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Just back from a bike ride, so am feeling the endorphins or whatever it is that make you feel great after exercise.

Stopped down at the Swan River and noticed that I could see around 40 black swans sitting in the shallows. I can remember not that long ago that you never saw a black swan on the Swan River. So great to see them return in good numbers.

These shots aren't from today, but were taken in the same area, the South Perth foreshore.



This one in a park nearby.

My grandma had beautiful soft hands. Her secret: used coffee grounds.

All you need is about a tablespoon's worth which you rub for a half minute or so between your hands, just like when you wash vigorously with soap, really. Rinse well with plain water (no soap) and towel dry. Your hands will smell like coffee for a little while, yes, but they will also feel amazingly smooth.

This works best with very fine (espresso) and fine coffee grounds. Be sure to rinse under rings, if you wear them.

Last year I stopped drinking green tea in place of water (about 2 liters per day) because I just couldn't stand it anymore. I had been drinking it for years because of its health benefits but all the brands I tried would upset my stomach. Because of this, and since I just can't make myself drink plenty of plain water once the weather starts cooling down, last winter I wasn't hydrating enough and, perhaps not coincidentally, I started having skin problems. Very dry body skin, first, and then a bout of seb derm and increased flushing.

Sometime in the spring I learned about Long Jin (Dragon Well), a very special green tea that tops the Ten Great Chinese Teas list. It makes a beautiful bright green infusion with a lovely floral scent and doesn't upset my stomach. However, this tea is awfully expensive...

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Hi I'm Rex'' I've had this redness in my face the usual red cheeks and nose since I was fourteen, I'm now 33 and making a real effort to understand as much as I can about Roscea different treatments especially the natural methods of treatment, I find getting to sleep difficult sometimes because my face feels really itchy as if something is crawling on it' Has got any good tips or ideas'' to help.

Cheers''

I've been thinking of writing this post for a while now but I kept putting it off because writing about how useless a "specialized" doctor can be is such a depressing thing to do...

This doctor is the dermatologist I've been seeing for the past three years. He's in his 60s, soft spoken and has a pleasant bedside manner. Is he competent? You tell me:

One day, back in July, a spot below my left eye started to itch. I blamed it on the seb derm and tried to ignore it but it kept bothering me all day. Next day the spot was slightly inflamed so I put a bit of raw honey on it, which helped, but by night it would get itchy again. By the end of the week the itching had almost gone away but now the spot looked a little wrinkly and puffy and something seemed to be growing on it and, whatever that was, would go away after cleansing/moisturizing just to reappear next day. By day 10 I'd had enough, called the derm's office and told them I had a "growth right...

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