Beach Combing

Hi again, another blog about my walking days out. Hope your not bored with these but I just can´t get enough of walking at the moment. Hubby and I went walking along Los Cristianos the other week and I found some amazing shells, stones and sea glass which I have for sale in my shop on Etsy, I did keep some bits for me. The other day we went to El Medano beach and I found yet more interesting things on the beach there. I have made a few pieces of jewellery and charms which will see there way onto the shelves of Pixiepod in the coming days.
I had been feeling a bit sluggish in the morning but by the time I had reached the top of one of the volcanos there I felt great! We have done the Red Rock before but this was the other side towards the beach, sorry forgot the name must try to take notes of the finer details. Anyways took lots of photos and felt very inspired by my surroundings.

Up the Mountains

Well hubby and me went for another walk up the mountains today here in Tenerife. It was superb. We had done part of it last week and this time parked the car a little nearer and done the second leg of it, which was approximately 7km. I managed as usual to find some amzing things, not to mention some great photos taken of nature at its best. I collected some more black tourmaline and some amber resin. It is always exciting when I find things. The wild chives were looking amazing, absolutely huge!!We were passed by three men all dressed the same in red t shirts with black lycra shorts, they were running down the mountain, one after the other. It was hilarious not just because they were running and we were panting but because they were triplets, they were identical and it was something really special and funny to see. Didn´t get a photo unfortunately but did get a photo of a rock climber, he looks fit! As far as Pixiepod the shop goes I am selling off some bead stock, need more room and new things but they are great please check them out.

Bee Aware!

I would like to take this opportunity to raise awareness about the possible extinction of the bees from our world. If this was to happen it would be an absolute disaster. We rely on our bees to pollinate our crops so we can eat, not to mention trade goods.
We also must wonder why they are dying in their hundreds every day. The theories are endless and one which I feel very strongly about is the possibility that when the bees return to the hive with a high concentration of pesticides and other chemicals in the nectar on them to take back to the hive, the levels of toxins in the hive build and build to a very extreme level. The name given to this is SAD not seasonal affected disorder but stress affected disorder. I watched a TV programme set in California, USA and it showed how one bee was trying to clean the other dying bee with his legs, trying to remove something, it wasn´t visible to the human eye but there was clearly something on the other bee that neither was happy with.
I have been inspired to make a few items to sell in my Etsy shop to highlight the plight of the bees, this is one of them.
Please sow some wildflowers today, or just leave the weeds to grow in one area of your garden, encourage the bees to a clean place, don´t use chemicals in these areas.