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This summer has been really great, and it just seems to keep on going. My eldest son got his degree and finally passed his driving test, which means his dad and I can stop ferrying him around and having to fetch him from night clubs at 2am. He's joined a band now and can take himself off to practice, which is brilliant. It really takes a load off my shoulders.
The sun has been shining for weeks on end, and that's such an unusual thing here in England that even though it's a bit worrying from the global warming point of view, it's been really enjoyable. I've made the most of it with outdoor feasts and visits out with friends. We had a balloon ascent from the field next to my house, which was quite a spectacle.
Hubby and I went to Blenheim Palace on Sunday afternoon for a little together time, and it was rather wonderful to wander round the grounds in the warm sunshine looking at the late season flowers.
A few years back at a craft fair I came across the stand of Anna Mason, watercolourist, whose botanical studies are so very beautiful . She said that she sometimes runs workshops, but they were too far away for me to attend, so I was really pleased to discover a couple of weeks ago that she is now running an online school, which I joined. I'm uploading some of my pieces on here, as I'm really pleased with them.
watercolourswithwow.com/
In case anyone is interested.
I've been finding all sorts of interesting things to do and people to talk to now that I'm not trying to follow someone else's odyssey. That was great at the time, but it's in the past now and I'm so happy right now doing my own thing.
The movies I've seen lately haven't been worth commenting on....... Sex Tape, The Expendables 3 (godawful from start to finish), Let's Be Cops, If I Stay. Say no more. Hopefully there will be something better soon.
Edit: Went to see Pride last night, which is a dramatisation of the true story of a group of lesbians and gay men who formed a support group to help the Welsh miners during the UK miners' strike of the mid 1980s. It sounds pretty dire and worthy, but actually it was one of those heartwarming feelgood type of movies in which we learn that people who are very different from each other can overcome their prejudices and find shared humanity, compassion and solidarity in the strangest of places. Although some people are determined party poopers as well. We all enjoyed it, even my teenage boys.
Next week: Hugh Grant in something or other. Can I wait for that? Yes.
The sun has been shining for weeks on end, and that's such an unusual thing here in England that even though it's a bit worrying from the global warming point of view, it's been really enjoyable. I've made the most of it with outdoor feasts and visits out with friends. We had a balloon ascent from the field next to my house, which was quite a spectacle.
Hubby and I went to Blenheim Palace on Sunday afternoon for a little together time, and it was rather wonderful to wander round the grounds in the warm sunshine looking at the late season flowers.
A few years back at a craft fair I came across the stand of Anna Mason, watercolourist, whose botanical studies are so very beautiful . She said that she sometimes runs workshops, but they were too far away for me to attend, so I was really pleased to discover a couple of weeks ago that she is now running an online school, which I joined. I'm uploading some of my pieces on here, as I'm really pleased with them.
watercolourswithwow.com/
In case anyone is interested.
I've been finding all sorts of interesting things to do and people to talk to now that I'm not trying to follow someone else's odyssey. That was great at the time, but it's in the past now and I'm so happy right now doing my own thing.
The movies I've seen lately haven't been worth commenting on....... Sex Tape, The Expendables 3 (godawful from start to finish), Let's Be Cops, If I Stay. Say no more. Hopefully there will be something better soon.
Edit: Went to see Pride last night, which is a dramatisation of the true story of a group of lesbians and gay men who formed a support group to help the Welsh miners during the UK miners' strike of the mid 1980s. It sounds pretty dire and worthy, but actually it was one of those heartwarming feelgood type of movies in which we learn that people who are very different from each other can overcome their prejudices and find shared humanity, compassion and solidarity in the strangest of places. Although some people are determined party poopers as well. We all enjoyed it, even my teenage boys.
Next week: Hugh Grant in something or other. Can I wait for that? Yes.
Brenough! It's over at last.
Today's the day us Brits get to decide whether we stay in the EU or go it alone and float our little island out into the Atlantic. Had they held this ballot three or four years ago, I would have voted Leave, but having spent the last three years repenting and coming back to my senses after having my head turned by a sociopath, I've been to the polling station and voted for the Remain camp, as have all three of my sons. My husband has just set off, intending to make up his mind as the pencil hit the ballot paper. I'm pretty sure he will vote remain, but he likes to play his little game of 'maybe I did, maybe I didn't' so I'll never really know
Congrats to Leo
Well, it's been a while since I stopped by here to post stuff. I started painting my son's room back in September and since then have painted six rooms and laid five laminate floors, so it has been quite a busy few months of activity and quite a steep learning curve in the floor laying department. I hadn't done much around the house for a few years before that so there was a lot to do, and a lot of clearing out of accumulated detritus. I tore up the thirty year old carpets with great glee and gusto and now everything is looking swanky though I say it myself. Only the shower room and the downstairs loo to go, and I'm done. Then it's back to ga
Bond, ain't so fond
Not even a day or two after I had been moaning about James Bond in my last journal, up pops Daniel Craig on the Daily Mail to slag off his own alter ego, which was an amusing synchronicity. Even James Bond himself thinks that James Bond is a bore. Or should I say, a boor. That's rich, biting the hand that feeds him even thought I do agree that Bond is portrayed as misogynist, sexist and very lonely, not to mention a throwback to different times. He is a touchstone for the kind of brutish hyper masculinity that exists as a man trap of insensitivity and aggression. Is he suave and sophisticated? Or just a brutish fighting machine? Of course, th
Back from hols, it was a Mission Impossible
It's been quite a while since I wrote about the movies I've seen. Not sure why I stopped, other than being busy doing other things and not really being bothered about dA very much. It was necessary for a while, but things change, different directions, other interests, etc. Trying to make a mark here seemed like a lot of work for not very much return, and I don't have time for that right now.
We went to Ireland and it was very wet most of the time. No kidding, I hear you say. It's Ireland, what do you expect? We went the Giant's Causeway, and to be honest I was underwhelmed. You have to walk a long way to get to it, and when you get there, it
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