Unbought Delicacies: I know your plane's been cancelled/delayed......

Monday, 20 December 2010

I know your plane's been cancelled/delayed......

BUT It is an airport terminal building; it is not 'like a warzone', it is not 'like a third world country', it is not 'like a refugee camp'.
Bloody people, make my blood boil. Get a sense of proportion.

9 comments:

Kath said...: YES!! A million time yes!!
ARGH!!

Hope you are well Mrs L xx; 20 December 2010 at 10:39
Oddny said...: What a lovely SENSIBLE post. Couldn't agree more :-); 20 December 2010 at 11:03
♥ emma bear forever ♥ said...: Watching this on the news this morning and I had to turn over! It is a shame that people can't get to where they want to go - but for god's sake it's not the end of the world. Moaning about not enough vouchers for food being given out, well go and bloomin buy some then if your THAT hungry. Grumble over.......Merry Christmas Mrs L x; 20 December 2010 at 12:11
Dartford Warbler said...: I completely agree!; 20 December 2010 at 13:06
Stella said...: Well said. It drives me nuts too. OK, I'm sure it's not pleasant for them, but people in this country have got so soft and expect everything as their right. Just like spoilt children.
Why do they have to jet off round the world anyway? Why can't they be content in their own homes? I think this lovely planet of ours is trying to tell us that the time has come that this sort of lifestyle has to stop.; 20 December 2010 at 16:21
MelMel said...: Anyone would think they don't have homes to go back to.....unlike a lot of people living in warzones....camps etc.....they should be glad its only a plane that is cancelled and not something much much worse!

xxxx; 20 December 2010 at 17:39
IslandHome said...: Couldn't agree more with all the above. Have they forgotten they chose to be there in the first place? Some will always choose to make a negative situation worse by reacting in a negative manner instead of making the most of each moment and taking it for what it is. My guess is they go through life with blinkers on. I just appreciate the reminder that Mother Nature is all powerful. Solstice Blessings and Merry Christmas to you!; 20 December 2010 at 21:50
Anonymous said...: Couldn't agree more - why do they need to be flying off anyway?

Hope you have a lovely Christmas, and all the very best for 2011.; 21 December 2010 at 09:13
michelle said...: just read this and i couldn't agree more - seriously and people are now wanting compensation....aaarghh; 5 January 2011 at 02:39

I have found such joy

I have found such joy in simple things;
A plain, clean room, a nut-brown loaf of bread,
A cup of milk, a kettle as it sings,
The shelter of a roof above my head,
And in a leaf-laced square along the floor,
Where yellow sunlight glimmers through the door.
I have found such joy in things that fill
My quiet days: a curtain's blowing grace,
A potted plant upon my window sill,
A rose, fresh-cut and placed within a vase;
A table cleared, a lamp beside a chair,
And books I long have loved beside me there.
Oh, I have found such joys I wish I might
Tell every woman who goes seeking far
For some elusive, feverish delight,
That very close to home the great joys are:
The elemental things- old as the race,
Yet never, through the ages, commonplace.

~ Grace Noll Crowell

Ideas for handmade gifts

Small knitteds - gloves, scarves, hot water bottle covers, hats, tea cosies, phone covers, little toys,,cushion covers, bags. Some of these can be felted/fulled for extra interest.
Edibles - chutneys and jams, pickles, nice teas in a vintage/retro tin, sweeties, toffees, mustard, home made wine and liqueurs, home dried fruits, ketchups.
For the home - trimmed tea towels, handknitted dishcloths, quilted wallhangings, small samplers, restored picture frames, pot pourri, lavender bags, covered coathangers, little scented bags for hanging on handles, framed photos of family,etc you've taken yourself, pincushion,needle book, scissor keeper, book of promises (eg babysitting, 1 hour's housework, the ironing, etc)
Bathtime - homemade soap, bath oils, bath salts, knitted washcloths, herbal bags for the bath, hand sewn toilet bags, trimmed hand towels, homemade lotions and potions packed in pretty jars and bottles.
For the garden - home saved seed in handmade decorated packets; homemade handcream, exfoliating soap, wheat bag for those digger's aches and pains!

Handmade books, personalised printed notepaper and envelopes.
Hamper of bits and bobs from the above lists, packed in a pretty lined basket.

I'll add some more as and when I think of them; These can be used all year round and easily tailored to the recipient - everyone loves a homemade gift. :)

Inspiring thoughts.............

I saw a man, an old Cilician, who occupied an acre or two of land that no one wanted.
A patch not worth the ploughing, unrewarding for flocks, unfit for vineyards;
he, however, by planting here and there among the scrub cabbages or white lilies and verbena and flimsy poppies, fancied himself a king in wealth, and coming home late in the evening, loaded his board with unbought delicacies.
Virgil

I had no theories to prove. I merely wanted to try living by my own hands, independently as far as possible from a system of division of labour in which the participant loses most of the pleasure of making and growing things for himself. I wanted to bring in my own fuel and smell its sweet smell as it burned in the hearth I had made. I wanted to grow my own food, or forage after it. In short I wanted to do as much as I could for myself, because I had already realised from partial experience the inexpressible joy of doing so.

Harlan Hubbard, Shantyboat: A River Way of Life

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Monday, 20 December 2010

I know your plane's been cancelled/delayed......

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