Summery time

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Nana-Nancy's words of wisdom

As the sun shone brightly in Yorkshire today, sitting and basking in the warmth, my Nana-Nancy informed me "I've never been one for sun worshipping" and on that note we ventured back inside. NN is going to turn 85 years old on June 8th, she looks ten years younger than this, I therefore intend to listen to her wise words. In we went to read Marie Claire, smoke Silk Cut 100's, drink cups of tea and eat cherry tomatoes.

A girl from Holland

CC has clogs

Braids in her hair

Frilled white blouse

Rosy cheeks

Smile on her face

Off....we....go

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On the radio, we heard this...

Sunday sale of jumble

Getting rid of old things, sending them to a new home, to be worn and loved by somebody else.

Rain, please do not rain on our parade.

S and S

Too warm for tights, too cool for bare legs? CC recently received two pairs of socks; one knee high, one ankle, one glittery, one with bows.

Socks with shoes, socks with sandals. Love love.

Tuesday

Blue nails

Bicycle tails.

Tasty noodles

Intricate doodles.

Delicate flowers

Buns baked less than an hour.

New lacy bras

A flick through the stars.

Tuesday came and went

Time with her mother well spent.

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Alfresco dining

What glorious weather England could bask in this weekend. Warmer than Corfu? Tan lines to prove this. Amazing.

CC and ST made the most of this, providing a bbq for friends in the warm May sunshine. Hot pants were worn with vintage Hong Kong blouses, Ray-Bans and Chanel espadrilles (courtesy of HK Oxfam). Marinated meats, home-made potato salad, char-grilled corn on the cob, all washed down with refreshing Mojitos.

England, you look even prettier in the sunshine.

Dove trousers dove trousers

Are winging their way to me...

Home Thoughts from Abroad

Oh, to be in England

Now that April's there,

And whoever wakes in England

Sees, some morning, unaware,

That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf

Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,

While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough

In England - now!

And after April, when May follows,

And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows!

Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge

Leans to the field and scatters on the clover

Blossoms and dewdrops - at the bent spray's edge -

That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,

Lest you should think he never could recapture

The first fine careless rapture!

And though the fields look rough with hoary dew

All will be gay when noontide wakes anew

The buttercups, the little children's dower

- Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower! Robert Browning

Exhibition Alert

Oh là là I cannot wait to see this! 'High Kicks & Low Life: Toulouse-Lautrec prints' beginning this Friday, May 14th (also my birth date). The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, is hosting an exhibition by the artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, featuring prints that show the glamour and style of 19th century Parisian theatre and daily life.

For more details click here

Fashion Fancy

Its rare that I spot something in a shop that I love, yet this colourful and quaint little range recently caught my eye and I can actually say I love it all. Ladybird brooches, fringed clogs, pastel-sugar colours, birdy-prints... so pretty, so British, super nice. I'll take one of everything please. N.W.3 thumbs up from CC.

Now where did we leave the car...

What-a-lovely-little-family

It's bleak up North

Not a soul around

Only the comfort of the clouds

Bleakness living on

and on

Bank Holiday = Blackpool

Fish and Chips

Sea Air

Big Tummies

CC in the Country

I can smell the farms
I can hear the birds
I can see the cows
I can touch the grass
I can drink cold cold water from the tap

I can laugh out loud and no one will hear me

xx Wedding Weekend xx

Six months of waiting, now two lovely friends of mine tie the knot this weekend. The sun is shining, the air is clean, smiling faces, happy times. Two outfits; one stripes one spots. Dainty shoes, vintage and new. Blood red nails: Red trickers. Perfect combination.

YES

I LOVE EUROPE (here is a list of my initial observations for this comment)

a) the efficiency of the people

b) witty remarks

c) the pace of walking

d) the cool, fresh air on my skin

e) the buildings

f) empty trains

g) graffiti on trains

h) empty streets

i) people waiting their turn

j) friendly response from strangers (including hotel staff, take-away owner, flight staff)

k) the level of people's voices

l) not having to wait for the green man (no threat from the police)

m) Mezzo Mix

n) a bath waiting for me at the hotel

Yes, Love for my Europe indeed.

Mother Nature

One day to go, will Mother Nature free the skies, dissipate her dust cloud and allow an ash free flight path home? CC and GS remain in high spirits. Families and friends wait for their imminent arrival.

"Please Mother Nature, be kind, calm down Eyjafjallajokull, rescue the residents and animals of Fljotshilio and send everyone home safely..."

If CC had wings she would flutter her way across the blue yonder, GS would follow and with his almighty strength push the ash from their path, into a whole new galaxy.

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Sky

Snow filled the skies in December

Dust fills the sky in April

Will CC and GS make it home in time...

So as they wait, they wait with Pulp Fiction and

Neil Diamond...