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Showing posts with label Night Owl. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Night Owl. Show all posts

Sunday 23 August 2020

Walking We Will Go....

“Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until they speak.” – Steven Wright
Welcome to my Sunday๐Ÿพ
Another night enjoying the king size bed instead of the sofa....\o/
We were up early to do our daily walk..
But first↓
 Brew and Hug time↑
Breakfast.
Dressed.
Out for a longer walk↓

 Scrap metal anyone?↑

 My brother has repainted the garage door white. Hopefully there will be a For Sale board up soon↑

Up the steps we go.
We get our newspaper,
And now to walk back.
Over the bridge we go↗↗ 


 Under another bridge↑
 Nice mini-van↑
 Gets home after 45 minutes.
We drops off our sons for their little walk.
I visit and tidy up my parent's grave↓
Then off to Asda↓
 They sold out of their Ham Hocks.
While my hubby waited in the car, I got two lovely plants from B&Q.
Then we drives to Sainsburys.
 We waited for the rain to go.
We got a Ham Hock for my neighbour.
Enjoyed a much needed coffee↓
 Back home in the sunshine↓
 Planting plants time↓
 We collected all the veg that was growing in my garden↓


Late lunch time↓

 Now to watch a great film↓
 Nothing else was any good on television.
Out came the NYPD Blue boxset again.
 I also read today's newspaper...
 Vera  Miles is a retired American actress who worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane in the classic 1960 film Psycho, reprising the role in the 1983 sequel Psycho II. Other films in which she appeared include Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955), The Searchers (1956), Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956), A Touch of Larceny (1959), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Follow Me, Boys! (1966), Sergeant Ryker (1968) and Molly and Lawless John (1972)She is 91 years old ๐ŸŽˆ 
Geoff Capes is a British former shot putter, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor.
As an athlete he represented both England and Great Britain in field athletics, specialising in the shot put, an event in which he was twice Commonwealth champion, twice European indoor champion, and three-time Olympian.
As a strongman, he twice won the title of World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion on two occasions, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man.
As a Highland Games competitor he was six times world champion,first winning the title in Lagos in 1981,and held world records in numerous events. Following retirement from competitive sport he continued to be involved in strength athletics as a referee, event promoter and coach. He also ran a sportswear retail shop, and became renowned as a world-class breeder of birds. Capes stood 197 cm (6 ft 5 12 in) and weighed 170 kilograms (370 lb) at his peak condition.He is 71 years old ๐ŸŽˆ
 Husband woke up after the second episode had finished.
I had to put on the tumble drier.
Cup of tea
 With hot dogs for tea↓
 Afterwards,
Hubby got his things ready to take to work tomorrow.
I have one full week left before I go back to my school jobs....
Back onto the boxset for one final episode↓
With my sleep tea↓
 We all had a early night....
Which I hope I won't be woken up too early by snoring again....
(The clue is the end song↓)




Wednesday 15 April 2020

Time To Play With Him Again!

Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find - Peter Ustinov
Welcome to my lockdown Hump of the Week ๐Ÿช๐Ÿซ๐Ÿช

The sun was back \o/
 I had a lovely hug and a cup of tea↑
We had breakfast,
&
Got dressed.
Time for a quick walk↓
 All the cones accounted for now↓
 A plane flying off somewhere nice?↓
 Oh no the cone has vanished!↓
 Back home↓
 Back to work for hubby↓
Quick read of the newspaper with coffee and nibble↓
 Marty Wilde, is an English singer and songwriter. He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, and is the father of pop singers Ricky, Kim and Roxanne Wilde.He is 81 years old ๐ŸŽˆ
 Dave Edmunds  is a Welsh singer/songwriter, guitarist, actor and record producer. Although he is mainly associated with pub rock and new wave, having many hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.He is 76 years old๐ŸŽˆ
Graeme Clark is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer. He came to prominence as bass player, founder member and songwriter from the pop/soul band Wet Wet Wet.He is 55 years old๐ŸŽˆ
John Fred Gourrier , known by his stage name John Fred, was an American blue-eyed soul, swamp pop, rock and roll, and R&B performer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, best known for the 1967 hit song "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)"He died aged 63 in 2005.
  Followed by a bit more cake↓
 I wrote and published yesterday's blog.
Hung washing out on the line.
More coffee and nibbles↓
 A great film arrived to watch↓
  &
Cake mix to do↓
 Light lunch time in the garden↓
 Once hubby went back to work.
One of my friends, took a pic of my younger brother enjoying his limo in the sunshine↓
 I enjoyed the sunshine even more.
 Walked down the path a few times in the sunshine↓
 My kids went for their little walk.
I had a small power nap.
Then its time for cake and coffee!
 Time to play with Kenny once more↓
 Once the cake was put in the oven.
I started on the evening meal.
Used up a pack of Linguine with mince,lentils, mushrooms and onions.
 Hubby went food shopping.
I went off to work with some great music↓
 I got back home and enjoyed sitting in my garden, waiting for hubby to return from his shopping trip↓
 Unpacks the shopping.
Enjoyed listening to some great 70s music on a Sky music channel....↓
Watched the press conference by Trump↓
 Hubby has to go into his office tomorrow.
His computer is packed away.He
 won't be having hugs,kisses,coffee and tea on demand (By me)while he is at work tomorrow ;)
Now to give hubby a rub down with my cold hands.......;)