Things I Love Thursday

Before I begin my list of things I love, I’d like to take a moment to pay tribute to all those people who gave and still give their lives so that we can be free. Today is Armistice day, or as it’s more commonly known Remembrance day, a day when countrywide people gather together to remember and give thanks for those prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country. Its ninety two years this month since the end of the first world war described as ‘the war to end all wars’ but in 2010 thousands of British troops are still risking their lives in places not least Afghanistan and Iraq.Today I’d like to share this poignant scene from ‘Blackadder Goes Forth’ in memory of all those who never came back:


So this weeks list:

Fireworks- Remember, remember the 5th of November...As a child I was a huge fan of ‘Bonfire night’ and as I’ve grown older the love has not really abated. This year I celebrated at a local display with a couple of friends we ate toffee apples, played with sparklers and were wowed by the pretty pyrotechnics.

Tequilla Salmon for dinner tonight- after a dull afternoon and with the encroaching darkness of a wintry evening outside I found the splash of colour from the salsa on my plate brightened my day.

Google Map directions –these have been cropping up all over my facebook news feed while not as hilarious as some people claim they have managed to help me raise a smile on grey rainy mornings…Google directions from Japan to China and look at direction #43. (Similarly, map directions from New York to Taipei, and look at #30 and #141.)

Having plans for meeting up with some of my favourite people over the next month.

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Spooks
This week was the finale and oh what a finale…the drama and Oh, poor mixed up potentially evil Lucas Thorntonski-spook. What more can I say without revealing too many spoilers reader? Well as Internal Affairs Specialist Alec White said to Harry ‘No-one wants to believe these things of the people they’re closest to’

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Warm drinks -When it’s cold and damp outside there are few things better than wrapping one’s hands around a mug of something steaming hot and delicious.

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What things do you love this Thursday?