Love Lane Celebrants

05/08/2024

Something to brighten your day. May this beauty give you goosebumps like it did to us💕💕💕💕💕💕.. what an incredible child

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15/07/2024

We have been seeing Growing number of birds in parks with "Angel Wing".

As we are human beings and our remit is to care for our planet and the creatures on it, we felt it or duty to share this with you.

Please do share to as many as you can. These creatures don't stand a chance of we keep sabotaging them, just because we didn't know🙏🙏

All as stated by the WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST.

13/07/2024

May these words comfort you if you're feeling pain and loss right now. Grow in strength, dear one

THE STARS CALLED YOU HOME

The stars have called you home, love.
Up high, so far away.
I think they missed your brilliance,
they just couldn’t let you stay.

You’ve shone that light of yours, love.
on all the lives you touched.
We’ve known your joy for years and years,
I guess they thought ‘enough’.

They need your light up there now.
This world grows ever dark.
Your passion will rain down like love,
dripped into every heart.

The stars have called you home, now
we’ll miss you every day.
And every night we’ll scour the skies,
to watch you, where you lay.

And when dark clouds are gathering,
and air’s too cold to breathe.
The life you lived will warm our bones,
and your star will help us see.

Words by D Ashworth

06/06/2024

If you see swifts lying on the ground with their wings stretched out, don't be afraid.
Just step forward and help them!

They are not sick, they can not take off from flat surfaces.

You need to pick them up and let them go up slightly from the height of your hands.

They should catch the wind and fly on their own.

01/06/2024

The value of Truth in today's world, matters more than ever before. We can tend to get sucked into the easy way. Take time to recognise Truth, whether or be easy or not...

The Lie said to the Truth, "Let's take a bath together, the well water is very nice.
The Truth, still suspicious, tested the water and found out it really was nice. So they got naked and bathed.
But suddenly, the Lie leapt out of the water and fled, wearing the clothes of the Truth.
The Truth, furious, climbed out of the well to get her clothes back.
But the World, upon seeing the naked Truth, looked away, with anger and contempt.
Poor Truth returned to the well and disappeared forever, hiding her shame.
Since then, the Lie runs around the world, dressed as the Truth, and society is very happy..... because the world has no desire to know the naked Truth.

Painting: Truth Coming Out Of The Well, Jean-Léon Gérome, 1896.

30/05/2024

So simple. So beautiful, So life giving, Safe haven

15/05/2024

What a magnificent portrait of our new King and love the reference to his love of nature with the little butterfly 🦋.... he has been an advocate for green, for nature, for healthy ways of living, protecting our green spaces, growing organically, natural remedies and healthy eating, his whole life.
Well the world has caught up with the "potty, alternative, Prince".... he was right all the way along... he's not perfect, just like the rest of us, but my goodness he does his best and should be celebrated for his selfless attention to the UK and the Commonwealth... I know I could never do what he does.

11/05/2024

Honestly... just got to keep it on the bucket list.... sighhhhh🙈🙈😂

05/05/2024

Why are we so completely arrogant as the human race?
Why is it that those who consume can not see the damage that this consumption does to these innocents? Who are the consumers?
Well, we are.
Please ensure that you do not buy products containing PALM OIL. These intelligent gentle creatures live in the places that contain this ingredient for our ice creams, chocolates, and desserts. Read your packaging🙏🙏🙏... we can live without ice cream, etc.. they cannot live without their forests...

Two years ago, CNN released a photo taken by the photographer Anil Prabhakar in the forest in Indonesia. The image shows an orangutan, currently under threat of extinction, while stretching out his hand to help a geologist who fell into a mud pool during his search. When the photographer uploaded the photo, he wrote this as a caption: “In a time when the concept of humanity dies, animals lead us to the principles of humanity.".....

29/04/2024

I so agree with all of this... it is simple.. live with wonder, don't suffer fools and above all, be true to yourself and your loved ones💕

I may not have even read this before turning 60 but now I totally get it and agree with Anthony Hopkins: there are too few candies left in the box, and no more time for bu****it:

“I know that I have less to live than I have lived.

I feel like a child who was given a box of chocolates. He enjoys eating it, and when he sees that there is not much left, he starts to eat them with a special taste.

I have no time for endless lectures on public laws - nothing will change. And there is no desire to argue with fools who do not act according to their age. And there's no time to battle the gray. I don't attend meetings where egos are inflated and I can't stand manipulators.

I am disturbed by envious people who try to vilify the most capable to grab their positions, talents and achievements.

I have too little time to discuss headlines - my soul is in a hurry.
Too few candies left in the box.

I'm interested in human people. People who laugh at their mistakes are those who are successful, who understand their calling and don't hide from responsibility. Who defends human dignity and wants to be on the side of truth, justice, righteousness. This is what living is for.

I want to surround myself with people who know how to touch the hearts of others. Who, through the blows of fate, was able to rise and maintain the softness of the soul.

Yes, I hustle, I hustle to live with the intensity that only maturity can give. I'll eat all the candy I have left - they'll taste better than the ones I already ate.
My goal is to reach the end in harmony with myself, my loved ones and my conscience.

I thought I had two lives, but it turned out to be only one, and it needs to be lived with dignity.”

28/04/2024

Nature is quite magnificent. Balanced, beautiful, simple and lawful...We, as humans, do manage to consistently throw a spanner in the works. Who's shaking your jar?

Did you know that if you put 100 black ants and 100 red ants in a jar, nothing will happen? But if you shake the jar hard, the ants start killing each other. The red ants consider the black ants their enemies, and the black ants consider the red ants their enemies. The true enemy is the one shaking the jar. The same thing happens in human society. So, before we attack each other, we should think about who is shaking the jar!

Words- Kurt Vonnegut

24/04/2024

When you really look at this, you realise that universal love is the only way in which the world has the ability to change.
What does universal love mean?
It means recognising that all life, regardless of the form that it takes, needs to be respected and treated gently...
This amazing lady has recognised this simple Truth...

https://youtu.be/Jp5YZNpa1yQ?si=7b0bUnbH8oTar5P_

In this interview, 103 year old, Dr. Gladys McGarey, shares the secrets to live longer and healthier. For more, we recommend Dr. Gladys' new book: The Well-...

17/04/2024

Remember this Kenyan runner Abel Mutai who was just a few feet from the finish line, but became confused with the signage and stopped, thinking he had completed the race. A Spanish runner, Ivan Fernandez, was right behind him and, realizing what was happening, started shouting at the Kenyan to continue running. Mutai didn't know Spanish and didn't understand. Realizing what was taking place, Fernandez pushed Mutai to victory.

A journalist asked Ivan, "Why did you do that?" Ivan replied, "My dream is that someday we can have a kind of community life where we push and help each other to win."
The journalist insisted "But why did you let the Kenyan win?" Ivan replied, "I didn't let him win, he was going to win. The race was his." The journalist insisted, and again asked, "But you could have won!" Ivan looked at him and replied, "But what would be the merit of my victory? What would be the honor in that medal?
What would my Mother think of that?"

Values are passed on from generation to generation.

What values are we teaching our children?

Let us not teach our kids the wrong ways and means to WIN.
Instead, let us pass on the beauty and humanity of a helping hand. Because honesty and ethics are WINNING!

26/03/2024

Just imagine the ability to render solid stone transparent. Giovanni Strazza possessed this incredibly rare artistic talent. His masterpiece, "The Veiled Virgin," carved from flawless Carrara marble, stands as one of the most astounding achievements in the history of sculpture.
Strazza's mastery of the "wet drapery" technique carried on the tradition of other Italian sculptors like Giuseppe Sanmartino, who, a century earlier, had crafted mesmerizing marble veils, exemplified by the renowned "Veiled Christ."
This artistic tradition can be traced back to earlier sculptors, including renowned Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo, as well as the ancient masters from Greece's Hellenistic era, who were celebrated for their intricate depictions of fabric folds.
However, in the mid-19th century, Strazza pushed this technique to its limits. The delicate, layered effect he achieved allows the observer to distinctly perceive Mary's facial features through the translucent veil while simultaneously creating the illusion of weightlessness.
The process of how he transformed solid stone into something so soft and fluid, using only basic hand tools, remains a profound mystery.

23/03/2024

“I walked around your garden, there was a lot of food scattered around for the birds, a lot more than they could eat. I was really hungry and thought maybe I'll eat something. " "
I came back the next day and again the next day; you kept putting so much food out for me.

Then you notice me
"What a disgusting, filthy mouse!" ” I heard you say. Then I saw another man coming with black boxes.
I heard you said I carry many dangers if you don't kill me I carry many diseases.
Truth is i would never hurt you.
Think about it: how many people do you know who got sick from me?

I took food out of these boxes but it was poisonous. I didn't know and ate it.
Feeling really sick right now stomach hurts The pain is getting worse, it's unbearable, I feel like dying. Who's looking after my puppies now? They are still young, they will slowly starve, cry and wonder where their mom and dad are.

After several days of immense agony, I died.
I heard you say someone poisoned the cat and how cruel that was. But u poisoned me too Is my life less important just because I'm smaller and different?
I'm nobody's pet, but I also feel pain, I also suffer, I also fear... So why do you think poison is right for me?

You know your actions don't only concern me, Mr. Owl caught my little brother poisoned him and fed him to his little ones.
Now everyone is slowly dying because of you. Do they also deserve to die?

The man in the black boxes says I must die but he makes money killing my kind. How honest can it be in your opinion?

Think about it now what will happen?
I'm gone, y'all keep putting food out, my friends come over and it all starts again. What has changed ?

"Smaller animals" you define us without realizing we are creatures just like you. We respect you and we don't hurt you, why do you hate us so much?”

22/03/2024

Wishing our beautiful, kind, gentle, future Queen and all others who may be suffering, including KingCharles, the very best of health. Cancer touches us all😞

15/03/2024

This incredible human being brings his 19 year old dog to the lake everyday, to give him couple hours of sleep and sweet dreams. Shep can not sleep - he suffers from chronic arthritis. The joints hurt so much that the animal could barely pull on its hind legs.
To save the animal from its torments, veterinarians offer to give it a lethal injection. However, the owner
he can not do that to his friend who saved him from su***de in the past.
And now, to ease the pain of his four-legged friend, the man carries him to the lake and holds him in his arms for several hours so that he can sleep.
Words cannot express this. When you give love, it comes back to you ten times over.
"I want people to remember that when they see these shots," said Shep's owner, John Enger. ❤️

14/03/2024

My dad has bees.Today I went to his house and he showed me all of the honey he had gotten from the hives. He took the lid off of a 5 gallon bucket full of honey and on top of the honey there were 3 little bees, struggling. They were covered in sticky honey and drowning. I asked him if we could help them and he said he was sure they wouldn't survive. Casualties of honey collection I suppose.
I asked him again if we could at least get them out and kill them quickly, after all he was the one who taught me to put a suffering animal (or bug) out of its misery. He finally conceded and scooped the bees out of the bucket. He put them in an empty Chobani yogurt container and put the plastic container outside.
Because he had disrupted the hive with the earlier honey collection, there were bees flying all over outside.
We put the 3 little bees in the container on a bench and left them to their fate. My dad called me out a little while later to show me what was happening. These three little bees were surrounded by all of their sisters (all of the bees are females) and they were cleaning the sticky nearly dead bees, helping them to get all of the honey off of their bodies. We came back a short time later and there was only one little bee left in the container. She was still being tended to by her sisters.
When it was time for me to leave we checked one last time and all three of the bees had been cleaned off enough to fly away and the container was empty.
Those three little bees lived because they were surrounded by family and friends who would not give up on them, family and friends who refused to let them drown in their own stickiness and resolved to help until the last little bee could be set free.
Bee Sisters. Bee Peers. Bee Teammates.
We could all learn a thing or two from these bees.
Bee kind always.

10/01/2024

In Canada, a brilliant idea to connect nursing homes and orphanages.
The result exceeded all expectations!
The elderly found loving grandchildren, and the orphans felt for the first time what maternal, fatherly love, and care is.
Doctors observe the improvement of all vital functions in older people, great interest in life is visible in the eyes.
Before the children came from the orphanage, the seniors looked more like mummies.
At first, the children who refused to be cuddled, fearful, insecure, and sad became ordinary noisy and cheerful children.
Some found a family they never had, others felt the heat of a house full of grandchildren.
Perfect solution for smart people who understand that children need love and lonely seniors and feel loved and useful.

This is a great idea that should be developed in more countries worldwide❤️
~J Fund~

02/01/2024

May you find serenity and tranquility in a world you may not always understand. ...May the pain you have known and the conflict you have experienced give you the strength to walk through life facing each new situation with courage and optimism. Always know that there are those whose love and understanding will always be there, even when you feel most alone. May you discover enough goodness in others to believe in a world of peace. May a kind word, a reassuring touch, and a warm smile be yours every day of your life, and may you give these gifts as well as receive them. Remember the sunshine when the storm seems unending.
Blessings of peace, much love and light... AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

29/11/2023

🦔If you find a "dead" hedgehog during the cold months, do not bury it, do not throw it in the trash🙏...

🦔No one wants to see a dead animal in their garden or road, but it could be a hedgehog hibernating from November to March.

🦔They usually dig holes to stay safe, but we have less green areas, bushes or forests, and it’s becoming harder to find a safe place to spend the winter sleeping.

🦔Some may come into your gardens seeking safety and warmth to hibernate, some are so exhausted from looking that they end up sleeping in various strange places like roadside streets or even on pavements.

🦔When they are in hibernation, their heart rate and general body functioning slow down considerably, as a way of saving energy that can confuse a person that the hedgehog is dead.

🦔Just in case you see a stationary hedgehog, make sure it is in a safe and warm place and that it can last five months.🦔

🦔If you find a hedgehog in your garden or somewhere on the street, make a hole in a cardboard box and in a dry, safe and quiet place so it can spend the cold months there.

🦔Hedgehogs are an endangered species, they are completely harmless and very important in our ecosystem. They eat beetles, snails, frogs, lizards, snakes, including poisonous.

🦔They also destroy mice nests.

🦔They are not afraid of bees or wasps. The hedgehog can easily destroy a hornet's nest and eat its inhabitants by ignoring their bites.

🦔Scientists have long noticed the immunity of hedgehogs to strong poisons, including bites from insects. This antidote phenomenon is not yet known to scientists.

🦔Be aware when you see a hedgehog in the cold months. It costs nothing to help such a fragile wee thing.

🦔PLEASE don't leave Halloween pumpkins lying about as they are poisonous to hedgehogs🙏🙏

Let's be kind to all animals!

27/10/2023

For the young men I know, my son, nephews, and friends.

Here are some words of wisdom you might have missed out on - written a very long time ago, so some old fashions, but wisdom never ages.

Buy high-quality tools, so you only have to buy them once.

Keep a change of clothes at the office or in the car.

Always be kind and gentle to animals, to all creatures. How you treat an animal shows your depth of character.

Never hit anyone unless they are an immediate threat.

Every hat, physical or figurative, should serve a purpose.

Never take her to the movies on the first date - talk to one another.

Learn to truly listen to your woman. Give her the time and space to speak.

It's always the small things that matter to a woman. Look after the small things.

Nothing looks more badass than a well-tailored suit.

Shave with the grain on the first go-around - learn to wet shave.

Always look at a person in the eye when you talk to them.

Buy a plunger before you need a plunger.

Exercise makes you happy. Run, lift, and play sports.

Brush your teeth before you put on your tie and never wear a clip-on tie.

A small amount of your salary should go directly to your savings account every month.

Call Mom and Dad every week.

Give a firm handshake, and never hurt someone with your handshake.

Compliment her sincerely.

Never leave a pint unfinished.

If you aren’t confident, fake it. It will come around - and never be arrogant.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of things that bother him.

Be conscious of your body language.

The only reason to ever point a gun at someone is if you intend to shoot them, period. Don't get yourself into such a situation in the first place.

Always stand to shake someone’s hand.

Never lend anything you can’t afford to lose.

Ask more than you answer. Everybody likes to talk about themselves.

Never have s*x with anyone who doesn’t want it as much as you.

Go for women out of your league. You may end up surprised.

Manliness is not only about being able to take care of yourself, but others as well.

Go with the decision that will make for a good story and satisfy your urge for adventure.

When you walk, look straight ahead, not at your feet.

Be kind, courteous, and well mannered to all the people that you meet.

Find your passion and figure out how to get paid for it.

Don’t let the little head do the thinking for the big head - stay focused.

No matter their job or status, everyone deserves your respect.

The most important thing you can learn is personal responsibility. Bad things happen; it’s your job to overcome them.

The first one to get angry loses.

A man does what needs to be done without complaining.

A man always keeps his word.

A man always does what he says he will do.

Never stop learning. You never know it all.

Never be afraid to cry.

It's ok to make a mistake, it's not ok to repeat that mistake.

Never be afraid to say, I'm sorry BUT mean it when you say it. Don't be fake.

It's quite ok to have emotions and to show them, but take care of who you show them to.

Always go out into public dressed like you’re about to meet the love of your life.

Don’t change yourself just to make someone happy.

If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room.

Luck favours the prepared. Learn to plan.

Women find confidence s*xy as hell.

Do whatever you want to do, but be the best at it.

No one is on their deathbed, wishing they spent more time at work.

Take time to be still every day.

Commune with nature, your family, your animals, and always eat together so your family can be heard.

Be unafraid of being a good man - our world needs good men.

06/09/2023

In Stourbridge's heart, a tale to tell,
A cycle hire bike, its fate befell,
In West Midlands' charm, it once did ride,
Now damaged and abandoned, left aside.

On the ring road's path, it met its doom,
In a subway's shadows, like a silent tomb,
Once pedaled with purpose, now forgotten and forlorn,
In the heart of Stourbridge, where it was born.

Its wheels once spun with freedom's grace,
Now it's just a relic of a distant race,
A symbol of journeys that have come to an end,
In the ring road's subway, around the bend.

The paint's worn out, and the tires deflated,
Once a symbol of mobility, now outdated,
Yet amidst the neglect, a story it retains,
Of travels, adventures, and the West Midlands' plains.

So remember this bike, left all alone,
In the Stourbridge subway, its final home,
A reminder of journeys and places it's seen,
In the heart of West Midlands, where it's been.

Poem by M. Ffloid

20/08/2023

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE 1% ERS:

99% of people born between 1930 and 1946 (GLOBALLY) are now dead.
If you were born in this time span, your ages range between 77 and 93 years old (a 16-year age span) and you are one of the rare surviving one-percenters.

You are the smallest group of children born since the early 1900's.
You are the last generation, climbing out of the depression, who can remember the winds of war and the impact of a world at war that rattled the structure of our daily lives for years.
You are the last to remember ration books for everything from tea to sugar to shoes. You saved tin foil and poured fried meat fat into cans.

You can remember milk being delivered to your house early in the morning and placed in the "milk box" at the front door. Discipline was enforced by parents and teachers. You are the last generation who spent childhood without television and instead, you “imagined” what you heard on the radio.
With no TV, you spent your childhood "playing outside". There was no city playground for kids. The lack of television in your early years meant that you had little real understanding of what the world was like.

We got “black-and-white” TV in the late 50s that had 3 stations and no remote.
Telephones (if you had one) were one to a house and hung on the wall in the kitchen (who cares about privacy). Computers were called calculators; they were hand-cranked. Typewriters were driven by pounding fingers, throwing the carriage, and changing the ribbon. INTERNET and GOOGLE were words that did not exist.

Newspapers and magazines were written for adults and your dad would give you the comic pages after he read the news. The news was broadcast on your radio in the evening. The radio network gradually expanded from 3 stations to thousands.

New highways would bring jobs and mobility. Most highways were 2 lanes and there were no Motorways. You went downtown to shop. You walked to school.
Your parents were suddenly free from the confines of the depression and the war, and they threw themselves into working hard to make a living for their families.

You weren't neglected, but you weren't today's all-consuming family focus. They were glad you played by yourselves. They were busy discovering the postwar world. You entered a world of overflowing plenty and opportunity; a world where you were welcomed, enjoyed yourselves. You felt secure in your future, although the depression and poverty were deeply remembered.
Polio was still a crippler. Everyone knew someone who had it.

You are the last generation to experience an interlude when there were no threats to our country. World War 2 was over and the cold war, terrorism, global warming, and perpetual economic insecurity had yet to haunt life. Only your generation can remember a time after WW2 when our world was secure and full of bright promise and plenty. You grew up at the best possible time, a time when the world was getting better.

More than 99% of you are retired now, and you should feel privileged to have "lived in the best of times!" If you have already reached the age of 77 years old, you have outlived 99% of all the other people on this planet. You are a 1% er
And if you are lucky enough to stop be with your life partner, then you are even more rare....

19/08/2023

I can't take him/her to the beach for a walk because it bothers you on your holiday.

You don't allow me to rent a house if I have a dog, nor can I put him/her on public transport.

However, I can take him to the rubble to look for you after an earthquake,
in the forest after you got lost in the mountains and you had no map or GPS; under the snow, because you did a forbidden off-piste;
in the water, because despite the red flag, you swam there.
During a fire because your family needed rescuing.
To rescue your child who was drowning in a canal or river.
To sniff out medical conditions, drugs, explosives, and the list goes on..
To help those in need.
He/she goes wherever you need them to go because finally, it is "just" a dog ... but he/she will find you.

Dedicated to all those who do not love and who do not know how to love anything other than themselves - may you find love in your life for more than your own small world.
Dedicated to these amazing non-human creatures who give with all their hearts, despite what we do to them❤️❤️❤️