Living A simple green Life: Hope Rocks another wee rock is created

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Welcome to my wee blog.My name is Andy ( The Dafthermit ) . For the last 20 odd years i have ben trying to get back to a simpler way of life and finally in my old bus up here in the Scottish mountains i am finally getting there. My time now is spent taking pictures of the highlands ,making films to show the world the beauty all around and writing something that has surprised me having had a few of my stories published , Having picked up a camera and laptop in 2008 i have really enjoyeed the journey the camera has taken me on again having had a couple of pictures in national magazines, last year three of ,my films where shown at the Loch Ness film festival. anyway i hope you enjoy your visit to my wee blog

love and light

Andy

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

Hope Rocks another wee rock is created

Just got these wee pics of the latest wee hope rock being created and off on its wee journey

Breakfast is the most importent meal of the day

enjoy the journey

its a bit crowded here

ahh thats better.

yeah thats better.

it was created by Sally Hope in Wales

love and light my friend

want to add your pics then email me at and have them placed in the next Hope Rock film.

dafthermit@gmail.com

visit lille who started HOPE ROCKS click here

4 comments:

Lille Diane12 February 2011 04:22
OMGoodness! This is awesome! I've been so sick with the flu and when I saw your lovely post about Sally's Hope Rock, it made me feel like a million dollars!! I love the side article you wrote about how Hope Rocks started, too!

Andy, Mel and Sally, you guys are Hope Rock Stars!! Thank you for spreading hope to the world, and to me, by joining in on this incredible adventure called Hope Rocks!! You just never know how your Hope Rock changed a life or gave someone a reason to hope again. I'm so honored to call you my friends~

I'll get some traffic over here to see all you've done to help Hope Rocks go global~<3~
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Pam B16 February 2011 19:33
so fun, eggs and hope rocks in the morning ;-)
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Dafthermit23 February 2011 01:25
Hi Lille i am so glad that the wee post helped you while you had the dreaded flu

I love this whole Hope rocks idea of yours and look forward to seeing it grow and grow xxx
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Dafthermit23 February 2011 01:26
Hi Pam thanks and much love and light for popping bye the wee tin can
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A wee film about us on STVs the HOUR SHOW click on STV logo to see the film

Andy the Daft Hermit lives 45 minutes outside Inverness with his wife Mel in an old bus parked in a layby. This current home of theirs is the longest they have ever stayed in one spot. “I’ve been travelling now 25 years,” said Andy Lowe. “Mel’s been travelling 15. One of the reasons we’ve come and stayed up here is because of Mel’s health. I wanted to bring her to the mountains for fresh air and clean water and just a slower pace of life.” Mel has had breast cancer twice, skin cancer once, and for three years believed she had bone cancer after being wrongly diagnosed. Andy’s belief in the restorative powers of the north made them pack up ‘The Black Bus’ that they live in and cross the border into Scotland. New Highland home for hermit couple Andy and Mel “I think we both believe in trying to get to a more simple way of life,” said Andy, “but it’s strange for us because we are sort of hermits, or we like to live separate, but it’s not being anti-social… it’s just the way we are that allows us to be creative.” Andy first began travelling when he left the army. Fed up with bureaucracy he packed a rucksack and left for France and has been travelling ever since. By investing any money the couple have earned into solar panels and wind generators they now live a self-sustaining existence, without electric bills, and collect rain water “straight from Heaven”. “It’s not easy,” said Mel. “There might be time when there might not be enough facilities around, but you always find a way, you know?” Rather than rejecting technology, Andy blogs about his travels online and collaborates with artists from around the world via his ‘Scratchy Heid Film Studio’, which he runs from a static trailer next to the couple’s bus. He explained his philosophy: “My belief is that if you can go through life and you drop dead and you’ve got a balance there that slightly outweighs the good than the bad, you’ve done alright. “Yesterday, with what Mel’s been through with the cancer and all that, I had a woman on one of my sites there that thanked me for the writing, for the positive things, and to me that’s worth everything. You can keep your millions, we’re not interested. That is what we do.” To check out Andy’s artwork and video projects check out his website. MORE FROM THE NORTH