Palestine Souq Arab British Chamber of Commerce

Had a lovely Sunday at the Palestinian Souq Arab British Chamber of Commerce.. met lovely people and enjoyed experiencing the product stalls. I got some artwork to frame, bought some Zaytoun Medjoul dates. Zaytoun UK Palestinian dates that are truly the King of dates. They have a lovely toffee like consistency so perfect for sticky toffee pudding recipe. I hope my Granddaughter Olivia will make this pudding with them. Then spotted a ceramic table mat surrounded by beautifully crafted Olive tree wood .. an early birthday gift for my eldest daughter.. couldn't wait to give it so called round to her house later in the afternoon. She loved this gift .. the stallholder has a shop in Richmond on Thames so looking forward to visiting when weather better. Eastern Adornment

Zaytoun

Eastern Adornment

Some more photos of the day ..

Peaceful connected Saturday 🍉

🙏🤲🍉🕊💞a good atmosphere yesterday Saturdayin London .....from on Elizabeth line ...going having a good natter with a fellow Brit on the Elizabeth line and our concern for the world ...to hugs from South American tourist in Whitehall, hugs from Spanish tourists, hugs with other demonstrators from Ethiopia on their crazy leader!..to good natter with Palestinian demonstrators, was able to sit in front of the speakers platform sat next to an Egyptian couple that fed me cake, dates, kitkat biscuits..lol while we listened to Palestinian music waiting for Peace Marchers to arrive at Whitehall .....to time with the Ambassador and Jeremy ..then on the way to Westminster Station to go home had a right good chin wag with a group from Preston Lancashire.. Gujarati family that speak with a strong northern accent .. so my accent came out strong too .. we had a great time together.. they were impressed I could greet in Gujarati..🙏 Kem Chou .. and speak some Hindi. too ... All the time had WhatsApp contact with Mo'men in Gaza... photos and messages sent ...to him and Sahar ... there was a lovely dog dressed in a Palestinian flag called Bette Davies lol after an old movie star ..in fact my mums favourite star... we were all saying Paul O Grady would have loved this dogs name ....I took Mo'men Eid MSF photo which got many wanting to know more of his nursing work ..and sending love and prayers to him, his wife and baby daughter.. Learn more about my nurse and his achievements on this link Mo'men

Oh I must tell you this there was a baby girl on the Jubilee line when going home that kept putting one finger up and smiling at me trying to tell me something ... her mum said she is One Year old today ... she is telling you this .... ohhhh bless her ... mummy had been saying to her you are one with one finger and she had copied this ... so so sweet.. 🎀🎉🎁 so I sung happy birthday... 🎤🎶

See we have a peace gathering out of international concern for all that Palestinians are going through and been going through over the years.. ! There are more of us on this Earth that wish peaceful sharing and happiness... We really do need leaders Mature in the Wisdom of Peace & togetherness on this one planet home we all share. The world needs Shalom Salem Peace Om Shanti.. 🌍🌎🌏🙏🤲🕊💞 

Cracking the Arabic writing code

This afternoon been in the library exploring my files on memory key ..found some of my self taught Arabic PowerPoint slides..  Was brilliant on the way home with my print outs saw my Yemeni neighbour that confirmed my writing and was impressed. 

I should be reading more and speaking more as put some time into cracking the Arabic code and unravelling the squiggly writing over the last 10 years.. The letters are absolutely representative of the sound made.. The trickery is that the letters change whether beginning, middle or end of the word being made. So what I do is paste the completed word into a text box in PowerPoint I then copy into another text box that when I elongate breaks back into the individual letters again. So I can study the changing shape as they make up the word. 

We all know the script is written from right to left..  

Palestine House Souq

Mosaic Artwork Workshops by Scilla Alvarado

🙏🤲🍉🕊💖 had a wonderful magical afternoon at the Palestine House Souq market .. easy to travel to with Elizabeth line then central to Holborn... met some lovely people Palestinian Italian English Jordanian.. been a great time of sharing and supporting one another & Palestinians in need of our help. 

Got a beautiful embroidery belt that actually does go round my waist once a 23ins waist now ..well not telling but a whole more numbers on the tape measure lol.. going to use the belt as a wall hanging decoration... then got a mosaic tile made by a group of women in East London to raise funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians my donation confirmed .. There was a lot of interest in Mo'men Eid my MSF nurse, his wife Sahar and adorable baby Princess Zainah.. the Palestine House is an intriguing venue for meetings and with mega yummy food in the restaurant.. There will be another souq next month for Christmas... 💞🎄🎅  

 

Friday Lunch time concert

Another good Friday Lunchtime concert at Brunel University.. Great to have time with Stephanie Ho a very talented medical student .. love her paino playing ... the other students were good too... some brilliant songs and performances... 

Dandelions lyrics beautiful! Ed singing Losing my Mind was West End potential.

The "If you hadn't but you did" .. was very well performed amusing song .. 

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Here is a google link to Dandelions with lyrics 

 

Zoom Climate Crisis Health Crisis

Global Climate and Health Alliance 

Some screen captures of slides in a zoom meeting I attended on the Climate Crisis and the Health Crisis that results from extreme weather conditions. There were parliamentarians in the meeting with a wide look at the need to act and prepare for the challenges now and the future.  

I continue to highlight that we need Leaders with the Wisdom of Peace and togetherness to collectively help heal and restore our beautiful planet home we all share. We can no longer afford nor permit wars on this planet as every missile launched from whoever and where ever is an attack on us all.  From the sources of materials to manufacture weapons of mass destruction to the transport, the training on use and the horrific destruction from the use of weapons - this all contributes to the climate crisis.  We will need the military but to rescue people and help rebuild damaged infrastructures. We saw in the recent floods in Valencia the aftermath devastation and how the military were needed to help people and clear the mass of debris left behind.  It is heart breaking seeing homes and lives lost and is frightening the intense power of extreme weather.  Surely as we have leaders in the COP meeting they should realise that NOW is the time for Peace and togetherness as we are in danger of losing the most valuable asset each generation has MOTHER EARTH with all her LIFE GIVING AND LIFE SUPPORT.  What use deluded power egos that think in greedy accumulation of $$$$$ and land grabbing. The Earth is our collective home and we all need to care for its majestic wonders. We need to evolve out of being the most dangerous species on this planet home and the only species that trashes its own habitat.  We need Homo Stupidus to truly become Homo Sapiens Wise in the need to care for one another and all creation.  

Flowers plus and update

Gorgeous flowers for our Nicola's birthday on the 2nd of November. Lovely colours and flower combination. Thanks to Melanie florist in Tadcaster.  There are more goodies to come when my other daughter Debbie and her husband visit soon. 

note from me on my blogposting ... not been updating over the last days as I have been ill with the cold and flu going round at the moment.  So been snuggled up at home watching International movies and drama series on the Walter Presents Four channel.  My French, Dutch and German being added to. Good to get my hear atuned to the languages and feels great when you understand without the need for the English subtitles. There are also very good actors that can get the story across skilfully even drawing you into the story as if part of it.  Love talented actors like this and film production teams that can weave their magic.