This is my beautiful little (very little) green car.  I love it, I know it is an inanimate object but I just love it.  I guess it because it is a bit like me, past its prime, not perfect, but curvy and fun.   There are things about this car that every driver needs to experience.  It has a column change, some people don't even know what that is, but it's when the gear stick is part of the steering wheel, sometimes it needs a move called a "double-clutch".  Look it up if you have never experienced it, you should!  It has indicators that flick out the side of the door pillar with an almighty clunk when you put them on, often my passengers turn in shock and look out the back to see what has fallen off the car.   They don't turn off automatically.  The biggest issue with the indicators is that you need to remove your hand from the steering wheel (which you are holding on to for dear life as there is NO power steering), and the indicato...

  My favourite place, alone with my thoughts on the beach.   This part of our beach is not so welcoming and/or hospitable, as many other beaches, it has lots of washed up forestry waste, sea creatures and quicksand everywhere.  This makes it my favourite place to walk.  I love it, no one anywhere for miles around, makes me truly appreciate what I have in my life.  I am blessed to have a husband who works on the beach so often drops me off in remote parts and I walk, trying to get fit, trying to find interesting things to photograph, but mostly being alone with my thoughts.   In this fast paced world full of online "friends" and a ridiculous amount of media to keep us amused, there is very little time we spend alone, breathing the air, fresh air, deep into our lungs and letting our brains calm down for a moment.  People say they do not have time, but often spend hours on the internet or watching tv.  There is time for what we make time fo...