365 Project - Week 38
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curiouswombatIt's Sunday again - another week of photographs. The two main themes of the week seem to be weather and preparing for Christmas, seascapes seem to have featured quite a bit, too. We have had a great deal of weather this week...
The picture for Monday is taken at the bottom of the village, where there is a statue of Steve Hislop the late motorcycle ace, multiple winner of the T.T. races and British Superbike Champion. He lived in Onchan until his death in a helicopter crash in 2003. He is wearing his leathers and his boots, and looking from his adopted home village towards the Scottish borders where he was born.
It wasn't until I put the picture onto the screen that I noticed the tupperware box on the plinth - so not top marks for observation, wombat. I did notice the single red flower between his feet, though, I wonder if the person who left it also forgot their lunch box?
On Tuesday I began to marzipan and ice cakes - realising that it takes a while to send cakes by post! This is a rich fruit cake waiting to be covered in marzipan - rolled out on the board behind it.
By Wednesday the weather was beginning to affect the pictures - this is a stream that has about twice as much water in as usual, if not more -
And by Thursday we were in the middle of a force 10 storm with 60 mph winds and a high sea. I love to look at the sea when it is so high - but I do take care not to get too close to it. Taking a good picture was difficult - the spray and pouring rain kept getting on the lens! However, this gives you a taste of the weather - taken at Fenella beach in Peel, about 3 in the afternoon. I think you can just about make out the foam and spray...
On Friday the weather had changed - I posted a picture of the sunshine on the day, and I was looking at the shore to see what the storm had brought up, apart from tons of seaweed. Someone, somewhere, is missing a few lobster pots...
Yesterday was my day to go up north and have lunch with Mum and take her shopping. The weather had changed again, totally. After the bright sunshine of Friday, this picture was taken just after mid-day on Saturday. Atmospheric - but gloomy.
In fact it was so gloomy we had to have the lights on indoors all day and, by the time I got to Mum's, it was raining so heavily that there was a pond between the kerb and her front door so that my, suede booted, feet got wet... again. By the time we had eaten our lunch the wind was blowing again, and it really wasn't fit for Mum to venture out - so I left her in the warmth and went to do all the shopping for both of us. It really didn't improve, as a day, either - it was still pouring with rain, dark and windy when I cam home, too.
The cat, of course, has not been impressed with the weather, and has spent most of the week curled up in a ball on various pieces of furniture, or standing at the door complaining loudly because it still opens into the same reality as last time, and demanding to know just when are we going to do something about it?
Today is the Stir-up Sunday - the day to make your Christmas pudding. But I usually let M&S do mine. It is, however, the Sunday before the first Sunday in Advent - and so I had to have the words and music for the Advent Candle song ready to give to the lady who does the service sheets, and the organist, for next week. And sort out the rota for the children to light the candles and say the words. (The Advent ring is the responsibility of Sunday School.)
Finally I had to make sure we had the ring ready for next week. I had already decided we needed to redo it - the decorations were getting a bit tired. But as we can't actually FIND it, since the store-rooms at church were reorganised, I have started again from scratch. Fortunately one of the other elders has a four candle ring to use as the underpinnings. I have decided that this year we will have silver, rather than gold. To be honest it is because i have a silver tray to build it on - but I think it will be quite good when it is finished - what do you think? There will be some real, green, ivy as well, by next Sunday.
The red candles are there, at the side, but I won't put them in place until I get it to church.
Now - I have the next chapter of Brotherhood ready to post tomorrow, and the one after that half written, three cakes iced, and a load of washing to get out of the machine and hang up. I have knitting to finish for Christmas and cards to make, both pleasant ways to spend the rest of the afternoon.
Think I'll go make some coffee.
The picture for Monday is taken at the bottom of the village, where there is a statue of Steve Hislop the late motorcycle ace, multiple winner of the T.T. races and British Superbike Champion. He lived in Onchan until his death in a helicopter crash in 2003. He is wearing his leathers and his boots, and looking from his adopted home village towards the Scottish borders where he was born.
It wasn't until I put the picture onto the screen that I noticed the tupperware box on the plinth - so not top marks for observation, wombat. I did notice the single red flower between his feet, though, I wonder if the person who left it also forgot their lunch box?
On Tuesday I began to marzipan and ice cakes - realising that it takes a while to send cakes by post! This is a rich fruit cake waiting to be covered in marzipan - rolled out on the board behind it.
By Wednesday the weather was beginning to affect the pictures - this is a stream that has about twice as much water in as usual, if not more -
And by Thursday we were in the middle of a force 10 storm with 60 mph winds and a high sea. I love to look at the sea when it is so high - but I do take care not to get too close to it. Taking a good picture was difficult - the spray and pouring rain kept getting on the lens! However, this gives you a taste of the weather - taken at Fenella beach in Peel, about 3 in the afternoon. I think you can just about make out the foam and spray...
On Friday the weather had changed - I posted a picture of the sunshine on the day, and I was looking at the shore to see what the storm had brought up, apart from tons of seaweed. Someone, somewhere, is missing a few lobster pots...
Yesterday was my day to go up north and have lunch with Mum and take her shopping. The weather had changed again, totally. After the bright sunshine of Friday, this picture was taken just after mid-day on Saturday. Atmospheric - but gloomy.
In fact it was so gloomy we had to have the lights on indoors all day and, by the time I got to Mum's, it was raining so heavily that there was a pond between the kerb and her front door so that my, suede booted, feet got wet... again. By the time we had eaten our lunch the wind was blowing again, and it really wasn't fit for Mum to venture out - so I left her in the warmth and went to do all the shopping for both of us. It really didn't improve, as a day, either - it was still pouring with rain, dark and windy when I cam home, too.
The cat, of course, has not been impressed with the weather, and has spent most of the week curled up in a ball on various pieces of furniture, or standing at the door complaining loudly because it still opens into the same reality as last time, and demanding to know just when are we going to do something about it?
Today is the Stir-up Sunday - the day to make your Christmas pudding. But I usually let M&S do mine. It is, however, the Sunday before the first Sunday in Advent - and so I had to have the words and music for the Advent Candle song ready to give to the lady who does the service sheets, and the organist, for next week. And sort out the rota for the children to light the candles and say the words. (The Advent ring is the responsibility of Sunday School.)
Finally I had to make sure we had the ring ready for next week. I had already decided we needed to redo it - the decorations were getting a bit tired. But as we can't actually FIND it, since the store-rooms at church were reorganised, I have started again from scratch. Fortunately one of the other elders has a four candle ring to use as the underpinnings. I have decided that this year we will have silver, rather than gold. To be honest it is because i have a silver tray to build it on - but I think it will be quite good when it is finished - what do you think? There will be some real, green, ivy as well, by next Sunday.
The red candles are there, at the side, but I won't put them in place until I get it to church.
Now - I have the next chapter of Brotherhood ready to post tomorrow, and the one after that half written, three cakes iced, and a load of washing to get out of the machine and hang up. I have knitting to finish for Christmas and cards to make, both pleasant ways to spend the rest of the afternoon.
Think I'll go make some coffee.
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Date: 22/11/2009 04:13 pm (UTC)Sending better weather vibes along. We had very dense fog this AM.
Mmm.. cake...
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Date: 22/11/2009 04:52 pm (UTC)The cake smells very good.
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Date: 22/11/2009 04:57 pm (UTC)I know - poor little lunch box - I hope someone went up and reclaimed it. It couldn't have been there very long or it would surely have been blown away.
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Date: 22/11/2009 05:24 pm (UTC)That furious sea makes me shiver, even on screen.
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Date: 22/11/2009 05:59 pm (UTC)We have ivy on the back yard wall and I'll add some of that to the ring on Saturday when I take it down to church. I think that will do. Actually I think it will look better than the way I've done it for the past couple of years.
I love to look at the sea when it is like that - as long as I don't have to go our on it!
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Date: 22/11/2009 06:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 22/11/2009 07:01 pm (UTC)The faith that cats have in our ability to change the outside world is touching - you'd think that they would have given up asking us to 'DO something...' by now!
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Date: 22/11/2009 08:33 pm (UTC)Good luck with the Christmas preparations. Is it really that time already!
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Date: 22/11/2009 08:47 pm (UTC)Christmas is sneaking up on us this year.
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Date: 22/11/2009 09:34 pm (UTC)It does rather - which, from the little that I knew of him, I think suits the subject of the sculpture.
If I knew how to use clever programmes like Photshop or something I'd know how to get rid of the tupperware box, but I am not that technical!
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Date: 23/11/2009 02:12 am (UTC)I really like the advent wreath. I suppose some might say the silver is not traditional, but I think it's a welcome change and quite nice.
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Date: 23/11/2009 08:29 am (UTC)When I take the wreath into church and finish it properly I'll take another photo of it. I am wondering if there will be complaints about it being untraditional...
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Date: 23/11/2009 06:01 am (UTC)Change is good. The silver, black, and red will look lovely with the green.
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Date: 23/11/2009 08:31 am (UTC)When I add the ivy to finish the candle ring I will take another picture of it.
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Date: 23/11/2009 09:27 pm (UTC)I will take a picture of the Advent wreath when it is actually finished, too.