“Well done sky, good job.”

The cat seemed to like it too…

This was taken a couple of years ago near some woods where I used to live. The weather had got a bit confused with Spring arriving early and spreading beautiful blossom onto the trees. It was the snow settling on the ground, produced by a Winter too reluctant to leave that enticed us outside.

So, after browsing around the net a bit further, I read a post by someone suggesting fixing a silicone case inside the cover of a book… and that is what I did

The silicone case is a Belkin TPU Grip Vue for iPad – Clear suitable for the current original version of the iPad (iPad 2 hasn’t been announced at the time of writing this). The book is a copy of Biodynamic Gardening for Health and Taste by Hilary Wright, available for around a fiver from my local charity shop and the case is fixed onto the inside cover of the book using strips of velcro about 1cm wide, a strip on each side, quite close to the edge of the iPad where it curves up so so that it doesn’t add too much to the thickness. To keep it closed when moving it about I just use a largish rubber band.

The case is starting to look a bit scuffed up now after a couple of months use, but I don’t mind this too much, so long as it holds together which it should do with the strips of Gaffa tape fixed on the inside of the spine. Overall I love it as it disguises the iPad, is light and doesn’t mask the curved contours of the iPad making it much nicer to hold. You can even position it in a standing / propped up position for watching your favourite TED talks on.

The book that the cover came from is still usable too; glueing it’s dust jacket back onto it means it’s now become a paperback!

More photos available on my Flickr page.

Jag Mandir in Udaipur, India.

According to their website, Transition Towns is all about…

So I was right, it is about something eco friendly and groovy. There were all sorts of different ideas being presented at the launch party, among them, sustainable architecture, a food co-op selling locally grown produce, how to make your garden more wildlife friendly and bee keeping.

I didn’t get a chance to speak to the bee keeper but I hope these new bee keepers are being taught how to keep their bees ethically – i.e. to encourage the bees to produce a surplus of honey so the bees aren’t left just feeding on the sugared water that some bee keepers leave them after taking their winter food.

To find out more about Transition towns visit their website at… www.transitionnetwork.org/

There’s still a few things I want to change and tidy up, including a few oddities that are occurring in Internet Explorer but it’s the weekend, it’s a lovely day outside, and I want to go out and play in the sunshine!