Twinkle, twinkle little stars🌟🌟🌟🌟.

Warm wishes to one and all ❤️.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 17/12/24

Let’s lighten up for the festive season 🎅🤶🧑‍🎄🎄🌟. Starting with my message in a verse to bring a smile 😊.

CHRISTMAS CHEER AND FESTIVE HUGS ©

Hip hip hooray!
Christmas cheer.
It’s that time of year.
Again.

Dropping hints
Shopping stints
Less worry
More merry
Please.

Ding dong bell 🔔
Let all be well!
It’s jingle bells
And cinnamon smells.

Walking on eggshells
Tensions
Apprehensions.

Seasonal Greetings
Family meetings
Some travel afar
Some stay where they are.
Phew!

Fewer silly squabbles,
Wibbles and Wobbles.
Fewer family feuds.
We hope.

Less distance
Less insistence
Less being rude.
A chance to diffuse a family feud.

A chance to savour delightful food.
Savour the festive fervour.
Takes us one step further.
Festive mugs.
Hugs (sans bugs).

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©Julie Charlesworth, 2023

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A virtual hug in a verse and a couple of ‘mug shots’ (pun intended).

Whether partying, shopping or working to deadlines always finding time for some fun.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 10/12/24

From trees to leaves: some tell-tale signs of the seasons.

It is a no-brainer to simply enjoy the changing seasons and appreciate all that Nature can offer. It feels like a good time to get out and refresh ahead of the new season to come.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 30/11/24

I spent much of my childhood playing amongst the trees in a small but treasured orchard. This was thanks to my very smart working-class dad. ‘The orchard’ was his pride and joy. He created and nurtured this enclosed area in the garden of our family home – a feat of hard physical work, imagination, and love. The abundance of fruit was generously given to friends, relatives, neighbours, and any visitors to the house.

Cherishing simple important formative times and values which have stood me in good stead in running my business and life generally. The values remain at the heart of what my company does and how it does it.

This message comes in the Autumn apple season. There was always an abundance of both dessert and baking apples. But there was so much more…

For a fuller picture you can imagine the other fruits of Dad’s labour in his orchard: plums, damsons, greengages, pears, crab apples, gooseberries, blackberries, blackcurrants.

With trees, bushes and brambles galore, for me it felt like a wonderland of adventure and sheer delight!

Happy Autumn half-term holidays.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 24/10/24

[Photos taken by my hubby-to-be on a return visit with me in my early 20’s.]

I am reflecting on a moment I captured in a snapshot last month during my ‘Hockney Period’.

See the sunlight reflecting on ripples of water stirred by a gentle cool breeze. An interesting and beautiful phenomenon from an artistic viewpoint or a ‘sciency’ physics perspective.

It was refreshing just to enjoy the moment and now the picture 😊.

Art, science or both – depends how you look at it.

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by Dr Julie Charlesworth 4/10/24

What an important and exciting time this is for undergrads, postgrads, and postdocs! I am thinking about all those embarking on their studies and research careers, particularly in Life Sciences and of course generally as well. It’s time to reiterate some sentiments and messages to this new generation of scientists.

Very best wishes to Life Science students and early career researchers.

How the world and humankind need you!

How we should all be encouraging and supporting the younger research generation. For all those students and researchers driven by a passion for their subject it should be a time to really enjoy studying and research for the sake of research; a time to explore interests and have a great life and social life too. It’s not the easiest of times and research can be very frustrating with many ups and downs. It was ever thus. It is however an adventure with opportunities to grasp, whilst keeping a sense of perspective and having fun! Many of us are willing you on to a great future!

Looking forward…

The skills learnt will be transferable for many different career options. Early career researchers have much to contribute, and they deserve to be challenged, encouraged, and supported in their research careers. They also have so much potential in many walks of life and different spheres.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 26/9/24

This is a timely reminder that A Tree of Life Sciences® continues with consistency and more surprises to come.

To Inform, Improve, and Inspire!

Still alive and kicking!
Branching out and putting down roots…

Watch this space 😊

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 16/9/24

Home sweet home 🏡.

We had some surprise visitors and guests over the summer.

Meteorological Autumn is almost upon us so it is timely to recap on the simple pleasures a garden can bring
together with its little visitors.

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‘The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.’ 😊.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 29/8/24

Guess where?

[My photos from recent day trips to the Peak District a short drive from home in the UK.]

A breath of fresh air and exercise can be an exhilarating experience come rain or shine.

Whether for hiking hard, gentle strolls, or breathtaking views – sometimes we don’t have to travel far to find adventure. Not just great for holidays – near enough for a day trip,

A breath of fresh air on many levels. A refreshing change!

Happy holidays.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 22/8/24

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Many people are still celebrating the joys of graduation and the senses of achievement, but probably not forgetting the angst of exams and results days! Today, my thoughts are with those younger adults about to get A-Level results, and the university decisions soon to be made.

University was a life-changing experience for me for so many positive reasons.

I know ‘the times they are a changing’. However, I would like to think that the youth of today could have the same, similar, or even better opportunities. It is important to level the playing field for them, provide places to grow, and gain independence in life and in thought.

I am thinking of the many universities with whom I have links. I give a special mention to Manchester University because it is their bicentenary year! I support many of their aspirations and I am ever grateful to them for taking a chance on me some 50 years ago!

It seems timely to share some of my previous posts at this time of year. Positivity and Perspective on Results Day.

With best wishes to all.

by Dr Julie Charlesworth 14/8/24