Monday, 30 November 2020

Be thankful and be generous, and find blessing

Being thankful and having a generous heart will bring you blessing. It is more blessed to give than to receive, words of Jesus recorded outside the Gospels in Acts 20:35. There is blessing in giving, and not just at Christmas. Being thankful, having a grateful heart full of thanksgiving, praise and appreciation of many blessings will bring joy and spiritual benefit. It is good, very worthwhile to count your blessings. It will help your state of mind, keep you positive and happy. It is an essential part of the Christian life and integral to our happiness. Be joyful always; pray continually; GIVE THANKS IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18.


 God loves a generous and cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7. Through giving we can bless others, encourage them, invest in their lives, projects and plans. We can cheer them up and on to greater things. Compared with many people in the world we are rich and greatly blessed. The rich are commanded to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. 1 Timothy 6:18.

Saturday, 7 November 2020

Donald Trump has been defeated and has failed to accept it

Donald Trump is clearly causing trouble and strife. He is making wild accusations and assertions about election fraud without foundations. This puts him in a poor light and is another nail in his political coffin. Like a zombie or vampire this one term US President is among the undead. His days as POTUS are over. Trumps needs to accept reality. His defeat is no lie or fake news. It is the truth that he cannot take. To say, as he has done, that he won the election is a lie. It is time for the lies to stop and now the fireworks are declaring a Biden victory.

Friday, 6 November 2020

Trump looks like a sore and sour loser

Donald Trump will not concede defeat graciously or go quietly from the White House. He will leave with claims of fraud and injustice, and that makes him look like a poor, bad, sad loser who cannot take defeat. His days as POTUS are soon to be over and now he must get ready to pack his bags and leave for new pastures. Trump is another one term president who failed to win a second term; he, however, did run a closely contested election campaign and win millions of votes, more than when he was elected.

Friday, 30 October 2020

Comrade Corbyn shows his poor judgment again

When it was time to accept that anti-semitism had been present in the Labour Party, Corbyn has denied its extent and has failed to appreciate the harm, hurt and grief, particularly in the Jewish community. The Equality and Human Rights Commission report has made the position clear and its findings reveal shameful behaviour and failures, breaches of the law in the Equality Act. Sir Keir Starmer is trying to move on and stamp out the cancer of anti-semitism in the Labour Party. He supports the decision to suspend Corbyn, and not to permit any denial of the problem. It was on Corbyn's watch that these failures took place. Corbyn failed the Jewish community and would not deal adequately with their complaints and concerns. He deserves to be consigned to the political wilderness. Corbynism was a toxic brand. Thankfully Corbyn is no longer leader. He was the worst ever by far, completely out of his depth.

Wednesday, 2 September 2020

Not another novichok poisoning

The Russian authorities have denied that Alexei Navalny was poisoned by one of their nerve agents, novichok. Well they have got a nerve! Not a surprise to the German scientists. This is Russian poison. It comes from Russia alone; no one else has been successful in its production. It is a military grade bio weapon, the weapon of choice to be used against opponents of the Russian state.

Opposition, political opposition, is clearly dangerous in Russia today. Denial of poisoning is the expected response when there is clear evidence of the deployment of novichok or polonium.

There are two possibilities.  The poisoning was state sponsored and authorized at the highest level.
The other explanation is a rogue, black operation by criminals. Criminals clearly carried out this poisoning. Most people believe it was an act of criminals linked to Vlad the gangster, the Vozhd, who approved it. 

Thursday, 20 August 2020

Woodland Trust: more photographs of Crowdhill and Upper Barn Copses

Somehow some of my photographs and comments disappeared into cyberspace. I mentioned that when I entered Crowdhill Copse I was hoping to walk along the path without dodging cyclists. Two cyclists did not respect the no cycling sign. It was good to take the less travelled paths through the
copses.

Beautiful ferns  in Crowdhill Copse
Looking south to Stoke Park Wood from Upper Barn Copse
After the heatwave came heavy rain in Crowdhill Copse
   
I love the abundance of ferns in Crowdhill Copse




 
On the path less travelled in Upper Barn Copse

  
Leaving Upper Barn Copse by a side entrance

Tuesday, 18 August 2020

Crowdhill Copse and Upper Barn Copse, in the care of Woodland Trust

 Recently I have enjoyed walking in Woodland Trust places near Stoke Park Wood, Bishopstoke, Hampshire. This richly wooded area, near Fisher's Pond, is well worth visiting if you like peaceful and lovely walks among ancient well managed woodland. Stoke Park Wood was once the hunting grounds of the Bishops of Winchester and King John.

Today I photographed my walk in Crowdhill Copse and Upper Barn Copse among the tall trees and along pleasant paths through wonderful woods. I support the Woodland Trust in their commitment to looking after our trees and preventing the loss of trees and wildlife in our woodland. 










The main entrance to Upper Barn Copse


Update 20/08/2020 Some of my photographs vanished into cyberspace but I have put some more in my next blog. I hope you enjoy them.

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