“Well that was a turn up for the book’s at lacock yesterday” they were there today filming one of those antique programs and i had James Lewis wander onto my stall having a rummage about,
we had a talk for a while, very nice and interesting man really knows what he's talking about, but to me he did seem a lot smaller in real life.
this is a post were I'm going to blow my own trumpet, if you need the job doing and doing right give us a call
before
and after
these were the only two things we had to leave (shame that)
an old bone shaker of some kind, and this old car
not sure what it is have to get our dad to have a look he’d know.
getting back to an earlier blog, made a start on the fresco table today
yes the classic piece of shabby chic one (they'll rot in hell for their crime) by the look of the centre don't even think they knew it was an extending table, but anyway as you can see it’s in the right hands now
as you can see “yessss! we have grain” just the legs to clean up now, underneath the lovely magnolia silk emulsion I'm not sure if it’s mahogany or walnut but I’m getting there, the top is no questions asked teak! and as for finish i think silk to show the grain, witch means thinned varnish x 4 or 5 coats (flat with 600 paper after each) then polish, or should i try what some very old cabinet maker who toured India once told me about, one coat of linseed oil every day for thirty days, then dry for a week then flat and polish.
the fair lady (Duchess of Pavenhill, Restrop, and Ringsbury) poppy bagwash took control Sunday
before
and after, well poppy see you've still got general George S. Patton's left handed golf clubs and the very rare painting of a bowl of fruit by lady affelia balls from the pre raphaelite movement of Dagenham Docks.
the definition of (according to Billy) you take one piece of classic 70,s G plan furniture like this
and do this to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this week we had a ruling from the European court of human rights stating that any life prisoner should be given the right to appeal, ok all well and good for mass murders but come off it anyone who commits shabby chic life should mean life. this will be an on-going project putting this piece of classic 70,s G plan furniture right so stay tuned to this blog
(sorry i just love real wood)
couldn't make today
but hope you all had a good one
blessings and peace be upon you all
dad’s are funny thing’s really, your mum was always the one that put the plaster on your cut knee, gave you the good night kiss as she tucked you into bed, and cooked all that wonderful food that you hated then but now you have got all the recipes for, your dad on the other hand always seemed to be your hair’s too long, “call that music”, and the all time classic “when i was a lad” do remember one morning at about 3am turning off the Kawasaki kh 400 200 yard’s from home completely bladdered (drunk) so i wouldn't wake him up, going to the front door and after finding it locked deciding to try climbing up the ivy to my bedroom window (which i always kept a jar for times like these) , getting stuck halfway with the laughing fit’s then feeling our grab the back of my jeans and pull me in, “ahh those were the day’s”
and here’s the old buger with mum at our wedding we were lucky to have him there, at christmas he went through a sixteen hour heart operation which isn't bad for a man in his eighty's, so i think this fathers day is just that little bit more special,
“have a good one dad”
have a look at these “a right blast from the past” a pair of tannoy speakers
just put them on eBay but here’s a funny thing no one ever bids on there they just mail you with offers to buy them off the site here’s the link http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151061985348?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 even had one from the states asking about shipping
here’s the back of them for all you retro buff’s, and anyone bobbing up and down on the north sea,
spotted this guy at our handfasting didn't know who he was, but think he really enjoyed the day
well it was one of those day’s when all were welcome, he just got so involved in the whole thing joined in the circle too,
here he is again with our sue
again with the good lady idril (peace be upon her) love the expression on her face you can almost read her thoughts “umm pub’s open soon will it be a pint of hobgoblin or a pint of mead”
it’s just a joy to behold, a good old British summer 4/6 degree’s out in the full cloud (8 in the shade) anybody under the age of 25 might find this hard to believe but once upon a time in this green and unpleasant land we used to get sunburn.
after all the years I've been going to north Tenerife i finally did it i got on the bus and had a day out at teide, was well impressed with the landscape and the thought of what mother nature can do but that was about it, i do think they've pulled about with it abit too much non of the geology looks right as you can see from the first photo, in order to put in the cable car and access road it looks like they cut
through what was an impressive lava flow, then just ground it up and tried to make it look like a flow and to top it the ash and sedimentary rock is dumped just after it,
“see what i mean” all for the sake of a cable car that will cost you 25 euro each (call me tight but there’s more chance of me walking into a real ale pub and asking for a pint of carling) the next time i go there think I'll take a leaf out of the mountain biker boy’s who got off the bus on the east side, it looked a lot more natural and unspoilt did look like one hell of a place for a wild camp
“ahh bliss”
From the country that brought you Krombacher, Mercedes, O&K, and kraftwerk now brings you the master of the mustache, this is a work of art, bumped into this guy on honeymoon
“yes we’re back” and by god is it cold back here, it was so nice to get back to where poppy and i call our second home north Tenerife, suppose it’s only right really to go from our handfasting surround by stones put there by our ancestors, to stone’s put there by mother nature, we will always be amazed and stand in awe by her art and power.
(think the grin gives it away)
“well Billy did it” this stunning amazing woman is now and till the end of time known as poppy bagwash
“I am one lucky proud looking bloke”
but there was a load of people who helped make this day so very special,
so the only way i can sum this up is
de amapola, una mujer increíble
this turned up today in a box of stuff, I've heard of them but never seen one so this is today’s homework, what am i and what am i made from,,,,, here’s the assay mark’s (10 brownie point’s and a curio badge for the winner)
(this competition is open to all, even those bobbing up and down on the north sea)
“well it give’s sandy something to do when he’s bored”
