Been a very tiring time - lots of work. Way behind on painting - only 1 more flower fairy done. No astrology for ages, tho I need to check what's retrograde at the moment, cos something definitely is!

Went to a fantastic presentation on climate change yesterday evening - speaker from a govt science body who shot down the idea of sunspots causing global warming IN FLAMES! He also very patiently explained to an audience member that although another ice age might happen in the future, it would be tens of thousands of years away, not 10 years away, so we couldn't rely on it to slow down global warming! I sound a bit jubilant - it's because I get really cross with the media pundits leaping onto the nay-saying bandwagon with the benefit (generally) of no scientific knowledge to encumber their widely published opinions. * goes off to lie down in darkened room*

Big dinner party tomorrow so I need to find a decent recipe for chocolate torte!

I went to see this film and it blew me away!

Most of the facts have been around for a while, but it was fantastic to see them all compiled, and focussed against the big corporations who have been denying the problem. Best of all, Al Gore ended on a high note - a 'you can change it' rather than ' we're all doomed'.

We'd been talking about getting solar water heating for a while, and this film clinched it for us! Should be in by Christmas (best time of year for it in NZ)!