Landscapes - and music. Unrelated!

Music first - I really enjoyed Eurovision, one of the best in years. I felt sorry for the Irish lad, I thought his song was rather good - and he did have some interesting drummers/dancers... I liked the winner, didn't really 'get' Azerbaijan, who came second, but having spoken to both D-d and a couple of teenagers at church, who all rather liked it, it clearly had something going for it! I liked the young doctor from Malta and the lad in the hat from Hungary.

Iceland was represented by one of the Rohirrim;



And Éowyn represented Norway.

They both did better than Bonnie Tyler - but then they both had much better songs, to be honest.

D-d had a Eurovision party as usual and, as usual, they dressed as some of the competitors. She was The Romanian guy I have so got to see the pictures!

Anyway - to the landscapes - I drove up the Sulby valley on Friday and stopped to take some pictures. I had hoped to take a picture of the bluebells, which usually carpet one area. This is what it usually looks like, I took this a few years ago -



But there was no sign of them. Either they are very, very, late, or the bulbs have not survived this hard winter.


It is still rather bleak up there - the hard winter has left its mark, but some of the usual residents look well...( Read more... )

Actually, going back to Eurovision - there were a lot of Thranduilesque eyebrows this year - Lee Pace seems to have started a fashion trend!