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March 17th, 2007

Saturday links

Make sure your Mother’s Day flowers are fair trade
Because a lot of people are exploited in the growing of many of them. Thanks to Mad Priest for sending me this. His take on the subject is here.

Stately Moans
Really good blog by someone working in the stately home industry. Found this via Farli.

Group Games
For the times you need a game to play with a group. A bit over-adsensed, but useful.

The LA Fire Department Flickr photos
Fires and rescues and all sorts. Contains a few pictures that some might find upsetting, but not many.

Man who posts his art on his front door
He sells it to passers-by.

Church to honor turkey hit by car
It was a loyal congregation member apparently:

The turkey, which died last week after being hit by a car, regularly attended Sunday services and greeted people as they arrived

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  1. Clare says:

    Ooh, I’ve seen the man selling his art on his front door. Didn’t actually realise it was his front door though, just thought he’d ’set up shop’ on the street. I’ll have a closer look next time I walk past now he’s been mentioned here!

    March 18th, 2007 at 10:15 am
  2. Happy Mother’s Day, A Bit Early : Atelier-Beads: Around the Worktable says:

    [...] Thanks to Dave at Cartoon Blog for posting this link reminding us that we should be very careful where we purchase our fresh flowers. A lot of people are exploited in their production, and pesticides and other poisons go right along with the territory. Just something to file away until it’s time to honor our own Moms (or Mums).    [...]

    March 18th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
  3. Karin says:

    I tried to get Fairtrade roses at my mum’s Sainsbury’s today, but they had sold out. I guess it was a bit late, but I thought they would be fresher.

    So she had a couple of bunches of British grown daffodils from M&S which is joined to the Sainsbury’s store and a bottle of Surrey Gold. You’d think the daffs could have been grown without any additional heat at this time of year and so be fairly environmentally friendly, after all they are growing fine in all the local gardens, but who knows.

    March 18th, 2007 at 9:33 pm