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by Bernie Bell - 09:53 on 07 May 2023

Anniversaries…..

It’s our 30^th 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….

https://www.swandro.co.uk/

…..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…

28^th of April to 5^th 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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