Attempting To Be A Domestic Goddess: Jet Harris

Monday 6 July 2020

Being Gentle With The Monster

Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one's own chosen form - Stephen Nachmanovitch

Welcome to my Monday🎈

Back on the tiny Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡

Busy day ahead....

Hug and brew time↓

Had breakfast.

We got changed.

We were too late to go on the daily walk :(

Back in Sexy Beast↓

Gets back.

Give hubby a sloppy 💋 before he heads off to the office.

Read of the newspaper↓

Gene Chandler is an American singer, songwriter, music producer and record label executive. Nicknamed "The Duke of Earl" or simply "The Duke", he is best known for his most successful songs "Duke of Earl" and "Groovy Situation" and his association with The Dukays, the Impressions and Curtis Mayfield.He is 83 years old 🎈

Jet Harris was an English musician. He was the bass guitarist of The Shadows from 1958 until April 1962, and had subsequent success as a soloist and as a duo with the drummer Tony Meehan.He would have been 81 years old🎈

^{He died aged 71 in 2011}

^{Ennio Morricone, was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpet player who wrote music in a wide range of styles. Morricone composed over 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as over 100 classical works. His score to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) is considered one of the most influential soundtracks in history.He died aged 91 in 2020.}

Charlie Daniels was an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for his contributions to Southern rock, country, and bluegrass music. He was best known for his number-one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia". Daniels was active as a singer and musician from the 1950s. He was inducted into the Cheyenne Frontier Days Hall of Fame in 2002, the Grand Ole Opry in 2008, the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009, and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016.He died aged 83 in 2020.

Plus coffee↓

A quick load up of the dishwasher.

A clean of the kitchen surfaces.

Tidies up the living room as well.

Now for a quick play with Kenny↓

Cake in the oven.

Now to write blog.......

Blog done.

Light lunch↓

Once cake had cooled down.

Decorated it↓

Red Velvet Cake topped with meringues and raspberry dust.

I got the big monster of the sewing machine out for a quick play....

Tea at 3 time

I got 3 out 6 on the Tv themes Quiz.

Time for singing to be done.

On goes the big playlist.....

Let's the singing commence↓

The monster can't take any bobbin.

So I had to unwrap another bobbin, after messing about it, the bobbin had yellow thread on it. I threaded the thread through the needle!

Here we go.......

That's the Willy Wonka Golden Ticket face masks↓

I sold my stool that I had recovered↓

I sat outside waiting for the buyer↓

My lovely material that arrived earlier....↓

Nice bit of meat free stir fry↓

Now to burn it off at work↓

Big tune to start work with↓

The sun is had disappeared when I got back↓

Big cloud coming over.

Moved the Monster out of the way, so we could watch the news and review of tomorrow's newspapers.

Enjoyed a much needed sleep tea↓

I was in bed for five minutes when the nuclear snoring outstripped the ear plugs....

Back on the sofa to sleep......

Monday 18 March 2019

I Don't Feel Like....

Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7 of your life - Steven Wright

Welcome to a sad wobbly work wheel🎡

*It's going to be a sad day for me*

It's a sad time at Job 1 as a teacher passed away at the weekend.The children will be told today :(

I am going to the Wake of a ex-postman I used to work with after Job 1.

I don't feel like smiling at the moment :(

Enjoys the first cuppa of the day↓

I gave everyone a sloppy 💋 before they all left.

I wore out my red trainers(walking 5 miles around the NEC).

I have to wear my boots until I get some money to get some more trainers!

I wore my new superhero's t-shirt...↓

Coffee and vitamin C time!

I sorted out my outfit for later...

Liquid Lunch time↓

As soon as I leave the house.

It starts to rain :(

New CD time..↑

It's getting warmer ↗↗↗

I had a message from my younger brother.

My dad(Who went to school with the late postman) isn't going to the Funeral. So my younger brother won't go!

GREAT!!!!!!!!

(Good job I am going to Wake!!!)

Birthdays Time:

Alex Higgins: Was a Northern Irish professional snooker player, who is remembered as one of the most iconic figures in the game. Nicknamed Hurricane Higgins because of his fast play, he was World Champion in 1972 and 1982, and runner-up in 1976 and 1980. He won the UK Championship in 1983 and the Masters in 1978 and 1981, making him one of ten players to have completed snooker's Triple Crown.Higgins came to be known as the "People's Champion" because of his popularity, and is often credited with having brought the game of snooker to a wider audience, contributing to its peak in popularity in the 1980s.He would have been 70 years old.
(He died aged 61 in 2010)

Charley Pride:Is an American country music singer, musician, guitarist, recording artist, performer, business owner, and former baseball player. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley.He is 85 years old.

Bobby Whitlock:An American singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as a member of the blues-rock band Derek and the Dominos, with Eric Clapton, in 1970–71. Whitlock's musical career began with Memphis soul acts such as Sam & Dave and Booker T. & the M.G.'s before he joined Delaney & Bonnie and Friends in 1968.
He is 71 years old.

Wilson Pickett:An African American singer and songwriter.
A major figure in the development of American soul music, Pickett recorded over 50 songs which made the US R&B charts, many of which crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100. Among his best-known hits are "In the Midnight Hour" (which he co-wrote), "Land of 1,000 Dances", "Mustang Sally", and "Funky Broadway".
Pickett was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, in recognition of his impact on songwriting and recording.He would have been 78 years old.
(He died aged 64 in 2006)

John Phillips:Was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and promoter, most notably of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. Phillips was a member and leader of the vocal group The Mamas & the Papas.
He died aged 65 in 2001.

Jet Harris: was an English musician. He was the bass guitarist of The Shadows from 1958 until April 1962, and had subsequent success as a soloist and as a duo with the drummer Tony Meehan.
He died aged 71 in 2011

Chuck Berry: An American singer, songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958).He died aged 90 in 2017.