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Tribute to Dolly Parton
It seems fitting that this week's Three Tune Tuesday should be dedicated to Dolly Parton, the Queen of Country Music, who died last week. I wouldn't say I'm a big fan of Dolly Parton. I don't own a...
LUT Hive Garden Journal 2026 #7
I'm going to start this month's garden journal with my sunflowers. They've really bloomed in the month and have many heads per plant. And now they're growing inwards towards my garden smiling at me...
Bristol Balloon Fiesta 2026
The other week, I attended the Bristol Balloon Fiesta in England. It's the largest hot air balloon event in Europe and the second largest in the world after Albuquerque in America. The site The eve...
Train travel in Lithuania
During my travels, I find trains in most European countries very affordable compared to the UK, the exception being Sweden. Lithuania is also very affordable; and that was great for my recent trip ...
Looking for accounts to support
Every now and then, big accounts do a shoutout on Hive asking people to suggest good-quality, worthwhile authors to support. Many orcas, whales and curation guilds are itching to curate good conten...
Queen Victoria and Osbourne House
Britain's most glorious period is probably the Victorian era when Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 till her death in 1901. Engineering developments propelled the British Empire to become the world'...
The art of getting the right balance
I just counted, I have over 20 draft posts in my folder. Normally I upload photos to the editor first, that helps me to structure what I want to write. Then it takes me ages to write the entire pos...
LUT Hive Garden Journal 2026 #6
It's been a little over 3 weeks since my last LUT Garden Journal, and there's been quite a lot of growth in my garden, but sadly not much harvest. French beans The other morning I got a lovely surp...
Ribbons, graduation, matcha latte and canal
If it wasn't to meet up with an old university friend, it really feels too much of a chore going out in this hot weather. Shades, hat, sunblock is a must. Let's go!!! Forty minutes later I arrived,...
Benches from around the world
It's surprising how many random photos I've taken since I started blogging. You never know when they may come in handy. Like all these benches from around the world, I never thought they'd see the ...
The old and new of Kaunus, Lithuania
A few years ago I went to Latvia and Estonia, but didn't make it to Lithuania to complete the three Baltic countries. Lithuania has been pretty high on my to go list since then, and I finally made ...
Home made ice cream with ingredients from far away
Recently I bought an ice cream machine and have been experimenting with making my own ice cream at home. It's perfect for the hot weather we've been having recently, not to mention it's healthier t...
Scapegrace and Gauldrons
It's just shy of a year since I last posted about a post dinner whisky gathering hubby has with his two drinking buddies BILs ie my brother in laws. Last week was the first time in a long while the...
LUT Hive Garden Journal 2026 #5
My garden is starting to look quite productive now. The recent hot weather and my auto water irrigation system has probably helped a lot. Courgette There's been a few flowers but nothing has come t...
Proof of start of my watch collection
Just to proof that I haven't forgotten about sharing my watch collection, this is my proof of start. I started writing about my watch collection at the beginning of the month, and typically this is...