One more return .....

My feelings as I once more 'return' to posting to the blog, my feelings are somewhat negative.
I have a feeling of failure - the name of the blog might suggest a daily, or almost daily posting, and if I had done a daily posting, by now I would be well on the way to clearing the 'stuff' to be dealt with.
Instead, I am increasing my discouragement by allowing myself to permit what I am now calling 'creeping chaos'.
Well, I took some photos three weeks ago, meaning them for this blog, so here goes - the only problem is that I like the items so much I don't want to throw them out!

This first image shows the various items I collected at the Science Gallery 'Maker Faire' on July 14. I had a great day there on my own, especially looking at various applications of Arduino. However, since then I have been so involved with gardening and deck restoration that I haven't done a thing. When is SCIENCE going to work out a way for us to add some extra hours to our day, or an extra day or two to our month!
First item is a catalogue of the plants in the Trinity College Physic Garden - a collection of plants traditionally used for medicines before pharmaceuticals became big business. This is valuable information. I have put it with my beloved Maud Jepson Biological Drawings. I couldn't throw this out, now could I!

Second item is actually two items. At the top of the image is the admission ticket from my booking online. Underneath is a map of the show - and of course I couldn't throw the map out, otherwise I wouldn't know exactly how to find my way back to the Physic Garden.

Third image is from a stall which dealt with making solar energy from a process inspired by photosynthesis. Also included is a chart showing bands of light. I kept this brochure in case I want to contact the person I was talking to (to hear how the project is going). Yes, I admit, it is unlikely that I will contact her, but I am very interested in the project, and even if I only want to look it up again on the internet, I will need the brochure to remind me what the process is called.

Fourth image came from a delightful stall that for 2 Euros gave children, and mad adults like me the chance to try our hand at soldering.
I had tried soldering before, and was not good at it (in fact I was very slow and very messy). The tutor at the table I went to was very patient, and I am delighted with the badge I made which works! The details of those who ran the workshop are on the bookmark - now wouldn't I be mad indeed to throw those out, so I kept them both.

Fifth image is another LED (light emitting diode) with a battery, held in contact with masking tape - talk about simple technology. The woman who gave it to me had no real idea just how wonderful this simple device was to me. She said: "but everyone knows that when you switch on the light, it comes on".  My delight is that I now have an idea why this happens. This is valuable educational material and has been added to my electronics box of tricks - certainly not thrown out.

Image six shows a bracelet I think I got from the woman who was doing the experiment with solar power.
When these beads are indoors they are pale, even white, but when they are outdoors, they are full of colour. They show when there is UV light around and therefore when suncream is needed. I use Factor 50 every day, so I haven't used it yet, but my plan is to do so, therefore I haven't thrown it out either - and I didn't throw out the wrapping, after all, I might need the address or the manufacturer's name at some stage.

Maybe I should be considering changing the name of the blog to What I didn't Throw out Today