Seeds and weeds.

 We are still sowing some flower seeds and repotting others. The tomato plants are growing well too. Although it has been sunny and they have been watered regularly, the sunflowers are not as big as I would have imagined.

A real disappointment has been the green bean seeds, all grown in the same soil, in the same tray with good conditions and only one out of twenty four has grown.

Elect diesel

 Have you been seduced by electric cars? 

They seem to me nothing more than another item for those who like to show how much money they have rather than those who think they are saving the planet.

The cost and energy used to make these cars is colossal. With them being made in China they are surely using coal fired power stations to make them.

We went on an all electric double decker bus recently. They look very clean and modern but riding on the top deck was a queasy experience. The buses weigh fifteen tons empty and so the suspension has to cope with quite a lot to start with. Apparently they cost £250,000.

Have you noticed that some people get on a bus and immediately open a window letting a gale blow at the people behind, never themselves. (

The electric buses windows are locked as they have air conditioning (as most buses do) but why have small windows that can be opened anyway?

Playtime

A washing up bowl half filled with water, some junk modelling and tinfoil to keep the cardboard boats dry, what more does any little chap need?

It is so fascinating to watch children discovering the world and how things work.

What are your earliest memories of making things? For example do you remember making a 'tank' with a wooden cotton bobbin, matchsticks and an elastic band?