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KaleidoScope: Our own gallery for members' art work, crafts and photographs.
Many of us find refuge and relaxation in creativity. My hope is that this will be a space where members can share photographs of things that are important to them - of paintings, models, knitting, embroidery, crochet, lego models, calligraphy, photographs or whatever you can put a name to. It is here for us to share and to…
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🐶 Pets Corner 🐱
The online community team have decided we need more pictures of pets around here. They always make everyone smile so why not share them 😊 I'll start with my 2 very season-appropriate black cats, Princess Carolyn and Duchess Fuzzyface! And no, I can't tell them apart 😄 We can't wait to see your pet pictures!
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Happy Hanukkah 🕎
Happy Hanukkah! Today marks the start of Hanukkah (or Chanukah) for Jewish people all over the world. The Jewish festival of lights runs for 8 days. This year it will happen between 14 and 22 December. Each night, many Jewish people will be lighting a candle on their menorah, eating delicious food and practicing many other…
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🌷🌸🌷Gardening Corner🌷🌸🌷
Hey everyone! Since “How does your garden grow” was so popular I wanted to start my own post for the gardeners of the community! Would be great to share advice and tips with others or even just post what new plants you have purchased Today I bought 6 young rhododendron which I know are a bit controversial but couldn’t…
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What would you pick for Christmas?
I think a lot of us aren't materialistic and I know when there's been these type of posts in the past we all go for things to make the world better or for other people, but you can't pick things like 'happiness' and 'health', it has to be actual physically purchasable things. You don't have to follow this theme and can…
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How is your day going?
A cold start to the day brr, how's your day going? I'm longing for a coffee but got a sleeping cat draped over me, pinching my body heat.
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Write your own music
Try http://www.suno.com It is free for up to 10 songs per day - you simply type in some lyrics and say what genre of music you want and it does the rest - it is EXTREMELY professional and produces some unbelievably good music. Try it and see …….
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Keeping friends
Does anyone else really struggle with maintaining friendships?? I'm awful for not replying to people and it's never personal or about them but something just stops me sometimes, it's so stupid too because it usually happens when I'm feeling rubbish or lonely and then I end up more isolated because I'm awful at maintaining…
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Chocolate discussion
I need to find a new source of Chocolate - not Cadburys - that's not the same as it used to be and recent price hikes have really put me off the brand. Has anyone got any alternatives that still use the same ingredients (milk and cocoa solids) ?
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When do your Christmas decs go up?
In the immortal words of Maria Carey, it's tiiiiiime! I love the lights and decorations of Christmas, so I'm always eager to get the decs up but I do like to wait until December rolls around. Sometimes I feel like Christmas doesn't feel as special if things start too early! This year I'm all about bringing in the cheer…
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Trump - again
Who thinks that Trump deserves the (up to £5 billion) that he is trying to get paid by the BBC for “fake news” ? Considering the total income through licence fees is just £3.8 billion
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Post a random pic
Post any picture that you find interesting, amusing, cool, weird, etc, here. It doesn't have to be a picture you've taken, it can be a picture you found anywhere.
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Muppets Christmas Carol - film
My wife has just admitted that she has never seen this classic film I had hoped that it would be shown at some point over Christmas but apparently Disney has it all sewn up - preventing even Youtube from showing it… BBC /ITV are not showing it. This really annoys me - does anybody know of any way of viewing the movie ?
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🎄Christmas movies?
Have you watched any Christmas movies so far this year? Are there any you come back to again and again? I've promised my kids we'll watch a movie with a hot chocolate tonight, but with very different age ranges (adult to primary school-aged) it can be difficult to find something they will all enjoy. What are some of your…
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Care act assessment
hi I had a care act assessment done around 5 months ago, the report said I am at risk but I was offered no support I asked for another assessment which was recently done, this report also states I am at risk in my current accommodation and lists numerous reasons why, but then says my accommodation is suitable I sent an…
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Happy thoughts - No Doom and Gloom
I thought it might be a good idea, to have a thread on the positive things in our lives! My greatest joy in life can be found in the shape of an 18.5 kg bundle of Staffy affection. He really makes a positive difference to my life.
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Problems posting and editing
I'm experiencing difficulty in editing and posting on a recent thread on both Windows and Android OS. This is the thread: https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/137765/feeling-overwhelmed-by-adhd-and-autism-diagnosis#latest The last time I tried, it said something like, "Your message will be posted when it is approved." Can…
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Flag Button
When I click the flag button to report something this is what im getting?
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Word association with seasonal thrme
Turkey
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My version of "paint it black skank"
Here is my version of "Rolling Stones" Paint it Black https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dzre3z96go says that they have agreed to let Norman Cook produce "Satisfaction Skank" - well here's my version of "Paint it Black" - called Painted Black https://ufile.io/i4ob0n8k
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Poem My Inner Light
Poem My Inner Light My inner light burns bright Reach great height My fight song keeps me motivated to keep rising even if falling There sign calling maybe those family members who are down me and the amazing things I doing and pursuing I have an unbreakable residence and keep picking myself back up As I will never give up…
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Posting
I've noticed on a couple of occasions that my post's don't appear, is there a problem with the system.
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Advent Calendars🎄
It's December tomorrow, can you believe?! This year has flown by. And the beginning of December is also a fun excuse to have a tiny little treat every day. I'm not religious but I have always been a big fan of Christmas as a holiday. We had a felt Advent Calendar when I was little where you'd add a decoration to a…
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Coffee lounge
how do u like ur coffee bland or normal