http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/en-EUMokoFeed10http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/http://data5.blog.de/design/preview/d6/58e252de06987db907dbfb2307cb4e_160x200.jpghttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/11/18/cool-information-about-global-warming-7403521/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2009-11-18:/2009/11/18/cool-information-about-global-warming-7403521/Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:25:31 +0100 <p>Link to some interesting global warming data. No doubt <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/world-on-course-for-catastrophic-6deg-rise-reveal-scientists-1822396.html">someone</a> will disagree with it.</p> <p>Apparently we are cooler now than we were 10 years ago (when El Nino caused a temperature spike). But the trend is that the global average temperatures are increasing at +0.13 degrees Celsius per decade. The northern hemisphere is warming at +0.19 degrees per decade and the southern hemisphere is warming at +0.06 degrees per decade. </p> <p>Satellites show that the north polar region is warming at +0.40 degrees per decade and the south polar region is cooling at -0.06 degrees per decade. Does that mean the world is throwing a wobbly? </p> <p><a href="http://reason.com/blog/2009/11/17/global-temperature-trend-updat">http://reason.com/blog/2009/11/17/global-temperature-trend-updat</a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/11/18/cool-information-about-global-warming-7403521/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/11/18/cool-information-about-global-warming-7403521/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/10/09/bombing-the-moon-7130023/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2009-10-09:/2009/10/09/bombing-the-moon-7130023/Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:13:14 +0200 <p>So American scientists are going to bomb the moon in the hope of finding water. </p> <p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-bomb-the-moon-to-search-for-water-1800093.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/scientists-bomb-the-moon-to-search-for-water-1800093.html</a></p> <p>I am left somewhat puzzled. Why didn't they notice the water the last time NASA went there? And why is it thought so dangerous now that they have to send unmanned missions when it was fine for Astronauts previously? I never used to give much credence to the conspiracy theorists, but this is all seeming a bit rocky. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/10/09/bombing-the-moon-7130023/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>man-on-the-moonremnasabombing-the-moonwaterhttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/10/09/bombing-the-moon-7130023/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/09/23/proggy-was-a-froggy-7024398/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2009-09-23:/2009/09/23/proggy-was-a-froggy-7024398/Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:16:55 +0200 <p>Pebble Rack<br> Pebble Beeskin<br> Pebble Snack<br> Pebble Coco Rumpkin</p> <p>Nog Enoch Chewomney?<br> NGog. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/09/23/proggy-was-a-froggy-7024398/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>studylead-pipinghttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/09/23/proggy-was-a-froggy-7024398/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/09/22/pebbles-used-in-pebbledash-are-actually-small-nuts-7017223/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2009-09-22:/2009/09/22/pebbles-used-in-pebbledash-are-actually-small-nuts-7017223/Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:36:15 +0200 <p>When will the people see the light of day and start using pebbles instead of gravel for their driveway? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/09/22/pebbles-used-in-pebbledash-are-actually-small-nuts-7017223/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>home-improvement-peanutshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/09/22/pebbles-used-in-pebbledash-are-actually-small-nuts-7017223/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/09/21/li-nog-sherbert-eggbert-7011295/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2009-09-21:/2009/09/21/li-nog-sherbert-eggbert-7011295/Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:07:51 +0200 <p>New battery came today<br> It is the Li-Nog variation<br> Sher & Egg cables say:<br> A man named Bert<br> He runs on Nog<br> He has discovered the secret </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/09/21/li-nog-sherbert-eggbert-7011295/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>cowstrawpeterhttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/09/21/li-nog-sherbert-eggbert-7011295/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/07/15/potatoe-flowers-6518644/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2009-07-15:/2009/07/15/potatoe-flowers-6518644/Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:44:33 +0200 <p>Has anyone else ever noticed that the flowers on a potato plant are really quite pretty? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/07/15/potatoe-flowers-6518644/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>baked-potatovine-kettlehttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/07/15/potatoe-flowers-6518644/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/04/19/the-south-is-colder-while-the-north-heats-up-5967982/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2009-04-18:/2009/04/19/the-south-is-colder-while-the-north-heats-up-5967982/Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:06:29 +0200 <p>Contrary to popular belief, fostered by <a href="http://www.climateark.org/shared/reader/welcome.aspx?linkid=105669&keybold=ocean+sea+rise+coastal">alarming articles </a>which <a href="http://en.mercopress.com/2009/03/19/antarctic-ice-cap-melting-much-faster-than-predicted">have come </a>to fill the <a href="http://www.uzbekistannews.net/story/488929">popular press</a> with an incomplete picture of what is going on, it appears that the amount of ice in the antarctic is actually <a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25349683-601,00.html">increasing</a> rather than decreasing. </p> <p>Do I think we should be panicking if the Northwest Passage opens up more regularly while the Eastern Antarctic Ice Shelf expands? No. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/04/19/the-south-is-colder-while-the-north-heats-up-5967982/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/04/19/the-south-is-colder-while-the-north-heats-up-5967982/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/03/29/spring-5852058/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2009-03-29:/2009/03/29/spring-5852058/Sun, 29 Mar 2009 12:20:57 +0200 <p>The clocks went forward last night and this morning the flowers on the trees outside my window have openned. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/03/29/spring-5852058/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/03/29/spring-5852058/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/02/25/moon-1051-1091-1085-5648263/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2009-02-25:/2009/02/25/moon-1051-1091-1085-5648263/Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:32:51 +0100 <p>The Russians are going to the moon. (Луна)</p> <p>The Luna Glob mission will be off in 2012 to choose a landing site for future missions.</p> <p>“It will fly around the Moon, select a landing space for the rover and other engineering and research vehicles, and study the lunar nucleus with the use of special penetrators,” Vladimir Yefanov has announced. He is the deputy head of the <a href="http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/140729">Lavochkin Research and Production Centre</a>. </p> <p>The next stage of the project, with some support from the European Space Agency is planned to be a Russo-Indian expedition, which will deliver a lunar reconnaissance vehicle to the site chosen by the <a href="http://space.skyrocket.de/index_frame.htm?http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/luna-glob.htm">Luna Glob</a>. Russia will produce the reconnaissance vehicle, while India will possibly develop the orbiter, he said.</p> <p>The vehicle will collect more samples of lunar soil, which will be stage three of the project. Stage four implies a manned expedition to the Moon and maintaining a research station there .</p> <p>At the same time the Russian Federal Space Agency is holding talks with the ESA and NASA on Russia’s participation in the <a href="http://www.esa.int/esaMI/Aurora/SEM1NVZKQAD_0.html">ExoMars European Martian mission</a>.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/02/25/moon-1051-1091-1085-5648263/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>luna-globmoon%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0nick-drakehttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/02/25/moon-1051-1091-1085-5648263/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/02/11/aurora-5555559/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2009-02-11:/2009/02/11/aurora-5555559/Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:26:23 +0100 <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/02/11/aurora-5555559/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>reebok-pump-appealmike-oldfieldhttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/02/11/aurora-5555559/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/02/02/blackbird-singing-in-the-snow-5491896/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2009-02-02:/2009/02/02/blackbird-singing-in-the-snow-5491896/Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:25:21 +0100 <p>Blackbird sits upon the chimney pot<br> Singing in the snow as he tries to keep warm<br> Children throw balls of joy down below<br> White flakes tickling their smiling eyes </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/02/02/blackbird-singing-in-the-snow-5491896/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>blackbird-singing-in-the-snowhttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/02/02/blackbird-singing-in-the-snow-5491896/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/01/18/horse-shit-5399823/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2009-01-18:/2009/01/18/horse-shit-5399823/Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:15:05 +0100 <p>Why did coming home with a bag of horse shit make me feel so happy? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/01/18/horse-shit-5399823/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>horse-shithttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/01/18/horse-shit-5399823/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/01/13/buds-5371113/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2009-01-13:/2009/01/13/buds-5371113/Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:42:34 +0100 <p>There are little buds on the crab apple outside my window. They must have been very cold in the last few days. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/01/13/buds-5371113/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2009/01/13/buds-5371113/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/12/27/pebbles-5286573/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-12-27:/2008/12/27/pebbles-5286573/Sat, 27 Dec 2008 23:07:59 +0100 <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/12/27/pebbles-5286573/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>knocky-lockypebbleshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/12/27/pebbles-5286573/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/12/14/happy-kitmas-5221838/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-12-14:/2008/12/14/happy-kitmas-5221838/Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:47:12 +0100 <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/12/14/happy-kitmas-5221838/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/12/14/happy-kitmas-5221838/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/10/28/snow-4947771/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-10-28:/2008/10/28/snow-4947771/Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:18:55 +0100 <p>It's snowing. <img src="/img/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="middle" border="0"> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/10/28/snow-4947771/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>snowhttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/10/28/snow-4947771/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/09/15/moon-4732648/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-09-15:/2008/09/15/moon-4732648/Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:14:31 +0200 <p>Do not be offended because I am slow to go out.<br> There is a beautiful full moon over London tonight.<br> I drink some tea and eat some mooncakes,<br> Brought from Hong Kong to enjoy the Autumn sky. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/09/15/moon-4732648/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/09/15/moon-4732648/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/09/05/the-tree-huggers-to-end-them-all-4685312/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-09-05:/2008/09/05/the-tree-huggers-to-end-them-all-4685312/Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:37:53 +0200 <p><a href="http://www.break.com/usercontent/2008/9/Emotional-Hippies-Crying-Over-Dead-Trees-565864.html">http://www.break.com/usercontent/2008/9/Emotional-Hippies-Crying-Over-Dead-Trees-565864.html</a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/09/05/the-tree-huggers-to-end-them-all-4685312/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>treesnaturehttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/09/05/the-tree-huggers-to-end-them-all-4685312/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/09/04/mypebbledashed-existence-4682994/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-09-04:/2008/09/04/mypebbledashed-existence-4682994/Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:12:05 +0200 <p>Many people like beaches. Some would like to live on them or be reminded of beaches where they live. Not making your house out of sand, is however, one of the few bits of sound architectural advice that the bible contains. But many of us have the next best thing. We live in pebbledashed houses. </p> <p>Pebbledash is basically render with small stones (pea shingle or stone chippings) added to give a gritty vertical shingle beach effect to external walls. Does this amount to blasphemy or is it simply sad and naff? Having lived for some time in a house with pebbledashed walls, should I go to confession? Can I be redeemed? Will I ever feel the warm sands of freedom between my carefree toes? Will I forever after feel the sea breeze passing through my carefree locks and forget the petty jealousies us suburbanites are supposed to harbour towards our stone-clad fellow men? </p> <p>Or am I ever condemned to be one of the "little people" - those who, according to Steve Morgan, quoted in the New Statesman in 2001, "while not poor, live on modest incomes in modest pebble-dash houses, hold modest ambitions for themselves and their children, run modest cars and hold modest views to the effect that the country is being overrun by foreigners scrounging on social security and that gay men flaunt themselves rather too much these days. These people, or so the theory goes, resent the swish, promiscuous lifestyles of the metropolitan glitterati; equally, they resent the feckless, idle poor who benefit from state handouts."</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/09/04/mypebbledashed-existence-4682994/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>pebbledashhttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/09/04/mypebbledashed-existence-4682994/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/08/28/credit-where-credit-is-due-4649143/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-08-28:/2008/08/28/credit-where-credit-is-due-4649143/Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:17:28 +0200 <p>I know its a bit tangental, but the tiny flakes of pebbledashing which came off the exterior of my house as he refixed the telephone cables a few minutes ago made me think that I could possibly squeeze in a small accolade here about Jim. Jim is a BT engineer who came this morning to fix a problem with our external line. A charming man, nothing could get him to stop from his pole and ladder climbing. He wouldn't even have a cup of tea. He was here and the whole job done within four hours 15 minutes of our first reporting the fault. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/08/28/credit-where-credit-is-due-4649143/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>btjimhttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/08/28/credit-where-credit-is-due-4649143/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/08/05/rocky-times-4548399/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-08-05:/2008/08/05/rocky-times-4548399/Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:50:57 +0200 <p>Has anyone else noticed how rocky the government is looking at the moment? We have Northern Rock, David Miliband pretending he is without sin but did not to throw the first stone at his boss, and now John Prescott is rocking the boat:</p> <p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/prescott-backs-pm-ndash-by-comparing-him-to-the-captain-of-the-titanic-885187.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/prescott-backs-pm-ndash-by-comparing-him-to-the-captain-of-the-titanic-885187.html</a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/08/05/rocky-times-4548399/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/08/05/rocky-times-4548399/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/06/02/limestone-chippings-4258090/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-06-02:/2008/06/02/limestone-chippings-4258090/Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:35:06 +0200 <p>Can these ever be considered a pebble? </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/06/02/limestone-chippings-4258090/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>limestone-zestchipping-clustersconsidering-the-pebblehttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/06/02/limestone-chippings-4258090/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/05/30/scottish-red-anyone-4247127/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-05-30:/2008/05/30/scottish-red-anyone-4247127/Fri, 30 May 2008 14:31:27 +0200 <p>Aggregates</p> <p>I went to Homebase yesterday to check out the pebbles. They had a bag of red Scottish Gravel for £7.50, which I was considering purchasing. The rival to the Scotch gravel was some Celtic Plum Slate. This was cheaper, weighing in at £6.50.</p> <p>I elected to put two bags of Celtic Plum in my trolley and off through the shop I swooped. As I rolled through Homebase I debated whether I was doing the right thing. £13 on Plum Slate? This can’t be right. </p> <p>So, I took out the bags of slate and placed them on the floor by the gardening gloves. I then left the store.</p> <p>At the weekend I went to a shop that sold wooden ducks, I was tempted to buy but in the end did not.</p> <p>Thank you.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/05/30/scottish-red-anyone-4247127/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>knock-off-bristle-fevermodecom-of-aggregateboot-scraperhttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/05/30/scottish-red-anyone-4247127/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/03/11/nature-and-pebbles-3857097/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-03-11:/2008/03/11/nature-and-pebbles-3857097/Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:55:11 +0100 <p>nature, pebbles<br> turn mexican episodes.</p> <p>pebbles, nature<br> fireside escape slide.</p> <p>nature, pebbles<br> envelope kisses mouse.</p> <p>pebbles, nature<br> rotate backwards poultry.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/03/11/nature-and-pebbles-3857097/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>nature-and-pebbleshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/03/11/nature-and-pebbles-3857097/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/02/20/swiss_cheese~3755423/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-02-20:/2008/02/20/swiss_cheese~3755423/Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:47:53 +0100 <p>I like to wonder round with pockets full of pebbles. It helps my digestion. </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/02/20/swiss_cheese~3755423/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>quesoostrichhttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/02/20/swiss_cheese~3755423/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/02/20/pebbles_and_nature_a_poem~3754981/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-02-20:/2008/02/20/pebbles_and_nature_a_poem~3754981/Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:08:22 +0100 <p class="center">They,<br> like the cheeks of a mouse,<br> run in the forest.</p> <p class="center">Cold,<br> whispering in the soft moon,<br> secrets like backgammon.</p> <p class="center">Bold,<br> leaf bud, pebbles and nature<br> create new musical oxygen.</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/02/20/pebbles_and_nature_a_poem~3754981/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>poetryhttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/02/20/pebbles_and_nature_a_poem~3754981/#commentshttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/02/19/i_love_pebbles_and_nature~3750410/tag:pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk,2008-02-19:/2008/02/19/i_love_pebbles_and_nature~3750410/Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:15:55 +0100 <p>Taking the two together, I have created this group.</p> <p>Have fun during your day and, if you love either pebbles or nature or perhaps both pebbles and nature, then stop by and leave some messages (even leave leaves, because leaves are part of nature too).</p> <p>Kind refraine.</p> <p>Hektor Hamulec<br> Group Moderator<br> Pebbles and Nature Group </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/02/19/i_love_pebbles_and_nature~3750410/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>i-love-pebbles-and-naturehttp://pebblesandnature.blog.co.uk/2008/02/19/i_love_pebbles_and_nature~3750410/#comments