with a red hat that doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me. And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves and satin candles, and say we’ve no money for butter. I shall sit down on the pavement when I am tired and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bellsand run my … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2012
ARE YOU A FRONT HANGER, OR A BACK HANGER??
Are you a front hanger or a back hanger? Changing the empty toilet roll I wondered WHY I have to have toilet paper coming from the front and just have to change it round anywhere if it is the wrong way! Then I started to think about other strange idiosyncrasies and compulsions I have….even though I think it is … Continue reading
"I LOVE DADDY BECAUSE……."
It was Fathers day on Sunday and my thoughts naturally turned to my own dad, who died 35 years ago aged just 58, when I was 28. My memories of him were of a quiet, kind and caring man, who adored my mother and loved us children and was so proud of us. He never made judgements, never had expectations, he … Continue reading
THE NUMBER ONE LADIES DETECTIVE AGENCY
I always think there should be music playing as the Intercity train elegantly glides out of Manchester Picadilly station. Like on the films of the Orient express. I settle down to two hours of what I enjoy most,… being alone, without guilt, or feeling weird, because I like to indulge in daydreaming and other self indulgent introspection. Putting … Continue reading
WHAT HAVE I WATCHED ON TV THIS WEEK?
An antidote to Euro 2012.Midsomer murders. I thought John Nettles as Inspector Tom Barnaby WAS Midsomer murders, but they successfully replaced him when he retired by his “cousin” DCI John Barnaby, brilliantly played by Neil Dudgeon. The old joke about there being “so many murders in the county of Midsomer, you wouldn’t want to live there”!, … Continue reading
WHAT EXACTLY IS A BLOG?
I often get asked this question, by my non blogging friends and I find it difficult to explain. This blog started off as a kind of on-line secret diary, a personal account of my thoughts and feelings about my life to look back on. When I was persuaded to go public it became a whole new ball game. … Continue reading
IT’S A HARD JOB BUT SOMEBODY’S GOT TO DO IT!
This week, my friend , Janet Redqueen and I, took time off from our international travels to continue or research of Afternoon Tea in Manchester. This time we chose 47 King Street West, a tea shop and bistro,situated conveniently, for ladies who lunch,at the side of Kendals departments store…. Manchester’s answer to Galleries Lafayette, without the galleries! … Continue reading
PROUD TO BE BRITISH.
Overt patriotism has not been politically correct in the past few years in the UK. No flags in schools or rousing choruses of the national anthem…….I will bet a lot of young people do not even know the words! Not least of all because extreme right wing factions have hijacked the Cross of St George, English flag….. But I think … Continue reading
HEROINES OF THE DAY.
These ladies were the heroines of the Jubilee river Pageant yesterday. Hours of hair and make up ruined by the rain, they abandoned their umbrellas and sang a rousing chorus of Land of Hope and Glory and God save the Queen. and click here for the singing. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18316899 Hope this link works. Keep calm and carry on! Love Denise COMMENTS … Continue reading
THE PAIN AND JOY OF MOTHER LOVE.
As I wave of one half of my family at the airport, I always feel a familiar warm glow of love, some sadness and a bit of anxiety that some disaster may happen and I may never see them again…… For goodness sake! they are only going to Lanzarote for a week!LOL! I reflect that there comes … Continue reading
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