Thursday, 30 April 2009
Bluebell
Our local woods are carpeted with blubells. Took this pic last night, am quite chuffed with it (it's been slightly edited)
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Hedgehog Haven
One of my virtual D For Dog pals, Trish, has set up a lovely new website for her little (but ever-expanding) hedgehog rescue which she runs from home.
The Hedgehog Haven not only gives progress reports of hedgehogs that Trish is looking after, but also links to various other useful hedgehog sites and provides advice on what to do if you find a hedgehog that you think may need help.
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Dentist Visit
Never been a huge fan of dentists, as I've had some horrible ones in the past, but my current dentist is absolutely lovely. She's always smiley and happy and she's never sent me away with a sore mouth. Generally I see visits to the dentist as an expensive but thorough teeth cleaning experience as I always end up with a scale and polish (apparently I have bad tartar build-up on some of my bottom row of teeth as they overlap a bit and are hard to clean)...
...BUT....
..t.here's always the worry, isn't there, that they'll spot some hitherto unnoticed cavity, or an emerging wisdom tooth at a worrying angle, or an obscure gum infection!
Oh well, hopefully the only thing I have to worry about this afternoon is the parking, although at least it's the Easter hols here so I won't even have to worry much about that !
...BUT....
..t.here's always the worry, isn't there, that they'll spot some hitherto unnoticed cavity, or an emerging wisdom tooth at a worrying angle, or an obscure gum infection!
Oh well, hopefully the only thing I have to worry about this afternoon is the parking, although at least it's the Easter hols here so I won't even have to worry much about that !
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Singing jazz with Lucas and Walliams?!
Had another bizarro dream this morning before the alarm went off.
Was in some kind of school hall where a show of sorts was being organised I think. It's going fuzzy now but I remember that the Henson twins spotted me and came to say hello, which is funny cos I haven't seen either of them for 19 years!! So there I was, with people milling around in the hall humming and singing to themselves, and I thought Hey, I can sing, maybe it's time to overcome my stage fright and volunteer for a spot. The obvious one to me was Cole Porter's wonderful "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye", which I learned to sing way back when I was having singing lessons - just before Simply Red covered it. I still know the words and still love singing it.
As I was thinking about it, who should come in but David Walliams and Matt Lucas. And you'll like this: the reason Matt Lucas was there was because he was at school with me. In drag, as it was a girls school.. suited him though. I was miffed with David Walliams for "stealing" Matt Lucas away from us during the sixth form.
It worked out all right in the end because Matt Lucas ended up backing me on the drums..
I should've written it all down as soon as I woke up as I know I've already lost some of it. Even as I was dreaming I was thinking how surreal it was! But then on the news when I got up there was a piece about "rock choirs" and I thought, maybe something is trying to tell me to take up singing again? Maybe it's time to push my ridiculous shyness to one side and mooch down to the village hall on Tuesday and see what our ladies choir is up to. I sang in choirs for many many years at school and university, and I do miss it.
Was in some kind of school hall where a show of sorts was being organised I think. It's going fuzzy now but I remember that the Henson twins spotted me and came to say hello, which is funny cos I haven't seen either of them for 19 years!! So there I was, with people milling around in the hall humming and singing to themselves, and I thought Hey, I can sing, maybe it's time to overcome my stage fright and volunteer for a spot. The obvious one to me was Cole Porter's wonderful "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye", which I learned to sing way back when I was having singing lessons - just before Simply Red covered it. I still know the words and still love singing it.
As I was thinking about it, who should come in but David Walliams and Matt Lucas. And you'll like this: the reason Matt Lucas was there was because he was at school with me. In drag, as it was a girls school.. suited him though. I was miffed with David Walliams for "stealing" Matt Lucas away from us during the sixth form.
It worked out all right in the end because Matt Lucas ended up backing me on the drums..
I should've written it all down as soon as I woke up as I know I've already lost some of it. Even as I was dreaming I was thinking how surreal it was! But then on the news when I got up there was a piece about "rock choirs" and I thought, maybe something is trying to tell me to take up singing again? Maybe it's time to push my ridiculous shyness to one side and mooch down to the village hall on Tuesday and see what our ladies choir is up to. I sang in choirs for many many years at school and university, and I do miss it.
Random morning music
First, a bit of background:
Last year I upgraded my phone. My Nokia N73 was everything I wanted in a phone (phone, PDA, MP3 player, camera) and I had been very happy with it for about a month. Unfortunately there was an incident which involved a cat, my phone and a large, sweet cup of tea and the N73 was never the same after that. It still works as a phone, so is handy as a backup. Anyway, long story short, I had no insurance or spare cash so was stuck with it until my contract was up, which was last June. As you can imagine, I was pretty excited when June came around - partly also because of the July wedding - and I did lots of research and opted for the N95 8Gb as it does everything the N73 did but substantially better and with added Wi-fi connectivity and a much better camera. So far I haven't been disappointed, although it has just been fixed under warranty after all the keys stopped responding..
I have (at the moment) 430 tracks on the phone, and a tape adaptor for the car stereo, so when I've got the car (Tracy & I have one car between us now) I plug my phone in, set it to "shuffle" and press play... sometimes it seems to have a mind of it's own and almost play to a theme. I have a wide range of music on there, from dance to heavy rock, so it's quite surprising when it picks out four or five tracks that go together reasonably well.
This mornings offerings were quite good:
The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
Lene Lovich - Bird Song
Tanita Tikaram - Twist in my Sobriety
The Damned - Eloise
Ultravox - Sleepwalk
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
and finally, and somewhat incongruously, The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance) (Bad For Yo mix) from More Music For the Jilted Generation
Interesting mix. Wonder what it will play on my way home?
Last year I upgraded my phone. My Nokia N73 was everything I wanted in a phone (phone, PDA, MP3 player, camera) and I had been very happy with it for about a month. Unfortunately there was an incident which involved a cat, my phone and a large, sweet cup of tea and the N73 was never the same after that. It still works as a phone, so is handy as a backup. Anyway, long story short, I had no insurance or spare cash so was stuck with it until my contract was up, which was last June. As you can imagine, I was pretty excited when June came around - partly also because of the July wedding - and I did lots of research and opted for the N95 8Gb as it does everything the N73 did but substantially better and with added Wi-fi connectivity and a much better camera. So far I haven't been disappointed, although it has just been fixed under warranty after all the keys stopped responding..
I have (at the moment) 430 tracks on the phone, and a tape adaptor for the car stereo, so when I've got the car (Tracy & I have one car between us now) I plug my phone in, set it to "shuffle" and press play... sometimes it seems to have a mind of it's own and almost play to a theme. I have a wide range of music on there, from dance to heavy rock, so it's quite surprising when it picks out four or five tracks that go together reasonably well.
This mornings offerings were quite good:
The Psychedelic Furs - Pretty in Pink
Lene Lovich - Bird Song
Tanita Tikaram - Twist in my Sobriety
The Damned - Eloise
Ultravox - Sleepwalk
The Kinks - You Really Got Me
and finally, and somewhat incongruously, The Prodigy - No Good (Start The Dance) (Bad For Yo mix) from More Music For the Jilted Generation
Interesting mix. Wonder what it will play on my way home?
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