first settled in when I first moved to the capital. And I was keen to look around Marylebone
High Street with a return visit to that popular book shop Daunt Books with it's creaky
wooden floors and it's old oak frames.
And while in the area I couldn't resist calling into the St Marylebone Parish Church (top image).
It was refreshing to see it in the light of day, as I last visited there in the Winter during the evening.
bombshell, that the Energy regulator Ofgem announced that the Energy price cap will rise from
£1,971 a year to £3,549, with a predicted increase to over £6,000 by next January. And the truth
is that ordinary people simply wont be able to pay their bills.
The outgoing Government simply cant do anything about it until September the 5th when
a new Tory Leader and Prime Minister is chosen. And the two Leadership candidates Liz Truss
and Rishi Sunak are vying with the Tory voters as to who will come up with the best solution to solve
this financial predicament.
So things are going to get hard for everyone. And I for one will be interested to see how or if we
can get out of this mess. People are already angry at the exorbitant salaries being paid out to
the current heads of the Energy Companies.
I know of a couple of ex-pats that are returning to Britain this Bank Holiday weekend. And one of
them uses this blogging platform. I wonder if he knows what he's returning home to.
So I thought I'd do some catch up posts. But still no news on starting
another new blog.
Of course I miss posting up all the eye candy featuring those adorable
Asian and Latin
models.
And I have come up with a half idea to be posting up some new eye candy. And looking around
various other site hosts, I really cant see ones that offer the layout freedom that google blogger
offers, after all I know it so well. It's just the censorship that is always a concern.
But if I was able to open up a new separate google account, would this blog Chrysalism
and my youtube acount be out of danger from any future deletion by google by having two
separate accounts? I need to look into it.
Today's online content out there is quite extraordinary, something we never
had back in 2006/7
when we all first started our blogs. Back then we relied on provocative images
of models and
celebrities. Now of course it's the ordinary people out there that are
the real stars of the internet
as you can see below... not a single model or celebrity among them, and
many of them making a
fair living online.
Soon we'll be running out of young workers if we're to believe this
survey I found online (below).
Young people's dreams and ambitions have certainly changed.
an uncomfortably hot day, I managed the walk from a Canal gate
entrance near Lords
Cricket Ground, walking right up to Camden Lock.
I remember that particular week as being very warm and I
think we had three or four
cloudless days, perfect for picture taking. And yet I've often wondered
what it must be
like to live on an English canal. Maybe nice during the Summer months,
but perhaps
a little harsh in the Winter.
Another stretch of this canal worth exploring sometime might be the
walk from Camden Lock to
St Pancras Lock near Kings Cross.
Below are just a few pictures from my walk. But boy was I pleased to get back home on
such a hot day. During this Summer's heatwaves, cold showers have been a life saver.
On the day we hit 39c I think I had about three cold showers that day. And unfortunately air
a hand-crafted, floating, red pagoda
restaurant on the Canal, serving a Chinese menu.
And it looks a pretty picture early in the evening.
a big center show plant for the big blue plant trough I made last Summer. And I certainly
found a healthy looking one but it came at a hefty price of £39.
They always do well right throughout the year. And so along with the Hebe and Ivy next to
it, the big plant container is going to look a treat right through next Winter.
I really needed a Conifer to take place of the failed Hydrangea. A plant that's
never easy to look after.
We've been having such a long hot Summer this year that all the plants have required lots
of water and attention.
The Bird/House table is looking good. I've added a peanut feeder to it as well as a coconut shell
for the birds to nibble at. And as well as adding on a perch, I've put lots of straw inside the roof
will take off at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, for a six week mission around
the Moon, paving the way for a manned flight in 2024.
The launch time is set for around 8.30 am (U.S. time) weather
This year I've been keeping track of our four Supermoons this Summer with the
last of them showing up earlier this month called the Sturgeon Supermoon.
The next Full Moon will be the Harvest Moon on Sept 10th.
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