duck

We fed the ducks today* . . .

* with duck-safe bird seed, and not with bread, obviously.

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A dear little picnic

These are the very friendly deer referred to in my previous post. They came along to investigate our picnic. Luckily for me, they didn't seem very keen to step onto the picnic blanket. This was such a fun picnic, and this is only a small selection of the numerous funny pictures we took.

Just in case it isn't clear from this picture, I'm the one on the left.

Try-athlon: 5k run

Here we are looking super-fit and ready to run. Despite having only been for a few training runs together, we were ready to give our all to this event.

What a splendid medal! No, I didn't win the race - everyone who finished the run was given an identical medal.

A big Thank You to my running companion for persuading me to enter this race and for being so keen about our training runs. Huzzah for running, for friendship, and for fitness!

Hard Rock Birthday

I went along to Hard Rock Cafe again this year to enjoy the loveliness of their birthday celebrations. As usual, the queue was so long that it felt like I'd been waiting there since 1971.


There was plenty of entertainment available though. I avoided the unicyle man and the caricature sketch artist, but did get my nails painted a lovely shade of pink.

There were balloons and 70's style costumes in abundance - all adding to the fabness of the day. Plus, this year I remembered my ghastly over-fed fatness of Hard Rock Birthday 2006 and so I chose not to have any free ice-cream in the queue.



The staff were all dressed up . . .








The food was utterly splendid and - of course - oh so inexpensive: this hot fudge sundae was 40p.










Huzzah for Hard Rock Cafe and for fun days out in sunny London!

I've recently joined the Fire Brigade.



Oh well then . . . not really. I had some children with me today, and so I was able to persuade some kind firefighters to show us their fire engine and equipment.

The children were a bit small to handle the powerful fire hose, so I reluctantly offered to demonstrate. It was difficult to overcome my natural shyness . . . but I was prepared to push myself for the children's sake.

This was so much fun! Huzzah for these friendly firefighters and all their brave fire-fighting colleagues.

May the force be with you. . .



Apologies to the blog regulars who have seen this gorgeous picture before, but it seemed so appropriate for today.

This very night I will become a Jedi and thereafter any who have chosen the dark side had better watch out.

There will also be free food and a professional photographer in attendance - huzzah!

Is the winter weather getting you down?



Why not relax in a long, hot bath and release the inner mermaid in you. . .

Or try revamping a tired item from your everyday wardrobe.

Some cheerful stickers can really brighten up a pair of shoes - or add some glitter glue for that real Christmas sparkle.





Or if all else fails, then get the kettle on for a lovely hot cup of tea and stuff your face with a big fat cake!

The River Wild


With my intrepid companion, I set out to find the source of the River Nile . . .

The Enormous Turnip

They pulled and pulled . . . and the enormous turnip finally came up out of the ground!

Super fitness is my goal!


I've been going to the gym during the week to improve my strength, flexibility and general cardio-vascular fitness.

Then at the weekends I crawl through big holes.

Apparently.