Life & travel scribbles

We went for a ride on Saturday, one of those that we just jump on a bike and head towards some, previously determined, point but being more focused on a trip itself rather than its destination. Actually we went to Swindon to pop over into the Outdoors store and motorcycle outlet, for we need some equipment for our July's bike-trip to Northern Spain (Basque country hopefully). Unsuccessful shopping it was, unlike the bike ride itself ;) So this time we somehow came across, in the middle of 'nowhere' (I would say that, without remorse), an event which happened to be a Hot-Rod cars & motorcycles local festival. There, unexpectedly, we got to see the guy who built his unique motorbike e.g. from a pair of aircraft cylinders :O The Flying Millyard it is called, just stunning and unique on the world's scale: http://www.brm.co.nz/flying-millyard And he was one of the bunch of people who also came along to show off and gaze at others motorbikes and ca...

There you go, I decided I want those blinding beeswax wraps . What are they?  A natural alternative to plastic wrap/cling foil for food storage, so cloths/fabric covered with beeswax for their adherence and usability when wrapping food and keep it fresh. I also wanted to make them myself, thus I talked two friends into DIY 'workshop' at Gina's (one of them) house, we used the recipe you can find here (in PL): http://www.nanowosmieci.pl/diy-zamiast-folii-spozywczej or here (in EN): http://myhealthygreenfamily.com/blog/wordpress/plastic-wrap-alternative-diy-beeswax-cotton-wraps ... and that is how it came out :)  >>> grate the beeswax first..diligently ;) cutting the cloth which is to become a beeswax wrap soon having all the edges straighten up first... spreading the grated beeswax on top of the cloth, evenly ironing thru the baking paper placed on the cloth with the beeswax Gina making another one^^  And ...

I haven't actually had in mind or intended to transparently disclose what we do every single minute ;) but I thought it might get useful even for us to have certain things summed up and brought together in such a place like this, accessible and handy. There are some principles we try to follow in our every day's life, hoping for them to bolster up and engrain for good. So a few things we are into: - being more mindful about the surrounding environment - making reasonable and aware choices - producing less waste - being productive in a way that what we do should rather enrich than exploit among a lot of other things, like a wish to become waste-free and sustainable, if not fully then to farthest extent possible. Anyways, lately we did a few new purchases, apart from making our desk from scrap. Bamboo toothbrushes with charcoal bristles: cool-looking and compostable! They are affordable and really do the job. I bought them here: https://savesome...