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June 29 Bodmin Faery Fest 09, Kernow Holiday et al......Well, that time of the year again.
The car gets loaded up with essentials (and non essentials), and we hit the M25, west bound for the place where the sun goes down late and the sound of open space is the noiseiest sound around......Two weeks free from the stress and strains of the concrete jungle....
The first week was taken by escorting the outlaws about, showing and sharing the delights of open space, even laying on a days fishing with Bran and Peter, the resident fish wranglers of the rocks.....a gentle days fish from Mousehole harbour resulting in a few bites of undersized 'throwbacks', sadly none for the father in law..but new methods of luring the fish to the hook were thought out, without the aid of float of weights, just roll the bait across the sand to the fishy lair and strike.......A visit to the Telegraph Museum at Porthcurnow (a first for me), made for a good distraction, this was followed by a meal at the 'Logans Rock' Pub.
The weather was great for the first week, one day of rain ment that we did not attend the Boot Fair that day, but they seemed to enjoy the place, we even suggested places for them to stay so they can visit for themselves in other years to come.
Saturday we despatched them to their returning train, and picked up our escort to venture to the playground of the faery folk....Bodmin Music fest, for which we had access for the two out of three days...A photographic frenzie followed, both front of house and behind the scenes, visits to the 'Green Room' ment that I managed some time with the bands before they hit the stage. Requests for photos by the bands are always a great pleasure and finding my element, I started the long journey which finished with approx 800 photos which have now to sort..... process and dispatch to the various people concerned, some have even pledged financial reward - always a bonus for somthing that I enjoy, but my reward is being there and doing it.......Honest
Sunday was a more relaxed day, not having to run round sooo much, even got time to enjoy the food, although Im not a veggie, a plate of 'Mezzi' and another of Cajun Chargrilled Veg, Coconut Rice and Carribean sauce was well worth the cost. Just taking time out to chill, lay on the grass and enjoy the music was the best medicine that anyone can be prescribed, even between stage sets, a harp and flute started in the audience for an unscripted session.....totally mindblowing, and the sun still shone......The only slight casualty was Ellies hands and wrists - a case of sunburn, which have since blistered and peeled.....a warning that the sun can still cause damage when having fun.
The Monday was going to be a trip to Treen to watch the Basking Sharks......but due to the fact that I didnt wake till 0940, that kind of delayed us somewhat, so spent the time just doing nothing again.....The weekly Bootfair on Wednesday made for a trip out, always fun to climb through the hordes and sort the junk and tat from bargins.......
Thursday we made an effort to get to Treen on time, the weather had turned a bit windier, but still managed to get some time for the Basking Sharks, of which there was none, only one ole fat Seal, but spent a few hours watching the tide go out revealing the sand bars and watching the Cormarents dive bombing the shouls of fish off the coast.
The penultimate day as always is spent spinning round the place, buying the last few bits needed and saying our fond farewells, knowing that in a few months we do it all again soon. My thanks as always to Bran and Vina as always, to Bran for arranging the entry to the Music Fest, for which he workd extremely hard over four days - Retirement what Retirement.??????. He still puts the time and effort into it, and I swear he enjoys it really.....
The photos will be posted later this week, Both here and my Photo Gallery for all to enjoy, but also Ive joined an Art group, which starts Tuesday in an effort to learn more about my sketching and Watercolour and make some improvements on that front.... I managed to get some sketching done, but not as much as Id liked to have done... Even manged to watch a bit of Glasto on the TV, enjoyed the Crosby, Stills and Nash gig, Tom Jones still shaking it all about, Madness still strutting purfect end to a well earnt break, now back to reality
Keep safe all here. June 09 Another UpdateThese updates seem to be more common that what I have ever intended for here.....but as always work gets in the way of real life.....
My two main interests continue, the camera has been out every morning at the weekends, and we seem to be inundated with Avocets, which is fine if you have never seen them, but now Im getting a bit bored with them, nothing but bloody avocets every weekend.....still all good practice for the second of my two hobbies, sketching....plenty of practice is always a good thing any teacher will tell you, and there seems to be buckets of that just recently.....
Upon my return from the two weeks break with Bran, Ill be enrolling on an evening class to improve my sketching/watercolour efforts, all of which so far have been posted on here...If you notice the first and last - thats my whole 18 months worth of improvement....some say Ive done well, yep I think I might have done, but theres plenty of room to improve, so hence the tutor and proper structured classes......
The Two weeks break will encompass a bit of a wind down, as you know the job front had a few twists and turns this past few months, and the break will be soooo welcome as a distraction, bit of fishing with the rock master and some fresh air will do me good.....oh and a two day music fest to photograph, anyone going, please say HELLO, Ill be there with the long lens.......
I wish you all well, sorry I havnt spun round and visited you all individually, Some out there have been very quiet of late, suffice to say that I am always thinking of you, and feel free to contact me any time, we have broad shoulders and will always listen........You know who you are....
To all the others, keep the faith and above all...
Keep safe all here. April 22 The Queens BirthdaySaluteJust a quick line regarding the latest piccys, another few hours out of the office, Im starting to like this photog stuff, might get a taste for it........not many this time, I held back to save film...?
Im orf to Cornwall for the long weekend, drinking Brans Tea.........
Keep safe all here. April 10 Pond UpdateA quick update on the Pond building, Its in and concreted, not going anywhere, and today we spent a few hours digging the surrounds, placing the rocks to cover the pond edges and adding the topsoil to create the rockery......Still needs planting up a bit, Ive got some of Brans Wild Strawberry plants (from way back when) in there and a few cheap 'alpine' plants.
Now that its nearly finished,I think it looks way tooo small and should have gone for a larger pond, Its not intended for fish, just a smalll oasis for the visiting frogs etc etc.....Ill create a little beach area for anything that falls in, Itll have a small gravel ramp to crawl out on....Itll take a while before we get anything in the way of wildlife, but we did uncover some holly and 'Lords and Ladies' growing wild in the garden, so that a great start.
  I was going to create a bog garden at the back of the pond using a hose as an overflow from the pond to keep the soil moist in an old Cat Litter tray, That didnt happen in the end.........
Ive still got to blend the left hand side into the side flower bed by curving it across abit, the right side drops down to another flower bed, which i hope to sow with wild meadow seeds, somwhere for the birds to feed for themselves......
Hope all is well this weekend, I know Bran has a Green Fair to attend, and that Hes been swamped by the Spanish Hordes this past week...
Keep safe all here..... March 08 The Holy GrailThis weekend, I spent a great evening with my beloved, watching the Holy Grail, wot the real Holy Grail, the golden chalice..?, nope not that Holy Grail, and before you start camping on my doorstep in pilgrimage, not the python version either.......
So let me explain, Many years ago, in a land far far away, sorry wrong story....anyway, many moons ago, good friends of mine looked after me when i was a meer young pup, and fed me on the odd weekend....after wich we'd settle down and watch videos or play parlour games (?), one such Video was, to me the Holy Grail....NUTS IN MAY, a great programme of its time and on a level par with 'Abigails Party'. Well, many years have passed and the Holy Grail of Video was passed on to me.... Although a bit dated, I can thouroughly recommend this Video to anyone who hasnt the foggiest what Im on about, Its great, full of fact and fun, and apparently closly modelled on mutual friends, I can even see us as certain people in this, which is quite scary.....
 Even the sunrise this morning took on a Holy appearance......
keep safe all here.... February 28 Operation - Build a Pond
So here is Operation - Build a pond...We brought the pond liner about a year ago, having talked about putting a pond in since we moved in 10+ years ago. Ive sited it half way down the garden were we had a small patio, which only had a small bench on it..Ive lifted the slabs leaving a row at the back and a row at the right hand side, - which may be the new site of the fire bowl. The pond has been put in properly with ample sand around the hole as7 inches down below is solid chalk bedrock full of hugh flints....Its been concreted in so nothing will move it, just needs sealing and screwing the top lip down, then piling the flints etc around to create a small rockery, then backfil with topsoil and plants. Ill be removing the top trellis as its tottaly rotten and replace it with another, keeping some of the IVY, Honeysuckle, Clematis and Passion flower at the sides for Birdy Cover.....Ive got one Robin Box to go up under the new trellis when its all done.... Just got to get the rest of the flower beds sorted before this gets done.....
February 27 Bloody February - Skoda Estate v Rover 25Well, not wishing to better Bran and his mishapps, February was also a sh#t month for me aswell....
Week last wednesday, Taking the good wife to the Station as I have a medical appointment for Blood Pressure (Remeber that bit abouot BP), Im driving down towards the village, about to cross over a Mini Roundabout with 'right of way' in my favour, car seen comming in from the LEFT, both of us have slowed down, Ive progressed through the junction , to find that the other driver has miscalculated my position on the road, and has tried to beat me across the junction.........
Result was my car has the front end missing, BUT the other car lost both side doors, and rear left wheel (which fell off as they tried to reposition the vehicle after impact.....End result is mine is off the road for 4 weeks, and theirs is a write off.... What annoys me most is that my car is less than a year old on the road.......and even though I had 'right of way', they tried to get infront of me by driving across infront of my vehicle.
Good news is that I made my medical Appointment, Blood Pressure was still slightly high, but now under better control........Never mind, Spring IS on its way. We have just become the proud owners of a Pond, so next few weeks will be taken up by Pond / Rockery creation, cant get the topsoil in untill the big car comes back......Vauxhall Corsa's (Hire Car) dont have the boot room...
Keep safe all here. February 07 The Kings Troop, ROyal Horse ArtillaryDecide to have an extended Lunch break, and wander over to Green Park in London, to photograph somthing that Ive only ever seen on the Television, The 41 Gun Salute for the Queen to mark the Anniversary of her Assension to the Throne... Ive also managed to pick up another Commission, but more of that later....enjoy January 25 New WebsiteJust a quick line to mention that Ive now created a new Website consisting of scribbles from my Sketchpad - Link shown above. Some of you have already commented on various individual sketches, for which I thank you, but this will allow the general public to view the scribbles without haing to endure the comments on my Blog site....
Please Enjoy... January 11 sketchesHave just added some more sketches, Seem to have found a particular style which suits me for the moment, fast and loose scribble with little detail, Ive found some old photos to practice Landscapes with......a favorite is the ....Gone Fishing, That was a good day spent with two good friends, although Ive only included one in the scene....
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