Whilst Diana Was At Work,

I decided to have another play with the glass ball, 

I tried 3 different lenses, 

with varying degrees of failure, 

I guess it did not help, 

that I was shooting towards the sun, but it was the only window I could use unless I wanted to move the dining table and chairs out of the bay window,

I finally ended up with this,

which sort of looked in focus, but shooting through a glass ball the image is upside down,

so here it is downside up, after which we had, after Diana finished work, arranged to meet in O'Neil's, as a regular customer I had been given a weekday 30% off voucher,

and here we are,

drinks ordered, 

a huge beef burger and chips for Diana,

steak and chips for myself, with a extra add on of prawns, so a turf and surf,

plus a few onion rings, 

what a feast!

and here is Diana,

and a 'Cheers!', from myself,

we then shared a Baileys ice cream sundae, it was all so nice, the bill with the 30% off of our bill including service charge a very reasonable £38.52 plus another £8.40 as we ordered a dessert and could only use the 30% off voucher once, I have to say the pub looked so nice with its Halloween decorations being put up, next a walk through the park and home, where it was feet up for a film, Diana decided on,

 The Other Boleyn Girl, which we both enjoyed watching again, we do like costume/period/drama films, after which a Have I Got A Bit More News For You before we were off to bed.

For Some Reason There Were No Foxes Today,

but the crows made up for it, 

it was a non stop food fest for them, 

both parents,

and the youngster, 

repeatedly, 

called by, 

for peanuts on the window sill,

the last one, 

then goodbye, 

as they then started burying the peanuts in the garden, this is junior above, you can just see the white of his white wing patches, I spent the day packing all of the accessories that I will need for my upcoming trip, unfortunately due to using a small bag to go in the 4x4 as requested, I am so short of space, the tripod good as it is takes up so much room, what little is left is not as much as I would like, but there it is, on to my evening meal, 

first a read and a milk, driving tonight, 

then a huge bowl of delicious beef stew that Diana had left, 'Cheers!', next of to a meeting of the Beckenham Photographic Society, this evening we had a presentation from a professional photographer whose name I have forgotten, note to self, must take notes! the talk was so interesting, he had in 1 year travelled to 73 countries on various commissions, working for some of the most well known UK and International companies, after which I was off to pick up Diana from work, arriving home it was feet up for a real treat, a nearly 2 hour long special about the life and times of Buster Keaton, titled:

The Great Buster - A Celebration, and what a treat it was, remembered in the UK for so many silent films, this documentary also looked at his later career in shows, series and advertisements, so many different sides to his lifelong career, as it ended we were off to bed.

After Dropping Diana Off,

for her 05.00AM start, 

I had a lazy day, although I had to pop into town, past the snail mail box,

on the way out of the park I noticed this plant,

had put up a flower spike,

I am pretty sure it does this every year but this is the first time I have stopped to photograph it, 

off of the bus at the florists, 

a huge range of colours and sizes for these hydrangeas, in my grandmother's day they were blue or pink, depending if you put iron, (granddads' old razor blades) near its roots, and only small blooms, now so many colours and the blooms are truly huge, 

it must be nearly Christmas seeing these Chinese lanterns, (Physalis alkekengi), as it happens there are 78 days to Christmas, 

in the window of the florists a lovely autumn display, 

in the other window a reminder that Halloween is nearing, 

over the road to Boots the chemist to pick up my bi-monthly prescription, 

looking back The George Inn,

next a walk to Sainsbury's,

under the arch, 

and in, a few tins of lobster bisque soup, twiglets and Butterkist popcorn and I was on my way home,

into the park, 

before I arrived home I took another couple of photographs, 

of this huge fungus/mushroom. before feet up and a coffee before picking Diana up from work, arriving home and after our evening meal Diana asked to watch, 

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad WorldIt's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, and what great fun it was, not only watching the film but seeing so many old actors now, but in the early 1960s when the film was released how young they were, like Peter Fauk and Mickey Rooney, and seeing how some actors who I had seen when they were young had aged, such as Buster Keaton, who along with Phil Silvers are my 2 favorite actors in the film, I nearly forgot also Terry Thomas, so make that the 3 favorite actors in the film, after which a Have I Got A Bit More News For You, then as Diana was a tad tired she was off to bed, for myself a Bangers & Cash before I too was off to bed.

No Foxes Today,

just the crows on the window sill,

I did not take many photographs, 

as I was eating my breakfast as well! in the early afternoon the monthly checking of the 4 fire alarm circuits for the building, 

green light on the board as it should be, then pick up Diana from work after her 05.00AM., start this morning, arriving home a few ZZZZZ's for Diana, for myself, 

 Dune, although we had watched the film at the cinema it was nice to watch it again, after which Diana was up for our evening meal, next the usual outback Opal Hunters which we followed with an old favourite of mine that just happened to be showing.

The War Lord, a knight in the service of a duke goes to a coastal village where an earlier attempt to build a defensive castle has failed, then he falls for a local girl, then the trouble begins, the story revolves around the ancient rite of jus primae noctis or in French, Droit du seigneur. In The Curiosities of Literature (1823) by the British writer Isaac D'Israeli it was claimed the practice had been widespread across Europe, for another anecdotal record, in 1924 an elderly respondent retold a claim that even at the time of his grandparents' youth, in the early 1800s, the rule of first night had still been in widespread use in western Estonia; whether it had been a legal right he did not elaborate. Back to the film, I think much underrated, I really enjoyed watching again with its haunting background melody, as it happens here playing live at the London Palladium The Shadows, they thought the same and made the instrumental a hit, Diana wanted to watch the second half of,

  Michael Palin goes to the philippines, this week episode 2, illustration Channel 5, you can watch it here, but she was just so tired she was off to bed, I watched it and fascinating it was, a few places like Palawan and Moalboal I had been to SCUBA diving and making underwater videos there in the late 1980s, as it happens I was also diving off of Badian Island, just off of Moalboal that also had a great dive center and hotel there, after the finnish of this week's episode I too was off to bed.