Domestic Goddess

Domestic Goddess

Thursday 25 June 2020

Using A Ice Cube To Keep Cool!

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet - James Oppenheim
Welcome to my Thursday 🎈
It was so warm in our bedroom.
I went to sit downstairs near a window for some cooling breeze....
 Cools down.
Now to enjoy hug and brew↑
Breakfast.
Gets dressed.
Out for the daily walk↓
 Back home in the sunshine.
Reads the newspaper outside↓
  Carly  Simon  is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She first rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), "You Belong To Me" (No. 6), "Coming Around Again" (No. 18), and her four Gold certified singles "Jesse" (No. 11), "Mockingbird" (No. 5, a duet with James Taylor), "You're So Vain" (No. 1), and "Nobody Does It Better" (No. 2) from the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me. She is 75 years old🎈
 Patrick Macnee was a British-American film and television actor. He played the role of secret agent John Steed in the British television series The Avengers.He died aged 93 in 2015.
 Enjoys sitting in the shade.
It soons start to warm up.
I give all my plants a drink.
One of the plastic greenhouses collapsed in the back garden.
It was replaced my spare round garden table.
My lovely Zoflora arrived!
 Light lunch time↓
 A plane coming in to our local airport↓
 I had to strip off some layers...
Down to the Bikini 👙 it's that hot!
Tea at 3.
 We got 4/6 on the Tv Themes Quiz.
 I start the getting the tea ready.
Sweating over a hot oven.
Time to sit outside to cool down↓
The Green Pesto Tart is ready↓ 
 Yum!
Off out to do some work↓
 Big tune time↓
 Gets back in the sunshine↓
 I jump into a cold shower....
I sit by the open window for some breeze while drinking my sleep tea↓
 It was getting a bit steamy in our bedroom...
The ice cubes keep melting.....;)
That's just down to the temperature...... 


 

Wednesday 24 June 2020

Sizzling Sweaty Humps!

Stay centred by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate - Chuang-Tzu
Welcome to my Sizzling Hump of the week 🐪
I was up at 5.30am to make a brew....
(My throat was so dry)↓
 Hubby woke up later.
Time for hug and another brew↓
  We had breakfast.
Gets dressed.
We were out the door before it too hot↓
 It's getting well warm↓
 Sat out in the garden with a much needed coffee↓
 My parcel arrived.
Put my Basil herbs in it↓
 Kenny time↓
 I made a carrot cake tray bake.
Once it was put in the oven.
Outside I went to enjoy the shade!
 Once I took out the cake to cool down.
It was light lunch time↓
 I decorated the carrot cake....
Just in time for...
Tea at 3 
 I gets yesterday 's blog post wrote.
We got 5/6 on the Tv Tunes quiz.
Quick look in the newspaper↓

Phil Harris was an American comedian, actor, singer, and jazz musician. As a voice actor, he played Baloo in The Jungle Book (1967), Thomas O'Malley in The Aristocats (1970), and Little John in Robin Hood (1973).He would have been 116 years old 🎈



 He died aged 91 in 1995
 Arthur  Brown  is an English rock singer and songwriter best known for his flamboyant and theatrical performances, eclectic (and sometimes experimental) work and his powerful, wide-ranging operatic voice, in particular his high pitched banshee screams. He was also notable for his unique stage persona such as extreme facepaint and burning helmet.He is 78 years old 🎈
 Jeff Beck  is an English rock guitarist. He is one of the three noted guitarists to have played with the Yardbirds (the other two being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page). Beck also formed the Jeff Beck Group and with Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice, he formed Beck, Bogert & Appice.He is 76 years old 🎈
Mick Fleetwood is a British musician and actor, best known as the drummer, co-founder, and de facto leader of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood, whose surname was merged with that of the group's bassist John "Mac" McVie to form the name of the band, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.He is 73 years old 🎈
 Andy McCluskey is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. He is best known as co-founder, lead singer and bass guitarist of the electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD).He is 61 years old 🎈
David Tomlinson was an English stage, film and television actor and comedian. Having been described as both a leading man and a character actor, he is primarily remembered for his roles as authority figure George Banks in Mary Poppins, fraudulent magician Professor Emelius Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and as hapless antagonist Peter Thorndyke in The Love Bug. Tomlinson was posthumously inducted as a Disney Legend in 2002.He died aged 83 in 2000.
  Nice fish tea.

 Off to work I go↓
Big tune to start with↓
 Then one to sing along with while washing up↓
 When I got back it was still well warm↓
 Which pair of pale legs will be dangling out of the bird's nest screaming "Worm!"?↓
 Watching the sun go down↓↓↓
 I watched the Sky review of the tomorrow's newspapers...↓
 Nice cup on the mantlepiece↑
We slept on top of the 16 tog duvet as it was well warm in the bedroom......
More sweaty moments tomorrow....