Anniversaries…..The DNA Of Ancient People……Pics of Scotland….. Testing Cosmetics On Animals…
by Bernie Bell - 09:53 on 07 May 2023
Anniversaries…..
It’s our 30th wedding anniversary today – Blimey! Where did that time go?
For our ‘Tin’ anniversary, friend Pat gave us a tin of pineapple chunks – which we enjoyed!
Thirty years is Pearl – and I’m thinking of the Prince song ‘Diamonds & Pearls’…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwUKR_9Xdns
“Love is the master plan”
I have a list of what are considered to be appropriate gifts for the different anniversaries, and thought I’d post it here…..
1 – Cotton
2 – Paper
3 – Leather
4 – Silk
5 – Wooden
6 – Iron
7 – Woollen
8 – Bronze
9 – Pottery
10 – Tin
11 – Steel
12 – Linen
13 – Lace
14 – Ivory
15 – Crystal
20 – China
25 – Silver
30 – Pearl
35 – Coral
40 – Ruby
45 – Sapphire
50 – Golden
55 – Emerald
60 - Diamond
For this year’s anniversary we’ve ‘gifted’ ourselves two donations – one directly to the archaeology dig at Swandro….
…..and one to the dig at The Cairns …..
https://archaeologyorkney.com/2022/11/16/cairns-2023/
……which can be done by donating on the Orkney Archaeology Society website, and leaving a message saying that you specifically want the donation to go to The Cairns…..
https://shop.orkneyarchaeologysociety.org.uk/donation-oas/
I do wish the folk at The Cairns would set up their own website with its own donations link – but – it’s up to them what they do!
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The DNA Of Ancient People…….
I wonder - did they celebrate anniversaries?
https://earthlogs.org/2023/05/04/extraction-of-ancient-human-dna-from-artefacts/
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Pics of Scotland…
28th of April to 5th of May 2023…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-65465356
An exceptionally wonder-full selection. Derek Brown’s pic of an old puffer on the Crinan Canal took me back to a memorable holiday…
https://theorkneynews.scot/2017/10/05/bernie-bell-bernie-mikes-road-trip-spring-2017-7/
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Testing Cosmetics On Animals…
Cosmetics – not even anything that could be claimed to be necessary – but that’s a whole other discussion.
https://twitter.com/PhilipArdagh/status/1654606849210040324
Another knock-on effect of Brexit – Britain, as a nation, really is going back in time instead of forward.
One way to combat this particular retrogressive step is – don’t buy those cosmetics – please – look for the ‘not tested on animals‘ labels.
PLEASE.
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Here’s one I made earlier…. https://theorkneynews.scot/2020/10/10/poetry-corner-the-fabric-of-our-lives/
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