POST SCRIPT

My children want me to let you all know that it was not as bad as I made out!

HOLIDAY END

WE ARE HOME.....and we had a lovely time.
We returned to a house full and garden full of washing, all washed and drying BUT so much.
Only four towels were left unwashed plus two bath mats. I asked SnoWhite what she would have done if all the towels had been used, she replied
OH THAT'S OK
I WOULD HAVE USED THE BATH MATS!
Seriously!
And both washing machines were going and so were both dishwashers, so obviously yesterday was spent drying mountains of washing.
I am so grateful that I have a front and back garden even if they are tiny. A lot of cities in Europe tend to mostly have apartments,I don't know how I would cope without an outdoor space.
I also found the kitchen table cloth shredded from teenagers failing to use a chopping board!
Plus the ironing board is damaged but still usable but thankfully the animals were all alive and well cared for, I left the same message that I always leave when I go away.....if something happens to the animals DO NOT try replacing them,I will tell the difference. No pigs could ever be as mad as ours or a bunny so cute.
Oh Yes.....and I came home to tales of free range mice in the house!
I love animals but definitely not the type that suddenly appear and scare the life out of you.

Today, in amongst cleaning the house and doing the washing, I managed to stop by some charity shops and buy some books. I got some bargains.
I was looking for Patricia Cornwell books as I had read one on holiday and thought I would like to read the rest of the series.I managed to find one Cornwell book, Predator from the Scarpetta series.
I also bought the following
P.D James Death in Holy Orders
Beat Route Around the World with Jools Holland
Johnny Depp A Kind of Illusion
XINRAN The Good Women of China
Katie Fforde Paradise fields
Daphne De Maurier Frenchman's Creek
Ellis Peters The Seventh Cadfael Omnibus

Well that's my summer taken care of!
Because of my back problems I find it hard to do anything for long periods of time so I do some work, have a short break when I read a little and then back to work.
It seems to work fro me.
Oh and of course I include a short nap during the day and I'm sorted!

IN BENIDORM!

YES REALLY.
AND YESTERDAY I SAW ROLAND RIVRON IN THE STREET.....HOW WEIRD IS THAT.
SUNNY AND HAVING FUN.
WISH YOU WERE HERE.
MORE NEWS TOMORROW.

I'M FAIR TUCKERED OUT!

Yesterday I picked Belle up from Heathrow and I am exhausted.
We left the house at 5am to pick Belle up for approximately 7am and as I didn't get much sleep during the night I was left pretty exhausted. Needless to say that last night I slept like a log, when I awoke this morning my joints were so stiff I could barely walk, I was waddling along like a VERY pregnant women(not that I am of course!). My eyes were the funniest as they were so swollen with tired I could barely open them, such an attractive description.
This morning I was so tired it was a case of FORGET THE DIET and I had hot buttered toast for breakfast to give me that carb buzz that my body is addicted to.
Beauty is thrilled that Belle is home and cannot stop hugging her.
We had a picnic last night in the park by Waterloo Gardens, it was dusk and we had fish and chips(well not the vegetarians amongst us, we just had chips) and Beauty loved it.

This morning I dropped ANOTHER painting off at college. I had decided my final piece was not complete and I needed to do an example of my work in a different layout.


Sorry it isn't very clear.
What do you think Anastasia?



















In the park opposite the college I noticed these flowere and I thought they were beautiful so I
had to photograph them.

























































































































Not clear but you can still see how pretty they are.

ME TAKING STUPID LESSONS!

I sometimes wonder who is the most stupid.....me or the guinea pigs!
The first rule of being a parent-
KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILD IS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
It is also rule number 2 and 3!
I accuse the guinea pigs of being stupid because every day when I go to bring them in for the night they always run in their hutch to the same place to hide- the easiest place for me to pick them up-just under the lifting roof!
However, yesterday I made the mistake of leaving my little Beauty alone for 2 minutes and this was the result.

This is my cooker top absolutely covered in expensive eco-friendly cream cleaner that Beauty decided to empty out completely!























And what did I say was rule number 2 of being a parent?
OH yes.....

KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILD IS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

Whilst I was cleaning up the above mess the Beauty was doing the following.










































However, as Pollyanna would have said I SHOULD BE GLAD!
And can anyone guess why I should be glad?
Because this gave me the perfect excuse to clean the video cupboard, Belle is coming for a visit from the US on Thursday and she LOVES the family video collection.























Notice the hole in the armchair.....well I refuse to replace the chair until my little Beauty has totally destroyed it!
It looks fine with a throw over it.



















Beauty is a little angel, a destroying angel!


















This is the montage that I created for TRUE LOVE'S FIRST KISS.
As a piece of art work it is poop BUT I only created it to be used in a reduced form on my picture.
Castell Coch is a Castle on the outskirts of Cardiff.

CASTELL COCH

TRUE LOVES FIRST KISS

They say it isn't over until the fat lady sings.....well this fat lady is definitely singing!
My final art project is finished and in and awaiting marking.