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Life-Changing TED Talks

This was really interesting to learn. It is also the last in the series of my top 5 TEDs! I have both a son and a daughter... and am so glad this talk passed my...

Life-Changing Ted Talks

Wow, how does life get in the way of writing? Priorities priorities priorities... This Ted Talk is all about GRIT it’s by Angela Duckworth and is based on her b...

Life-Changing TED talks

Before listening to Dr Winch I had no idea you could actually DIE of loneliness! I also was unaware that ruminating (where you replay an experience over and ove...

Chocolate Fudge Brownies with a Secret - FOOD PHOTO SHOOT

And the secret ingredient is.........olive oil. Yeah, okay I did put olive oil in your brownies. Can we still be friends? And wait just a second before you comp...

Life-changing TED talks

This is the 2nd of 5 of my favourite TED talks... I love this one because it opened my mind to having less but loving what I wear more. I love clothes, I love s...

Happy Easter

Of course for those of us ever grateful for this amazing blessing I join with you, especially when people in my life pass on, I am so thankful for the belief I ...

Geppeto and his Trump - The Card

Caricature courtesy of @juniorshelver As Donald struts around the world stage, shocking all with his outlandish acts of disastrous potential, he seems oblivious...

The interesting story of Rome.

How true this is I wouldn't know but I would love to believe it!! A mother wolf was trotting along next to a river. She stopped suddenly, ears pricked up. She s...

Life-Changing TED Talks

This is the first in a series of my top 5 TED talks. I...

The streets of Rome

What a bustling, amazing city... but oh the parking... I’ll never get over the fact that “when in Rome” you leave your handbrake off. Why? Due to limited space,...

Mercy Begets Mercy

Those who show mercy will receive mercy. Whether you believe in Kharma or Allah or Jesus or Jehovah or are merely an observer of the human experience, this shou...

Sunset is my favourite colour!

I took this photo just after it rained, it features Coronation Dam in Krugersdorp, Johannesburg Here’s one from Venice I love bright colours too... this panarom...

Looking closely

I love to zoom in on things! Perspective is everything! Macro photography is almost 200yrs old, but what amazing developments. These images are taken with an iP...

Beautiful Switzerland

This was our first time seeing the snow! The water in Switzerland is so deliciously refreshing and the air is so energizing! Enjoy this landscape... Thanks @jul...

Fountain of Youth has its Source in our Cells

Imagine if we could perfect our cells at a molecular level to curb aging. This would effectively mean, reducing the obvious diseases and illnesses that are asso...

The Mystery of Caves

Most caves that are not near the sea, were made by water that wore away soft rock, such as limestone. Water from above ground sank down into the soft rock The w...

Cracking the Whip

In April of 2017 - I checked visiting Munich off my bucket list... with only one night there, my hubby and I visited the Marienplatz Square and then used the un...

Mrs Ples could actually be Mr Ples

The next skull to be found in Africa was by Dr Broom. - He created a new genus for it, Plesianthropus and because the skull was relatively small with smallish c...

Use their Imagination for Repetitive Work

I am a ballet instructor! We all know the first law of learning is repetition! However to keep the children engaged I have learned to change up their class by t...

Diabetes and Artificial Sweeteners

Type II Diabetes is a real blow to the unsuspecting victim who has enjoyed the sweet things in life and must, without warning, forego such pleasures for the res...