One small step for our planet....

In my endeavour to make small changes to help the planet I have come across a new search engine that helps PLANT TREES with every 45 or so searches.

I don't know about you, but my laptop and mobile phone automatically put Google on screen or on top search favourite so that each time I want to research something, buy something or want to access information of any kind I use the BIG G.

Now though, I use Ecosia - the app symbol is as in the picture above.  Trees are being planted in Ethiopia, Morocco, Brazil, Nicaragua, Tanzania and so many other countries and Ecosia post news of how many trees have been financed this way.  You can read about them on their bog: blog.ecosia.org.

It is free to use.  I have been using it and am very satisfied with this alternative way of searching on-line sites.  Do give it a go and let me know how you get on.

An Italian and British merger

Book Review - The Lemon Tree Café  by Cathy Bramley

This book is a jam sandwich of emotions.  It is typically British with a flavour of Italy.  It will make you hungry and you will want more.

This family run business gets a revive when Maria's grand-daughter Rosie leaves a city job and makes a Derbyshire village her preferred place to be.  Love, loss and loving again is mirrored between the generations with tragedies, trauma and trouble befalling them both.  An old man called Stanley and a young man named Gabe and his son Noah, help them trust their hearts again.

From big business to small local concerns, this will tickle the taste buds of young and old alike.  When life gives you lemons, make lemonade...…..

This book made me seriously think about 'bitterness' and how it affects ones heart; about open doors that let the bitterness flow in and out in ways that damage relationships; and of closed doors where peace dwells, endings happen to hurtful situations; where hearts heal and become whole again.  This is clearly woven into the lives of the characters of the owners of The Lemon Tree Café. 

It's tangy, it's sharp and it's squiggy.  It'll make your eyes water and zing your mind with a zest for life.

Loved it.  *****