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Lazy afternoon.
3 Jun 2012 06:16 pmI feel sorry for the people, including some from my Friends' List, who were watching the Thames River Pageant live as, sadly, it rained on the parade - but I enjoyed watching it on TV, in dry comfort. I spotted the racing Viking longboat from our island, complete with its Manx flag. The Queen looked as if she enjoyed the whole event too - which was the aim, so I am glad that they achieved it.
She was wearing a very interesting outfit - and the Duchess of Cornwall toned nicely (and had a sensible hat, too), whilst the Duchess of Cambridge contrasted beautifully, and also wore a hat that looked well secured! They all looked happy, actually, clearly an enjoyable family event for them.
Our weather has been a good deal pleasanter - not exactly sunny but, at least, dry. We aren't actually celebrating the jubilee this weekend - it clashes with TT - we are doing it in July, alongside Tynwald Day. So tomorrow is another, busy, race day. We will need more carrot cake...
In the past few days I have seen a lot of people complaining about the changes to the LJ Scrapbook system - so, as it is a nice quiet afternoon, I ventured to look at the pictures I have uploaded there - and lo! For the first time I have been able to easily sort them into albums - previously whenever I have created albums and tried to put pictures into them nothing happened and they all remained in one big heap - but now I could see those albums and, finally, move the pictures, easily, into them. So, although I really do commiserate with those of you who have had problems with it, for me it is a great improvement.
And now, to write - the next chapter of Immigrants has been somewhat delayed by WriterConUK, both producing my talk for it, being there (yay!) and writing up afterwards; I have had to go back, re-read, and get my head back to Valinor!
She was wearing a very interesting outfit - and the Duchess of Cornwall toned nicely (and had a sensible hat, too), whilst the Duchess of Cambridge contrasted beautifully, and also wore a hat that looked well secured! They all looked happy, actually, clearly an enjoyable family event for them.
Our weather has been a good deal pleasanter - not exactly sunny but, at least, dry. We aren't actually celebrating the jubilee this weekend - it clashes with TT - we are doing it in July, alongside Tynwald Day. So tomorrow is another, busy, race day. We will need more carrot cake...
In the past few days I have seen a lot of people complaining about the changes to the LJ Scrapbook system - so, as it is a nice quiet afternoon, I ventured to look at the pictures I have uploaded there - and lo! For the first time I have been able to easily sort them into albums - previously whenever I have created albums and tried to put pictures into them nothing happened and they all remained in one big heap - but now I could see those albums and, finally, move the pictures, easily, into them. So, although I really do commiserate with those of you who have had problems with it, for me it is a great improvement.
And now, to write - the next chapter of Immigrants has been somewhat delayed by WriterConUK, both producing my talk for it, being there (yay!) and writing up afterwards; I have had to go back, re-read, and get my head back to Valinor!