Wee Eck the Big Numpty

January 23, 2012 By DorkyMum in Activism, Scotland Tags: Activism, Alex Salmond, campaigning, Holyrood, Independence referendum, Indy Referendum, Let Wallace Vote, nationalism, Scotland, Scottish Independence, Scottish Parliament, Voting 19 Comments

I am nae chuffed.

Let me put that another way. I’m crabbit. Awfy crabbit. So I’ve come on here to have a wee blether about it.

I don’t know if you’ve been paying any attention to the stramash around the Scottish Independence referendum? In my corner of the world, it has been hard not to. There has been a lot going on. David Cameron has been sticking his big old neb in, the Scottish Government have released a draft consultation document, and the tartan blogosphere is talking itself round in circles.
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Project 52: Week 3

January 22, 2012 By DorkyMum in Harpenden, Photography Tags: 3/52, 52 Week Project, frost, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, iPhoneography, landscape, Photography, Project 52, winter 12 Comments

A lovely frosty morning: not the best photo in the world, by any stretch of the imagination.

But a celebration of my new photography philosophy – to capture happy memories and worry less about getting perfect pictures.

Also a celebration of my new phone and its photo-taking capabilities. Hurrah!

A Bit of a Chump

January 20, 2012 By DorkyMum in Harpenden, Photography Tags: Farringdon, Paris, Photography, Travel 19 Comments

I feel like such an idiot. I’m doing the 52 week project. I’m supposed to be taking at least one really good photo a week. Something that’ll remind me of that week, and any interesting things that I did.

So you’d think – given that I spent half an hour posing for photos outside one of the world’s most famous and recognisable doors on Wednesday – I might have remembered to take a photo of it myself. Even a phone photo.

But I didn’t. I didn’t take a photo of the 10 Downing Street door, or of the Downing Street sign, or of my fellow campaigners.

Instead, the only photo I have from my day in London is this one.
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Knock Knock Knocking on Cameron’s Door.

January 19, 2012 By DorkyMum in Activism Tags: 66 Cities, A Dangerous Delay, Activism, campaigning, charity, Charlie Is So Cool Like, Charter to End Extreme Hunger, Downing Street, Hunger Charter, Justin Forsyth, petition, PMQ, Prime Minister's Questions, Save the Children 17 Comments

A normal Wednesday for me usually involves some laundry, some grocery shopping, maybe a walk in the park, and a jigsaw or a game of hide and seek with DorkySon.

Yesterday was a little different. I went to Downing Street.
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DorkyMum goes to Downing Street!

January 16, 2012 By DorkyMum in Activism Tags: 10 Downing Street, 66Cities, Activism, campaigning, Charter to End Extreme Hunger, lobbying, Save the Children, UK Government 4 Comments

Do you remember back in November I did a post about the campaign that Save the Children are running to End Extreme Hunger? Well, if you followed the link in that post to sign the petition, give yourself a pat on the back – you’re one of nearly 14,000 people to do it so far.

If you didn’t round to signing the petition last time I posted, then you can still do it on the Save the Children website now. BUT… this week, there’s another important action you can take too.
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