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Retaining rainwater and using it wisely seems increasingly important, due to increasing droughts and floods, while recognising the rights of the natural world, as Rob Moir explains:
“Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar.”
--Bradley Miller
Joke of the Week:
(Health warning – swallow coffee before reading)
If you’re here for the yodelling lesson, please form an orderly, orderly,
orderly queue.
One spelling mistake can ruin your life – a husband sent his wife a postcard: “Having a lovely time, wish you were her.”
I was setting a voice recognition password for my new phone when a nearby dog barked and ran away. Now I am still looking for the dog to unlock my phone.
Biologists have crossed a watermelon with a cauliflower. People who eat the new variety, get a sense of sadness known as meloncauli.
I asked my wife how to turn Alexa off and she said: “Try walking through the room naked.”
Delulu – a new word just accepted into the Cambridge English Dictionary meaning delusional, as highlighted in this article, which features some other new arrivals, skiibidi, tradwife and mouse jiggler:
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John, Thank you for posting my piece we cool the planet and promote nature when stop the property tyranny by recognizing the lands natural right to let the rain that falls on it seep in, keep soil moist, prevent fires, and recharge rivers. Why suffer stormwaters when we can put water to work revitalizing the land?
John, Thank you for posting my piece we cool the planet and promote nature when stop the property tyranny by recognizing the lands natural right to let the rain that falls on it seep in, keep soil moist, prevent fires, and recharge rivers. Why suffer stormwaters when we can put water to work revitalizing the land?
Thank you so much, John, for picking my profile and tagging me. 🤝🙌✨