’s museum.
In 2015 Johnson adopted two French bulldogs who were brothers and named them Hobbs and Brutus.
Dwayne Johnson with stunt double and distant cousin Tanoai Reed
Sadly, Brutus’ life was taken when he was a puppy after consuming a toxic mushroom whilst playing in the garden with Hobbs. Before this, he’d had a near-death experience when he jumped into Johnson’s pool and almost drowned.
After becoming successful in the movie industry, Dwayne was able to fulfill an ambition he had listed on his agenda of priority “To Do” items, and bought a home for his parents, a luxury they had never known. His first major personal indulgence was his purchase of a Rolex watch.
Johnson’s stunt double is his distant cousin Tanoai Reed and has been for over 15 years. They are related through their great-grandfathers.
He has starred in numerous action-packed films, like “Fast & Furious” franchise, “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,” Johnson has established himself as a bankable action star known for his physical prowess and engaging performances.
In January 2016, Johnson collaborated with Under Armour to create a selection of products based on himself.
As part of the partnership, a specialized duffle bag and backpack were created, and both products sold out on the first day of their release.
A fan of the rapper Tech N9ne Johnson is featured on the song “Face Off” from the rapper’s 2021 album Asin9ne
Uncle to wrestlers Jimmy (Jonathan Solofa Fatu) and Jey (Joshua Samuel Fatu) Also known as “The Usos”.
Cousin of former wrestler Umaga and wrestler Roman Reigns.
Dwayne loves fishing! Amongst many hobbies, fishing is one of his favorite pastimes. In an interview in 2017, he said he raises his own bass on his farm.
Dwayne Johnson and his character Maui
In 2017 Johnson revealed that the character of Maui in the film Moana was based on his grandfather. As well as Johnson’s voicing Maui, he had some influence in the design of the character and was inspired by his grandfather as he was a legendary Samoan wrestler.
After the Hawaiian floods in 2018, Dwayne helped the non-profit organization Malama Kauai repair damages caused by the flooding.
Johnson was awarded in 2019 the 100 Most Influential People in The World award from Time magazine.
In 2019 Johnson became the host for NBC’s competition series called The Titan Games.
Dwayne Johnson’s Net Worth is estimated at $280 million as of 2020.
Johnson loves to play guitar, and in 2010 he told Jay Leno on The Tonight Show that country music legend Willie Nelson gave him a guitar for his birthday and that the pair had been friends since about 2000. He played the guitar and sang several times in the ring during his years with WWE.
Second highest paid actor of 2017, earning $65 million.
In 2000 Dwayne published “The Rock Says…” his autobiography that he co-wrote with Joe Layden. It remained number one on The New York Times Best Seller List for multiple weeks.
Inducted his father and grandfather, Rocky Johnson and Peter Fanene Maivia, respectively, into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 29, 2008.
In 2016, Johnson started his YouTube channel. His first video, The YouTube Factory, featured online personality Lilly Singh and several other internet stars
My Favourite Dwayne Johnson Movies
Welcome to the Jungle (2003) The Game Plan (2007) Planet 51 (2009) Animated Tooth Fairy (2010) Faster (2010) Fast & Furious 5 (2011) San Andreas (2015) Central Intelligence (2016) Moana (2016) Animated Baywatch (2017) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) Rampage (2018) Sky Scraper (2018) Hobbs & Shaw (2019) Jumanji: Next Level (2019) Jungle Cruise (2021) Red Notice (2021)
Celebrate with me by wishing Dwayne Johnson a Happy Birthday, he has given so much to both the world of entertainment. Thank you for being the kind of role model youngster look up to and want to be. You have a big heart who doesn’t turn away from helping someone in need. You are an inspiration to millions.
Thank you for visiting my blog and taking the time to read this week’s post. Have a nice day and enjoy the rest of your week. Bye for now, and I will see you back here next Thursday.
Good morning to all you lovely people wherever you are in the world today, I hope you have had an awesome week. For me it has been a bit of a tough week, due to what my daughter and I read in her file, as you know she is a CFS/ME sufferer and has had to deal with it for over 10 years, with no help whatsoever from the medical profession, in fact, they have let her down so much she doesn’t trust or respect them for what they have done to her over the years, and I don’t blame her one bit as I feel the exact same way. I have done an endless amount of research on her condition when she was diagnosed in 2014, even though the condition was mentioned two years before that. How can they get away with fabricating her file, and putting things in that are not true, just because they have no clue of this condition whatsoever, they should go back to education and learn as much about CFS/ME as this goes all the way back to Florence Nightingale who was a sufferer herself, so you would think by now they would have known a lot more about it. If anyone has or knows of anyone who has been faced with their files being fabricated in any way, I would love to hear from you.
Anyway enough of my ramblings, this week’s post is World Penguin Day. We celebrate this day in recognition of one of the world’s most unique birds that this planet has to offer. These beautiful creatures are a group of aquatic flightless birds, where there are just 18 species of penguins. They can be found in their natural habitat, which is all the way down in the Southern Hemisphere, apart from one species, the Galapagos Penguin they can be found north of the Equator. The biggest of the 18 species of penguins, is none other than the Emperor penguin, it is also the largest of all the birds. From birth they have spent their whole lives around the Antarctic ice, they incubate their eggs like any other birds, but they can do it in a much colder climate of -50 degrees Celsius, which is extremely cold. They have black and white plumage and flippers to help them swim and were able to adapt to life in the ocean.
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Majestic Penguin
A majestic penguin is a fascinating one, They’re cute and cuddly from the moment they begun, As they start to waddle from side to side, They start to slip and slide, along the ice, Watch them go along for the ride.
They love to swim and have fun in the ocean, But get in the way will create a commotion, Penguins are curious creatures as you will see, But really resilient as one can be, A fish is the catch of the day, With one big gulp, it’s out of the way.
On top of an iceberg covered in snow Penguins are so resourceful as you well know, They look so dapper in black and white, All elegant and graceful it’s a beautiful sight, They are so endearing and need your fight.
Everyone loves penguins, they are cute, cuddly, and adorable birds, this is my daughter’s favourite animal, but there is so much more to them than what you see or know as their very survival is at great risk what with constant environmental threats, this has harmed their wellbeing. Charities can’t do this alone, they need our help to make a difference, whether it’s adopting a penguin or donating. If you can help to help save these beautiful creatures in any way, these charities would be so grateful for your generosity no matter how big or small the donation is.
Thank you for visiting my blog today, and taking the time to read this week’s post. I shall leave you now to enjoy the rest of your day, and have an awesome week.
Good morning to all you lovely people out there in the world today. I hope you have had an amazing week. I have read something this week that I felt was not right in the slightest. I don’t know whether anyone else agrees with me. The article was about a gang of at least six professional squatters taking over world-renowned chef Gordon Ramsay’s 13 million very swanky York and Albany pub and boutique hotel, near Regents Park in Central London. The squatters have barricaded themselves in using Gordon’s own kitchen appliances, glued the locks and so much more. On the outside door, they have put up a legal notice which states they are entitled to stay there, as it “is a non-residential building.” They also claim that the law which prevents squatting does not apply to them, as it was not done before their time of entry, and then they went on to threaten legal action against anyone who attempts to try and enter by violence, could face jail time of six months. They have warned everyone to take notice, that we now occupy this property, and state that there is always someone occupying it, and if anyone attempts to enter these premises without their permission, is, therefore, a criminal offence. Firstly, this is Gordon’s property, and he should be allowed to enter without the risk of facing a criminal offence charge when he has leased this property for 25 years. Even though the law knows about the squatters they say it’s a civil matter.
The thing that frustrates me so much is, that landlords throw tenants out onto the street without a second thought for all those families, the law is on the side of the landlords, but when it comes to squatters the law doesn’t throw them out, instead there more protected than the leaseholders. They break in and enter a property, which is an offence in itself, and yet nothing is done about it. How come there is one rule for one, it makes no sense.
David Tennant
Doctor – Doctor Who
Crowley – Good OmensCasanova – Casanova
Barty Crouch Jr. – Harry Potter and the Goblet of FirePeter Vincent – Fright Night
David Tennant is an exceptionally multi-talented scottish actor, whose career has spanned three decades, he is a multi award winning actor that has left a trail of memorable and diverse characters over an assortment of films, television. radio, and theatre, that includes a widely praised Hamlet. But it his through his portrayal as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor that he as became most famous for in the sci-fi series Doctor Who (2005-2010, 2013), in which he took great delight in playing, and even returned to the show as the fourteenth incarnation of the character for a short stint (2022-2023). He took on other notable roles that include the title role in the 2005 TV serial Casanova, and Crowley in the fantasy series Good Omens (2019-present). His other screen roles though not main characters, he still left his mark and made each character is own which include Kilgrave in Marvel’s superhero series Jessica Jones (2015-2019), and as Barty Crouch, Jr. in the 2005 film adaptation, of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. When David was young he always dreamt that one day he would become the Doctor, and with perserverance, determination and hard work he fulfilled is dream of becoming just that ‘the Doctor.’ If only he knew back then what is future would hold.
Biography
David Tennant was born on 18 April 1971 as David John McDonald in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, to Helen McLeod and Alexander “Sandy” McDonald, who was a Presbyterian minister who served as a Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. David grew up alongside his brother Blair and sister Karen in Ralston, where his father had been the local minister. He is of Scottish and Ulster-Scots descent. David has suffered with anxiety since his childhood, and when he was around 3 or 4 years old, he decided that he wanted to become an actor, it was his love of Doctor Who that had inspired him the most. When he approached his parents and told them why he wanted to become an actor his parents encouraged him to try going for more conventional work. He had stated, some time later that where his acting career was concerned he had been single minded about it.
He had been educated at Ralston Primary School and Paisley Grammar School. Tennant wrote an essay about how he wanted to become a professional actor and play the role of the Doctor in Doctor Who. He acted in numerous school productions, and during one of the performances, his talents had been noticed as he caught the eye of actress Edith MacArthur, who told his parents that she could see him become a successful theatre actor after she saw him perform at just 10 years old. David would go on to attend Saturday classes at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now called the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), it was whilst there that he would officially audition for the first time at 16, when his father sent some photographs of him to a casting director at a Scottish television, which had made him one of the youngest students to study there between the ages of 17 and 20 and it is also where he would receive an honorary doctorate. When he found out that there was someone else with the name David McDonald who was being represented by the actor’s union Equity, it was then that he created and adopted his stage name Tennant, which he got from the Pet Shop Boys frontman Neil Tennant, after he had seen him in the magazine Smash Hits. He would later go on to change his surname legally when he became a professional actor, so, that it would coincide with the rules set by the American Screen Actors Guild.
David made his acting debut whilst still at secondary school, he acted in an anti-smoking film at 16, that was made by the Glasgow Health Board, which was made for television, so it could be screened in schools. He would regularly work in theatre and TV, once he had left drama school. It was in 1994 that his big break came, when he was offered his first major Tv role as Campbell Bain in the scottish drama Takin’ Over the Asylum, after he impressed the director so much during filming of another drama Strathblair (1992). Tennant recalled an audition, “they needed someone who could believably act 19 and bonkers.” He met comic actress and writer Arabella Weir during the filming of Takin’ Over the Asylum It was shortly after that, he moved to London and lodged with Arabella for five years and would become godfather to her third and youngest child, and they would go on to star in many productions together, and from there his career just thrived. He would go on to spend many years as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and started to become famous from his leads in the Tv drama Blackpool and Casanova. David made his career in the British theatre, where he would frequently perform with the Royal Shakespearean Company with such performances in As You Like It (1996) he audititioned for a part as the romantic lead Orlando, but instead he was cast in the role as the jester., The Comedy of Errors, Romeo and Juliet, and Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman.
Tennant as been a fan of Doctor Who since he was very young, and had a small role in BBC’s animated Doctor Who webcast Scream of the Shalka, he then went onto appear in numerous audio plays based on the TV series. Once Doctor Who returned to the British screens in March 2005, starring Christopher Eccleston playing the lead role of the Ninth Doctor in the first series. David’s dream soon came true when he replaced him in the second series as the Tenth Doctor during the episode “The Parting of the Ways” at the end of the regeneration scene. His first full-length 60-minute was a special, “The Christmas Invasion,” which went out on Christmas Day 2005. He has appeared in three full thirteen episodes series as well as the Christmas specials. Tennant first made his directorial debut on the Doctor Who Confidential episode that went along side Steven Moffat’s “Blink,” entitled “Do You Remember The First Time?” which broadcast on June 9, 2007, David continued to do many things associated with Doctor Who, which includes a special for Children in Need, another six-part animated Doctor Who Series and a two-part story in The Sarah Jane Adventures spin-off. In October 2008, he announced he was stepping down from a role he was destined to play after three full series, he did four special episodes before he finally said goodbye to a show that made his name and his career would soon be catapulted to new heights, now he works both in Scotland and Internationally and has become an instant hit.
David married English actress Georgia Moffett in 2011, which makes him the son-in-law of the fifth Doctor actor Peter Davison and actress Sandra Dickinson. The couple met during the filming of 2008’s Doctor Who episode “The Doctor’s Daughter.” They have five children Ty Tennant (Georgia’s child from a previous relationship, whom David adopted), Olive, Wilfred, Doris, and Birdie and live in the Chiswick district of London. The two eldest children Ty and Olive have followed in their parents footsteps and gone into the world of acting.
Facts
David’s father is Sandy McDonald, was a minister (now retired), while his mother Helen was a homemaker who died of cancer in July 2007.
He used to get in trouble at school because all of the essays he wrote were about Doctor Who (1963) in some way.
Chose the surname Tennant from Neil Tennant, the lead singer of the Pet Shop Boys, a pop duo that he admired.
His wife is Georgia Tennant (née Moffett), an actress and producer who is also the daughter of another former Doctor Who star, Peter Davison.
He legally changed his name to David Tennant, due to rules of the Screen Actors’ Guild of America (one’s stage name must be the same as one’s legal name).
His siblings are Blair and Karen. Blair is a journalist and Karen is a teacher.
Sandy and Helen McDonald (David’s Mum and Dad)
Tenant became the second-longest actor to play the title role continuously in Doctor Who (2005-2010), Tom Baker is the longest (1974-1981).
His most treasured childhood possession was a scarf that an aunt had knitted him which was modelled on the iconic, multi-coloured one worn by Tom Baker on Doctor Who (1963) in the 1970s.
David is a big fan of the TV series, Firefly (2002), and The West Wing (1999).
His maternal grandfather was footballer Archie McLeod.
His acting heroes are comedy star John Cleese and Shakespearean performer Derek Jacobi. Whilst his favorite actress is Audrey Hepburn.
David and Georgia met on the set of Doctor Who in 2008, when she played the Doctor’s daughter in an episode of the same name.
Catharine Tate and David Tennant
David Tennant and Michael Sheen
David Tennant and Olivia Coleman
Jennifer Garner and David Tennant
Tom Hiddleston and David Tennant
Rosamund Pike and David Tennant
Best Friend Louise Delamere and David Tennant
He considers Paisley as his hometown.
David and Michael Sheen share a bond that transcends their professional work in television and film. They’re friendship has lasted over a decade. His friends also include Catherine Tate, Olivia Coleman, Jennifer Garner, Tom Hiddleston, and Rosamund Pike.
Is the only actor to play two canonical incarnations of The Doctor.
Is a big fan of film director Alfred Hitchcock.
He is the son-in-law of actors Peter Davison and Sandra Dickinson. Davison had also been his favorite Doctor from the original Doctor Who (1963) television series.
Tennant has voiced some of your favorite animated characters, like Scrooge McDuck in DuckTales. Star Wars: The Clone Wars as droid Huyang. Angus in Ferdinand and also voiced two characters Spiteout and Ivar the Witless in the hit animated film How to Train Your Dragon?
David and wife GeorgiaDavid and Birdie
David and Ty TennantOlive Tennant
He has lent his voice to some video games, including that of Drostan Hynd from Call of Duty: World War II?
Tennant played the character of Barty Crouch Jr., a villainous wizard, and was star-struck on the Harry Potter set by Dame Maggie Smith who portrayed Professor McGonagall, he said “she’s quite an intimidating presence… she goes way back. She’s proper.” he was a little bit nervous of her and then just completely falling in love with her.
Favorite book is “The Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger.
David Tennant is a respected classical actor who has performed numerous starting roles for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Touchstone in “As You Like It,” Romeo in “Romeo and Juliet,” Antipholus of Syracuse in “The Comedy of Errors,” and Captain Jack Absolute in “The Rivals.”.
Tennant is the second of three non-English actors to portray the “Doctor Who” character, along with Sylvester McCoy, and Peter Capaldi, all three are Scottish.
Best friends with Louise Delamere (No Angels (2004)). They went to Glasgow’s Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama together.
Tennant’s favorite band is The Proclaimers. He is also a huge fan of Madonna and says “Like a Virgin” was the first single he ever bought.
Graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Has provided voices for the audio-book versions of Cressida Cowell’s How to Train Your Dragon series.
Supports the Association for International Cancer Research and Headway Essex, a brain-injury charity
Tennant has been featured on two different postage stamps. The first time was in 2011, when the Royal Shakespeare Company celebrated its 50th anniversary. The Royal Mail debuted a series of stamps featuring images from RSC productions throughout the years, including Tennant as Hamlet. a role for which he won a number of awards in 2009, including a Critics’ Circle Theatre Award; an Evening Standard Theatre Award; and a Theatregoers’ Choice Award.
Among Tennant accolades he’s won the Best Actor award in 2007 for Doctor Who at BAFTA Cymru (Wales) and in 2014, bagged a win for Best Male TV Performance at BAFTA Scotland for The Escape Artist. Won Best Actor, Theatre Management Association, for his role in “The Glass Menagerie” as Tom.
David Tennant is one of the most beloved actors of all-time, and is widely considered as one of the greatest stage and screen thespians of his generation both in Scotland and internationally. He instantly became a hit when he took over the main role of the Doctor in the sci-fi series Doctor Who, a role that was just made for him. Lets all wish David a Happy Birthday. He is such a talented actor who can turn his hand to anything, may your acting journey continue and I look forward to seeing what comes next…
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Good morning to all you lovely people, I hope you have all had a good week so far… Today I need to inform all British Gas users to beware especially if you use a smart meter. I did absolutely love using these meters, because that way you can control how much you put on at one time, Instead of paying quarterly by direct debit, as it works out so much more expensive than when you use a smart meter. But the one thing nobody tells you is what happens if you put some money on the meter, and it doesn’t actually go through properly, and nothing shows up on your smart meter, but the money has still been taken out of your bank account. To say I was angry was an understatement, and what made it worse is it happened over the weekend, and trying to contact the bank to stop the payment from going out was impossible you were sent around in circles with no one doing anything to help. Then when I got in touch with British Gas all you got was an A.I. who was no help whatsoever and couldn’t help me at all. Then when I rang on Monday, I eventually spoke to someone at British Gas, I told him what happened, and that I wanted my money back as my husband ended up putting some on, so I didn’t want anymore on, not at this time, which is why I requested my money back, but he stated, I’m sorry we don’t do that, I will give you a code to put on your meter. Let’s say I told him what I thought and that I wanted to put in a complaint about not getting my money back.
Do you feel so overwhelmed by your cluttered kitchen? Because I know I certainly do. This is a place that is at the heart of the home, it is where everyone gathers for family meals, and talks about their day and where you end up spending most of your time doing things like cooking, baking and entertaining. Do you want to create a kitchen that you feel proud of? If you are ready to make life easy by simplifying and creating a kitchen that you will love. Following this guide will show you how you too, can declutter your kitchen. It is always a good idea to devote a big chunk of your weekend or day (depending on, how big your kitchen is and how much needs to be decluttered). It will leave you with a spring in your step as the kitchen will feel refreshed like a whole new space. For you to get started, all you will need is a couple of boxes that will hold items you no longer use or want, give them to a new home by donating, and a large black trash bag or two for the things you throw away. Make sure you have a separate box for items that go elsewhere.
What Questions To Ask Yourself When Your Decluttering
Here are some questions you need to ask yourself, as your sorting through each item. It is best to act quickly, that way you are not taking hours over one thing. You need to be assertive, and decisive in your decisions, regarding what you keep, donate and bin. If you are unsure or feeling a bit stuck on what to do, these questions will help a great deal…
Do I need this? This is one that you shouldn’t have to think that long or take much time to decide. You either use this, or you don’t. There is NO question asking you ” Will I use this soon?” Do I have more than one of these? How many wooden spoons does one person really need? Do you really need all five muffin tins? How many cookie cutters do you need? I suggest that you work out if you are going to use them regularly. If you don’t need it ditch it, you can always borrow from family, friends or neighbours for any one-time events. Choose your favourite ones that you want to keep, while any extras can be donated. Am I going to use this? You want to ask yourself am I going to use this again, or is it just going to take up room at the back of my cupboard, drawers etc. Would I buy this? Our tastes and styles change all the time, so this is a pretty essential question. Look around and ask yourself if you still love your style. Does it make the grade, of how you envision this space to be? Will it fit in by adding beauty to the space, or just adding to the clutter? Will this make my life easier? There are probably some items that you don’t really need, but you may use regularly to help you simplify your life like a rice cooker, air fryer, etc. even though you could easily do them on the hob or in the oven, but if really helps to make your life a lot easier and run smoother. You can definitely splurge on some items, but just make sure that they are useful to you, and not sitting in the cupboard collecting dust. Ask yourself how important is it to keep this item and if it will make your life a lot better.
Countertops
Countertops are one of the things that tend to always look messy, as you always seem to accumulate clutter on the counters, which makes it much harder to do a wipe down and keep clean. To make it more efficient go through any letters lying around, important ones are put in a box file, while non-important ones are thrown away. Small appliances that are not in regular use, but you still use, store them away and get out when you need them. Minimise what you have on the countertop, it will not only look good but it will make your life so much easier to manage, keep clean and tidy.
Pantry
Sorting out the pantry should be done regularly. Make sure you check to see if anything is open, if you don’t see yourself using it for quite some time, throw it away, which also includes anything that is past its used-by date, and put it all into a trash bag. If you have stocked up on items that you no longer use or want or won’t be used in the timeframe, you can always put them in the donate box, ready for the food bank.
Fridge and Freezer
Go thoroughly threw both the fridge and freezer. Check to see if anything has expired, got freezer burns and any perishables that as been overlooked, now is the time to bin it. While tastes change all the time, you should make sure if there is anything you no longer like or want, then put it in the donate box that is to go to the food bank. Don’t forget to check the expiration dates on bottles, and cans too, as you never know what you might find.
Small Kitchen Appliances
Although small kitchen appliances are handy, they do take up a lot of room, if it’s no longer in use, you don’t want it anymore, or it could be done by another appliance, you can either donate or sell it. Make sure all your appliances work if not put them in the trash bag, there’s no reason to store something if it’s broken as it just clutters your cupboards up.
Cookbooks
Gather all your cookbooks, and go through them checking to see if you need them all. If there are only one or two recipes that you want, consider writing those ones out and putting them in a binder or you could even put them them in a recipe folder on a USB stick, rather than keeping the whole book. Ask yourself if there are any cookbooks you no longer want and then put them in the donate box. Are you someone who likes to collect recipe magazines, I suggest that you tear out the pages that you would like to keep and insert them in the binder.
Bakeware
Look out for anything that has acquired rust, scratches, and looks old, as well as anything that has gotten damaged, or broken, then now is the time to bin it. If they are unused or you have doubled up on, like baking and cookie sheets, cake and muffin tins, pie dishes, mixing bowls etc. then find a new home by donating or selling.
Junk Drawer
No matter who you are, everyone always seems to accumulate their own version of a junk drawer where you literally shove everything in, from takeout menus to old batteries, make sure you only keep what is necessary and what you actually want to keep. Throw away all takeout menus as you can easily look them up online. Get rid of any old or extra phone chargers, old batteries and anything else that you don’t need etc.
Spices
Sort through your spices, chances are you have never used a lot of them. Throw any away that you don’t use or have lost their flavour too and are out of date. Keep the ones that you are going to use frequently.
Kitchen Gadgets
Having a kitchen gadget can look and sound so inviting, but how many times do you really use them, the answer to that is very seldom. the novelty will wear off and you are left with something you have barely used. Donate all the gadgets you no longer use, as you have something else that does multiple things, so you have no use for it. There’s no reason for you to save it for someday, as that day will never come around, just keep what you need.
Medicine
Some people tend to store their medication in the kitchen, as it is easier to access if you are one of these people, make sure you store them in a cool dry place. Go through all your medications and any that is unopened, out of date, or no longer in use, return it back to the pharmacy for disposal. Make sure your medications are always up-to-date and always know what each one is for.
Tableware
Make sure all of your tableware is in good condition and that the glasses, coffee mugs, plates, bowls etc, are not chipped, cracked, or broken, in any way, otherwise you need to bin them. Try not to Stack mugs and glasses on top of each other, as it screams you have too many occupying a single space. You should have enough that will last you and your family throughout the day, any more than that needs to go. Keep your favourites to the side, while any extra or mismatched, you can either have them on show or donate them The same applies to the rest of the tableware like plates and bowls etc, as there’s no point in cluttering up your cupboards with excess clutter.
Under The Sink
Take a look through your cleaning supplies and see if there’s anything you don’t want, and get rid of any ones you no longer have use for. If you have multiple bottles of the same product, combine them together. Sometimes we like to try new products to see if they are better than what we already use, and have acquired so many bottles that are not wanted or needed anymore, now is the time to throw them away, and just keep what you are going to use regularly. If you have any cleaning product that is just about empty, put it to the front so that it is used up first. Never have more than you need, otherwise, it is just clutter.
Cookware and Utensils
If you have too many wooden spoons and cooking utensils, only keep what you really need, Sort through all of your saucepans, trays etc. We do tend to accumulate them when we go out and buy a new one, and instead, of getting rid of the old ones, it just gets pushed to the back of the cupboard. Get rid of any that have gone rusty, discoloured or looking a bit drab, it tells you they are no longer any good. Don’t hang on to multiple items, donate them providing they are in good condition otherwise, bin them.
Food Storage Containers
Go through all your food containers and match them with their lids, any that don’t match up, throw them away. Donate any unwanted containers, that you no longer have the need or use for.
Tea Towels
It is always good to go through your tea towels and discard any that are looking a bit worn, ripped, or discoloured. Make sure that the remaining towels are in good condition, and they are still what you want, need, or are going to use, otherwise, donate the ones you know longer have any use for.
I hope that this post helps you on your way to decluttering your kitchen, and makes it look like somewhere you are happy to spend time in, a place you would be happy to show off, and won’t give you a headache with the amount of clutter that you had before. It will feel like a new kitchen, so refreshing.
Thank you for visiting my blog and taking the time to read my post. Enjoy the rest of your week, and I will see you back here next time. Have an awesome week.
Good morning to all you lovely people out there in the world. I hope you have had a good Easter holiday week so far… You know how I love to read, whether its books, news articles, or researching my daughters condition (ME/CFS). But it was an article I read the other day that alarmed me the most, as it made me so angry and upset for the family that this has happened to. On the early hours of Tuesday morning, two heartless thieves stole a fully equipped converted grey Ford Transit Custom, it was stolen outside their family home in Hackney, London. The van was packed with lifesaving medical equipment for their terminally ill child who suffers with a rare condition called myotubular myopathy, which makes it difficult for Elijah to breathe and swallow. The Caruso family was getting ready to go on a family holiday this weekend. This van is the only way the family can transport there 13 year old son. But instead the two thieves stole there only lifeline, for them to be able take their son away, not only that all his medical equipment was taken too. What kind of monsters, can do this to a terminally ill child. Not having there transport means he will now struggle to get to any future appointments.
Deaf History Month is something close to my own heart, as all the women on my mums side of the family all suffer with hearing loss whether its profoundly or partially. I don’t know how far back it goes, all I know is that it affects every single female in our family, and I haven’t escaped the dreaded curse as my hearing is reduced to what it was, as for all the males they seem to be cursed with heart problems, but that is a story for another post. Anyway, I know it stems back to my great nanna, but it could go back further. I have cousins, aunts, mum, and great aunts who all end up having to wear hearing aids because there hearing as gotten so bad that they can’t understand anything, what we once had, as now been taken away, and all they are left with is just silence. My mum started going deaf, when she was in her forties, and progressed rapidly over the years until she had to rely on an hearing aid. She found it frustrating and hard especially when she was in a crowd of people, instead of joining in with the conversation, she retreated into herself, as she couldn’t follow what was being said. I, on many occasions had to help her understand what was said at appointments, family events etc. This leads me on to this weeks post on Deaf History Month.
Hearing Loss
Hearing loss and deafness occurs when there is a problem with sound signals not reaching the brain. This signifies that there is a problem within the hearing system.
Hearing loss, deafness or any hearing Impairment is referred to the amount or partial or inability to hear any sound. They are many causes and types of deafness that it could be.
The loss of hearing as become very common, especially as you get older, but it can affect you at any age. Go and see your GP if you have any form of hearing loss. You never know it could easily be caused by something that’s so easily sorted out with treatment.
Signs of Hearing Loss To Watch Out For
It’s not always that easy to tell if you are losing your hearing.
Common signs include:
Having trouble hearing other people clearly, and finding it hard to understand what someone has said, especially in noisy and loud places.
When you need to ask someone to repeat themselves, especially on a regular basis.
Listening to music or watching TV with the volume turned up to a high level, than what someone needs it to be.
Finding it difficult to hear someone on the phone.
Having trouble holding down a conversation and keeping up with it.
Feeling tired, stressed or exhausted with having to concentrate while listening.
In some cases you might find that someone else has noticed you having difficulty hearing, before you do. Whilst hearing loss in children affects there speech development and how they progress in school.
Hear Loss in Babies
It is so much harder to tell if a baby as lost their hearing. But there is a checklist for you, on how a baby makes and reacts to sounds on GOV.UK and there it will help you to spot the signs.
What Can Cause Hearing Loss
There are many possibilities that can be the cause of hearing loss. It may be caused by something that is treatable, before you venture down the road of it being permanent, visit a GP and seek advice, tell them of your symptoms and what could be causing it, letting the GP know as much information on your symptoms will depend on what treatment you recieve, do not self-diagnose.
Symptoms
Possible Causes
Gradual hearing loss in both ears
Aging or damage from many years of loud noises, or side effects of medication,
Having difficulty hearing in 1 ear, earache, feeling constant pressure in your ear, or discharge coming out from the ear.
There are two main types of hearing loss. But it is also possible for you to have both types, and this is known as mixed hearing loss.
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Sensorineural hearing loss is caused by damage to the hair cells, by damage to the auditory nerve, or the hair cells inside the inner ear, or both. This type of hearing loss can make it more difficult for you to hear quiet sounds, as well as it can reduce the quality of sound that you can hear
Sensorineural hearing loss is permanent, but it can often be treated with hearing aids. (Some will find it difficult to cope with an hearing aid, but it is best to persevere, as it will help you to stay in the know and communicate)
Conductive Hearing Loss
Conductive hearing loss happens when there is a problem within the ear, like having an ear infection or ear wax, each one will prevent sound from traveling through to the inner ear called the cochlea (the hearing organ).
Sounds will become quieter and may also sound muffled. With this type of hearing loss it can either be temporary or permanent , it just depends on what’s causing the problem. If it is temporary it can be treated by medication or a minor surgery, however, sometimes it may require major surgery to fix the ear drum or hearing bones.
When To Seek Help
Going to see to your GP is always important, especially when there is something wrong like the loss of hearing. When should you go and seek help:
When you think your hearing as gone down significantly, or it as been gradually getting worse over time.
You have been treated for an ear infection, or the build-up of earwax, but your hearing still hasn’t returned.
Here in the UK you can do an hearing test for free, at either the opticians or pharmacy. If you have any concerns about your hearing and you are experiencing symptoms of hearing loss, its always good to go and visit your GP or see an audiologist for a hearing test. The test can check what type of hearing loss it is, and how severe it is.
To be able to go and see an audiologist at the opticians they ask you to do an online hearing test, to see how bad your hearing is, it will state after the test if you need to see an audiologist or not. This test is only a rough guide, so don’t take it for definite until you have gone and had them checked by a professional.
How Can I Prevent Hearing Loss?
You will find that most types of hearing loss is permanent, so it is very important to that you prevent it from happening, before any hearing loss occurs. If you have any kind of damage done to your hearing, there are ways you can still stop it from it gets any worse.
The best way for you to protect your hearing is to limit your exposure to loud noises. Which means both loud noises, on any individual occasion, and over the course of your lifetime, as loud noises are the main factor in you losing your hearing.
Any event or activity that is deemed too loud, can damage your hearing. Afterwards if you start to hear a ringing sound in your ears, your ears start to feel full, or sound seems quieter or softer than normal.
Here are seven things you can do to prevent damage to your hearing:
Keep your TV, radio and music down, you should be able to easily hear someone talking a metre away, If you are unable to then you have it too loud.
If you use headphones, or earphone, make sure the volume is down low. It shouldn’t be loud enough for someone else to hear.
Protect your ears at all costs especially in noisy workplaces, wear protective equipment that limits the noise by using items such as ear plugs or ear muffs.
Wear protective ear pieces such as ear plugs or ear muffs when doing noisy activities like lawn mowing.
If you can it’s always good to take a break from any loud environments.
Noise cancelling headphones or earphones are good to block out any background noise.
When you go to live music events, clubs, or any other loud places, it is always a good to wear earplugs. Its good to take frequent breaks from any loud noises always best to stand as far away from the speakers as possible.
Work places should have rules in place regarding loud noises. If you work in any noisy environment, they should provide you with ear protection. If that is not the case, you should speak to your workplace’s occupational health and safety officer.
UK Based Charities
You can do so much to help these charities by either giving your time to fundraise or you can Donate to one of these wonderful charities, that put there time and effort into helping those who can’t hear. Below each one of these charities provides some useful information and resources just for you.
Did you know there are many famous celebrities that suffer with being deaf, whether its being profoundly deaf like well-known author Helen Keller, to others that suffer with hearing loss in just one ear like Phil Collins, Ozzy Osbourne, Jean-Christophe Novelli (Chef), and Grimes. Here is a list of some of hollywoods most elites actors and in the music industry that you might not know suffers with hearing loss in some way or another.
Gerard Butler
Halle Berry
Whoopi Goldberg
Kiefer Sutherland
Rob Lowe
Jane Lynch
Will.i.am
Bruce Willis
Millie Bobby Brown
Sylvester Stallone
Jodie Foster
Lou Ferrigno
Barbra Streisand
Dave Grohl
Millicent Simmonds
Chris Martin
Holly Hunter
Steve Martin
Deanne Bray
I hope the information in this post was helpful to you, and if I can help and prevent just one person, from having to go through losing their hearing the time and effort put in todays post will be well worth it.
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Good morning to all you lovely people out there in the world today. For me and my family, it will be a very difficult day, as we say goodbye to my mum for the final time. We will be travelling to my hometown where her funeral will be held. This day I have been dreading it so much, as saying goodbye to someone is one of the hardest things to do.
I don’t know about you, but in my opinion, I think that the NHS has gone downhill dramatically from what it used to be like, they don’t seem to put patients as a priority anymore, as it is very difficult to get appointments when you need them the most, they always seem to tell you to go to the pharmacy (whom I might add are not a doctor, neither do they have a medical degree to be able to diagnose you) so much for the doctor, patient confidentiality, that’s as gone completely out the window, but when you do go to see the pharmacist half the time they say you need an appointment to see the doctor. When you phone for an appointment you always have to phone at 8am but then you spend at least forty-five minutes on the phone, then explain what it’s for to be then told that there are no appointments available, they then say that you need to phone back at 2pm so you can see if there’s any out-of-hours appointments available, this time you can be on the telephone for around half an hour, explain again why you want the appointment, to then be told sorry we have nothing, why don’t you, try phoning at eight tomorrow morning that’s when new appointments become available, it’s then just a vicious cycle of going round in circles trying to get an appointment. Do they not think we have better things to do than ring them every single day and not forget the afternoons as well. And when you do see a doctor, you always feel rushed, well ours does.
Take Monday for instance, I took my daughter to see the doctor, she was already in excruciating pain (from the accident we had in January) we wanted a suspicious lump that as appeared around her shoulder area, and wanted it investigated, he lacked compassion and any sympathy for the pain she was already in, instead he pushed down so hard on the lump which left her in even more agony than what she was in already. He is sending her to have an ultrasound to make sure everything is alright, even though he thinks it’s a spasm. We disagree with the diagnosis as anyone knows that spasms clear up within a week, she’s had it much longer. I don’t have any faith in the doctors or NHS as I have been misdiagnosed three times and my daughter twice, on top of that my mum is no longer here because of them. I would love to hear from anyone who as had similar experiences as me.
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When it comes down to filling those Easter baskets, the sky is the limit. It is a time when the kids have broken up from school for Easter, so you want to be able to fill their baskets with something that will keep them busy and entertained. We all know that kids will get spoilt with having chocolate eggs galore from family members but not everyone can stuff themselves silly with chocolate, as they are allergic to them. When I was a kid you only got the choice of having Easter Eggs, but now they have toys that are associated with Easter in some way. So I have devised a list for you to be able to get children and keep their holiday entertained with fun-filled activities.
Personalised Enamel Easter Bunny Mug with Name and Chocolate Egg
Personalised Easter Bunny Mug is the ultimate easter gift for both kids and adults. It is ideal for serving up warm beverages, and it also makes a delightful alternative to all of your traditional gifts of chocolate. Why not insert a personalised touch to your easter mug by putting their name on it, this will make your mug stand out from all the other easter gifts. There is a beautiful design that features a charming bunny, making it a fabulous easter present for toddlers and children alike. This mug is easy to clean and is suitable for you to have both hot and cold drinks, and will easily fit in as an essential kitchen item.
Tosy Flying Ring has 12 super bright LED lights and is the world’s only light-up flying ring, it can be used both indoors and outdoors, day or night, with your friends and family. You won’t believe how much fun you will have until you try it! This unique Tosy Flying Ring is lightweight which makes it easy to throw, fly straight, and soars up to 100 feet in the air. As soon as you let go of the ring, watch the lights begin to turn on and off automatically. It glows in the dark rim and lost mode helps find the ring easier at night. Having a soft rim means no pain or discomfort for your little ones, it makes throwing and catching so effortless for players of all ages from 5 years old, and is even safe to play in the house too. Included are the batteries that last an amazing 4000 throws, follow the instructions when you need to replace them. This is a great gift to entertain you, no matter what type of family gatherings there is like, a picnic, park, pool, beach, and so many other family outings, This is truly a must-have gift idea for any occasion.
This Easter Coloring Book makes a great gift for kids ages 2-12 years. This book is filled with Easter eggs, bunnies, and springtime images, that will keep the kids happily entertained for hours. It makes an awesome Easter gift for those who love to colour and be creative as they celebrate the holiday in a fun way. There are 52+ pages of cute and adorable artwork for you to have fun colouring, making this the perfect and ideal gift for Easter. Why not treat your kids, whether its for your sons or daughters, nieces or nephews, to enjoy and wonder in this delightful Easter colouring book.
This unique Easter Bingo Game is sure to create fun and laughter for the whole family over the Easter Holidays. You can play this game at home with your family, in school or with your friends at an Easter Party, it is a game that can be enjoyed by all ages. This is unlike any outdoor Easter Egg Hunt as this game can be enjoyed indoors. It is just like any other traditional Bingo game, but instead of having numbers they have been replaced with all things that are associated with Easter, such as bunnies, eggs, chicks etc. Also included in the game are 20 Easter Bingo Cards for up to 20 players, 4 Certificates that can be presented to the winners, 40 Easter-related caller items and detailed instructions. This will make an ideal gift for Easter.
This is a DIY kit, that will give your kids hours of entertainment. Included in the pack, is a 36-piece Easter egg scratch art, 10pcs wooden stylus, and 36 pieces of colourful ribbons, where you can be inventive with your creative design. Grab the stylus to slowly scratch away the black matte surface of the magic rainbow paper, just as if you were casually painting, then get the DIY patterns of rainbow colours. Easter crafts are the perfect Easter gift for both kids and adults alike. DIY crafts is something that parents can get involved in on the weekends, where they get to put down their phones, IPads, and work and let their imagination and creativity go to make some beautiful artwork with the kids. This is an amazing gift idea that the whole family can enjoy.
2 Pack Inflatable Bunny Rabbit Ears Ring Toss Party Games
This Inflatable Bunny Rabbit Ears Ring is full of fun and entertainment for both kids and adults to enjoy. The pack contains x2 Inflatable Easter Bunny Ear Hats (purple, pink, yellow) and x8 Inflatable Toss Rings with 4 sets of colours; pink, blue, green, and purple. The game is made up of environmentally friendly materials, and the good thing is that it is harmless to children, so no sharp edges, making it more suitable for kids. The Inflatable bunny ear hats and toss rings can easily be inflated and deflated at any time when you want to store them away. You can use this many times throwing and striking, and it is still durable and suitable for using it time and again. To play the game one player will need to wear the rabbit ear hat on their head, and the other players will then toss the ring, trying to hang the throwing ring on the rabbit’s ear, to score points. Come play and discover the various and interesting ways that you can enjoy this game.
This Easter egg light-up spinning top has dazzling LED lights that come on when the gyro lands, the colourful flashing lights are accompanied by rhythmic music for a more colourful effect in the dark, which will sure to catch the attention of children. These light-up gyros are made of high-quality material with a smooth surface, the material that’s been used is not harmful making it safe for children to play with. The UFO gyros are durable and can withstand strenuous movements, it takes long-lasting button batteries (already installed), to ensure you have many hours of entertainment and fun. Be careful as not to over-twist the spinning top, it is suitable for 3 years and upwards, The kids will love these gyros with their fun sound effects that will surely leave a smile on their faces.
This adorable Easter Bunny Dartboard Game is a fully equipped dartboard set that can meet all of your needs, and keep you entertained for hours. It contains a 66cm double-sided bunny dartboard, 6 sticky balls, 6 darts, 2 hooks and a black mesh pouch. Different coloured areas on the board correspond to different scores, the person who scores the most points is the winner. This is a great game activity for easter holidays, parties or just some family fun time. You won’t find any sharp darts, instead, it uses sticky balls and suction cup darts that make it safe to use and not harmful to children, instead, they can just concentrate on having fun fun fun!
This scratch art will keep the kids busy with the scratch paper notepad. The scratch paper is in a notepad format making it portable and able to do on the go. Kids love nothing more than scratching off the black matte surface to reveal a colourful rainbow drop pattern hidden underneath. There is 20 big thick pages of scratchboards in a single notepad. The thick scratch paper means that it won’t easily tear when scratched. The contents that come in each package are 1 Scratch Notepad (20 pages), and 2 stylus-style scratchers. This is the perfect gift for any occasion, for both kids and adults who enjoy drawing and being creative.
Good morning to all you lovely people out there in the world today. This week as been a tough one, on Tuesday I had to travel back to my hometown, as I have had to sort a couple of things, one being the solicitors as I had to sign some documents to my mum’s will and get her affairs in order, not something I have been looking forward to at all, I don’t think anyone does, but it’s something that needs to be done. Then it’s on to her bank and sort things out there whilst I’m down in my hometown.
On to another matter, I saw the other day, about a fully qualified Doctor who is available for work, but can’t seem to get a job, like so many others, because of the pharmacist is being given access to see patients that should be seen by a doctor, did they spend years of training to become a doctor, the answer to that is no as they are pharmacist pure and simple. They can’t diagnose you, because that is not ethical. The NHS as gone downhill and needs to put patients first. Speaking of Doctors, if it wasn’t for them my mum would be alive today, as they were called a few days before, because she was really poorly and instead made a judgement call that resulted in her no longer being here today. To say I’m angry is an understatement, I think anyone in my shoes would be.
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Today is World Poetry Day, and what better way to celebrate the day, than with some poetry books for you to read to yourself or share with your family. There are many styles of poetry for you to enjoy, from a funny little limerick to the narrative poem that tells a story. There are other types of poetry styles such as Haiku, Couplet, Rhyme, Sonnet, Ode, Epic and so many more. Some will celebrate the day by creating a poem. Poetry can be used as a love letter to someone, it can be soul bearing or it can be funny but whatever you do this kind of literature needs to be celebrated in some way.
Wild Hope – Donna Ashworth
Donna Ashworth’s powerful new collection of poetry, Wild Hope: Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days, is full of wisdom, that helps you find peace, hope, self-acceptance and inspiration, her words will uplift you on the days that you are left feeling down, sad or helpless. This collection of poems has been beautifully written with love and understanding, Donna captures how you are feeling, in your moment of need, she reminds us that amongst our daily struggles, and with the constant outpour of bad news, you get to find the positivity and hope in whatever comes your way. Every one of us can play a part, no matter whether it’s big or small, in making the world a better place.
There are 366 poems that Author Allie Esiri has compiled for every single day of the year with this magnificent collection of Every Night of the Year. Each poem along with the introductory paragraphs is linked to the date on which they appear Shakespeare celebrates midsummer night, Maya Angelou for International Women’s Day and Lewis Carroll on April Fool’s Day. This is a perfect book for you to read a loud as you share your favourite poems with the family. There is an exciting spectrum of contemporary voices. that you may be familiar with the likes of Robert Burns, A.A. Milne, John Keats, Langston Hughes, William Wordsworth, Rudyard Kipling, Emily Dickinson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and so many more amazing writers and poets, who are all consumed in this magnificent book that for you to enjoy.
101 Poems for Children was created by appointed Poet Laureate in 2009 Carol Ann Duffy, she has selected her favourite children’s poems. These children’s collection of classic poems is all nicely wrapped up in this beautifully illustrated book that was done by award-winning illustrator Emily Gravett, that features such classic poems as A Bird Came Down by Emily Dickinson, Lewis Carroll’s The Mad Gardener’s Song, Good Morning Mr Croco-Doco-Dile by Charlie Causley, Edward Lear’s iconic The Owl And The Pussycat, Bed in Slumber by Robert Lous Stevenson and so many more that children of all ages will delight in.
Dancing By The Light of The Moon – Gyles Brandreth
Gyles Brandreth created Dancing by the Light of the Moon in an outstanding collection of remarkable 250 best-loved poetry that will last you a lifetime. There is a poem for every occasion, you will be lifted up when you are feeling low, it will bring you comfort in your time of solace, joy, and love. There is a poem for every moment in your life, there’s ones that reflects your mood, or if you are wanting to celebrate or mark an occasion there’s poems for just that. Young and old will return to this book time and time again.
The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems was carefully selected by one of the most celebrated children’s poet Brian Moses, to give you an hilarious anthology of the best giggle-some children’s poems for you to enjoy as a family. This will be a perfect gift, and reading out loud, you’ll be in fits of hysterics that will leave you chortling to yourself for days, as Brian provides you with the funniest poems in the world. Explore the chucklefest of poems like Pet Peeve by Brian Bilston, Kate Wakeling’s Hamster Man, The Jumblies by Edward Lear, Kenn Nesbitt’s My Flat Cat and so many more. They are each carefully put into sections, under ones like pets, funny creatures, school, family, fantasy and fairy-tales, dinosaurs and dragons, space, and poems that are just completely Silly…
The Light Pour In, is The Instant Sunday Times Bestseller. Lemn Sissay for the past decade has created short poems giving you some upbeat and beautiful poems for each morning, just as the dawn is breaking, it will surely brighten up your day, using witty, humorous, life-affirming, and full of wonder. Lemn wrote these when he was dealing with his own dark days. Each short poem signifies a message which will capture your imagination.
Good morning all, I hope you’re all doing okay. You have to bear with me, as since I received the devastating news of my mum’s untimely passing, I’ve been struggling to find any words to write, my head feels empty, I love writing so this has been hard trying to find the words, I hope that my head and heart recovers soon so that I can go back to the thing I love the most and find my passion for writing. On another note, I want to apologise for not mentioning in last week’s post what is happening with me. On Friday 1, March I had to go and have a scan, which revealed I have a polyp, then I also had to have a biopsy taken, as they’re not sure if it could be cancer, so in 4-6 weeks I am having a hysteroscopy, which is a thin tube that has a camera in it and will go into my womb to see how bad it is and if needs be, another biopsy will be done and whatever the results are from that will determine my course of treatment, fingers crossed that all is well and for now I am going to stay positive and pray that it all works out.
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Today’s post is based on what accessories every kitchen should have. For many the kitchen is at the heart of the home, spending the majority of your time in there baking and creating delicious meals for themselves and other people in their life to eat and enjoy. Some just want to do a quick meal by throwing everything together so they can carry on with their life. But having the right tools and equipment in your kitchen for cooking is a necessity and it helps to make your life a lot easier, by just simply adding some small kitchen appliances and gadgets. One of the things I find helpful is getting gadgets and Electricals that have multi-purpose functions that way you are not cluttering your cupboards up with so many different things, where one item can be used in multiple ways. Take a look below at some essential items for the kitchen.
Quest Multi-Function Electric Cooker Pan with Lid
You can cook many different types of meals with this multi-functional electrical cooker. It is an ideal pan to fry, brown, sauté, and simmer many different kinds of foods, and it doesn’t matter if it’s just a meal for one, a family of four or a larger party. It has an Adjustable Thermostatic Control, which offers you a range of cooking temperatures that range from 100°C – 240°C to give you the perfect meal. It comes with a detachable power cable which enables you to safely move the pan freely without causing any unwanted accidents regardless of whatever the temperature maybe., Strong Glass Lid is included, to keep the food safely inside the pan, and it also allows you to view the contents safely without removing the lid. Non-Stick Surface The pan is of a decent size (30x30cm) which gives you plenty of cooking space, not only that it allow you to easily remove the food you have cooked from the pan, but instead of spending hours scrubbing the pan, it is much easier to clean. This is worthwhile to have in any kitchen.
This revolutionary kitchen knife set with a hard stainless steel blade & stylish copper-plated bolsters with sloping clear acrylic block these knives are high carbon stainless steel which serves multiple purposes. In addition to looking great and adding style to your kitchen. This knife set was designed to resist wear and tear for long-lasting use. These knives are super sharp and very easy to sharpen and as well as clean for amazing performance, also this awesome knife set is constructed of non-stick stainless steel blades that ensure long-lasting durability and cleanliness. these knives are super easy to clean. You can use these knives for just about anything from cutting meat bread and fish to chopping fruits, vegetables, herbs and even cheese! The set includes paring, all-purpose, carving, bread, & chef cook knife.
Cooks Professional electric tin opener does all the hard work for you with its one-touch operation. Just place it on the can, press the button, and watch the automatic can opener effortlessly spin around, leaving you with a perfectly opened can every time. It doesn’t matter if you are right or left-handed, these versatile can openers cater to all. It is also good for those who suffer from joint or muscle issues, as it takes the strain off your hands and makes opening a can easier than ever. To make it even easier the electric can opener is powered by AA batteries (not included) which means there’s no cord to get in the way.
This Muliti-functional Food Processor has not one but 11 attachments, which gives you the choice of how you use it either as a blender, chopper, citrus juicer, dough mixer, coffee grinder, vegetable slicer, mixer, grater (fine/coarse) kneading, and french fry-cutter. It meets all your demands of cooking preparation, It is versatile and efficient, and it will save you time and effort. It has a 3-speed control and pulse function for precision, a 3.2L capacity with a large feed chute to accommodate both large and small ingredients. The 1.5L blender jar is very very convenient for making all kinds of juice, shakes and smoothies for a big family.
This cutting board set consists of a 4-piece thick cutting boards. Each mat has a color-coded food icon and indexable labels that indicate which type of food should be used like raw meat, raw fish, vegetables or cooked food. The cutting board can be stored away in a matching storage box to save space. They have non-slip legs at the bottom of the bracket which are perforated and drained so that the cutting boards can be drained and kept dry and clean. These cutting boards are really easy to clean and it is even safe to put in the dishwasher, making life a lot easier for you.
This Fineget super large rotating spice rack organizer can be used in any room of your house, the kitchen, dining room, bathroom and living room either using it as a spice rack, cosmetic, or snack rack. The organizer adopts the silent bearings rotation and anti-tumbling mechanism., it also makes turning the rack easier and quicker to see what you have got on there, instead of always struggling to see what is in your cupboard. What makes this a good product for you is its a space saver, that keeps everything tidy and less cluttered.
This coffee maker is easy to use with just a push of a button. Pop your chosen pod drink into the coffee machine, press start and the Tassimo Suny reads the pod’s unique barcode thanks to its Intellibrew technology for the ideal drink every time; No heat up required. You can indulge in one of your favourite pods such as Costa Latte, Cappuccino, or a tasty Cadbury’s hot chocolate. There are so many drinks you can now choose from with over 50 drinks, from well-known brands, for you to enjoy at home with family and friends. It auto cleans in between each drink to ensure no mixing of flavours between each cup and it has an auto shut off when not in use.
Denny International Tassimo Compatible 64 Capsules Coffee Pod
The Denny International capsule coffee pod holder is compatible with Tassimo. It has a huge storage compartment that stores 64 pods in this slick modern drawer. It is easy to organize your pods, by putting it your favourite flavours and types of coffee e.g. There are 32 sections x 2 pods each, and to create more space place your coffee machine on top of the pod holder, which will then give you the extra space you need with less clutter, and it is certain to be secured thanks to the anti-vibration construction as it is stood on foam non-slip feet. Pods are not included they are sold separately
Why dine at an expensive Italian restaurant or buy shop-bought pasta when you can make your own at home with this amazing pasta cutter? This pasta maker is simple to use and gives you delicious meals to enjoy with your family every time, and dining out will become a thing of the past. This will look good in any kitchen and the sturdy design will give you years and years of great-tasting pasta. Enjoy its nine different pasta thickness levels, with the smooth adjustable rollers to make it easy to get larger, thicker, thinner, or smaller pasta. Are you in the mood for spaghetti? Or maybe you want fettuccine tonight? Preparing either is simple thanks to the cutter rollers that attach with just a snap.
This 16-piece multi-functional vegetable slicer offers five interchangeable slicing methods, allowing you to choose the most suitable cooking style. It has a separator, in a large container that easily separates egg whites and yolks making it easier for you. The vegetable cutter has rust-proof stainless steel blades, so you don’t need to worry about rust and wear on the blades, leaving them to last longer. Be careful as the blades are very sharp and dry when cutting and grating food. To clean it you will be equipped with cleaning teeth and a cleaning brush, making it easier to clean the blades. While you cut, and slice away, the food will be then collected in the storage box that is a draining basket. It has a rubber soft grip to ensure you will not be cut by a sharp blade when cutting vegetables. There is a non-slip base that ensures stability when in use.
This Brita water filter tank is Ideal for having it in your home and is perfect for putting it on your fridge shelf or on a countertop with a convenient tap and sliding lid for easy refilling and cleaning, (dishwasher safe except the indicator). It does 150 litres of fresh filtered water in 4 weeks from just one cartridge, it has a digital lifetime indicator that reminds you when you need to change the filter. This is not only good for you, but it’s also good for the environment too. It is easy to use, fill the tank up with water, let the filter do its work, turn the tap and out comes your purified water.
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