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Woodwork Class: Created A Star
Woodwork Class: Created A Star
One of my voluntary interests has been helping to establish a wood workshop for the Gallatown community in Kirkcaldy. My first project to get warmed up was the creation of a star which is fairly simple but enough to test our setup and think about the fundamentals of leading woodwork classes with children in mind. My only wish upon this star is that I took some early pictures of the process and…
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Fence turned into planters
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My First Polytunnel
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Outdoor Play Session Work
Outdoor Play Session Work
Today I supported a colleague who works in the Kirkcaldy, Gallatown Gardens and Wild Play Area. I work as a volunteer building and repairing items. I often find myself surrounded by kids interested in what I’m doing and I let them help because they really enjoy it. Today I was invited to support the session for a primary school’s P5’s (9-10 year olds) and it went very well thanks to the effort of…
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Today's Voluntary Training: 16 Types of Play
Today’s Voluntary Training: 16 Types of Play
Today I had the opportunity to gain some knowledge, useful for supporting child play. This was offered to me by Kirkcaldy YMCA and conducted by the Smart Play Network. The training involved learning, understanding and identifying 16 different types of play. As a parent I feel I have another tool in my parenting kit because it was also important to understand when we should and should not be part…
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Planting Tire's
Planting Tire's in Kirkcaldy Gallatown
I actually done this job in 2020 and it was the first I did for the Gallatown community under guidance of Kirkcaldy YMCA. One day I saw some activity in a rough looking area of our park and I investigated. I discovered people who had been tasked with developing a wild-space for children to play and adults to run various outdoor groups in. This was exactly what I needed to get involved in and my…
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Suffering Flu, or COVID19 in October 2019
Suffering Flu, or COVID19 in October 2019
On October 28th 2019, I Tweeted about my 2nd flu in my entire life. I had suffered flu about a year before, it put me to bed for a couple of days as I could barely move. Getting flu twice in such a short time, opened my eyes and I now pay attention to immunization dates.
https://twitter.com/Ryan_R_Bayne/status/1188657718804000769
I came across my Tweet, and was reminded that my second flu…
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My First Photoshop: Try it yourself!
My First Photoshop: Try it yourself!
Came across my first attempt at Photoshop today, from about 10 years back. I wish I had started this blog ten years back too but I’m posting this now because I didn’t.
I took this myself, a church next-door to my home at the time.
I took this on the same day as the church.
Brought it together with some lighting affects.
This took 2-3 hours, including learning some Photoshop…
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My COVID-19 Post, everyone should have one!
Firstly, As a father of four, (ages 3 to 10) I’m available to chat with other parents during this time and figure things out together. The Coronavirus is a sensitive topic but we must add our thoughts to the nations pool-of-opinions – in my opinion.
Costs of Lockdown
A growing number of people are questioning the wisdom of lock-down. On the surface, it seems sensible. Keep everyone apart…
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My Kids Say Stuff… You Make Me Sick! Today, my three year old, Kitsy. Was sitting on my knee, nearing bedtime and she says, "Daddy, I feel ill...because your boring!". She said it with a low, tired sounding tone. Just totally fed up with her Dad, cheers Kitsy!
Picard: Star Trek 2399
Picard: Star Trek 2399
“Good morning plastic people” said a crew member in an orange suit, addressing what appeared to be a storage room for androids. It didn’t look like Star Trek at first, but that made it all the more intriguing. After watching episode one, I guessed what we were being shown.
Episode One: Data
The orange suited crew were mars workers at the beginning of episode two and within a very sort…
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Single and Dating...am I Doomed?
Single and Dating…am I Doomed?
The world of online dating and how it is accepted by society is a mystery to me, probably always will be. On one side there are women judging someone like myself. based on very little and on the other side is the fact that a business wants my money, to profit and survive.
I feel like I’ve begun a journey that could never end and with every conversation that suddenly dies after revealing…
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There will never be a decade like the one that just ended, not
for me. Ten years ago I become a father, was finishing University, becoming self-employed, tasted success, tasted failure, made parenting mistakes, learned from my mistakes and never gave up.
That is the short story, the long story isn’t all that fun at all and it has a lot to do with my willingness for the challenge. I’m now a Dad of four (the challenge) and together we make a unique family, with Selective Mutism, hyperactivity and other Autistic Spectrum Disorder concerns. On top of all that responsibility and difficulty, is my ambition which has had me burning the candle at both ends for long periods of time.
I could go on and on about parenting or my experience, this post could last forever but what would be the point in that? Nope, all I want to do is blog the decade and take a moment to let it all sink in. When I do, I realize that even the great times come with big emotions and it’s easy to forget that.
Reflection becomes a tool, a strategy and a crucial step in dealing with mental health, by the way. I should know, as a sufferer of chronic anxiety which keeps my mind insanely overactive and creates what I like to describe as “pop-up challenges”, like cardboard cut-outs designed to get in my way.
So not a straightforward decade, not the worst, not the best, but plenty to appreciate because even the struggles have made me stronger. I am here and ready for another decade which still involves nappies (diapers, poo), lots of cardboard cut-outs which I smash down easier in recent months and there is my ambition which is about to take me back into self-employment.
I think after a decade, it’s time to get more of what I want but if there is one thing I have learned about all others. It’s that we cannot do it alone, that communities are crucial to sustaining progress and repeating success. I look forward to that the most when it comes to my career, I’m open for business and it will be apparent by the start of 2020.
Daddy…Ten Years This Week There will never be a decade like the one that just ended, not for me. Ten years ago I become a father, was finishing University, becoming self-employed, tasted success, tasted failure, made parenting mistakes, learned from my mistakes and never gave up.
Volunteers on UK borders, bonkers!
I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:
Volunteers could guard some UK borders, Home Office says – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42527750
This is just bonkers. The calibre of people we need protecting our borders are the people who should always earn a living and not work for free. The government will use Job Centre Plus applicants to pad the gaps in the border rather than giving them…
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North Korea Crumbles December 2018
Original news report via North Korea missile developers hit by US sanctions – BBC News
After sanctions were applied to two North Korean officials. I guess more officials will be targetted from here on. We should note how important the latest sanctions are because they deal a blow to the North Korean economy and pressure on individuals will now create doubts in the Rocket-Man.
Doubt the Rocket-Man
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Selfish Men, Selfish Husbands, Selfish Fathers
This post marks a change in the direction of my blog to one where I share personal views about almost everything. I really had to begin with something that might stand-out and get reactions. It might surprise a lot of people to discover that a man, a dad, is the author of a “Selfish Men” post, but I can explain.
Nubs, Nubs, Nubs
After many weeks of Zara, my other-half, telling me the stories…
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I miss lucid dreaming, do you?
I miss lucid dreaming, do you?
Wikipedia describes a lucid dream as one “which the dream is aware of dreaming.”. This happened to me as a teenager while I was experiencing a repetitive dream at such a frequency I become determined to change what was happening in my dream. I wasn’t even aware it was possible, I was just so fed up having the exact same nightmare every 2-3 nights.
Aware of Dreaming
Wikipediaalso states, “During…
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