DUE TO EXHAUSTION..........

MY BLOG IS CURRENTLY A 'PICTURE BLOG'.
NORMAL SERVICES WILL RESUME WHEN ENERGY RETURNS!




MY CURRENT READ.

NOT A RUDE GESTURE!
BEAUTY'S HANDS AFTER DRAWING AROUND HER HAND AS SIGNATURES ON HER
'HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAY 'CARDS TO THE BOYS IN HER CLASS AND HER (6) TEACHERS.

THE CURRENT SUMMER 'MUST HAVE'.
CATH KIDSON BAGS FROM TESCOS.
THE TEACHER'S PRESENTS.
PRESENTS FOR THE BOYS.
ARIEL,FIONA AND MYSELF MADE THE CARDS.
ALTO LUSSO , JOHN BARROWMAN STANDS ON THE TOP OF THIS BUILDING IN THE OPENING CREDITS OF 'TORCHWOOD'.
NOT TOO CLEAR,BUT THIS ADVERTISING HORDING IS DISPLAYING AN ADVERT FOR 'CHEAP CIDER', A COUPLE OF MINUTES WALK FROM A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHERE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER HAVE ALCOHOL RELATED PROBLEMS.
AND DIDN'T THE GOVERNMENT WANT TO GET RID OF CHEAP ALCOHOL?
NOT VERY SENSIBLE ADVERTISING.
PENARTH PIER, IT STOPPED RAINING ON SUNDAY LONG ENOUGH TO GO FOR A WALK.
BEAUTY IN SOPHIA GARDENS AT A RACE MEETING.

WORK IN PROGRESS..........

PIANOMAN'S HOUSE

I AM ALL PAINTED OUT!

I have spent the last 2 days,with the aid of SoWhite,Ariel and Fiona, cleaning and painting Pianoman's mother's house.
I am exhausted and all I can smell is paint!
I so could never be a painter and decorator.

PUDDLE JUMPING!

Yesterday evening I took Beauty PUDDLE JUMPING in the Bay and there were plenty of puddles!
The Bay was set up for the Weekend Food Festival so there was plenty for Beauty to see when she had finished with her puddles.

AND I am pleased to say that her boots were well and truly waterproof.
Which is more than can be said for my CROCS!


It was nice that the rain had stopped and that the sun had come out.


The grass around the Helter Skelter was absolutely sodden so this weekend I predict a MUD BATH!

The Norwegian Church.
Beauty thoroughly enjoyed puddle jumping.


This puddle was so deep that it came up to my ankles!
I had to run into the puddle to stop Beauty sitting in the water!


As I said yesterday, it may not seem like it but the sun does occasionally shine in Cardiff.
The proof.


Beauty had a lovely time.



As well as these photographic memories, I also caught a BLOODY cold!
Our next excursion will definitely be somewhere dryer.

Fiona is totally convinced that adults are strange creatures(well her mother anyway!).
I belong to Cardiff Freecycle
it is a site where people give things away for free rather than put them into landfill or allow further energy to be used recycling them.
Recently I managed to get an old Singer sewing machine and a portable TV.
As well I respond to peoples requests for items.
This week I gave away some of my jam jar collection to someone who wants to make jam(I left them in a basket by my back gate as I had to go out) and I am also giving away a beginners Guitar book( awaiting collection in the empty but clean rabbit hutch).
Fiona being a product of a disposable age,cannot get her head around just not going to a shop and buying something. I think the leaving things in a rabbit hutch also throws her a bit!
However,in defense of the rabbit hutch, Amazon also uses it to put my parcels in when I am out so I am not the only crazy one.

WORDS,WORDS,WORDS.

I am writing to explain where Beauty found her NEW 9 letter word.....on COUNTDOWN!
The person who uploaded the clip to YouTube described it as a DIRTY WORD but they were wrong,however,it is important to explain where she discovered this interesting new word.....especially to her teachers!
And the word is COPULATED.






Beauty's vocabulary is very impressive, much better than mine was at that age.


At the moment, this is my favourite piece of music to listen to.


Unfortunately for Fiona, I seem to be playing it constantly.
Oh well,payback time for the years that I had to put up with BRIT POP, COLDPLAY,WESTLIFE,BOYZONE,BUSTED AND MCFLY!(actually they were all OK to listen to really!)
Least said about the JAZZ the better!
The rain has stopped but as yet no sun, the weather forecast predicts that the weather will pick up by the end of July. It feels more like late winter than summer.

JUST TO PROVE THAT CARDIFF CAN DO SUNSHINE.

DOING A DINGLE!

I seem to be spending my summer doing Dingle impersonations!



SEE!
A PARKA SHOULD NOT BE A SUMMER ACCESSORY.
The rain is so depressing, every day it seems to rain.
Last night was lovely for the Rose Inn Race and here we are less than 24 hours later.....FISHING IT DOWN.
However, Beauty LOVES THE RAIN, I seem to spend my time avoiding her puddle jumping!

REDWICK CHURCH

THE ROSE INN

BEAUTY

RUNNINGMAN

THE PACK

I am so envious, I wish I could run.

IF I'M AWAKE.....

THEN YOU ALL SHOULD BE!

I remember the late nights and early mornings being in the contract when they were little BUT I'm sorry kid but you are 7!
Please let me sleep a little longer.
I envisage not getting a lot done today and it is the Rose Inn Race tonight.
Perhaps I could regenerate a spare me to get everything done, a new me without mushy joints and damaged bones. I don't want anything fancy, just a back that doesn't feel like it is going to explode with pain after 2 minutes standing or sitting.



Pianoman has a scooter for me,he says his mother won't use it.
I could go shopping in town again and please no Davros comments!