Melusina The Green Witch

and I are moving house!! A week tomorrow, we'll be living here in Bredbury!

A few photos of Sunday at as , , , ,

The Foo Fighters were, as always, INCREDIBLE! Dave got us singing our hearts out, laughing, screaming, shouting, clapping, crying (parts were very emotional 😢), dancing, cheering and having the most wonderful time! What a great experience for Jack's first gig!!

“You are made up of 84 minerals, 23 elements and 8 gallons of water divided by 38 billion cells.

You were built from nothing by the spare parts of the earth you consumed, according to a set of instructions hidden in a double helix small enough to be carried by a s***m cell.

You are made of recycled butterflies, plants, rocks, streams, firewood, wolf skins and shark teeth broken into their smallest parts and rebuilt into the most complex living thing on our planet.

You are not only living on earth... you ARE the earth !”

So, please, love, honor, care and respect Mother Earth.

It's official! I'm now a fully paid-up member of !

I passed on the Pinnington legacy this evening and taught how to make Nana Joyce corned beef pie. She's done an excellent job and even decorated it with some stars!

Busy bees 🐝 🐝 🐝

Our boys Wade and Wilson ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Gorgeous tapas .andaluz in Edinburgh with the Morecambe Offshore Windfarm Team!

View from today's office, Edinburgh Castle!

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I love my new octopus friend that the gorgeous bought for me ❤️ 😍 ❤️

Happy Beltane!

Beautiful forget-me-nots 😍

The International Earth Day 2024 theme, 'Planet vs Plastics', which emphasises the critical nature of protecting our environment and conserving natural resources, while also spotlighting the importance of shifting towards sustainable and renewable energy sources, moving away from fossil fuel dependency.

Few photos at Manley Mere today with and at a breakfast meet.

Great views over to Manchester City centre last night from our walk!

Just met from Car Sausage (Car SOS) and from Wheeler Dealers! Gutted (Car SOS mechanic and PWEI band member) isn't here though. According to Tim, he has terminal diarrhoea 🤣 😂 🤣

Lovely night of curry, prosecco and belly laughs last night with , , and ❤️

Soooooo, I did a thing!!

I did the Mensa exam on the 23rd March in Manchester, UK and got my results today.

I scored 142 in the Cattell III B scale (top 4% of the population) and 139 in the Culture Fair Scale (top 1% of the population).

I've been invited to become a Member of Mensa now. There are only 18,000 Members in the UK and Ireland and only approximately 140,000 worldwide 🌐

I am super proud of myself!

After a pretty tough exam/test in Manchester this morning in Manchester, we celebrated me completing it with veggie pizza, cool murals, Hello Kitty merch ( bought me some new Hello Kitty pyjamas and a lush smelling mermaid bath bomb), wander round the comic shops and finished off with bubble tea (I had watermelon milk tea with caramel tapioca pearls and mango popping balls).

Today is World Down Syndrome Day!

The 21st day of March (the 3rd month of the year) was selected to signify the uniqueness of the triplication (trisomy) of the 21st chromosome which causes Down syndrome. Every year on March 21st, World Down Syndrome Day is observed to create awareness about Down syndrome.

For World Down Syndrome Day 2024, we call for people around the world to End The Stereotypes!

Watch this powerful video of a very talented young lady called Ellie Goldstein, who is an accomplished actor, radio talk show host and Down Syndrome champion.

https://youtu.be/9HpLhxMFJR8

Here us my favourite explanation about Down Syndrome.

Who knows why Down syndrome occurs?

Why does the extra 21st chromosome stick to the cell when the fertilized egg begins its first cell division?

It can be compared to what happens in nature, to a field of clover. Usually, we see 3 leaves on each clover. Once in a while, however, we find a clover that has an extra leaf making it a four-leaf clover. We don’t know why Mother Nature decided to add that extra leaf; she just did.

There is no obvious explanation all of the clover plants grew in the same soil, were exposed to the same sun and rain, etc. Mother Nature just decided to add an extra leaf to one of the clover in the clover patch. This doesn’t make it better or not as good as the other clover it just makes it different. Some people even believe it brings a person good luck when they find a four-leaf clover.

It is much the same way with the extra chromosome. We don’t know why Mother Nature didn’t let the cell divide evenly, but she didn’t. She decided to add another chromosome to that baby’s cells. It doesn’t make the baby better or not as good as the other babies it just makes him or her different.

And if you find one of those babies, you are truly lucky for they are very special babies who grow into very special people.

Breakfast meet with at at Hawarden Airport.

Natural dyes for decorating Easter eggs!

and I found a little palmate newt in the lane in tonight's dog walk 😀
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bought me the best book!

Lovely day today with and with the adorable baby lambs and cows 😍

Gorgeous view of Edinburgh Castle from the meeting I've been in all day!
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