Friday Find

In, er, honour of the royal wedding here’s today’s Friday Find:



I wish William &Kate Catherine all the best for their future but I sharn’t be tuning in. I’m not astringently boycotting it either it just happens that I have other commitments today and that I'm not that disappointed, despite the medias best attempts to whip up a frenzy, or more likely because of the medias attempts, I admit to being rather ambivalent about it.
Will you be watching the Royal Wedding shenanigans today reader?

Things I Love Thursday

For one reason and another, mostly self-indulgent twaddle, I took a brief hiatus from blogging and so missed last weeks Things I Love Thursday. This week here’s a bumper crop of old favourites I can’t live without and new things I can’t wait to live with:

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Top of my list this week is the truth and beauty of the message of Easter- Grace (God’s Riches At Christ’s Expense). In the words of CS Lewis, a quote which a wise friend posted earlier this week-
"Christ died for men precisely because men are not worth dying for;
to make them worth it."

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Chocolate- I gave up sweet treats (including but not limited to chocolate, sweets, cake & biscuits) as part of my lent challenge. I have a particularly sweet tooth, more like a whole mouthful, so at times it certainly was a test of my discipline. Since Sunday I have been enjoying lots of tasty treats, been a bit naughty really, which is not entirely unrelated to the fact that my brother & his lovely little family are visiting this week. Back on the healthy eating band wagon next week.

Doctor Who- FANTASTIC. Don’t worry reader, in the words of River Song ‘no spoilers sweetie.’ The new series opened with a wonderfully brain-scrambling two-parter and I am eagerly awaiting the conclusion on Saturday.

Also high on my list this week a surprise package from one of my beautiful best friends, who lives too far away, tiffin for an ‘afternoon tea’ treat. I am very lucky dear reader to have such kind and thoughtful friends.

Noteworthy Niblets:
A publishers postbag,walks around the lake followed by delicious pub grub with the extended family, the tagline on Twitter of one of my favourite musical comedians and fellow Doctor Who fan ‘wibbly wobbly rhymey wimey’, legoland & the look of sheer wonder on little man’s face, sunshine earl grey and tiffin, Daily-mail-o-matic,accomplishing something before the microwave beeps

What’s making your love list dear reader?

Thoughtful Tuesday

Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
-Albert Einstein

Thoughtful Tuesday

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
-John 3:16

Friday Find

Following on from last weeks odd names for occupations this weeks friday find brings some wonderfully whimsically named but no less true methods of fishing.

Noodling- A type of fishing using only bare hands
Jigging- This type of fishing involves the use of a lure or drop bait called a jig. It is designed to resemble and move like the prey of a fish.
Trolling- This method is used mainly in commercial fishing as it is designed to catch a mass of fish usually fairly quickly. It involves dragging an artitificial lure, or even a live bait along behind a boat.
bottom bouncing- As the name implies, bottom bouncing apparently involves keeping the bait on or near the bottom of a river

Of course, the BEST way to catch fish is fish calling
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Exhibit B.

A short tilt list this week because to paraphrase acoustic popster James Morrison well, I know that it’s a wonderful word but I can’t feel it right now.

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Text messages from dear friends, Radio Four Extra (as a long-term radio 7 listener I was a wee bit sceptical of the re-brand but so far so good), post I’ve been waiting for finally arriving, twisting the lid off a jar when no one else was able to (I’m aware that they totally loosened it), knowing that even if I don’t feel it at the moment I am blessed by so many things each day.

Over to you reader, what's making your love list this Thursday?

Thoughtful Tuesday

Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out.
-Thomas Cardinal Wolsey

Friday Find

Today's Friday find reader I bring you some wonderfully odd occupation names:

Corn Badger- someone who traded in corn, basically.

Sluggard Waker- someone whose job it was to wake up people who'd fallen asleep in church, generally with a long stick.

Bottom Knocker- boy who shaped the bottoms of big pots in the pottery industry. I'm sure you can make up your own jokes.

Things I Love Thursday

Hello readers, it’s Thursday again and I’m sure you’re all looking forward to your weekends so I’ll cut straight to the TILT chase!

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Top of the list this week well in the words of Spiderbait… “Sunshine on my window makes me happy”. I’m still loving this beautiful spring weather we’ve been experiencing in the UK.

Also high on my list this week is this sweet (and oh so true) comic

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Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. (Robert Brault):
hugs that matter, Hula hooping baby elephants ,that first cup of tea in the morning (without it, I am like a ship lost at sea), homemade tarragon mayonnaise, the gorgeous (and very friendly) new kitten that belongs to one of my neighbours,

Okay that’s the best I can do today. What about you reader? What’s been full of win for you this week? I hope that you have a fantastic rest of the week, and remember you’re amazing!

Thoughtful Tuesday

How did it get so late so soon?
It's night before it's afternoon.
December is here before it's June.
My goodness how the time has flewn.
How did it get so late so soon?
~Dr. Seuss

Friday Find

At the Vintner's Hall, there is a portrait of an 18th-century gentleman called Mr Van Horn, who, over a twenty-two year period, managed to consume 35,680 bottles of wine. That's an average of 4 and a half bottles a DAY. He lived to be ninety.