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Cornwall- I spent most of last week day-tripping round Cornwall. I’ve been down a couple of times and really enjoy visiting*. There’s something charming about Cornwall though, magical almost, endearing definitely. As the actor Martin Clunes once said:
Each time I go there – it’s my fourth time in Cornwall – I love it a bit more. It gets under your skin.
Gorgeous girl & little man aka my niece & nephew- They are a recurring theme on my tilt list but I can’t help it, never would I have imagined the absolute joy of watching them grow, learn, walk, and talk. One of the reasons I was in Cornwall last week was for my niece’s christening. The service was touching and it was an all round lovely day.
Wearing my grandmother’s ring- After my grandmother’s death just over a year ago my aunt presented me with my grandmother’s engagement & wedding rings telling me that she and my Grandma wanted me to have them. Up until recently they’ve mostly been sitting in my jewellery box. I’m not sure what stopped me wearing them; whether it was because of the reminders they hold of my grandparents or the fear of losing them (their value is mostly sentimental) maybe a mix of both but gorgeous girl’s christening felt the right occasion. It felt like reuniting the generations somehow, a symbol of her being there in spirit. Gran would have been the proudest great-grandmother in the world and not behind the door about telling people so (she certainly did at little man’s).
The smell in the air immediately after a humongous storm- Thunder and lightning may be ‘very, very frightening’ but afterwards it’s so refreshing.
New recipes -Malaysian chicken, yum, and it was from the weightwatchers cookbook which means I can eat seconds without feeling any guilt.
Autumn TV-
Spooks: The BBC’s drama about MI5 is entering its ninth series. Almost a decade of the antics of Harry and his team on the grid, though it hardly feels that way. Sometimes I still miss 'grumpy has issues spy' (Tom) and 'Pretty Boy Spy' (Adam) but the brooding wonderfulness that is Lucas North aka THORNTON!SPOOKSKI (the latter christened by my lovely friend goplacidly) more than makes up for it.
Merlin: yes we return to Camelot for another series of the BBCs interpretation of the Arthurian legends and it is indeed a silly place, extremely silliness in fact, but that’s sort of why I like it. Having studied Arthurian literature as part of my degree it took me a while to get into Merlin, however I soon got over that and now as we enter the third series I love seeing how they make a nod to some aspect of Arthurian legend and then totally reinterpret it. Even though Merlin is a bit hammy, Saturday night TV would be much better if there was more Merlin and less X Factor.
Agatha Christie- the 15th September was the 120th anniversary of the birth of the queen of crime fiction. I, along with literally thousands of others worldwide, have been a lifelong Christie fan** and can’t see that changing. So although I couldn't post on the actual date I wanted to make a little tribute here to a woman who has provided countless hours of entertainment and inspiration (and that's in my house alone). I haven't read all of her works, she was such a prolific writer, but I love all those I have read and would happily recommend them.
Happy belated birthday Dame Christie
The Tetley Tea folk are back-The Tetley Tea Folk are animated characters that were used to advertise Tetley Tea from 1973 to 2001. I’ve always had a soft spot for them, their no nonsense Yorkshire accents and their penchant for motown classics, and remember quite fondly my grandma collecting the figurines of the lovable chaps and their teapots that tetley gave away in the mid-nineties.In the new ad a spilled drop of 'steaming Tetley tea' awakes Gaffer, Sydney and the rest of the gang from their slumbering prison and reinvigorates them [I can relate]. "We're back!" exclaims cheery boss Gaffer and for me it’s not a moment too soon.
10 Sky photos you’ll never forget- just gorgeous
what about you, lovely readers? it's nearly the weekend and what little (or big) things are bringing you big big smiles?
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*Just visiting though in the words of my Cornish sister in law ‘The Cornish are not all a bunch of weirdo's, despite British televisions best efforts to portray them as such, but sometimes their attitude towards emits can be a little scary’.
** My mother got me hooked at a young age
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God, feeling challenged and reinspired, Spending time with friends I haven’t seen in a while (I’m so glad we were all able to meet together), a fantastic weekend, laughing until my stomach hurts, long recovering sleeps, two course Chinese lunch that I can technically class as work (I love youth work), beautiful smiles from strangers; collecting lovely moments of sunshine all week,
Well, that’s what was wonderful in my week. I’d love to read your list, too! What was special about yours reader?
