Brighten the Day
Self-isolating may bring on a form of Winter Blues or general depression, clicking on this⇐⇐⇐⇐ may help. And, you can Brighten the Day by clicking on any pink⇐ text below (or blue⇐ in the WP Reader).
Brighten the Day 13 with Flowers and a very cheery song anda very happy dog.
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Brighten the Day 12 ⇐ with The Sugar Plum Fairy and flowers and Beatles.
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Brighten the Day 11 ⇐ with flowers and 
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the best guitar solo ever and song and the wonderful Sandy Denny.
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Spring 2017 ⇐ with squirrels and The
Sultans of Swing. 😀
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Brighten the Day 10 ⇐ Flowers, squirrels, quips and 
Sachmo sings. 😀
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Brighten the Day 9 ⇐ Some flowers and the 
Muppets do Bohemian Rhapsody with explosions. 😀 😀 😀
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Every Reason to Hope ⇐ A message of good news and hope for the future
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A Lament for The Ancient Code Wrangler at Xmas ⇐
Twas the night before Xmas
And through all WordPress house,
Not a creature was stirring,
Because they’d eaten the mouse ~
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A Christmas Ode to the WordPress Reader ⇐.
Twas the week before Christmas,
And through all WordPress house,
Not a creature was stirring,
Not even a mouse ~
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Brighten the Day 8 ⇐ Flowers and a lady sings at 
Martha’ Vineyard while some youngsters tell the tale.
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There Is Nothing You Can Sing That Can’t Be Sung ⇐ 
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Brighten the Day 7 ⇐ Some Flowers and the 
Ballad of Beaker – Sounds Like Somebody Punched a Goat, Burnination and Roflcopters. 😀
The thing I like about beaker is he’s daft enough not to give up. There’s a lesson in that somewhere.
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Park Life ⇐ Some Ducks and Geese and Swans
and Flowers invite you to sing along. 😀
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Brighten the Day 6 ⇐ Having a Bad Hair Day. 
Try 
some silliness, pictures, flowers and videos including Beaker from the muppets . 😀
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The Great Nut Heist ⇐ Squirrels take the 
Michael, followed by squirrels climb my leg and squirrels in the park. 😀
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Brighten the Day 5 ⇐ Flowers and Thomas .
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Goslings and Ducklings ⇐ a sing along and a little 
humour (allegedly). 😀
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Brighten the Day 4 ⇐ Flowers and song lyrics 
for 
your minds ear.
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The Dog and Swan ⇐ A daft tale of animal 
humour. 😀
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Brighten the Day 3 ⇐ Flowers, Ducklings, a
cheery Song and Alice in Wonderland.
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A Flower With No Name ⇐.
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Brighten the Day 2 ⇐ – Flowers and Animals and a little humour. 😀
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Brighten the Day 1 ⇐ – Some Flowers, a View and a Duck. What else
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Brighten the Day ⇐ – one flower.
The Cutty Sark
The Cutty Sark and the legacy of the great sailing ships
The Cutty Sark is now on show at Greenwich (London,UK). It is the last remaining example of the great Tea Clippers. For more information about the exhibit please click here.
The first of each tea harvest from China to Europe was of great commercial value. These ships were built for that purpose, using a narrow hull and powerful rig. Built for speed rather than large cargo. For more of that history please click here.
The Cutty Sark was recognised as the foremost in its class even though it never quite won the Great Tea Race.
This is another Clipper Ship, Lightning under full sail.
Provided under Creative Commons License by: Bruce Von Stetina
Ships like these and their crews advanced the knowledge of construction, navigation and seamanship. Altogether making travel by sea a lot safer than it used to be. It was once the most hazardous of all occupations. By contrast, going to sea has now become a pleasure to many.
An important principle still remains for all such potentially hazardous occupations. That is, the development of good habit. Often inconvenient in good weather but a vital life safer when wet, cold, tired, in the dark, confused and disoriented.
Such vessels do not remain in service and their builders and brave crews are no longer with us. But, the advances that they made remain. Those ships and their crews may not still roll, but because of their legacy, they still rock.
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Straight Up With A Twist
The Cable Car over the Thames, London,UK.
Well, I suppose the builders were grinning when they said they’d give it whirl. I should have known better really.
The United Emirates cable car traverses the river Thames in East London between the Royal Victoria Dock, on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) and the North Greenwich Peninsula. It can be found on the Standard London Underground Map ⇒ at sector D8. From Greenwich Pensinsula there is a bus service to wonderful Maritime (Cutty Sark) Greenwich ⇐ which is on another branch of the Docklands Light Railway.
It makes sense to use an Oyster Card (touch in/touch out) as this will also save money on the London Underground/Overground and Docklands Light Railway.
BE AWARE: That if you forget to touch in with a card there is a heavy fine. If you forget to touch out when leaving a station, the maximum charge is deducted from your card.
A video of the view ⇒ shows that although it is partly obstructed by the tall buildings of Canary Wharf and lasts 5-10 minutes (according to time of day), it is nevertheless quite good value for money.
It is used for some commuting to and from work, so it is better to avoid peak times.
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