Tag Archives: fun

COASTAL CURRENTS ARTS FESTIVAL 2017

  Once again it’s open studio season in the Hastings area when people are allowed to shoot artists.     When you’ve taken your pictures you will have the opportunity to watch the artists in their natural environment. Watch some flinging materials around like spoilt children and others who are more precise carefully balancing ‘stuff’ that […]

CHRISTMAS 2015

It’s that time again. As usual we’ll be celebrating with a refreshing glass of warm water for breakfast, followed by gruel for the main festive meal. The added holly leaves really get us into the holiday mood! The afternoon is the time for playing games, my favourite being charades where I always carry a sign […]

LAST THROW OF THE DICE

This weekend is the last weekend of Coastal Currents Open Studios and, so far, it’s been grand. I’ll be adding some of these … … to the Mad Hatter’s tea table as a friendly nod to Tracey M&M’s notorious ‘My Bed’. I hope none spill out though … … as I don’t particularly want any […]

SPRING SPRUNGING

We followed an old carting trail through the bluebelly woods where bushels were sent to the weavers of merkins to be be woved in days of yore. We planned an adventure trail where stumps and logs and roots of outstanding natural naturalness would fascinate and empty wallets. We avoided mud, got rounded up by a […]

ATTENTION ALL CATS

 I am more powerful than Dog. Humans are almost completely trained. We’re nearly there! We’ve conquered old ladies and most young ladies. Children are a pushover. Men are proving a bit of a problem although the Gay community is on our side, which is a start. We’ve conquered the Internet. Well done the Lolcats! […]

A GRAND DAY OUT

Yesterday went very well. The sun was out, only one seagull criticised my work and there were plenty of gingernuts to share around. My favourite comment was “Anything can be wonderful when perceived [conceived?] by the right mind.” However I won’t mention the little girl that wandered around and then announced she was bored and […]

EIGHT FOOT SQUARE

Hang on … that’s 12 square feet! AN ODE What would you do in an eight foot square? Wear top hat and tails? – trés debonair Or wobble about and get bad mal de mer? Or perhaps cut your hair in a large barber’s chair? There might be the sight of a huge grizzly bear […]

SAMUEL PEPYS BLOG

I’ve been doing some intense and thorough research into one of the original bloggers and have turned up some interesting entries. ___________________________________________________________________ My wife, after the absence of her terms for seven weeks gave me hopes of her being with child, but on the last day of the year she hath them again … this […]

SPAMALOT

Tomorrow Lo, she is a terrible Goddess and I are travelling many* miles to experience the deep and meaningful delights of Spamalot. Below is a brief extract I’ve filched from the official website in case you’ve never heard of it. —————————————————————————- Hello. I am an historian. I really am. I have a degree and everything. […]

NEW YEAR REVOLUTIONS

Stolen from Archie … who no doubt filched it from somebody else. May 2012 follow on from 2011 and so on … Lots of love and gingernuts from DP xxx [Have I survived to see in the New Year? Find out here!]