stuffy -v- sunshine.....

No contest (of course!)

After being cooped up in a hot, tiresome classroom all day there was nothing left to do when the question was asked 'does anyone have any question?' but to keep as quiet as a mouse and exit as fast as humanly possible.
The sun was shining, the air was fresh and clear and I was in my home city .... Liverpool.

This is the new Liverpool Museum .. I can't wait for it to open

Reflections in reverse


The magnificent St. Georges Hall as the sun started to set

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

times they are a changing

I had a great excuse to visit my birthplace today paid for by the company.
My birthplace is The European City of Culture 2008.... yes Liverpool. Of which I am very proud.

But what has happened? The skyline was just full of cranes, the streets were dug up with my well trodden short cuts blocked off with hoardings and men in hi vis jackets.
So much construction, disarray and dust.
The new arena is finished on the dock side but that is surrounded by a complete mess.

The glorious 3 Graces are shadowed by what is going on.
I didn't recognise my beautiful city anymore.
Maybe I should leave it a while before I return again when all the cranes have left.

i'm going

You may remember this month I posted a piece about a Giant girl and an Elephant.

The link was sent to me by my cousin and he has come up trumps again (thank you CK)

As you may know or may not know, depending which part of this planet or indeed which part of the UK you live in, Liverpool was voted City of Culture for 2008.

Now being a Liverpool lass from birth and way back in one part of my family history to C1795 I am so very pleased about this.

I love my birthplace, it is heaped with history (some of it is not so sweet with the slave trade but as those higher up the pecking order have said 'we are sorry' but at the end of the day we can not carry the hair shirt of our ancestors, we can only do what we think is right at the time of our existence on this planet and we learn as we go along....... I often wonder how we will be judged when we are no more..............)

But I do love Liverpool with a passion as a city, it is my roots (I am trying to embrace the changes however!! some of which I will be so positive about but find a bit foreboding )

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My cousin sent me link this weekend about 2008 and it's plans to celebrate the accolade it has been given :-

"Commissioned by Liverpool Culture Company for European Capital of Culture 2008. In May 2006 something incredible happened in London. For four days the city stopped in its tracks and marvelled at the sight of a gigantic wooden elephant, and a little-girl giant in a green dress. A million people jammed the streets, astonished at the scale and beauty of the spectacular Sultan’s Elephant . Now Artichoke, the company that brought that event to London, is planning a magical new show, created specially for Liverpool 2008. The precise details are a closely-guarded secret, but what’s certain is that it will be huge in scale and utterly unlike anything seen in Liverpool before: an unforgettable piece of live theatre, played out against the landmarks of a great city. Will you find it? Register now for updates and you just might...www.willyoufindit.co.uk ."

There is loads going on in 2008 and the the new magical event is scheduled for 26th - 28th September 2008

Just to say I will be going .. want to join me?