Graven Images.

Rather creepy I'd say...even more so when in black and white. Quite frankly not what I'd choose for a family member. Just taken in a run- of- the- mill church and churchyard in a local village at the weekend.

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Note to Self

Duly noted!
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Clematis.

Sadly every time we've tried to grow these in our garden they've conspired against us with a dose of Clematis Wilt and expired. After three attempts we have thrown in the towel and now my job is to admire and enjoy the ones others grow successfully! Oh yes and be very grown up about the whole business...I am not in the least bit jealous spit spit!!

 I caught a glimpse of this sign through a gate. A tad soppy perhaps but I liked it.

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Simon Mayor.

Back in the mists of time my BIL M sent us a cassette [yes that's how long ago it was!] of this chap. I'd never heard of him before but I instantly fell in love with the sound. We now own several of his CDs and went to see him in concert a few years ago. Well worth catching. Here he is playing "Jump The Gun".

Enjoy!

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Late to the party.

As far as I am aware I have never managed to be on trend in any part or at any stage of my life. What's fashionable tends to pass me by or even if I do catch wind of something that everybody's talking about chances are that I shall ignore it on principle. Perhaps it's a principle that means I'm cutting off my nose to spite my face but knickers to it all. I am after all the dame who only discovered that the acronym G.O.T stood for Game of Thrones last summer! As you might imagine I have never read the books nor have I seen the TV series. That's not to say I will never...I'll just wait until the fuss has died down and people have moved on to the next new thing.

Actually I'm not sure that this approach is necessarily such a bad thing for it means I'm constantly making accidental new-to-me discoveries in the way of books and films. At the beginning of the year I parted with ooh about 20 pennies and bought a handful of those freebie DVDs that used to be given away with the weekend papers [I was helping out at a jumble sale]. These are rather marvellous to watch when I am rooted to the spot ironing on a Sunday morning and has meant that I have recently thoroughly enjoyed discovering the quirky and poignant "East is East" and "The Baghdad Cafe" . These, I find, are very much in keeping with my taste in film genre...other favourites which spring to mind are Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistlestop Cafe, How To Make An American Quilt and "I Capture The Castle". Any other suggestions of titles of a similar ilk are gratefully received.

Mr GBT and I finally caught up with "The Theory of Everything." It was as fantastic as the hype promised and of particular interest to husband as he saw Stephen Hawking on one occasion when he was studying Physics at Cambridge. I know it's already out on DVD but we saw it in a local village hall. I am unlikely to watch it again so the disk wasn't necessary and this way the money we paid for the ticket helps a charity rather than some huge overpriced cinema chain that fleece you. We enjoyed the experience so much that we're off to see Paddington this month!!

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Remember You're A Womble!

It is possibly slightly tragic that I am very chuffed to now be the proud owner of this little lot:

Yes I am now officially the litter picker for my road and anywhere beyond I feel like clearing at times and days of my choice. It's a voluntary position but I'm not depriving anyone of a job as the council don't come this far up. Obviously I wish people wouldn't do it in the first place but rather than moaning about it I've decided that I'd rather be part of the solution and at least this way I can get those bits that are recyclable into the right place. First trip out this weekend me thinks.

Talking about recycling the indoor planters have worked a treat. The butternut squash are coming along a treat and are now a fair bit bigger than when I took this photo last week.

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Crimson.

"When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were red."

Hillaire Belloc

Hillaire Belloc lived in this area for many years. I can't say I have ever read any of his works but I liked the humour of the quote.

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