Some months ago we attended the Northern Film and Media showing on the big screen of the first of the Vera series starring Brenda Blethyn; the Tyneside Cinema is a favourite haunt especially with a silver screen card! There was, of course, a Q&A (pretentious!? but a very 'in' expression) with a panel of Ann Cleeves (author and dyed in the wool Northumbrian), Brenda Blethyn, the actor who played Joe, the producer and the president of Northern Films and Media; we all enjoyed the film (played spot the location) and free books were given out; I have just finished and bookcrossed 'The Crow Trap'.. Now to start on 'Telling Tales' by the same author.
It's raining
It's pouring
The old man is snoring.......
A week of stotting rain....so a place to visit indoors is the free Norman Cornish exhibition at the Gallery of Northumbria University. Aged 93 and an ex-miner, Norman Cornish captures 1950s and 1960s North East pit villages with terraces of houses, Silver Cross push-chairs,pubs, headscarves and men with whippets and pints..... and he can draw/paint; we all loved his work - being shown till early October.
I am surprised by the people who read my blog; statistics show it is read all over the world; Hi! I am flattered but can I say that if you think I am writing about something you don't like then bear in mind I don't mean to offend anyone but I suppose I could say if the cap fits, wear it; but maybe if you can't stand the heat then don't go into the kitchen so use your mouse to click the weblog off; my blog is my kind of journal and maybe presents my perception of things and reflects emotions such as hurt, anger, pleasure,relaxation and my observations on my surroundings; it is my voice offering my take on things. Everyone is human and therefore not always right in the eyes of others.
I never ever thought I would see in England what I have seen on television this week; as D said to me, " Is this what our parents fought for?" Pointless riots and looting- stealing and thuggery.
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Friday, 12 August 2011
Monday, 25 July 2011
...there's more!
... and I have just been told the wine was £23 a bottle so that's an extra £69 on the bill to share!
There's been more rain too- 6 days of downpour but at last the sun is out. Schools are out too for the summer holidays.
This has been a period of celebratory lunches and meals out for birthdays and retirements: I recommend Basilico's fish soup, Classico's starter mushrooms.... it is always this way- feast then famine. Fascinators and beautiful frocks galore on Ladies Day since we went over to Gosforth on a big Race day on the Northern calendar! 'Buddy' at Whitley Bay Playhouse was fun! Marie S. had a small part but that is how to make a small part steal the show!
We all went to Frankie and Benny's before- aaaagh! Harry Potter! I just loved it- though D1 should go on Mastermind for her Potter knowledge of all 7 books (such excitement- & poignancy it is now finished).
The garden looks a little bedraggled at present yet this should be a beflowered time; it seems to look blowsy and emptyish! D3 and I have bullied H1 into leaving the lawn uncut- so the clover is a buzzing carpet of bees! Most people have a tidy, cut lawn with no clover & no bees- but not ours!Defenders of the environment! Also hebe, Rose of Sharon, Japanese anemone, roses and the last of the loosestrife are all providing some visiting opportunities for the pollinators. BUT after the rain, while I was 'walking the bounds' I tidied a clematis only to see a cartoon-like cloud form above my head then aim like an arrow for me while I RAN! Wasps! I got stung! Just as well I had my souwester coat on which afforded some protection from the beasties!
The world has gone mad and brutal. Norway has lost its youth and experienced a bomb in Oslo and terror and death in a youth camp. I hope they don't cover the court proceedings publicly so he does not achieve the notoriety he probably wants.
In UK, recession has factories closing down all over and lots of people finished from jobs or are worried about keeping their employment; I can not imagine why people are immigrating to UK thinking it has Dick Whittington's pavements of gold. Europeans watch Greece to see if economic support will aid its dire situation.
Somehow a garden, no matter how small, provides solace and quiet tranquillity from the world; I suppose rather ostrich like.
There's been more rain too- 6 days of downpour but at last the sun is out. Schools are out too for the summer holidays.
This has been a period of celebratory lunches and meals out for birthdays and retirements: I recommend Basilico's fish soup, Classico's starter mushrooms.... it is always this way- feast then famine. Fascinators and beautiful frocks galore on Ladies Day since we went over to Gosforth on a big Race day on the Northern calendar! 'Buddy' at Whitley Bay Playhouse was fun! Marie S. had a small part but that is how to make a small part steal the show!
We all went to Frankie and Benny's before- aaaagh! Harry Potter! I just loved it- though D1 should go on Mastermind for her Potter knowledge of all 7 books (such excitement- & poignancy it is now finished).
The garden looks a little bedraggled at present yet this should be a beflowered time; it seems to look blowsy and emptyish! D3 and I have bullied H1 into leaving the lawn uncut- so the clover is a buzzing carpet of bees! Most people have a tidy, cut lawn with no clover & no bees- but not ours!Defenders of the environment! Also hebe, Rose of Sharon, Japanese anemone, roses and the last of the loosestrife are all providing some visiting opportunities for the pollinators. BUT after the rain, while I was 'walking the bounds' I tidied a clematis only to see a cartoon-like cloud form above my head then aim like an arrow for me while I RAN! Wasps! I got stung! Just as well I had my souwester coat on which afforded some protection from the beasties!
The world has gone mad and brutal. Norway has lost its youth and experienced a bomb in Oslo and terror and death in a youth camp. I hope they don't cover the court proceedings publicly so he does not achieve the notoriety he probably wants.
In UK, recession has factories closing down all over and lots of people finished from jobs or are worried about keeping their employment; I can not imagine why people are immigrating to UK thinking it has Dick Whittington's pavements of gold. Europeans watch Greece to see if economic support will aid its dire situation.
Somehow a garden, no matter how small, provides solace and quiet tranquillity from the world; I suppose rather ostrich like.
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