Raeisms and rambling ons!

Just a quickie...

ok, so here I am again after not being on for ages or is it more of just saying I haven't been on for a while or ages... am hoping to do a blog about "Disability Access" and using the 'red cord cards' that were inspired by Euan's Guide and Gem's Wheelsnoheels youtube vlogging... but that's for the future trying to get more info to put everything up on here!

So, the main reason I haven't been on is, me being the twit that I am pulled most of the cords out to the wires on my monitor screen not to mention my laptop overheating and me not being able to see what I type let alone get on to anything on the great internet... so my sincere apology guys!

I WILL BE BACK WITH MORE BLOGS I ASSURE YOU! Also, please email me if you see any spelling mistakes, I try and use the Grammarly application for doing blog posts etc.

Until next time...KEEP RANDOM!


Rae.

Rae's curiosities in the charity shop!

Curiocities whilst working in a charity shop!

 

Ok, don't get me wrong, who doesn't find strange things when you go into a local charity shop or thrift store! I work in one of our local quirky ones here in my town along with another one in another town.  There are just some interesting people that come in!! 

Like the pin badge lady, the waitress in the local coffee shop that does them special little immaculate hearts in hot chocolates mmmm... and also the 50p lady that comes in changing her £1's for 50ps and finding the rarist and strangest looking ones...

Then there's the two 'Bosses' as I call them you know who you are that do them amazing displays with the teddy bears, kiddies toys and also to the one fellow employee that switches things round on different days (for fun) to see if people would notice... I'm going to nick name u all in a moment...and to the quirky customers that come in.

 

THIS IS FOR YOU LADIES AND GENTS, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR MAKING MY YEAR 2019 and not just my days whilst working at the charity shops!

 

Mollie, Little Mo, The 50p lady, Mr Switcharound, Pin badge lady, the heart of E'wold, the suceeders, Mr Nuts!....

 

 

To the best mumbles!...:D

Happy Birthday Mum!

 

Here's a shout out to my mum who just had her big Birthday this year, won't put her age, will leave you to comment below your guess! ;) hehe...

Also she would like to say a huge thanks for the non edible cake soap! From her friend Sue! :D 

Nature

Here are some pictures that I have taken for everyone to enjoy.  Please note if you copy and paste these photos and share them with the rest of the world...Please tag me in them #raerowanphotography thanks! 

 

 

I love how there is perfection in inperfection! 

 

Sayings...

Geocaching and the places it takes you

Geocaching and the places it takes you - Rae

Hi, Rae here again, ok so mostly it's me posting on this blog as the mad 'Bred in Yorkshire lass'... ok, well I can't say I was born up here as I was born further 'down south' of England, UK but that's for another story and blog post may be in the near distant future! ;) ... As ever my blog posts are as Random as ever, the most thing that's a bad thing, most think it's good... I'm not quite sure what to think of it... a Random crazy Brit that has so many questions for the world and also about the birds, nature, wildlife, geocaching and all other hobbies etc...etc... you know how it goes.  WARNING... my worst thing I ever have done was possibly learn to touch type! ... It drives people insane and sometimes it doesn't help with autocorrect ...

Thanks to Grammarly, (hey it didn't correct my spelling heh!) no this isn't sponcered but wow, wish it was! ;) I can't thank Grammarly enough for helping me through blog posts and possibly even more bloggers like me out there... anyway on to the topic! ...

GEOCACHING ... I went one Sunday afternoon, in fact it was last Sunday from the date on this blog post as I am sat here, hearing the 10pm church bells ring from one of the many churches here in my little town in the North of England... trying to post pictures of the rather curious photos that I took whilst experiencing 2 or maybe more of Thorpe Underwood and villages geocaches, up here in North Yorkshire, England, UK.... there are some strange caches out there that I've seen in the world mostly many of them are on videos and vlogs from famous cachers around the world. But there were two that I found in this perticular trail of caches, whom I can't name for privacy and geocaching etticate reasons!  These two were hard, sadly me and my poor step father whom I drag along with my mother, aunt and uncle.... A quick shout out to my Step dad Terry whom must be the worlds best non hardcore non purposely geocacher there ever was!! Also to my Father John for coping with my mad geocaching addiction and both for tramming me round on these mad experiences! I can't thank them both enough and poor mum Jenny! lol. BACK TO THE CACHE!! Don't get sidetracked Rae!! (Yes, there's a cache series called that also I'll link a cache event that i'm going to below.)

This one cache was where you had to fill it up with water and float the cache out although, the twits we were a. didn't ahve any water and b. by the time Rae had got to it not naming whom had decided to cheat  instead of filling one of the caches up with water and the other with sticks that you had to poke through holes to get it to the top....mind you DAYLIGHT WAS FADING and two cachers were adament to get the damn things done lol WE DO APOLOGISE!!! haha...  ahem... here are the pics!

There are some strange and interesting places that you would never have gone to if it wasn't for geocaching, one which led me to my mums birthday party... another to a little free library... another to very scenic places.

< Rae's healthy lunch though!! 

-Rae

Smile....Breathe...

Daily Intention from Mish on Kindspring.org

🙏”Smile, breathe and go slowly. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh

✨“Ahhhh the essence of pure, radiant living. Smiling relieves tension and lifts hearts, breathing is the one thing we can actually control and deep breathing has so many benefits. Slow down, don’t rush so fast. Take your time. Enjoy your life. Whatever is worrying you right now, let it go. Take a deep breath and acknowledge that things will get better. Stay in the present for it is the only moment available to us and it is the door to all other moments. Regard it deeply, preciously.” ✨~ Amy Waltz

~ Art by Lindy G. Gaskill

 

Brownies, Tea, Freddos and happy Tourist Information Customers

Tuesday 9th July 2019 between 12- 12:40pm and 1pm and 5pm

Rae's Tuesday Random Acts

Brownies, Cuppas, Freddos and Malteasers!

My day started at the coffee morning I run with my mum and our friend Ms W up at the local residential home in my town.  This is where the first Random Act comes into place... it started with my friend Anne and 'The Capri Sun Lady' (names in this blog will be changed as cannot say their real names but they'll know whom they are!!) gave me advice when giving teas and coffees out to the fellow 'residents' there.  One person had come in and started clicking their fingers ordering a cuppa and when it had come said it wasn't right.  Anyway cutting a long story short The Capri Sun lady and Ms W then helped me with calming her down and getting her another cup of coffee! Thanks to them I don't know what I would have done... I was then invited by The Capri Sun lady and another lady who we will name her ... Ms Coffee as she likes her coffees! Well I sat with Ms Coffee and The Capri Sun lady (ok sorry I hope your all following this lol) for a nice chicken dinner lunch!  Which only cost £8.25 which wasn't bad! 

The next was me doing Random Acts to 4 ladies and 1 gent in our local tourist office... I blame my friend Sarah for that one! She likes chocolate so here we go I go and think why not give out malteasers and a chocolate bar ... couldnt find right ones so I go and buy 6 Freddos the normal original ones... and 2 boxes of malteasers.  After saying to the cashier at our local newsagents bless them that it wasn't all for me and also it didn't help me coming out and there was my Slimming World consultant 'Ms Slim' (these slimming world consultants here are so well dressed and it seems they look a bit like air stewardesses! ) haha... I gave away 1 box of chocolate and some freddos to them also to my friend Sarah.

The next one was three brownies to my friends Jax and Sarah (yes she likes her chocolate hehe)

The one after was to the 2 Costa employees in our town...having gone in and seen it empty 

The second to last was the meal with my friend and also meeting and getting cheered up by 'Mr and Mrs Poppy' a couple that come into the St Leonards Charity shop I work at every Monday and Friday (If your in my town and know where I am come and pop in and say hi!) 

THE LAST was me helping my friend home and posting two birthday cards on the way with gift cards in for 'Mrs Knit' and 'Mrs Allotment' :D 

Rae. 

Lumie the June/July Dog of the month! :D

Dog of the Month

Lumie

 

The June / July doggie of the month is Lumie the Pug. Lumie and her owner came up to the coffee morning that my mum Jenny runs on a Tuesday morning. Lumie looked adorable sat on the lap of her owners and one of the ladies that come to the coffee morning I’ve nicknamed ‘The Capri Sun Lady’  thought her adorable as did the other ladies and gents there.

If you want your doggie to be 'Dog of the Month' on my blog send your entries to raevienne.hewitt@gmail.com with a picture of him or her, short description on what they like to do and their best activities even if it is sleeping! ... and also what you would like me to put on the blog if you want me to mention the owners in it too!  Also I do cat of the month too! Send your emails me with the subject <dog (or cat) of the Month on blog > 

 

Rae.

Husthwaite and back

 

Hustwaite and Back Walking

Me and my friend a fellow female Happy Eater went on a walk around the historic village of Husthwaite where I once lived as a child. Nestled just below the White Horse of Kilburn and near Coxwold. Husthwaite has many scenic views and a new steak house called the Tomahawk. Although we could only have a drink there as the gas and kitchen was shut down. The walk along with a extra detour as the field (on one of our many tourist information ℹ️ leaflets) was too flooded to go through. So we walked back and went another way and past Baxby Manor and the caravan park near the Hidaway.
Here are some photos to prove we did the 4 and a half miler!


We went on the shorter walk 3.
 

The New Inn - Easingwold

 

http://www.thenewinnateasingwold.co.uk/

After our adventure we had a lovely meal at the New Inn in Easingwold on the main road 'Long Street'.  Shout out to the 2 men that served us that looked like they were related, one of them apparently one of the owners.

Great Food & Fantastic Drink in the Centre of Easingwold.  Would reccommend the Chicken Supreme and Sea Bass dishes!



From their website: "
The New Inn at Easingwold is a pub at the heart of this market town community. You can expect a warm welcome and a taste of Yorkshire with our offering of real ales and a commitment to serving great quality local produce.

Our popular restaurant serves delicious seasonal dishes, created from the freshest of local produce. Our head chef is passionate about celebrating the wonderful fish and seafood available from the Yorkshire coastline, so you’ll also find a great range of seafood specials available at the New Inn - especially on Fish Fridays."

They also have an app for the group of Inns that they are also partnered with so you can get loyalty offers.

Until next post. Rae.

FUNNY SITUATIONS THAT EVERYONE CAN RELATE TO || Relatable Awkward Situat...

Definately can relate to these on the vlog. So annoying! Dammit Slimming World lol.

Husthwaite Open Gardens 2019

The Husthwaite Open Gardens

of 2019

Husthwaite, York, North Yorkshire, UK

Rae, Jenny, Terry, and two other fellow Happy Eaters went to the small villages local Open Gardens which like Sutton-on-the-forest and Coxwold before them were beautifully laid out and much thought went in from the owners of their gardens.   We'd been to the other two the past last weekends back and thought we'd try the Husthwaite's turn! ... It went well, until... the rain again hammered down and we were soaked to the skin with it! Not to mention cars going my didn't even have the decency to stop and think about the poor padestrians going by having come out from looking at the houses... yep we got soaked alright.  Shame we didn't manage to make it back to the newly furbished village hall in the centre-ish of the village.  Rae and Jenny had lived in the Village of Husthwaite previously for 8 years or so when Rae was little and being in a local book that came out at the time.  We even were there for one Jubilee and Rae still has the book and mug!  

Here are some photos of the Husthwaite open gardens... especially Annabel (No 7, Damson Garth) and her purple fox gloves and great knowledge of the plants in her / their garden. Thank you and to the others for letting me photograph your gardens! 

The Open gardens were this weekend and the website ( http://www.opengardens.co.uk/open_gardens.php?id=1934 ) noted this about the Husthwaite ones "An interesting and varied collection of gardens in North Yorkshire's Orchard Village, from small back gardens to several acres." 

 

Husthwaite being famous for it's Apple Orchards and also the many footpaths and walks around it's area. 

 You can see and hear more about the village of Husthwaite and their website at:

 https://www.husthwaitevillage.com 

 They also have the most spectacular views of the White Horse of Kilburn... which we use to see out of my mothers window when we lived there.  One definate thing she will miss! 

Until next blog...stay safe and well. Rae. x

 

 

 

No net and being a Book fairy!

Hello!

Ok, so this since my last post in may has been a right sort of higgledypiggldy however you may spell that previous word sort of a mess!  I've had to change internet provider so not had much of the internet to go on *sobs!*  not being able to talk to peeps on facebook how shocking lol!

But on a good note and news I lost 5 and a half lbs in weight, started walking more for my health, re-became a book-faerie (will get to that in a moment!) and new internet with nowtv! So hopefully I can now do more blogs.... oh and another good note is that it's just stopped raining! woo ...

BOOK FAIRIES!

https://ibelieveinbookfairies.com/ 

Book fairies are people whom love books and place them a bit like book crossing but without codes, these 'book fairies' place books all around the world and can be anyone! Even me... I've just gone into York having had to get some new walking boots to go on walks with my friend Soo.

From the book fairies website noted above... they say:

"Yes. Book fairies do exist. I believe in book fairies and so do you… perhaps you’ve found a book. Perhaps you’ve just stumbled upon us by accident. Perhaps you have heard of these magical creatures who selflessly give to others and expect nothing in return."

Go and have a look at their website!

Favourite Teas...what's yours

Just thought I'd post this as a facebook friend inspired me to go and get a cuppa! One problem I wouldn't be able to drink them all as I'm allergic to Chamomile and would have the opposite effect on me!

Molly Burke an inspiration!

Favourite Youtuber Shout Out

Molly Burke

Molly Burke is a Star Motivational Speaker, YouTuber, and Spokesperson.
She also happens to be blind.  (As said on her website)

She's definatly inspired me!... and I'd like to dedicate this shout out to her.  Although she might not read* this post with being so busy! BUT YOU DO INSPIRE ME, my heart goes out for you Molly and her guide dog Gallop go on all sorts of adventures and through many challenges.

Here's some links to your pages. THANK YOU Molly for sharing your talents and vlogs with the world!

https://www.mollyburkeofficial.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSiVEnVzJQ8

*please watch one of many of her vlogs about that one!!

My 'Crochet'd Hug' - A Random Act to me!

www.kindspring.org

Kindspring is a group of like minded kind hearted people that love to do random acts for their community and the world. But this morning it happend to me! One of my fellow members on the Kindspring page sent me a crochet shawl that they called a Crochet Hug from over in New York in the great USA! I was overwhelmed!  THANK YOU SO MUCH MISH THIS SHOUT OUTS FOR YOU! <3

Aplogies about the fuzziness and the drastic picture of me haha! :D It was so kind of her and I did a rock in her honour or honor as they call it over there 'across the pond' lol -Rae.

Happy Star Wars Day!

1619 x 732 lindseyclarke.wordpress.com 

 

Great Job Lindsey Clarke!!! 

500 x 661 www.twisteddoodles.com

Shout out to the Gardening Lady!

This is a shout out to the lovely lady that stopped by to say hello and have a chat to me when walking back home from seeing friends today!

Thank You for taking the time to stop to chat to me Gina! :D

Local Businesses Targeted for RAOKs!

Hi Readers!

Costa, Olive Branch, Sugar Mouse, The Commercial Pub, The Curious Table, Cocoa Tree... these are just a few places that I've targeted in my local area for Random Acts of Kindness and also great places for a cuppa and something to eat or take away! Why not give them a visit if your in the vacinity of North Yorkshire, England, UK also let me know and maybe I can get out and give you a random pay it forward cuppa for reading this blog post! Here's a shout out to the latest one...

Costa Coffee, Easingwold

• https://www.facebook.com/Easingwoldcosta/

Also a big Thank You to Anna and Danielle that served Rae and Jax today! :D 

Pay It Forward of the day 17th April 2019

 Rae's Pay It Forwards

Just reduced someone to tears in my town ... she couldn't believe there was anyone in our town that would do such a thing...well here's what happened... and it's all thanks to my Dutch Friend Annemiek!  'Anna' as most some people here call her was a waitress in our town and she surprised me with a visit back to our little town that she lived in a while ago... she was the best waitress our town ever had it was sad to see her go back to her home country in Holland. Anyway... as she did a random act for me I thought I'd do a pay it forward when we both went out for a milkshake in one of our many coffee shops in the town where I live. So I did a pay it forward twice ... a lady came out in tears of joy that someone had done such a thing and couldn't stop saying thank you... apparently she'd only gone and got a few pence short of change and couldn't get the coffee she wanted and they'd said at the Till the lady (not that I get called that a lot here lol) had bought the next person one) and she was overwhelmed! So job done for today! :D  I love to Pay It Forwards...

Move in Surprise - Random Acts

This I find amongst all the random act videos out there to be one of the most tear jurking in a good way! Just love how these guys do it a definate kindness going on here...

20 Random Acts of Kindness.

Just a few ideas for Random Acts of kindness that we could all do, not just for our birthdays like this lady did.

A Mousy tweat!

A Mousy Tweat! :D 

Rae's Random Acts of Kindness

April Day 1

Operation #Payitforward !!

Today I and my friend Sarah went for a walk down into town to our local sweetie shop called the Sugar Mouse in our Town centre. (Details coming below!)

As Sarah wanted a milkshake and Rae thought she'd treat her friend she then thought why not treat someone else and also hopefully put this post on Kind Spring - Random Acts (www.kindspring.org) if the link doesn't work as something happened to this blog business and Rae's very confused! 

Anyway, Rae went on to pay £2 as a pay it forward towards someone's cuppa. A lady came in shortly after and luckily Jane at the Sugar Mouse in Easingwold, North Yorkshire, England, UK did most of the talking (thank heavens!) The lady looked very thankful and honoured. (The first random act that's not gone too bad or someone tearing up at me doing them!)

Also, I've put an extra 50p on top of the already 50p worth of sweets for whoever finds our towns painted rocks so if your close by or local look out for the Sugar Mouse rock! 50p is like saying half of a dollar. 50 cent? is that half a dollar? Currently 77p (seventy seven pence) = $1 (one dollar) So half that lol Hey! I'm no mathematician!

THE SUGAR MOUSE

2 Central Buildings, Market Pl

Easingwold, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Easingwold's old fashioned sweet shop, milkshake 

bar and coffee shop with award-winning dairy ice

 cream, freshly baked cakes and light lunches.

Follow them on Twitter: @mouseytweet

 

The Sugar Mouse Facebook page 

 

HAPPY RANDOM ACTS! LOVE RAE. X

Surprise Regency Ball - Random Acts

Snap chat

Ok so I recently rejoined snap chat. If you’re a fellow blogger or reader of blogs come and chat with me. 

Some inspirational phrases for you all!

INSPIRED BY the members of www.kindspring.org

Very me!

STAY POSITIVE!

February's givings?

 Hello February! 

Hope you all have a great month, my dear Moonbeam Readers :D 

The States Butterfly Effect

Track the Butterfly Effect of Kindness

 Ok, so sadly I wouldn't be able to do it here in the UK due to our  Customs charges but I found this really cool website about Butterfly Coins a bit like Kindsprings smile cards but in coin version.  At a small $ price you can get some coins and give them out into the world (beware if to the uk check shipping!) Their website https://butterflycoins.org/ says the following:

The concept is simple. The effects are profound.

Each Butterfly Coin inspires and tracks the butterfly effect of kindness. By carrying one of our solid brass coins in your pocket or purse, you’re reminded to look for opportunies to help someone, be they friend or stranger. Pass along your coin to them along with your kind deed, and encourage them to pay it forward.

The coins have unique tracking codes on the back, along with instructions to the recipient to make a brief story note about how they received the coin. Each coin has a dedicated story page, where you can watch your legacy of kindness unfold countless times into the future, forever.

It's such a great idea, shame there's not much like that here in the UK. If you know of any random acts let me know - Rae

Sharow Shananigans - GEOCACHING

Sharow Shananigans - A geocaching trail by Mel & Freddie 17 in Sharow, Ripon









Well, here is the screen shot the smilie faces being the one's we've done Rae, The Bionic Sheep (My dad) and The Harps (Rae's mum and step-dad). Mainly the all over smilies are the ones me and the Bionic Sheep have done as their mostly drive bys and the loop which is the one I'm talking about with them all clustered together with the rather odd sad face (NOT THE ONE AT THE BOTTOM, that one is where The Bionic Sheep nearly fell in the Ripon Canal do not attempt going too near a canal lol!)  The only DNF ON THE circular loop was one where it got far too dark to find after doing the first half of the loop far too later in the day! I would say if your doing a loop or trail like this do start it in the morning about 10am on winter days!

Some of the logs read:

"A good day out or rather afternoon! Poor Mr Harp lost a hearing aid hoping he really has left them at home!!, other than that and one DNF they were really good finds."

Yes sorry Step pappa Harps for mentioning that poor bloke... anyway...

we then went on the way back after going completely the wrong direction home to The Red House (building is Grey not Red! lol) In Carlton Miniott, which Rae's going to put on Trip Advisor!)

Great food, big portions and only seemed to be the one lady on and the chef, it was about 5pm ish when we got there so maybe there's more there now to help, did a great job though.

Well untill our next travels.... Au revouir, Rae. x