tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76893342057695447442024-03-14T05:21:03.030+00:00random place of mindRandompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.comBlogger144125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-64334232184454885732009-08-22T22:33:00.004+01:002009-08-22T22:51:00.159+01:00long time no post......I am not even going to look at when I or Sunny last posted as I know it is an age away.<div>Apologies for this... life is far to packed to the brim for both of us. Sunny is being creative as ever and juggling a zillion paid jobs and I am just becoming a deadline task orientated wage slave... this will never do!!</div><div><br /></div><div>However, light is on the horizon ..... both Sunny and I are joining with some other lovely folk to exhibit some of our photographs in Ledbury, Hereford.</div><div><br /></div><div>The exhibition is by <a href="http://snapzology.com/page8.htm"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">'Snapzology'</span></b></a> organised by Ed... and the theme is music.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>mmmm getting my thinking cap on as I am not off to any gigs in the near future... we have an electric guitar in the house oh and xylophone... there maybe a recorder, some castanettes and a drum somewhere .....</div><div><br /></div><div>Will keep you posted :-)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRt12Vpxv6FCtRpzpzBM3buxNGF2WxXjimR4KpwXttdy-qyJ_-825xPhhcvbD6ryCXwsunhad7dE6NBD8aorqotxS46aY0qheYbRL-G8CcFlpAr_duEcov3dbKZhp8rMyU3YYUC7OeA7ZX/s200/cow+music.jpg" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 112px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372908723477825762" /></div>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-49111777333328105342009-06-16T22:10:00.006+01:002009-06-16T22:36:45.009+01:00Shrimping around<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcwO5sTz0jvrjD4C1B9A12bXtmSmcbn0JKoaYZTi2a2tWfkGI_zvmofvGdku5nm-ybFPpsMaN0dP1dstmF5iJSj5z2KA_M3GVwoM4lpL1MlEkd4mf3_0QxCPqMqfhmjhDd1PTB8Mpgw69/s1600-h/shrimpers+4.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcwO5sTz0jvrjD4C1B9A12bXtmSmcbn0JKoaYZTi2a2tWfkGI_zvmofvGdku5nm-ybFPpsMaN0dP1dstmF5iJSj5z2KA_M3GVwoM4lpL1MlEkd4mf3_0QxCPqMqfhmjhDd1PTB8Mpgw69/s200/shrimpers+4.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348040335057967842" /></a><br /><div>I have been rooting around on my SD cards since the death of my computer a few weeks <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ago </span>and came across these photos I took last year.</div><div><br /></div><div>Being brought up on the NW coast of England these guys were commonplace as I trotted down to the beach as a teenager.... the shrimper vehicles. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Southport</span> shrimps are to die for, so very tasty... a regional <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">delicacy.</span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"></span>This is my favourite place to walk the dog these days. It is not popular with the locals as it has been given over to nature and the sands have almost gone.</div><div> <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6Du2CzS-hb1ItrwjuWgo1o81APZ9MMkHRXXO_ooIvrNLG6mmnYmYkG-bojIV8qus-exy35u2FzVvzsbfID54NDGV0GJ8NUgS2Z6Wukdl0vjAZPWme0PixVvcD_qdrXuA2ow7JYt0ZyQY/s200/birkdale1.bmp" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348037145532111730" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7c64xdlPkJOQ4nokYQKmsJN6oX_D3BYmGBpwZEsNOMRQ4DjqWtz_8OpmkIi7q7xGQv8OGyydeCPQx3hyYDdqjsCRxtG119Dcss3JVCmqwelledqmErPvNnPRwF2MpQ8PS60vjg3ERJPs/s200/birkdale.bmp" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348037140435317778" /></div><div>but the vehicles that go out in season into the Irish Sea to catch their booty are beautiful in a quirky kind of way.. they are battered and worn and patched up to go out and do it again & again & again...<br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkM1lZf8cvcZ406lNerx9Q11YdCm1JduZXF0eDnYLyo08rpS4l494DiNKqaiBU2BRUtc5nv90UPbzH_kX2gszEkYsEMVtsW5YBB1j6ppxlSjgQsx7iCOm7HTNzHlvyn1mKVZ4BehPqIxF2/s200/shrimpers.bmp" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 83px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348037148667236226" /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVXdBAMDBLstqkeavaVbbMa1ZEpVFEGYZ5T0QLQtAQtkKEl3S4JYrKwxq6NPAqtM-Te36GjKwV82GRKkCLimtWsiiZv2aaKIG2g9GG0O9LRTDSSW6a8FXL4uBZ6_-UPrR9GhebJHSg2Ww/s1600-h/shrimpers+2.bmp"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKP0k9TylgsVIEUtdJjgH6KH469izgHvoWzTt6ZQEsig4BVYFIghDCC-xsM5rwmla50CotyE47-XeTjiqNB94zaxFigGaHfU4nEqOrLyIKiWVbHlKuAbqTlXANKLvd48Dk2mP0ICbVjj8/s1600-h/shrimpers+1.bmp"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUKP0k9TylgsVIEUtdJjgH6KH469izgHvoWzTt6ZQEsig4BVYFIghDCC-xsM5rwmla50CotyE47-XeTjiqNB94zaxFigGaHfU4nEqOrLyIKiWVbHlKuAbqTlXANKLvd48Dk2mP0ICbVjj8/s200/shrimpers+1.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348037150671889042" /></a><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVXdBAMDBLstqkeavaVbbMa1ZEpVFEGYZ5T0QLQtAQtkKEl3S4JYrKwxq6NPAqtM-Te36GjKwV82GRKkCLimtWsiiZv2aaKIG2g9GG0O9LRTDSSW6a8FXL4uBZ6_-UPrR9GhebJHSg2Ww/s200/shrimpers+2.bmp" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 194px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348037158298442690" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHc021RovEC2gG79AK4BWsspDQq9Vc8UKR-_OmIb0aMN9olGlqzo3aitiY3QfB3asxclE-9ZYXDMdP0pPFD2DsVS2ZyyF2e_bXatbqzAUhMWjdzRuMZZnignq9yZUAeNSGhdcRxoZMFXU9/s200/shrimpers+3.bmp" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 185px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348040328660544866" /></div><div>Also loving the local signs that have been put up .. no 'cockling' etc</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfnsVL1h7KppAGa2BdhbRemNQyRhxmc2cMesjeoiCfp1cu0LP8yA_XGMfoxzxc5URvNCxRNpecXcpT73TbPoA0__WjfcMRCu_RirTzYDmZWtwxNUERtCMlB3OBBrlimgajcJ-eNhGSTjGy/s200/sign1.bmp" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348040345888374578" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU2axUjFgHFmEo5g1fS4bt16ydfBW7bQmmJk9BzSJZ2rGJH4ndFgOilL6QQ-EupLuLr8OfT01H-c1ZVflzITkD1qYAVjMAsypmfeRCkjdV27Uq3pPTAq2cpeKn9c_8k9-6dm99-1DzSb8w/s200/sign.bmp" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348040343126678338" /></div><div><br /></div><div>However much I am loving where I stroll and love potted shrimps I was no way tempted by this load of discarded lot.. although the pup was straining at the leash!!</div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjGnpwszlt_A7ZLrTCL3W3DoSSTfK4Dk5j4Qx2IfdTuUU2x8TbS00Ix9zWRjSWUIyiVh_IM1WnSzdgGnXGh-u595InqufYjOGlxufSZNbVUG2qzVrFTKPocM_DMtbitqoo9ApMtePXvwCz/s200/shrimps.bmp" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 194px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348040339249664498" /></div></div>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-86053610447977533722009-04-27T14:32:00.005+01:002009-04-27T15:12:54.454+01:00extensions are good.......<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUG1OQxHXEgwLaE_ZE8RdP2Sc7WJmaXlopHH5IhOHfduF6Jnz6lcu8DXO6bIXz9bhBgso47CTYbR_zxLKPSt7_qNHfXOkm-vXOjP65PP4egPmvpEhaH0EWG8iU1SHlmJuZIxgo7P4wlSF/s1600-h/virtual.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxUG1OQxHXEgwLaE_ZE8RdP2Sc7WJmaXlopHH5IhOHfduF6Jnz6lcu8DXO6bIXz9bhBgso47CTYbR_zxLKPSt7_qNHfXOkm-vXOjP65PP4egPmvpEhaH0EWG8iU1SHlmJuZIxgo7P4wlSF/s200/virtual.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329368775955925250" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Today I should have been doing a there and back trip to Hereford to attend 'dismantle day'<br /><br />Yes how quickly have the 6 weeks passed and the 'Unsung Heroes' exhibition had run its course. At a late hour the Gallery asked if we could extend the exhibition a further 2 weeks ....... fantastic. It is great for us exhibitors and very good for the gallery that would have been empty for 2 weeks!!<br /><br />Personally I am particularly pleased as I have a tooth abscess from hell and the drive down there would have been so difficult if not impossible ... plus after all the lovely warm, dry spring weather we have had it hurled it down this morning ... so not the makings of a pleasant drive at all.<br /><br />Met up with my friend 'H' this weekend, she accompanied down to Hereford to set my exhibits up. She gave me a lovely selection of photos she took at that time. You can check out some more of 'H's' photos <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeyhel/">here </a><br /><br />In fact the weather this morning reminded me how it rained buckets the day we set the exhibition up hence the really bad hair do!!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaf2OL_WDF1_yAL6H4V_oi_7Yq_qK6oyr88tXbF_Uxy0qVvwuRADPwm1RpZ1xj-ERIfvoI6wA1uy9QhO7QJusOZiOXxPJWpIGdl0GhlwXmoxjqjBI95pAmRHd3GSJNFxXOrGL9Y2sd6JM/s1600-h/adventure.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 136px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaf2OL_WDF1_yAL6H4V_oi_7Yq_qK6oyr88tXbF_Uxy0qVvwuRADPwm1RpZ1xj-ERIfvoI6wA1uy9QhO7QJusOZiOXxPJWpIGdl0GhlwXmoxjqjBI95pAmRHd3GSJNFxXOrGL9Y2sd6JM/s200/adventure.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329367170277558082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kXKhidbpDCUe-5lWklYkfrpkZMDL77T-SueoFHjpmn6BN-xe5Fb-YdLi7jdLPhe0g6LdnNboyCeCdeLDnVjMdUm5gXWJFUE1N3uasp2ulYIt21k7H8glGuWZb03oDEn2TJXYS5Z0xEbL/s1600-h/nature.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhebq5kLz0_wmuoTb5E4w2Z0FaXBaiHpLtBqnrPj62HGwwkdtaBDrVoP11PjlwRsqMIR1A-FrRM1Rfq7A5j5NACsjvDaobGyFuWbPE_sblZbSM8FrpR2vDFkQV81668P2BF7mRYUJ6IbiyX/s200/time.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329368771324639458" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZ4J6OuLBsF5mcx3qvDwC81m0nyp1XULlRnaidMLdQMuRRcj5JBA-rMun4GPKIAOiKAKsqoYhKKDHg9kl2mqOuLMcbqrPkpTDYoRWwH-iRQJ7P98oI8Abfq_MGUabfniBqjkYRdEusVGq/s1600-h/me2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCZ4J6OuLBsF5mcx3qvDwC81m0nyp1XULlRnaidMLdQMuRRcj5JBA-rMun4GPKIAOiKAKsqoYhKKDHg9kl2mqOuLMcbqrPkpTDYoRWwH-iRQJ7P98oI8Abfq_MGUabfniBqjkYRdEusVGq/s200/me2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329367180641701858" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCR2VOng6kwxPEOcZXOZ2_hgUxG_3U6VwlV-IAxeiglOtT3hvDp_6Qvu-XWdzgx3qHuDVC3SpnnwkSRyhRGluZktLcqaWg8ETTJGAzo6AkNOycQBE7HiVokNJlM357rqMIPLhYtZW5Of9/s1600-h/me.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZCR2VOng6kwxPEOcZXOZ2_hgUxG_3U6VwlV-IAxeiglOtT3hvDp_6Qvu-XWdzgx3qHuDVC3SpnnwkSRyhRGluZktLcqaWg8ETTJGAzo6AkNOycQBE7HiVokNJlM357rqMIPLhYtZW5Of9/s200/me.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329367177417278850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I took the photos to show my family .... suddenly there were roars of laughter from my 2 brothers and cousin.... what were they laughing at ??<br /><br /></div>It turns out it was this photo<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fnFmIsGWz6RrOWUtnE29n-lfZNFsjsRm9v90OZtxIW4EeMXR1xmrP3Z-tjH_qjgMcO6xx9lgj4wilwbkFxZuPwnhh_W2Lzj0h7Mx8NeLLyIMwVZtEaI2Jo1_Ewy4Gl9UeNo5CAg-ir-L/s1600-h/time+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fnFmIsGWz6RrOWUtnE29n-lfZNFsjsRm9v90OZtxIW4EeMXR1xmrP3Z-tjH_qjgMcO6xx9lgj4wilwbkFxZuPwnhh_W2Lzj0h7Mx8NeLLyIMwVZtEaI2Jo1_Ewy4Gl9UeNo5CAg-ir-L/s200/time+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329368782021390338" border="0" /></a><br />Apparently it reminded them of these creatures ... and they think I have an imagination lol<br /></div><br /><object width="325" height="244"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/INVlKPPS45k&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/INVlKPPS45k&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="325" height="244"></embed></object>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-57980995037454907952009-04-17T22:36:00.005+01:002009-04-17T23:00:54.079+01:00product testing .. ..sunny's review........Sunny was asked to test out some products by the team at <a href="http://www.fuelmyblog.com/index.jsp?l=blog"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">FuelMyBlog.</span></a><br />As Sunny gets a bit stunned here and there with 21st Century technology ... plus her computer is older and slower than mine <span style="font-style: italic;">(I didn't think that was technologically possible)</span> I agreed to post the review for her.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">The products were from <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);" href="http://www.aveeno.co.uk/?gclid=CKXLn9_w-JkCFYwVzAodGQx4Fg">Aveeno</a> by Johnson and Johnson<br /><br /></div><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">Aveeno Cream</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7VwdlE_WAA7_zL7nso47x9DjKIkoiXMvbI73WNLJikw-V0cfAfnunuW9oUR5gSqMMPg7eIvxiGK8ik0JgfecvoAMqyPQgtK5qC_YC0De4O-PvxCtZj_S77pUxxEE5yzwdIfokDEYJCTY/s1600-h/cream.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU7VwdlE_WAA7_zL7nso47x9DjKIkoiXMvbI73WNLJikw-V0cfAfnunuW9oUR5gSqMMPg7eIvxiGK8ik0JgfecvoAMqyPQgtK5qC_YC0De4O-PvxCtZj_S77pUxxEE5yzwdIfokDEYJCTY/s200/cream.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325780621186127250" border="0" /></a><br />The cream was a strange one, as there were occasional grains in the product, which was disconcerting. This was its main fault, as it wasn't labelled as having exfoliating qualities so made me feel they were grains who had sneaked in there.<br />The cream was effective on the drier parts of my legs and shins and seemed to be heavy enough to stay put and carry on moisturising. I did like the non perfume aspect and weight of the cream though.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Aveeno 24hour Moisturising Lotion</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdmPkKcxywvUinDWYL4gpdRvWSQCxDTO_c42hu0suUeoEkTdrxa1IpEfdgivjC98gyivbX1a4QpHswVgJCjLMDqImWTUigDiAdIeH1lLWY_zKmueZSMUayGe9cVkOn1pANkimdcy3GYM2/s1600-h/moisturising.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdmPkKcxywvUinDWYL4gpdRvWSQCxDTO_c42hu0suUeoEkTdrxa1IpEfdgivjC98gyivbX1a4QpHswVgJCjLMDqImWTUigDiAdIeH1lLWY_zKmueZSMUayGe9cVkOn1pANkimdcy3GYM2/s200/moisturising.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325780625157647058" border="0" /></a><br />The lotion sank into my skin and was absorbed quickly which was good and importantly is wasn't sticky or claggy in any way. I liked the fact it was unperformed and seemed to be fine on my skin which is sensitive so I was happy with that. It didn't offer any particular attributes that would sway me away from the current products I use however.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Aveeno Bath Powder</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmGjIgJjT4c7aQ_kYou7jo5tdb-VG7144AEblV84Pb4ENNjBwMCZso4VBNUchEhQ6HLgRY2FHS4WSkgFF47ELWLLVfRENm47JFqYZtyUmXNkbxNeNsyrsE7Wn0bov61t8PtHN4B1vGDcB/s1600-h/bath+powder.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOmGjIgJjT4c7aQ_kYou7jo5tdb-VG7144AEblV84Pb4ENNjBwMCZso4VBNUchEhQ6HLgRY2FHS4WSkgFF47ELWLLVfRENm47JFqYZtyUmXNkbxNeNsyrsE7Wn0bov61t8PtHN4B1vGDcB/s200/bath+powder.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325780618299384210" border="0" /></a><br />It was daunting to sprinkle the product into the bath, I was dubious when the package recommended to sprinkle under fast running water - as my tap water is a slow running supply. The powder thankfully seemed to become absorbed into the water, but looked very unappealing.<br /><br />I was worried that the powder would clog up the dra ins. The bath looked liked a Victorian water tub, dank and murky but I did tentatively step in.<br /><br />All that aside, it was a nice relaxing bath, the water was softened, and I happily splashed around. I made sure my hair was cleaned with fresh tap water though, as I did wonder how much of the product would stick to my hair.<br />I didn't notice a huge difference in my skin when I dried myself after my bath though.<br /><br />I was relieved that the bath wasn't coated in a muddy mess after the water drained away, it just simply needed to be rinsed.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Package Design</span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSxIIcqaRO4_ZcLCfwxZFxz9uKiW-VX_s0D-UUJsbeqq7qCGBcEYwSMD56XiBDCcpvBRRznyfDHMFPaKAeJLhPoWSz_4cyFQDOqcyZ7mT3GkEhxFKl1-s3tl3YWgcBUuRTMgE7lP6FBBr/s1600-h/boxes.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSxIIcqaRO4_ZcLCfwxZFxz9uKiW-VX_s0D-UUJsbeqq7qCGBcEYwSMD56XiBDCcpvBRRznyfDHMFPaKAeJLhPoWSz_4cyFQDOqcyZ7mT3GkEhxFKl1-s3tl3YWgcBUuRTMgE7lP6FBBr/s200/boxes.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325780614211098786" border="0" /></a></div><br />I didn't find the design on the packaging nor the product name Aveeno appealing.<br />There wasn't enough product information on the label and I didn't like the list of foreign writing on the front or reverse as it took up much of the packaging space so added nothing to the overall design.<br />I did, however, like the oatmeal colour background colour and botanical illustration, but not the chosen type face or the green heavy block of colour.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">review by <a style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;" href="http://jeanettemcculloch.co.uk/index.html">Sunny</a></span>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-49706045763588745452009-04-01T19:31:00.010+01:002009-04-01T20:42:11.448+01:00liverpool in the spring ....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24uov5LzfaGNajr6pNIUX8S0hJZ85xykLo6okLS6-UuZJiL_12_BnoSgjSsIpTN1xgIpMKOCf8w1ldCsJEqbTRVTu_QqfT6IID1qjSnTva4bzVDzk4oZnjQ2TElY8DS2u_iOuXJPoZshv/s1600-h/carving.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 93px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj24uov5LzfaGNajr6pNIUX8S0hJZ85xykLo6okLS6-UuZJiL_12_BnoSgjSsIpTN1xgIpMKOCf8w1ldCsJEqbTRVTu_QqfT6IID1qjSnTva4bzVDzk4oZnjQ2TElY8DS2u_iOuXJPoZshv/s200/carving.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319801149230183426" border="0" /></a><br />Whilst strolling from the station to our Liverpool office I spotted this.... not difficult to miss as it is huge. Apparently it has been on Paradise Street since November, but I have not been over that way since the summer.<br /><br />It is a Pillar of Friendship and is spectacular.<br /><br />Under the leadership of master smiths from nine countries, 300 blacksmiths from all over the world worked together to forge the 15 separate pieces that make up the pillar.<br /><br />This is a blog entry from one of the blacksmiths ... <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.artmetal.com/images/sculpture_gallery/adrian_wood/2008/04/pillar_of_friendship_sculpture">Adrian Wood</a>. <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.artmetal.com/images/sculpture_gallery/adrian_wood/2008/04/pillar_of_friendship_sculpture_detail">This</a> is his designed piece.<br />What a buzz that must have been to work on something like this<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ePM853WBh4_nWfWzTp4YKb_SveMunqbvx28_oZEdW1TTj-A4aYNk4HtWG3-dTXcEEjsoz4IG7Ot_QrV3iTvn4fKtz0n7Y6hAqLfoexTvzrYekDlqO9kFed09innn5C08IAImLuDsfZ_b/s1600-h/Pillar+of+Friendship%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 104px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ePM853WBh4_nWfWzTp4YKb_SveMunqbvx28_oZEdW1TTj-A4aYNk4HtWG3-dTXcEEjsoz4IG7Ot_QrV3iTvn4fKtz0n7Y6hAqLfoexTvzrYekDlqO9kFed09innn5C08IAImLuDsfZ_b/s200/Pillar+of+Friendship%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319793145049273490" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6LLcSEezcmtcBFI4ft7X4sa-zgQBuLxS9IqMBrW1tUTXbLZo8BMP0T7QdquxcCRT1Jw1LmJuHBls6eupZTiEgBwRdKtdCUe7tMaSSFHlu3t_EDVUxCNKcdVGUsIbOEuyrdVmNiGzit-w/s1600-h/Pillar+of+Friendship.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 78px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6LLcSEezcmtcBFI4ft7X4sa-zgQBuLxS9IqMBrW1tUTXbLZo8BMP0T7QdquxcCRT1Jw1LmJuHBls6eupZTiEgBwRdKtdCUe7tMaSSFHlu3t_EDVUxCNKcdVGUsIbOEuyrdVmNiGzit-w/s200/Pillar+of+Friendship.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319793144659132562" border="0" /></a></div><br />As I approached the dock area I notice these structures dated in the 1850s. They stand opposite the road where my ancestors settled after they cam over from Ireland in the early 1850s. They would have stood at one stage looking at these as I did this last week. It was a starnge feeling.<br />It passed through my mind what they would think of the regeneration and the fact that these massive trading warehouses are now apartments.... my ancestors lived about 15 to a house back then with no sanitation .....<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfX11BMCPVTba28NbpRWf5x751kwth3W1poeqHwv8H0AdcU_XuxyJ6hFu_4Ekk3QXp6oqArZ8-TpP8EHqTghFD1VArPNhld3JNitJIXUXWq-iDUXM9JsL276ZRW7JeUjn-tCpIL2pPm-T/s1600-h/1855.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjfX11BMCPVTba28NbpRWf5x751kwth3W1poeqHwv8H0AdcU_XuxyJ6hFu_4Ekk3QXp6oqArZ8-TpP8EHqTghFD1VArPNhld3JNitJIXUXWq-iDUXM9JsL276ZRW7JeUjn-tCpIL2pPm-T/s200/1855.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319793147278472066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdUlDgXywTOpBANl3M1wwn_1AkYsUoJ-M9Yc5iIOhC3K3emgP2RC-tMSH9QpDAqioiQc_3UVF8pxPg-uXQUGun-ALcd1CaXIMNE_a1tYAaqHdeeFezBYIxIQTAQNSAg9hSxhSBiaRMnW9/s1600-h/1856.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 77px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDdUlDgXywTOpBANl3M1wwn_1AkYsUoJ-M9Yc5iIOhC3K3emgP2RC-tMSH9QpDAqioiQc_3UVF8pxPg-uXQUGun-ALcd1CaXIMNE_a1tYAaqHdeeFezBYIxIQTAQNSAg9hSxhSBiaRMnW9/s200/1856.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319793147480485058" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOuXfU38zVsmqwQ-SKyHqG1ZVJgPTibwB7qWUjjG7oudQxFO0u4H3lGzJYh6X9sPybAG3fOBnacEVRqoLQ9hBQrthwGLVDrZjTVd2wgUbnjd8BVo2XL6NQVEQhp1qu3SIwytaD3tpSZLs/s1600-h/Liverpool+dockside+2009.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoOuXfU38zVsmqwQ-SKyHqG1ZVJgPTibwB7qWUjjG7oudQxFO0u4H3lGzJYh6X9sPybAG3fOBnacEVRqoLQ9hBQrthwGLVDrZjTVd2wgUbnjd8BVo2XL6NQVEQhp1qu3SIwytaD3tpSZLs/s200/Liverpool+dockside+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319793149360583106" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Another place I managed to visit this last month was Sefton Park. A huge favourite of mine and I have happy memories of playing there as a kid.<br />The park is undergoing a transformation, the lake has been drained and the statue of Eros is back after a long absence as is the bandstand.<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQ2dbIaLpW3nMgMDygVHXxafxcxKBi3jW-flVajNlMBdPApVO6ucm2VZqSMUEnHv80WvuCz0Dgp_C7rgcHDObIafz511UTFF85hX2Ue4CI3tLVwIPLKrTz_jf-T_fev6DsgBSUk3CVOxG/s1600-h/Sefton+Park.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQ2dbIaLpW3nMgMDygVHXxafxcxKBi3jW-flVajNlMBdPApVO6ucm2VZqSMUEnHv80WvuCz0Dgp_C7rgcHDObIafz511UTFF85hX2Ue4CI3tLVwIPLKrTz_jf-T_fev6DsgBSUk3CVOxG/s200/Sefton+Park.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319801268811824098" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OzpiV1OKihicF7XUYOcXX71lWFSvjZCsslT7sGpCoIWYziovmCTmMUVMie56UiHBxyzUZ6O7QR9byBMXQQ8Wt1wtul63Q0ncAuwb5w5sMrN4Ssj-WObvxmB5GQo23gC7SQlwowdmlafF/s1600-h/Bandstand.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1OzpiV1OKihicF7XUYOcXX71lWFSvjZCsslT7sGpCoIWYziovmCTmMUVMie56UiHBxyzUZ6O7QR9byBMXQQ8Wt1wtul63Q0ncAuwb5w5sMrN4Ssj-WObvxmB5GQo23gC7SQlwowdmlafF/s200/Bandstand.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319801136146474930" border="0" /></a></div> </div> My favourite part of the park has a lways been the Palm House and this was renovated a few years ago now.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHWWoSQRXKeohePzZa_hfsUspzPJ0yoTpQNLiZFXGANgvxx75fhovM3wt3XN_Da9fQsphddSd_pFKeamIA2PpletDdtw9k3PCEGvx4J2Vpn3ZAogrZBM3TrQjsxO5N-ZCCftHgaqllhwc/s1600-h/Palm+House.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHWWoSQRXKeohePzZa_hfsUspzPJ0yoTpQNLiZFXGANgvxx75fhovM3wt3XN_Da9fQsphddSd_pFKeamIA2PpletDdtw9k3PCEGvx4J2Vpn3ZAogrZBM3TrQjsxO5N-ZCCftHgaqllhwc/s200/Palm+House.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319801147291601074" border="0" /></a><br />These images just had to be solarised... I love the way it has picked up the bird in the photo on the right<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifLbhneMePlGHdsH3JMMobqzQ9aIeTdTn98r5rVvG5W7LcXEFHejdsT4Kr2dVLQIqcuBIDfgbuS30CCpQ_RTMtuqqJ87yBQ6IOU9UuI2NlbqmFwCW94ljO2ycL4aPadffOCw316cFXb5X/s1600-h/Palm+house+solarised.2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 99px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifLbhneMePlGHdsH3JMMobqzQ9aIeTdTn98r5rVvG5W7LcXEFHejdsT4Kr2dVLQIqcuBIDfgbuS30CCpQ_RTMtuqqJ87yBQ6IOU9UuI2NlbqmFwCW94ljO2ycL4aPadffOCw316cFXb5X/s200/Palm+house+solarised.2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319801147235604578" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYOlyImslPubdTU5kl19Q3kbPqmLmpxXiWn6HxFMhlqEOsU8OUDcB6beh_qELNKpXxqxVjqEZ5g5jIWw_K-aXkFdChHVcMEU7gorYTc4QeQX_rqd1SMz9-CZy_jKRB_Yn_6wsRSia9sUc/s1600-h/Palm+house+solarised+sml.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 97px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYOlyImslPubdTU5kl19Q3kbPqmLmpxXiWn6HxFMhlqEOsU8OUDcB6beh_qELNKpXxqxVjqEZ5g5jIWw_K-aXkFdChHVcMEU7gorYTc4QeQX_rqd1SMz9-CZy_jKRB_Yn_6wsRSia9sUc/s200/Palm+house+solarised+sml.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319802130173102434" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><br />The Park was opened in 1872 another area where my ancestors would have strolled around too.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUVq1_I_2coSZzq-FcxOUjwuWE3WI122VelgFhFCjuk3NkBWndKM8XejHvJnrIoDGUEa-lbxNly7Oj0IPudt-uJa26zIsE39ZU-FkOBnzsxc0BMC6IEc9HpJyscdUTvByIxbOQko94dOq/s1600-h/Lizzie+%26+Ted.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 116px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUVq1_I_2coSZzq-FcxOUjwuWE3WI122VelgFhFCjuk3NkBWndKM8XejHvJnrIoDGUEa-lbxNly7Oj0IPudt-uJa26zIsE39ZU-FkOBnzsxc0BMC6IEc9HpJyscdUTvByIxbOQko94dOq/s200/Lizzie+%26+Ted.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319801261174271202" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">my gt aunt & uncle Sefton Park C1930</span><br /></div>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-32884523234719403312009-03-20T21:15:00.004+00:002009-03-20T21:42:01.788+00:00who said it was grim oop North ?........Images that have struck me this week ... just look at that sky!!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueb3lbiCbGdwlUnhKDtaYU87jmnc3QCzHQfmYoTnoLfMAu8jT_ttVhDn4gvp3-lfH6IxQyXb8StKKOjrrYHDTCmGeLSp44fBmP-j851Ki1f6ZROVsCYl5U-3J2V4QM3P40GGWXPAbV6kt/s1600-h/Manchester+wheel+3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 166px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnPyoan7v662TnIz0b_G7HZ-0G7TuuSHlGTFTsbuRxwhmf4zQ0LnPJCRMT2QOKahHqPVL66wdcEEaJRcHU-Y6WRCNYHobpwao_QC-A5Bl4KaffTyF3QoQ0F3f0mbqjM3MTVNYNirKPaArl/s200/100_7572.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312091641002929474" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />And this is in my lounge....... thank you Sunny :-)<br />Love your new <a style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.jeanettemcculloch.co.uk/telescope/telescope.html">web page</a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.jeanettemcculloch.co.uk/telescope/telescope.html"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYcRu4IPtBE0DVRlzOZbbQ8iJPFVtSTT7A64qZnoO8zMMOT8rhWAlgBb5JGUjAu9iklO4_2UvAlpUM_l20mg4NSB8vpWLLa6SgkfAJrq6il0vOeuWgCeWA_Ybq80kfYJg-AFnmq-iKtE-/s1600-h/lastscan.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYcRu4IPtBE0DVRlzOZbbQ8iJPFVtSTT7A64qZnoO8zMMOT8rhWAlgBb5JGUjAu9iklO4_2UvAlpUM_l20mg4NSB8vpWLLa6SgkfAJrq6il0vOeuWgCeWA_Ybq80kfYJg-AFnmq-iKtE-/s200/lastscan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5312092029771287394" border="0" /></a>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-72715690073648959732009-03-10T22:37:00.002+00:002009-03-10T22:42:39.176+00:00Sunny takes her time in finding the 'On' button on any bit of machinery...so to get her posting on is a miraculous event.<br />But, what the wonderful 'Slide' show by our friend Random friend doesn't show, is the other unedited pictures that were taken AFTER the private view....the question is will they be the <em>other</em> slide show...Jeanettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07457246916337966809noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-45702986285973515062009-03-08T18:48:00.002+00:002009-03-08T18:53:20.625+00:00Unsung Heroes was a heroic success!!! All eleven artists came up trumphs with a really brilliant variety of work celebrating their chosen 'heroes'.....not only interesting but beautifully crafted. And the cabinets of altered books by our 'Random place of mind' friend surpassed herself, with a wonderful, crazy, suprising and best of all sincere, collection of Book Art. Well done, and watch as a path is etched to the Courtyard in Hereford (..the land that time forgot), of folk who come to see your exhibition.<br />Double Hurray...Jeanettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07457246916337966809noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-26372136593711312052009-03-02T22:46:00.007+00:002009-03-02T23:22:35.751+00:00all done and ready to go .....<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhragBZnrtITJ23xpZgKCtCyUIIbxJ_PPfOjXZkot7eyLOkGbCqoix8mKKHICxcBpogEMHaWEk2sygoaVIPuVugBHYJJzLwH9F0F_OvbEgYKztUMszq3ByxdsAWp4U9UR3cbSP6LUCiWwtZ/s1600-h/all+done.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 76px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhragBZnrtITJ23xpZgKCtCyUIIbxJ_PPfOjXZkot7eyLOkGbCqoix8mKKHICxcBpogEMHaWEk2sygoaVIPuVugBHYJJzLwH9F0F_OvbEgYKztUMszq3ByxdsAWp4U9UR3cbSP6LUCiWwtZ/s200/all+done.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308728894732859794" border="0" /></a></div><br />Keeping the Home Fires Burning<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIIHje7tSk29JfYy-U4O5U4Pi4A7gdeOKGBzjOel6g86s0RJeWcPpHq9zpkzqxqKcFW-D7WL51VkjnAca1e7HACYgj3bzDGPDQ_4abRi0ZGlI14BnuThVYWShMNaE-OcBk_ZukpiqKuwO5/s1600-h/in+the+making+done+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 164px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii0NbuIu7KHtsuL2yZFUrSI50cGCwxM3TMlD-BMOjhicCZHKKYRjGn4YxbBf6zc67rEMKQ8MSJyqOvXzoWCmZrZVLGQMoPyroNoI1PAvr5NXWMN9t-w5qesXkHZkRuDV-o-oHQ4PKXMy8s/s200/explorers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308732275834348658" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzk4UA8DL5IN1YZTBBgauQXtIaHMxATmJzGSm4-OEPZE7ulVXXMcliLc09cuJTT0nlJfWn6apb2PXbCkXCyEtJb3BeT9m9jf5eJU3Rg7UowLKYRGAIqyuOCuYoqKUpR5cc84Y50m1SyPBO/s1600-h/resized+explore.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzk4UA8DL5IN1YZTBBgauQXtIaHMxATmJzGSm4-OEPZE7ulVXXMcliLc09cuJTT0nlJfWn6apb2PXbCkXCyEtJb3BeT9m9jf5eJU3Rg7UowLKYRGAIqyuOCuYoqKUpR5cc84Y50m1SyPBO/s200/resized+explore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308731410968101922" border="0" /></a><br />Before After<br /><br /><br />No going back now... setting up the exhibition tomorrow .. so hopefully I will have some photos to show how we all got on<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjZoVnLkcDM42k3n6EnE4kFYockuBauAePTkoQl9SCcEC6tBuslfMqDX7mWwR00CWmVnNn7-XIn2rNrXKTD6NIcSISkU896CJ3dbalIiydDEDjQGhNPMG4_sWgJfZxROJhTfx_3hVN1jI/s1600-h/courtyard+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjZoVnLkcDM42k3n6EnE4kFYockuBauAePTkoQl9SCcEC6tBuslfMqDX7mWwR00CWmVnNn7-XIn2rNrXKTD6NIcSISkU896CJ3dbalIiydDEDjQGhNPMG4_sWgJfZxROJhTfx_3hVN1jI/s200/courtyard+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308733458758299634" border="0" /></a></div>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-20915651427427173382009-02-26T21:27:00.009+00:002009-02-28T10:16:10.527+00:00original bookart ........I was here on Wednesday<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWYUifbx83C_55t7gBsL6aj8yvuJalFLJBs0oRsjottwBFsMtJmwWqQ84A8zYcSllE20rRQpBP3dWiAZB2wHj25UqBFkiyWgqFmssYm1LiNaGWtBkZ5qhZffdALG-rYg23XaSrF8FM858/s1600-h/British++Library+London.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxWYUifbx83C_55t7gBsL6aj8yvuJalFLJBs0oRsjottwBFsMtJmwWqQ84A8zYcSllE20rRQpBP3dWiAZB2wHj25UqBFkiyWgqFmssYm1LiNaGWtBkZ5qhZffdALG-rYg23XaSrF8FM858/s200/British++Library+London.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307221980529514546" border="0" /></a></div><br />at a conference. It was actually a very good conference as I didn't start to drop off to sleep until about 5 minutes from the close ... result.<br /><br />The best of it all was the location <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/index.html">The British Library</a>. What a joy!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEVVrL_g5gp4APAMDnDZTo5I_hyphenhyphenqIE4TmKf6n3_whDTb5Sc2TLIuaNKwytTOsT31E8eWjQUL_qv6DjntJLsU1qwJ2tZ3xe0lFiYRT7Q6PlXTll11-GTQ8HTQOMSn7m-J1Fc7xaCCYjVey/s1600-h/British++Library+London.1.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEVVrL_g5gp4APAMDnDZTo5I_hyphenhyphenqIE4TmKf6n3_whDTb5Sc2TLIuaNKwytTOsT31E8eWjQUL_qv6DjntJLsU1qwJ2tZ3xe0lFiYRT7Q6PlXTll11-GTQ8HTQOMSn7m-J1Fc7xaCCYjVey/s200/British++Library+London.1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307221984572122114" border="0" /></a><br />The only downside was I had merely 30 minutes (during the lunch break) to explore its wonders.<br />The library contains some 150 million items which includes 25 million books and a glass tower in the centre which houses 65,000 printed volumes along with other pamphlets, manuscripts and maps collected by King George III between 1763 and 1820. A truely magical place.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXa8o-aCXvHygV2vVgcZXUQNWJISByeEXPktG7mVdO-iMvTsenKZePVXRw6CFbc2wHNi3US33WS3R9U69bXRZhy5hwXoAw5AsdwEgwHljclQc4VXhZosal-ZpWiOclSj6-qaykUADYaSAE/s1600-h/glass+tower.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXa8o-aCXvHygV2vVgcZXUQNWJISByeEXPktG7mVdO-iMvTsenKZePVXRw6CFbc2wHNi3US33WS3R9U69bXRZhy5hwXoAw5AsdwEgwHljclQc4VXhZosal-ZpWiOclSj6-qaykUADYaSAE/s200/glass+tower.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307778875605273218" border="0" /></a></div>I wandered in awe aimlessly for about 10 minutes then headed into one of the rooms (not sure what it was called now) ... but it housed books and maps obviously from times gone by.. I saw the writings of Shakespeare, Captain Cook, King Henry VI, Florence Nightingale and Leonardo de Vinci; original music manuscripts of Beethoven, Purcell and Mozart; and beautiful maps from around the world drawn when everyone thought the world was flat.<br /><br />I had that same warm custard in your belly feeling as I did when I saw my gt-gt Grandfathers signature from 1835 in a birth register in Morlaix, seeing these great works for the first time.. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuNoIS9-32T1enCcuSJgk7EAEs8XWDHJ-uiI6MSeWnNR1RlD4tGwL6cnyiDA7bJPqhGakMB45dPczvd3s51_dD3cchiR_fDA-cU-Scv71uxsJLUyZo8_qzl50q6uSxbCo-XK1xa0vmnfw/s1600-h/jhi.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 67px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuNoIS9-32T1enCcuSJgk7EAEs8XWDHJ-uiI6MSeWnNR1RlD4tGwL6cnyiDA7bJPqhGakMB45dPczvd3s51_dD3cchiR_fDA-cU-Scv71uxsJLUyZo8_qzl50q6uSxbCo-XK1xa0vmnfw/s200/jhi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307786166737694754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8KekzlUlD-8M7ehsoSpwsoEVF6KYkittI1r1j7etYI1QpS3Wl2df6dVb59T7YaYBb9v9zLf5JUZDQDsQ7ATQnFhVEIWwyPvnuTTHQ3lWO4Dk4IQYa6D_LS0HgJN5WllFMJUrrFyfayw2J/s1600-h/constantinople_lg.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 146px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKRYKPbZj-NIbetLAU3GCnL5uWmrKA2IbNvWRy63AdMzRA_tKIfoARgRbTcua0KbdQ3_L8tKLdqOinjTDU7c_l9XrkRCvtTDKVXagGuvjNpeaW1-Zhof6H0oz5wKb4G3483cXarmPBW1aO/s200/romanlge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307786037714454562" border="0" /></a><br />wow this is interesting as I have been surfing around for images etc ... <a href="http://www.cts.dmu.ac.uk/Caxtons/">Canterbury Tales </a>on the net .. do take a look<br /><br /><br />Anyway piece 4 is now complete and I think piece 5 will be done today and 6 done by tomorrow<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNb_U8cmiVp7Sk-eokzYur-DnT0nalUAzZBXGMYbydhgBaWVczLbojXw3SHHkB2zYmbq3TIuUO-B_ZYcSvPq-FR0bmea47YODkl_KUPl6DEXYrhTtRuQ85OAxLNKwp1AIwQYiQhWoWWfwt/s1600-h/resized+explore.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNb_U8cmiVp7Sk-eokzYur-DnT0nalUAzZBXGMYbydhgBaWVczLbojXw3SHHkB2zYmbq3TIuUO-B_ZYcSvPq-FR0bmea47YODkl_KUPl6DEXYrhTtRuQ85OAxLNKwp1AIwQYiQhWoWWfwt/s200/resized+explore.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307788152866171042" border="0" /></a>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-68321477192519673342009-02-13T22:37:00.004+00:002009-02-14T21:42:02.582+00:003 out of 6 ain't bad ....with only 16 days to go before setting up the exhibition.....<br /><br />finished piece 3<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWSivmjZMZCqcmrwpO6fnMU6YlAEa2sG6IuIib7mTQnsB9MqF3gFO5t-kcOVh2i1aCwSTUdLAG1qJAjZEtOsdOJyLu9r_ZsiwHkzxdKXfNsdtbAu9ZnqRZEdJ3caT4J26hiryHOEXmfKi/s1600-h/in+the+making.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 198px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0L5y9pepciY4i2W1Ew16SVANuzbLkn57xPEzzuyO_yFOe0Fjk0vyXl82DXGn6-_VG3EhKQhfbeTsRGkc-AbEC8lbEIJAPOF-TRnDU2zaE5x30pqRTTKRV9FsDMENdFNi56KcFrdmZKbH/s200/in+the+making+done+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302769970847560626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47HBO0NKJeP4Ijw6cHQDhi8jjQyNd2O3O_SoSnYJL9oXQqEd6gra8fpysMtFtwcF6enHK1pU_K9bNsRGoozW7i6oo5OP4CFJHB91BivIGdvTDxZKsM9LzH3PmwjTbAYD1jg_4D285gYTD/s1600-h/in+the+making+done+4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47HBO0NKJeP4Ijw6cHQDhi8jjQyNd2O3O_SoSnYJL9oXQqEd6gra8fpysMtFtwcF6enHK1pU_K9bNsRGoozW7i6oo5OP4CFJHB91BivIGdvTDxZKsM9LzH3PmwjTbAYD1jg_4D285gYTD/s200/in+the+making+done+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302770708305418978" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I love how this has turned out<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaxJMKlZ-wfjwlMpZOZZB9cPiPymIAQfx_sC4HAegxgmIB0_F5GaqkEphn27qmnJOPDEW1AF6jdt5SIXKxkDB5BmvR9sM43eY16rv8f6rio3ZFIdH14tqE_EXwygVk4oy_55hdON_Ghfy/s1600-h/in+the+making+done+3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHaxJMKlZ-wfjwlMpZOZZB9cPiPymIAQfx_sC4HAegxgmIB0_F5GaqkEphn27qmnJOPDEW1AF6jdt5SIXKxkDB5BmvR9sM43eY16rv8f6rio3ZFIdH14tqE_EXwygVk4oy_55hdON_Ghfy/s200/in+the+making+done+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302770703643498034" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-5950307778905053172009-02-09T23:40:00.003+00:002009-02-09T23:44:31.078+00:002 down ...4 in the making .....& 20 days to go .....<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhh9wz3z6RhDR646nS4c4DAkdzOAiz1YA1pwc0DJDE_fZ_Sj5L0YyAFaAJvNaA-11Oi4H9esuWugN8M9zQKGTSjbnLNy2jJCs6kSuLGrUzAbMY0Gvc_hTVHgOtUnOT1MjM7g9tp9cBP1q/s1600-h/nature+done.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGhh9wz3z6RhDR646nS4c4DAkdzOAiz1YA1pwc0DJDE_fZ_Sj5L0YyAFaAJvNaA-11Oi4H9esuWugN8M9zQKGTSjbnLNy2jJCs6kSuLGrUzAbMY0Gvc_hTVHgOtUnOT1MjM7g9tp9cBP1q/s200/nature+done.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5300947355572171090" border="0" /></a><br /><br />[it has not photographed well]Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-84163025700956434842009-01-31T16:44:00.005+00:002009-01-31T19:54:56.115+00:00finally.....I have settled on the 6 unsung heroes pieces under construction for the exhibition......<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Inventors</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Explorers</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Nature</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Keeping the home fires burning during war times</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Ancestors</span> <span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Bloggers </span><br /></div><br />'Ancestors' is done.... 'Nature' is in stage drying <span style="font-style: italic;">(which includes miniature photographs transferred onto course Thai silk)</span>.. ... I need crocodile clips for 'bloggers' so it will light up with a 9v battery... 'war time' is also drying but needs a lot of work... 'Inventors' is in need of some harsh sticking to make it stand up <span style="font-style: italic;">(mmm? not sure how it will work out?)</span> .... & 'Explorers' is in its very early stages........<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieD6Yc1rTx_q02ZbizdcOFy-OLwG_XgXx1JiGA9ldLmpfUyZcdUFuI4e-8a17ifF5IDDBopKBWd-GkQssrYm0zsXfT5WOxfUAevOn-gB9cszA6taXruuHIKJZoKAMUFxJdPDORteEQfEWB/s1600-h/ancestors+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieD6Yc1rTx_q02ZbizdcOFy-OLwG_XgXx1JiGA9ldLmpfUyZcdUFuI4e-8a17ifF5IDDBopKBWd-GkQssrYm0zsXfT5WOxfUAevOn-gB9cszA6taXruuHIKJZoKAMUFxJdPDORteEQfEWB/s200/ancestors+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297547957025951058" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0kB8QYq1xyhuE7ifHDS-5j2E0z9Fc0DJEfGIV3dYF1am0XoxaUFOsVNMY1Rb8KHQit9UzWO-k-IzReI56JVhcgu5oTTyQmh-M4nqYMWFSYLHN-wI7Q_SZTbuM0IldzVHjW33xSfnnDlq/s1600-h/nature.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 65px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik0kB8QYq1xyhuE7ifHDS-5j2E0z9Fc0DJEfGIV3dYF1am0XoxaUFOsVNMY1Rb8KHQit9UzWO-k-IzReI56JVhcgu5oTTyQmh-M4nqYMWFSYLHN-wI7Q_SZTbuM0IldzVHjW33xSfnnDlq/s200/nature.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297547960072077794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVe6C5aOsT_mCQXhKwGbYzjCJLuKizGTktZxRfia3bsYA587JWMSCHREkvn6zbldKv7faZqM6l6wwMda-dm_yDf9ZgdbeSWq4ZffA_Ic63mtXuSPcajvhyphenhyphenuDzhcN941CUUayBl8PKk4ASb/s1600-h/explorers.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVe6C5aOsT_mCQXhKwGbYzjCJLuKizGTktZxRfia3bsYA587JWMSCHREkvn6zbldKv7faZqM6l6wwMda-dm_yDf9ZgdbeSWq4ZffA_Ic63mtXuSPcajvhyphenhyphenuDzhcN941CUUayBl8PKk4ASb/s200/explorers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297547960953810130" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Must think up suitable words to accompany the pieces .. I can do that sitting on the train on the way to and from work .......<br />Ancestors is looking a bit like this <span style="font-style: italic;">(as the book was originally 'The Echo' )</span><br /><br />'The Echo of those gone by<br />Those who were once was..<br />Their thoughts, their lives<br />Forgotten<br />Relived, revealed by the hunters<br />Who thirst to discover their secrets '<br /><br />Everything needs tweaking ... including me lolRandompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-38412382206071045332009-01-28T22:34:00.006+00:002009-01-28T22:50:41.611+00:00stuffy -v- sunshine.....No contest (of course!)<br /><br />After being cooped up in a hot, tiresome classroom all day there was nothing left to do when the question was asked <span style="font-style: italic;">'does an</span><span style="font-style: italic;">yone have</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> any question?'</span> but to keep as quiet as a mouse and exit as fast as humanly possible.<br />The sun was shining, the air was fresh and clear and I was in my home city .... Liverpool.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJJgcK-pmbc6Jq6VEfEcnZk6GZH8oFd6-SW9QseZjjzyzhnaNcexDBufK9pPjt3-ToADvjqryRPrx8jcOs5SuPBiT69KJNzAxB1sRmtTpnDdr4eSqWLbUnhdwksNf7zBwCIXhs6aftVoU/s1600-h/Liverpool+January+2009+%281%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 94px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWJJgcK-pmbc6Jq6VEfEcnZk6GZH8oFd6-SW9QseZjjzyzhnaNcexDBufK9pPjt3-ToADvjqryRPrx8jcOs5SuPBiT69KJNzAxB1sRmtTpnDdr4eSqWLbUnhdwksNf7zBwCIXhs6aftVoU/s200/Liverpool+January+2009+%281%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296477677423302706" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Vf2v4_ork7VLgvLN9907PcqHwmWquku6e10abf-NWYr2tiYozzBK6d6Y8nnbTCFuQ9SNP6J5r4W05_vV6ANdkOlVxKBxUqjapYyaEM5mhM4daWlO04VW7BrdOOWzkSotxuCwoKoRdSR_/s1600-h/Liverpool+January+2009.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 119px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Vf2v4_ork7VLgvLN9907PcqHwmWquku6e10abf-NWYr2tiYozzBK6d6Y8nnbTCFuQ9SNP6J5r4W05_vV6ANdkOlVxKBxUqjapYyaEM5mhM4daWlO04VW7BrdOOWzkSotxuCwoKoRdSR_/s200/Liverpool+January+2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296477673504271074" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKiinZWgX2PRO4NgZeefa_U3755t7bBJOYnk-7E5pcweV423iQwAnCM6yCI94CcrTRe_fcFfYPHDnu5StP4yT-qcMrjMBceOP1-2W1JWEW__fZjwJw8RuwWklYlpUCrWf_vtX4csSPhAC/s1600-h/Liverpool+January+2009+%286%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKiinZWgX2PRO4NgZeefa_U3755t7bBJOYnk-7E5pcweV423iQwAnCM6yCI94CcrTRe_fcFfYPHDnu5StP4yT-qcMrjMBceOP1-2W1JWEW__fZjwJw8RuwWklYlpUCrWf_vtX4csSPhAC/s200/Liverpool+January+2009+%286%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296478261863061458" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMeGNJG_pgCPW7hWkeYibZ_LBDoZuTq3GE0xqUJBmt2Q9LYf2yyaMN3bsXM3kvPrpyJK9m5ABw4ikz-lr57zalgN5xYQm90nzgggFE9L4xqpvN043EAXavdcmC_OOE29owP4K7lj3oMb7/s1600-h/Liverpool+January+2009+%284%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 196px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNMeGNJG_pgCPW7hWkeYibZ_LBDoZuTq3GE0xqUJBmt2Q9LYf2yyaMN3bsXM3kvPrpyJK9m5ABw4ikz-lr57zalgN5xYQm90nzgggFE9L4xqpvN043EAXavdcmC_OOE29owP4K7lj3oMb7/s200/Liverpool+January+2009+%284%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296477690715562258" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the new <a href="http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/about/capitalprojects/mol/">Liverpool Museum</a> .. I can't wait for it to open<br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEfk8d0fwiJsJpQEXzduDQ3UerkTruDvfqkdA_a2AVOcd0wZ6KUhNBYDB3DMJMUND4p6C4H-N2StsCjywQrmBkJeZsvtjP4rNSJCwthfixq4qNHdbIfPCJIe3kuV0pUjoOkqSm71dQGhM/s1600-h/Liverpool+January+2009+%285%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 72px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUEfk8d0fwiJsJpQEXzduDQ3UerkTruDvfqkdA_a2AVOcd0wZ6KUhNBYDB3DMJMUND4p6C4H-N2StsCjywQrmBkJeZsvtjP4rNSJCwthfixq4qNHdbIfPCJIe3kuV0pUjoOkqSm71dQGhM/s200/Liverpool+January+2009+%285%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296478240888156434" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Reflections in reverse<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ03Gzt6J50u7Jc6RCWRI_04QTWselDUtln08r8OsHcdFeFO0L2qDmPcfr8o1AlE2JqHrchsYLQDFyRDqzBqiakSRm0nm65iMulBAGNi5UH4fLsvRx5KN7NCk_s_SdUMKvAXgl3z3_Xl0t/s1600-h/Liverpool+January+2009+%282%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 85px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ03Gzt6J50u7Jc6RCWRI_04QTWselDUtln08r8OsHcdFeFO0L2qDmPcfr8o1AlE2JqHrchsYLQDFyRDqzBqiakSRm0nm65iMulBAGNi5UH4fLsvRx5KN7NCk_s_SdUMKvAXgl3z3_Xl0t/s200/Liverpool+January+2009+%282%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296477681859637602" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3TlwJ9f6zGvser7KOmzUoZUc9YVR7eZbBwy0-LDNgMT40BtPO2_4vv-ELUMdNKDSc0ZzFKRW_e6uuQebyB1tK5DYWW18zC9BJKA04Ufz3p6umVLgIazB0fW7AWs0XpWg6sU9Mqp1MO1Un/s1600-h/Liverpool+January+2009+%283%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3TlwJ9f6zGvser7KOmzUoZUc9YVR7eZbBwy0-LDNgMT40BtPO2_4vv-ELUMdNKDSc0ZzFKRW_e6uuQebyB1tK5DYWW18zC9BJKA04Ufz3p6umVLgIazB0fW7AWs0XpWg6sU9Mqp1MO1Un/s200/Liverpool+January+2009+%283%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296477687490265506" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The magnificent <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George%27s_Hall,_Liverpool">St. Georges Hall</a> as the sun started to set<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7OJGA9svexnvWWdLTb3tzFlCwXZ9qdEu3Z2Unt0bIJsn3vGiLOoCeW_q3mzS9CNHFNHxRpQYt-jjIBdWOnAfNG29tJZLCnAE9n_pk0I-AonRRa3u81KS0yHRCWfEP0aG-fV6jd9OF4sM/s1600-h/Liverpool+January+2009+%287%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI7OJGA9svexnvWWdLTb3tzFlCwXZ9qdEu3Z2Unt0bIJsn3vGiLOoCeW_q3mzS9CNHFNHxRpQYt-jjIBdWOnAfNG29tJZLCnAE9n_pk0I-AonRRa3u81KS0yHRCWfEP0aG-fV6jd9OF4sM/s200/Liverpool+January+2009+%287%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296478262308879170" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5YzWDVdbc0WxycGmSVrlCjdjZ0BRIJ1SLrcQdXwRfa4FW4x4zZRB7md720zDBcVlGVIRfqzjT8qlUtNC7nM02CuNiFCq8Cprmjza7Rjl9ut95OtC6MStrFMFMt7tV77Qv29R0HQQ-nXZ/s1600-h/Liverpool+January+2009+%289%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 112px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja5YzWDVdbc0WxycGmSVrlCjdjZ0BRIJ1SLrcQdXwRfa4FW4x4zZRB7md720zDBcVlGVIRfqzjT8qlUtNC7nM02CuNiFCq8Cprmjza7Rjl9ut95OtC6MStrFMFMt7tV77Qv29R0HQQ-nXZ/s200/Liverpool+January+2009+%289%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296478268244226706" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uvmVg0jDPpcQJr9JstFFamKIFpDt_Gd_KNxYPeytJiubdOPlmLO9HE5ssRt-xRhaprYhyphenhyphenFq-6ElT24fj2J47AI-LJXhwwFXT79bQyPYJ_tZXO8FVH-G2ozrfK7AQJhUrLnCcD9yuRS6j/s1600-h/Liverpool+January+2009+%288%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-uvmVg0jDPpcQJr9JstFFamKIFpDt_Gd_KNxYPeytJiubdOPlmLO9HE5ssRt-xRhaprYhyphenhyphenFq-6ElT24fj2J47AI-LJXhwwFXT79bQyPYJ_tZXO8FVH-G2ozrfK7AQJhUrLnCcD9yuRS6j/s200/Liverpool+January+2009+%288%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296478265682913170" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I love this one where the sun has decided to stop .. & if you look closely there is a ghostly image of the Radio City Tower in the top left<br /></div></div> </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaofbjLRdlHZnZVuNaEUMy9hE0XwUf0jR7wQzHcYT6TN3STFDsL6DGTNBbpj25TeZQxWzZrL04zJDB9hc2w-i1LZNAp9jppaauxbEyxwp9Z_txnqx2WmalEu0CCTZh1Nl1xzpmq-O29DsV/s1600-h/Liverpool+January+2009+%2810%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaofbjLRdlHZnZVuNaEUMy9hE0XwUf0jR7wQzHcYT6TN3STFDsL6DGTNBbpj25TeZQxWzZrL04zJDB9hc2w-i1LZNAp9jppaauxbEyxwp9Z_txnqx2WmalEu0CCTZh1Nl1xzpmq-O29DsV/s200/Liverpool+January+2009+%2810%29.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296479072711750354" border="0" /></a>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-48148344639398216092009-01-19T22:50:00.005+00:002009-01-20T17:29:32.534+00:00work in progress ...6 weeks and counting to..... <a href="http://randomplaceofmind.blogspot.com/2008/10/no-pressure.html">here </a><br /><br />& only two pieces in progress<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Zz8Q34lKNeoZGkM7n0hn3uZr_NAKNkTowAgM3Hj4WxePbYeCpiHDzaFDAHNW08QVCxUrH7_gltLj_2VZu2iL0cCcBTRNPIWW7uU9ORl9NZpErS7ejW7-6PPjesCIPHq8aHMBz0AcHND-/s1600-h/bloggers-pola01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYr_MagSl7ZhPAdOxHwpHAvEaS0eFS5gDLR-gkCCNbVn1AzIoxwpQj1Yb7cZWZmtvqGYCMyw90nUHFMnbPaGRg1DjyVpv9goSjGkhG-c2FxwRHdE9-aDNDiyvDmA0uDnDCoZLEp48nrfs/s200/park.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289706946330752898" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Despite the rather cool nip in the air this morning, I decided to take myself, pup and camera to a park I have not visited in a long old while.<br />Wythenshawe Park.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3ad4zBQ6prmTVK_B7j_c_du7uSd5_sKdqCL23nlti22hFRyQt5INruMNLfVEn5_oF8OnvpgstCHwchtjMuy8c4E76jjRu_AuQ74FFM_YVy46kOaBHPSglWa9cDM_6pSpC0OJRDxRHjCk/s1600-h/frost.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 111px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3ad4zBQ6prmTVK_B7j_c_du7uSd5_sKdqCL23nlti22hFRyQt5INruMNLfVEn5_oF8OnvpgstCHwchtjMuy8c4E76jjRu_AuQ74FFM_YVy46kOaBHPSglWa9cDM_6pSpC0OJRDxRHjCk/s200/frost.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289704668103794242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFY-w1hh_Y0Yo7_Chlko9IiRhujPvFf24estQXQZ_51vyOAlPYN-q9dYlUfI-cl0q93vTwt2zKarx3z3CXWZ1bRvzSZkmO0UrBIJTxa2toCHW_7WFU9Zq6ld86w5zPnWC-LF6yQHsLhgGE/s1600-h/frost+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 171px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFY-w1hh_Y0Yo7_Chlko9IiRhujPvFf24estQXQZ_51vyOAlPYN-q9dYlUfI-cl0q93vTwt2zKarx3z3CXWZ1bRvzSZkmO0UrBIJTxa2toCHW_7WFU9Zq6ld86w5zPnWC-LF6yQHsLhgGE/s200/frost+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289704668769577394" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUGjT3LWSgDQX6yJN2QqMnTYc2CjOBGRhT_zpuumiJVU0p4SFW77Vwoho253PehLGwWHixTAyQ1u0nQwZnuO8AiuvGgx3AWLjRoCbMV9MZoPYvcAUvKi4Pgj2VrzMA69My2B1okfg7gDi/s1600-h/frost+4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 111px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUGjT3LWSgDQX6yJN2QqMnTYc2CjOBGRhT_zpuumiJVU0p4SFW77Vwoho253PehLGwWHixTAyQ1u0nQwZnuO8AiuvGgx3AWLjRoCbMV9MZoPYvcAUvKi4Pgj2VrzMA69My2B1okfg7gDi/s200/frost+4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289705604157006930" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtCZIDMsiSDQpulrswlCOtX3lBNQwfQVdOQCNwwswWWJWpINtDZRd_FRKb2UqZ9qyehP4rIxRIfi61ZH_8W_euj0CUQOLjbsRy_addZnjHsgxiuFqQlexepObA_cYNkgF8wDXwaHdgitG/s1600-h/frost+3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLtCZIDMsiSDQpulrswlCOtX3lBNQwfQVdOQCNwwswWWJWpINtDZRd_FRKb2UqZ9qyehP4rIxRIfi61ZH_8W_euj0CUQOLjbsRy_addZnjHsgxiuFqQlexepObA_cYNkgF8wDXwaHdgitG/s200/frost+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289705591315635730" border="0" /></a><br /></div>In the centre of the park is Wythenshawe Hall built C1540. It is rumoured that there was an original building there before it, built in the 1300s but it burnt down.<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPao3M2UyQWONvQa6aY48LhUZA7HgPAzr3Ea4mGMW3zSn-H4cVOMy2x6AkH85gqeGm94MXm5-Qd5EZP5LC0lHnaTohEj8n8kyd6YjRb7Yg-LgeQ_g15-zeB0JslHARoE0MMG9gW32PYC1/s1600-h/wythenshawe+hall.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqPao3M2UyQWONvQa6aY48LhUZA7HgPAzr3Ea4mGMW3zSn-H4cVOMy2x6AkH85gqeGm94MXm5-Qd5EZP5LC0lHnaTohEj8n8kyd6YjRb7Yg-LgeQ_g15-zeB0JslHARoE0MMG9gW32PYC1/s200/wythenshawe+hall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289705606163527362" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EAemTwXh7vGj4OlaKGor1M9JdQOslBtO5BFyFyipKBDrqg2do_rVbXgStFfQcOrrxiIYD82ZrUGLrfVYFQH5EG_hwrcLzPGu0mP58PXOFLwvxfRChMVqnL6d40aF6XLAwlPiu0D4RiWS/s1600-h/door.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 117px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EAemTwXh7vGj4OlaKGor1M9JdQOslBtO5BFyFyipKBDrqg2do_rVbXgStFfQcOrrxiIYD82ZrUGLrfVYFQH5EG_hwrcLzPGu0mP58PXOFLwvxfRChMVqnL6d40aF6XLAwlPiu0D4RiWS/s200/door.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289704665325165586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeVGZcXu3Kf-qd16QZClX-MajbU2_R5MLGXQJLQqEP-n8cPCBSWxqcGBdqZKKn2uK53WN1ab7Gm-Hy0tLE86N4pMxtaCdXzSHSG_CEDsjC7s6stJkRbp3MYAeAR37hhvY7QcaMNgIhogY/s1600-h/wythenshawe+hall+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXeVGZcXu3Kf-qd16QZClX-MajbU2_R5MLGXQJLQqEP-n8cPCBSWxqcGBdqZKKn2uK53WN1ab7Gm-Hy0tLE86N4pMxtaCdXzSHSG_CEDsjC7s6stJkRbp3MYAeAR37hhvY7QcaMNgIhogY/s200/wythenshawe+hall+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289705628791350834" border="0" /></a></div>Following the English Civil War the Wythenshawe estate increased to 2,500 acres. Today it sits in just 250 acres after the owner bowed to pressure from Manchester Council in 1926 and sold it to them as the council needed land. The land was then used to build one of Europes largest housing estates. I will say nothing much about Wythenshawe estate except it has an awful reputation for crime and poor housing<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GU4Kzn9S6ukQxK8jf5HEjy_SX6-q2-UnjJrMmdPq-JzyJg3En8PBF4UXb1Fp29qM7GOMskZ5jWNNc9tpmKcaHaw83swrk5hUfvRnFxUOc00Ft50eAo23hKjEnY897Ys3N6jZ4vlf4auj/s1600-h/chimneys.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 143px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GU4Kzn9S6ukQxK8jf5HEjy_SX6-q2-UnjJrMmdPq-JzyJg3En8PBF4UXb1Fp29qM7GOMskZ5jWNNc9tpmKcaHaw83swrk5hUfvRnFxUOc00Ft50eAo23hKjEnY897Ys3N6jZ4vlf4auj/s200/chimneys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289704662128456002" border="0" /></a><br />It was beautiful walk though.........<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A couple of altered images from today<br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif92tmPBwfDYqfQ1xQRqpwN4YkiYfPgavVTEa3qdtSou0zmlsYLHRZF4V8p_E1XTUAL12dOHDdVGXKqYzhbSBxcpwHljhILEhLWkVBm66G-b7nuhn5l6VynSf4efgOniz8ZmhTFJZLXNtB/s1600-h/door+altered.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 159px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYp9J-GUSrxfxxGv15eYYpGdSTQLkaYoa8K2hhbQiSHUsgaOTgjgEWaRjg5WAuMN-1jzmOhVNw7Woq4i8n-CGpn0TfL7mDD5JxSWDF-GaTglhLUHa4CgsJR2SyFroj-bSeUYJyA0EBU8gi/s200/21.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275672950322787922" border="0" /></a><br />I never realised Nelson had a 'Camel foot??'<br /></div>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-47807347375253031072008-11-23T21:26:00.005+00:002008-11-23T22:49:09.579+00:00times gone by...It is strange as you get older how your mind set changes. Stuff that never interested you now suddenly does become strangely interesting. No I have not become a train spotter or a 'twitcher' .. although I must spill the beans on Sunny that she has bought some binoculars for that very purpose.<br /><br />My realisation that I am suddenly a middle aged grown up, is this love of History that has hit me. I must confess I hated History with a passion at school and dropped it at the first opportunity (took Geography instead as an O' level option).<br /><br />I have been researching my family tree for years now and I am stuck around 1795 in Warrington on one side and circa 1800 on the other side. Pleased to say that I descend from an educated lot as there are very few 'X' marks the spot on certificates.<br /><br />Through my research I have been fascinated by the Victorian era, my grand parents were all born in Victoria's reign and what a different world that was to now. I so wish I had an interest in history when they were still alive and I could have quizzed them what it was like before electricity, fast cars, fast food, washing machines, sanitation (I bought a book about Victorian sanitation reform from a Charity Shop the other week... eewwww it is a wonder that any of us are here today, shows just how resiliant the human race is) and mobile phones.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZGM00JqyaUiYiEyEQFFLRPSH0oQ6fTj1qWNEiI3xpHszqoyXVjftYTX0CCOAqZ6mRfJli85x-EIie3HA2kiu2u4XIHQabX5Xxnt6uFs8sDH7AKiOhb5HJzmmXUuJEM9OdHtfVpSl9iMK/s1600-h/sanitation.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZGM00JqyaUiYiEyEQFFLRPSH0oQ6fTj1qWNEiI3xpHszqoyXVjftYTX0CCOAqZ6mRfJli85x-EIie3HA2kiu2u4XIHQabX5Xxnt6uFs8sDH7AKiOhb5HJzmmXUuJEM9OdHtfVpSl9iMK/s200/sanitation.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271982698689316690" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQySv1Ar91j9s7nXmo_si7h1gF7n-mfO_1yEvv_as4G89-qsTqghsVIvK-CE9jWVX5JxHl8gFne97HTz8k8B15tEY9Vq3QRWLRA7C_d1AG20xOraOu5bmklYG_yEx31u6pOUluHxL1x1p/s1600-h/sanitation+1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQySv1Ar91j9s7nXmo_si7h1gF7n-mfO_1yEvv_as4G89-qsTqghsVIvK-CE9jWVX5JxHl8gFne97HTz8k8B15tEY9Vq3QRWLRA7C_d1AG20xOraOu5bmklYG_yEx31u6pOUluHxL1x1p/s200/sanitation+1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271982702247998674" border="0" /></a></div>But this week my history head hasbeen turned further back.<br />My niece told me about series of books about a lawyer come detective in Henry VIII's England written by <a href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/c-j-sansom/">C.J. Sansom.</a><br /><br />I am a fan of C.J after reading 'Winter in Madrid' set in the Spanish Civil War. A superb read but I thought <a href="http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/s/c-j-sansom/">C.J</a>. was a one hit wonder, how wrong was I?<br /><br />She had bought 3 of his latest books and due to her studying for her degree has given them to me to read first so she is not distracted.<br />The first one I have read is '<span style="font-style: italic;">Dark Fire</span>', I think I should have read '<span style="font-style: italic;">Dissolution</span>' first but it wasn't one of the 3 she had bought (will add this to the collection when I return the books).<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzX7FMJY5fiEpFZsHzJfJzbleA25YMZyWHX9rH11Qw5knzN2rT8MS6xxpu9rW70UwNzvXPZqp_drpIIC8wRbX815wbTEe3RKJEcPaOaT_5aLNJMeHC7mrxoyjGuq4lWVM09eUENrTf9Ru/s1600-h/n120782.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 94px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzX7FMJY5fiEpFZsHzJfJzbleA25YMZyWHX9rH11Qw5knzN2rT8MS6xxpu9rW70UwNzvXPZqp_drpIIC8wRbX815wbTEe3RKJEcPaOaT_5aLNJMeHC7mrxoyjGuq4lWVM09eUENrTf9Ru/s200/n120782.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271985230845290962" border="0" /></a></div>Dark Fire beautifully depicts London in 1540 and the fall of Cromwell, with a feasable fictional element. The research C.J. did is excellent, the whole book brings to life the smells, the sounds and the times of Tudor England.<br /><br />As Shardlake (the main character) is a lawyer there is tremendous insight into how criminals faced trials back then. If you were the accused and didn't plead in court you were to suffer<span style="font-style: italic;"> piene forte et dure</span>, basically you lay on your stomach with a board on your back and heavy weights were placed on it until you made a plea or died. Very brual indeed with the smallest of crimes often leading to a public hanging<br /><br />Things hadn't changed some 300 years later. I came across this entry at the <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/search-results-summary.asp?searchType=quicksearch&pagenumber=1&queryType=1&catid=*&query=ingram">National Archives</a> when looking to see if any of my ancestors were criminals .. this girl was called Mary Ann<br /><br /><table summary="Image details" class="sevenpxtop" width="90%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="landingtextcell" width="80%"><table><tbody><tr class="medalRow"><td class="medalheader">Age: </td> <td class="medalplain">21</td></tr> <tr class="medalRow"> <td class="medalheader" width="30%"> Place of Birth: </td> <td class="medalplain" width="60%">Lambeth</td></tr> <tr class="medalRow"> <td class="medalheader"> Place/Court of conviction: </td> <td class="medalplain">Southwark</td></tr> <tr class="medalRow"> <td class="medalheader"> Offence: </td> <td class="medalplain">Simple larceny: stealing a shawl</td></tr> <tr class="medalRow"> <td class="medalheader"> Sentence: </td> <td class="medalplain">2 calendar months hard labour</td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row" class="landingtextcell" width="20%">Date</th> <td class="landingtextcell" width="80%">1873 May 24</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRqXYFjIP1cZqzqGTCW3Rl8Pkvj1LBPY24yNEgq17iDP8qiigPtF64DlV-9C1pm1o7bTVHDTi-YqxiCbS7A0_Ajn0B8xfRuHvFZ5qvfsN0Z2GkSerX46T9xGEsyCIrDDGFfq68G4oX3aW/s1600-h/lawless4.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijRqXYFjIP1cZqzqGTCW3Rl8Pkvj1LBPY24yNEgq17iDP8qiigPtF64DlV-9C1pm1o7bTVHDTi-YqxiCbS7A0_Ajn0B8xfRuHvFZ5qvfsN0Z2GkSerX46T9xGEsyCIrDDGFfq68G4oX3aW/s200/lawless4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271987239670550738" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-69151943566927764882008-11-14T17:05:00.011+00:002008-11-14T20:43:38.795+00:00on days like this......<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFigvuP-kFzbOkg0EKeKA0SQ-Zi_0xoPRO4ZbTNREKFrW_fVm2z6faLerYI_S7LrJRxXZBmoKV4vXLP5cGkwXYaM6iMtTyFkUS3PQY5emQ6yqrTw5rYk4g2d1WAwUVmhdHi7GGpvwd8dV/s1600-h/13.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268592340597772274" style="WIDTH: 51px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 89px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFigvuP-kFzbOkg0EKeKA0SQ-Zi_0xoPRO4ZbTNREKFrW_fVm2z6faLerYI_S7LrJRxXZBmoKV4vXLP5cGkwXYaM6iMtTyFkUS3PQY5emQ6yqrTw5rYk4g2d1WAwUVmhdHi7GGpvwd8dV/s200/13.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRP_q0pOMPKDChT7InIdWb_XPIIgkEv3D4G13MnFQyeK8hXKw_aVBh0Ldo5zLyb4Ebv21wJiwsUVznHx31chBRr8A0uafwxDOztpkT2z4AHPI1QTd6ecPQSof8XRXyKKY9Oz8g04NcRCZ/s1600-h/1+paint.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268564870062822530" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 88px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQRP_q0pOMPKDChT7InIdWb_XPIIgkEv3D4G13MnFQyeK8hXKw_aVBh0Ldo5zLyb4Ebv21wJiwsUVznHx31chBRr8A0uafwxDOztpkT2z4AHPI1QTd6ecPQSof8XRXyKKY9Oz8g04NcRCZ/s200/1+paint.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFigvuP-kFzbOkg0EKeKA0SQ-Zi_0xoPRO4ZbTNREKFrW_fVm2z6faLerYI_S7LrJRxXZBmoKV4vXLP5cGkwXYaM6iMtTyFkUS3PQY5emQ6yqrTw5rYk4g2d1WAwUVmhdHi7GGpvwd8dV/s1600-h/13.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268592340597772274" style="WIDTH: 51px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 89px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFigvuP-kFzbOkg0EKeKA0SQ-Zi_0xoPRO4ZbTNREKFrW_fVm2z6faLerYI_S7LrJRxXZBmoKV4vXLP5cGkwXYaM6iMtTyFkUS3PQY5emQ6yqrTw5rYk4g2d1WAwUVmhdHi7GGpvwd8dV/s200/13.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />Wednesday this week in the North West of England saw a glorious autumn day. Who would have believed a day like this could be possible this late on in the year after the most awful summer we had.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzlZ173O3-mO93j7d8iu8DEUORiY_l1q9vYcxyQmi-Rg_FNdBdx3ymKnk1OQnAFjhIlOCmc0bU4RXrZRwu6DlnlnNUh__orZk_gM9QxJ3RdomCJSMNd1cZUy7AFWYZEC1Z05JAdYUadgZ/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268563388370743122" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 158px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTzlZ173O3-mO93j7d8iu8DEUORiY_l1q9vYcxyQmi-Rg_FNdBdx3ymKnk1OQnAFjhIlOCmc0bU4RXrZRwu6DlnlnNUh__orZk_gM9QxJ3RdomCJSMNd1cZUy7AFWYZEC1Z05JAdYUadgZ/s200/2.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><br /></div>So armed with only the puppy and a camera I headed off to the park<br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: right"><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfKi7gCXs6kxbzc9IxIG72OClrH4l2glrAIK8HkxUP5qJaXdvHlvjmbukKUiV6HNAw8lMV_rXhm-nCLsJ53_M7aBiNNhFteM4tCmLQ0ru8J4jOIrW-rIoC4uE5-bozy5ZOP7vyN-SQ47W/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268563390789901250" style="WIDTH: 152px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 114px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNfKi7gCXs6kxbzc9IxIG72OClrH4l2glrAIK8HkxUP5qJaXdvHlvjmbukKUiV6HNAw8lMV_rXhm-nCLsJ53_M7aBiNNhFteM4tCmLQ0ru8J4jOIrW-rIoC4uE5-bozy5ZOP7vyN-SQ47W/s200/3.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01Jhv0unwo5OP483YubXGHrWnROL0UjKiWi7heVwctByNuqh0lAQuqDZ_aBCBhYjxoM7bzBrv967_52h4cIUvRBnRGZClDlFyLewtSAf09EsHHkipyaGcWKyPtyDxzZJ9suM3KpkwRhmi/s1600-h/9.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268563392893588370" style="WIDTH: 154px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 115px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj01Jhv0unwo5OP483YubXGHrWnROL0UjKiWi7heVwctByNuqh0lAQuqDZ_aBCBhYjxoM7bzBrv967_52h4cIUvRBnRGZClDlFyLewtSAf09EsHHkipyaGcWKyPtyDxzZJ9suM3KpkwRhmi/s200/9.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">It was so peaceful and so colourful<br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGi29H4Txm48iQBxLlOGKKnQcpj226tCI_h4zGJrvrsita8FJYTaFHjXNB23A5XT4EHFNiER_Ono-rxkhDxhSEjwGho9JLeWw47bs3jzSHJnwW9CHfBJFgi6BrW31OlzRCXejQwumY6u7n/s1600-h/4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268564874020111794" style="WIDTH: 200px; 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CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 74px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJO6HdWRsk_ac5rnvnsij-4xyddMUYM4M6d1k6R5RVIutKPYHgykLI5I7EcXM6tRd09sDJwpi8UaSV-wX2YA7a9B1Mv4UZOQsVmyOPETc9XomnAc_rlPS8KRocJ5q309G-7T3Z7oTdWzJ2/s200/17+paint.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrb992lc35HXrU_8ktnZykxNXqtgMxhyjnoRa8hiMMPq2jCKIarwuhs6mRUj2Y8e2vVHCgr9VRmilukLwpHjRFnzyisqpgA-r9KS1OehwDzU4sG6QhIuv3aXoRIo5iHN7ruDWjqJzQUaxx/s1600-h/22.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268564881053778482" style="WIDTH: 210px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 73px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrb992lc35HXrU_8ktnZykxNXqtgMxhyjnoRa8hiMMPq2jCKIarwuhs6mRUj2Y8e2vVHCgr9VRmilukLwpHjRFnzyisqpgA-r9KS1OehwDzU4sG6QhIuv3aXoRIo5iHN7ruDWjqJzQUaxx/s200/22.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">There used to a big hall that sat in the park. The hall was built during the reign of Elizabeth I and was described in 1831 as 'characterized by substantial comfort, rather than by elegance'. Not sure when it was demolished but it was within the last 80 years.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8YPeRdkLqR3CaUoGDbYMJEFEuT8f0fqW4kI2IVqeFUBJnNNPPqUEie-dz4hli-lGANDNmQtx6WOcWzyr9GKp_s67uxb50Ko0WzGhVpHmSbNhrQQOKLOUtBhQoZvbBKwxFXg6k9RMCovM/s1600-h/25120.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268589649939041378" style="WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 152px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8YPeRdkLqR3CaUoGDbYMJEFEuT8f0fqW4kI2IVqeFUBJnNNPPqUEie-dz4hli-lGANDNmQtx6WOcWzyr9GKp_s67uxb50Ko0WzGhVpHmSbNhrQQOKLOUtBhQoZvbBKwxFXg6k9RMCovM/s200/25120.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">These trees stand in lines and looking at them I suspect they lined the carriage way up to the hall. Just look at the colour of that sky!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35cBw4Ze5PCqv15JdcI_AszrIt9UrD98rn3oor8IBw7avIkf6Y5fjMaCfPhMZFJTbJzGQHg8_8qCFQ88K3GKxITFAf56heT0M8RlolSIlF6Z64nX2xCmUqS_s4BIh69t_p1-4t8AHwoBG/s1600-h/11+twist.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268593229826297314" style="WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 120px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi35cBw4Ze5PCqv15JdcI_AszrIt9UrD98rn3oor8IBw7avIkf6Y5fjMaCfPhMZFJTbJzGQHg8_8qCFQ88K3GKxITFAf56heT0M8RlolSIlF6Z64nX2xCmUqS_s4BIh69t_p1-4t8AHwoBG/s200/11+twist.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnt-LHiN2xAaQzRbpWfJPjngyRNa-YQurconLmPQG3L5kFv_V14mYAfkYha531ePqPC2Eq4poInvwzhVgsxD1SNCKYh_VrYqjxBEJo9wS7gRCn6u8mvDGyVb1qH5HFOhC-bbZVWw0n1vO/s1600-h/12.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268592336041268290" style="WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 120px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWnt-LHiN2xAaQzRbpWfJPjngyRNa-YQurconLmPQG3L5kFv_V14mYAfkYha531ePqPC2Eq4poInvwzhVgsxD1SNCKYh_VrYqjxBEJo9wS7gRCn6u8mvDGyVb1qH5HFOhC-bbZVWw0n1vO/s200/12.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I would so love to think that these old trees have seen all those seasons coming and going since Elizabethan times. They are so gnarly there are faces contained in the bark<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzg4dH0RLmZgoSIC8zoX9qG3R7KnO_VfJnlMRSp7sy1odNiz4oRsWBxkaU9XGLX1s0Ss0WA8eDh9VEfAysShWzwIv4jM6BUlFJAMEEOJ6rb6CQHrm2Vw2XpdYJSrlFVHO8msQ5m6tJHG6I/s1600-h/7.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268592326994135618" style="WIDTH: 235px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 199px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzg4dH0RLmZgoSIC8zoX9qG3R7KnO_VfJnlMRSp7sy1odNiz4oRsWBxkaU9XGLX1s0Ss0WA8eDh9VEfAysShWzwIv4jM6BUlFJAMEEOJ6rb6CQHrm2Vw2XpdYJSrlFVHO8msQ5m6tJHG6I/s200/7.jpg" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UX6KqjF2ZiGQq5PwL624l7U__DJl-J9qTJQBW_goyH7Au-7VoHDY-JKi-_8sU0lI1yAJjJ7VOAZnLe-2kU1mrQ3HRLiONcDTzm1_SM3e3mVMTGS-LtA0WGyA_mo1HxmlnZqfuV9EHy5u/s1600-h/6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268592335384063314" style="WIDTH: 119px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5UX6KqjF2ZiGQq5PwL624l7U__DJl-J9qTJQBW_goyH7Au-7VoHDY-JKi-_8sU0lI1yAJjJ7VOAZnLe-2kU1mrQ3HRLiONcDTzm1_SM3e3mVMTGS-LtA0WGyA_mo1HxmlnZqfuV9EHy5u/s200/6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Well this one certainly does!!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmpFPtrxR5T29mNY5cC59oBRA4WeEGfYr-PLrJzvgGsMF_KHA45fQPGSxWvpSA6FaqEepaxFOaWH3RcK7_WsmtSKfbOHRv2BkACzJY1JLkchJ80WJChWK6j3CXHB9lmP9GwMGG_YuMn8J/s1600-h/14.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268592346581762930" style="WIDTH: 164px; CURSOR: pointer; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmpFPtrxR5T29mNY5cC59oBRA4WeEGfYr-PLrJzvgGsMF_KHA45fQPGSxWvpSA6FaqEepaxFOaWH3RcK7_WsmtSKfbOHRv2BkACzJY1JLkchJ80WJChWK6j3CXHB9lmP9GwMGG_YuMn8J/s200/14.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div></div>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-41966544961188934522008-11-09T15:46:00.003+00:002008-11-09T16:09:42.241+00:00stranger things happen at sea.....and in blogsphere.....<br /><br />What I thought was a streak of madness on my part, I submitted Random Place of Mind to the <a href="http://worldblogcouncil.com/">World Blog Council </a>for review and approval.<br /><br />I suppose the approval bit was not at the forefront of my mind at the time as 'random is as random does'... but I do intend to put forward a piece of work in the forthcoming 'Unsung Heroes' exhibition and thought I better see if I could indeed get approval from these important 'weblog experts' should my work come under any close scrutiny next year.<br /><br />Well a few days ago I got the long awaited decision. I hestitated in opening the email just in case we girls had failed at the first hurdle.<br /><br />Blow me down.... we got the green stamp of approval, a certificate and the groovy icon thing for our sidebar.<br /><br /><em>"your internet weblog has undergone stringent review from our panel of internationally acclaimed internet weblog experts. After careful deliberation and several large brandies they have concluded that your blog not only exists but should warrant approval from our panel of internationally acclaimed internet weblog experts."</em><br /><em></em><br />Please do click <a href="http://worldblogcouncil.com/random-place-of-mind/">here</a> to see the review done by the lovely Ms. Tutt... plus if the urge takes you, you could drop a vote in there for us!!<br /><br />Thank you WBC and I hope the Colonel's gout clears up soon....<br /><br /><a href="http://worldblogcouncil.com/"><img src="http://worldblogcouncil.com/images/authorcertificate.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://worldblogcouncil.com/"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="World Blog Council ยป appraisals" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/worldblogcouncilappraisals.3.gif" /></a>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-33972457973047447422008-11-06T22:02:00.006+00:002008-11-06T22:24:41.493+00:00a day in history........<div>A bit late in the day but 'better late than never' in my book.<br /><br /></div><div>I has come to the random gals attention that someone is celebrating a BIG old birthday.<br /><br /></div><div>no it isn't Prince Charles the next King of all that is Britain......although he is only a mere 8 days younger than this birthday person</div><div><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xLSs4dydLpo8_cTlmhWUnTWMJMpAD3ApTMqifFub-jIOOZ4tpwzRQYYVChIcaMnIDjUWG5fhmAZYhEEpyizNZ4AKhjjqP3Nct7sALjCMzGRKHl-ErNrjfJmo1qnZYZrS_za8LyB8ujxB/s1600-h/Charles%252C_Prince_of_Wales.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265669552358415986" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xLSs4dydLpo8_cTlmhWUnTWMJMpAD3ApTMqifFub-jIOOZ4tpwzRQYYVChIcaMnIDjUWG5fhmAZYhEEpyizNZ4AKhjjqP3Nct7sALjCMzGRKHl-ErNrjfJmo1qnZYZrS_za8LyB8ujxB/s200/Charles%252C_Prince_of_Wales.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /><br /></div><p align="left">This guy is celebrating too although a year younger</p><div><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQWMsPDPwwG1tebfeQMQw2-g2FOYXMUN-5OEg4ib1qH1iXSwwBbCTcBb2VU1-N6OdnAEb5h7ms2juzWbEVYaNitZMmNtMMPPne6kuBnjRh9A-gA2r83vtdHrroszZfuRUa-UsSMlD0Nwq/s1600-h/havers.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265670629661580914" style="WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJQWMsPDPwwG1tebfeQMQw2-g2FOYXMUN-5OEg4ib1qH1iXSwwBbCTcBb2VU1-N6OdnAEb5h7ms2juzWbEVYaNitZMmNtMMPPne6kuBnjRh9A-gA2r83vtdHrroszZfuRUa-UsSMlD0Nwq/s200/havers.bmp" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /></div><p align="left">the only person that I can find born the same day as this birthday person is Glenn Frey vocalist from the Eagles</p><div><br /></div><p align="left"><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7gG7P0aPEBc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7gG7P0aPEBc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p align="left"> </p><p align="left">Quite apt really ... Happy Birthday Daddy Papersurfer... Take it Easy on your special day </p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhchk4MS8pxuh2NgzeN7-lK3kEW4Bh57YE1CW-zWJfsi-rnPMTS0k3g6zlWVNPrHdCXjJ2FdJRnz_sy9d-JUzKjrPZFak2Q7rHZkeV9RbB0Bjbv6JUlKAAcPbrYlI8UE_3aUb2bppVz-5fR/s1600-h/dp_birthday.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265672910509676882" style="WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhchk4MS8pxuh2NgzeN7-lK3kEW4Bh57YE1CW-zWJfsi-rnPMTS0k3g6zlWVNPrHdCXjJ2FdJRnz_sy9d-JUzKjrPZFak2Q7rHZkeV9RbB0Bjbv6JUlKAAcPbrYlI8UE_3aUb2bppVz-5fR/s200/dp_birthday.gif" border="0" /></a></p><div><br /></div><p align="left">from the Random gals xx</p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689334205769544744.post-63213596964183628492008-10-28T23:34:00.005+00:002008-10-28T23:56:14.108+00:00no pressure....No matter how old you get you still experience 'first times'.<br /><br />As you grow there are your first steps, first teeth, first kiss, first love, first job, first hot curry, first breath of warm air as you step off a plane in a hot country, the first time you smell a fragrant flower......<br /><br />I am about to experience a first next year.<br />My first art exhibition.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFf80xwE339nhelEYNrCMXYJ05GOlCCXqzmo7QB_g81ZQrSHNQwvN5RhhZJq5xInWNIN4PJraJh6KhUXH5xLmJ0We2QhkUtlSDJEDUKwuw_I5HrX7cBlpDICrAzprGTKl44pZsQSyIh_Ur/s1600-h/courtyard.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 92px; height: 128px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFf80xwE339nhelEYNrCMXYJ05GOlCCXqzmo7QB_g81ZQrSHNQwvN5RhhZJq5xInWNIN4PJraJh6KhUXH5xLmJ0We2QhkUtlSDJEDUKwuw_I5HrX7cBlpDICrAzprGTKl44pZsQSyIh_Ur/s200/courtyard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262355973290881954" border="0" /></a><br />It has been in the planning for a good old while and now it is really going to happen......<br />The rooms are booked, the cabinet to display my work is reserved ... except I don't have any work yet, because it is still in <span style="font-style: italic;">'the planning'</span>.<br /><br />The ideas are in my head and on scraps of paper that litter my computer area... as I get inspired I write a memory jogger...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVb-0SVy7Q_jivihBmP3X5xJwPwOngmAv2ykaHnuMl0w7x57lPYXkTwkG6sgHzllYJmvAVohYdgPpKztGkl1rBum0k00J198xRpSrwm0SGOXIRQvqclOVzv0kfC5GfJOrUL3GocFUBTdPG/s1600-h/courtyard+2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 132px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVb-0SVy7Q_jivihBmP3X5xJwPwOngmAv2ykaHnuMl0w7x57lPYXkTwkG6sgHzllYJmvAVohYdgPpKztGkl1rBum0k00J198xRpSrwm0SGOXIRQvqclOVzv0kfC5GfJOrUL3GocFUBTdPG/s200/courtyard+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262355982024311970" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The theme is 'Unsung Heroes'<br />& one of my scraps of paper simply says <span style="font-style: italic;">'bloggers'</span>Randompom aka AEIBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08325274567079429684noreply@blogger.com9