Tuesday, 25 August 2026

After Posting Yesterdays Blog,

Diana was already at work, so a quiet day for myself,


as I posted the blog, I noticed a few foxes in the garden,

so peanuts it was, 

the third one was quite shy, as soon as I went to the widow to throw another handful of peanuts he left, 

this is a new one, all of our 'usual' foxes has a black or tan coloured tip to its tail, this one white,

the same as the family which we normally see at the entrance to the park early mornings or late evenings, 

"more nuts please!"

no sooner said than done, 

meanwhile the one I perceive to be the mum, 

was busy, 

eating away, next I spent the rest of the day playing with and printing photographs from Morocco,  

I quite like this one, I titled it 'Three couples, two waiters and one cat',

but when I looked at it when I had finished making it look as I liked it, the photograph was still a tad dark, so I reprinted it with a few more corrections, the lighten one at the top of the two and one of a alleyway in Casablanca, I always print a full A3 size of every photograph I play with, so that I know it is of acceptable quality if ever I should enter it into a competition or a exhibition, in the late afternoon I picked up Diana from work, after our evening weal and a Outback Opal Hunters we watched another couple from the most entertaining series Deadly 60, before watching a Midsomer Murder, as Diana was a tad tired from her early start she was then off to bed, for myself a Lewis which brought me up to midnight and then I too was off to bed.


Monday, 24 August 2026

We Had A Lovely Day Ahead,

Rainham Steve was picking us up,


so glad rags on and we were out to visit Bob & Debbie, for a bar-b-q,

out in the garden it was so nice,

some one was more than happy to see us all!

all set and ready to go,

also here was Gill on the right and of course Debbie on the left, 

Gill and Diana having a chat, 

Bob the master of ceremonies was soon rustling a huge plate of bangers, 

and was really getting into the party spirit!

whilst I had a chat with Gill's husband Dennis, 

I have slipped this one in that Steve took, Bob really looking the part, 

Gill, 

and Dennis, I tried to get into the shot, but failed miserably!

it was all go,

with the sausages, 

Diana and myself, Ah!

Bob gathering himself for the next course,

chatting to Dennis, 

time for bubbly, 

expertly poured, 

then inside for a feast,

 beefburgers, baked salmon, chicken, 

and a huge selection of salads and roast potatoes along with fried onions for the burgers and my favorite beetroot, 

Bob making sure everyone was well lubricated!

Steve and Debbie having a chat,

and admiring a lovely cake, 

it has a special name, but have forgotten it, 

carefully does it,

 it was absolutely delicious!

Diana tucking in to the cake,

then on to the pièce de résistance,

Bob taking so much care, 

and here it is, 

banana fritters which were served with lashings of ice cream and copious amounts of brady, 

Steve tucking into the bananas, as the afternoon turned into evening we all made a move inside, for a great party game, UNO, Debbie kept score it was such great fun and a wonderful way to spend the evening, at the end the scores were added and the result was announced, I am not going to say who won, but everybody else lost, after saying our farewells to Bob, Debbie, Dennis and Gill we were off, many, many thanks indeed to Bob & Debbie who took so much care of all of us, and to Steve for some of the photographs, Steve very kindly dropped us off at home and we said our goodbyes, at home we had a night cap, and as Diana has a 04.00AM start we were off to bed.


Sunday, 23 August 2026

After Diana Left For Work,

I played with a few photographs,


that I took when we were in Morocco,
 
the problem being that I did not want anyone in the photographs, so they took a bit of time,

but I made an exception for this lady, which brought me nicely up to, 

my read and sherry, 

after which some smoked mackerel, 

and a huge shepherds pie, 'Cheers!', then my film for the evening, 

Troy: The Odyssey which for some reason I just could not get into, from the blurb:

"In this re-telling of Iliad, set in 1174 B.C. after ten years of fighting in the Trojan War, the Greek warrior Odysseus decides to travel for home, but instead finds a string of mis-adventures over the sea and land as he, along with a captive Trojan warrior named Circe as well as a group of loyal Greek soldiers, venture on the sea and land to get home to the island kingdom of Icarus and fighting sea sirens, and other mystical creatures to get home to his wife Penelope who is being hounded by a group of suitors hoping she will chose to make one of them their bride."

I mentioned it was just not me, and apparently I was not alone as it scored a pathetic 2.6 on the IMDB web site, moving on a 24/7 Police followed by a Cops, which brought me nicely up to,

 Volcano, from the blurb:

"Something unspeakably chilling is ultimately starting to heat up at The City of Los Angeles! Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano has formed, raining a storm of deadly fire bombs and an endless tide of white-hot lava upon the stunned city!"

as it happens although I had watched the film before it was remarkably good, after which Diana arrived home, so feet up for a coffee and a chat, as it happens we were both a tad tired, so we were both off to bed.