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curiouswombatOddly, considering last week was TT Practice Week, and today is Mad Sunday, this post is completely free from pictures of motor-bikes. (TT - Tourist Trophy races - the centre of the TT Festival where our island plays host to about 15,000 motor-bikers. Mad Sunday - the midpoint of the two week festival - when everyone, and occasionally his dog, goes out to 'do a lap' of the course.)
Much of the week has seen me going 'get-up, go to work, go straight to church to help man the snack-bar, come home and take S2C to work, cook dinner, (about 10pm by then) and do some more baking for the snack-bar' as bikers eat an awful lot of cake whilst they watch the racing bikes go past.
But the pictures are a lot more tranquil!
I sat in a quiet lane on Tuesday afternoon to write up my patient notes on my net-book, in the car. Out of the car window I could see both honeysuckle and cow-parsley.
And on Friday I sat doing the same thing looking over Port Erin Bay. The weather was glorious on Friday - the temperature reached about 24C and there were people down on the beach enjoying it -
And others out in boats taking advantage of the calm sea and slight breeze -
The eagle eyed amongst you might have noticed something a bit odd happening to the left of that picture. Sure enough, when I zoomed the camera in, it was clear that someone had managed to tip over and was busy trying to get the boat back into the vertical.
For those of you even less au fait with small boats than me, they are standing on the keel hoping that their body weight will counter the weight of the wet sail and bring the boat back up-right.
Yesterday I spent from 10.30 to 3pm at church - the visitors were like a hoard of gannets - we couldn't keep filled baps, pasty and cake in font of them. Everyone was there helping - one of the seven year olds was running between kitchen and 'counter' with baskets of baps, and refilling the stacks of cans and bottles of water, while an 80 year old was dishing out the pasty and sausage rolls! And there were helpers of all ages between.
Then I went to do Mum's shopping and spend some time with her - before doing our shopping, and then trying to get my head back into the right place to get on with my Tolkien BigBang! Fic which is now a bit behind schedule. Oh - and deciding what to do in Sunday School today as it is hard for the children to concentrate as there are always thousands of bikes passing the window on Mad Sunday.
And I was right about that - whilst we talked about superheroes, drew pictures, and ate jelly-beans to help us with out prayers (I'll explain that another time!) - we saw not only the usual array of machinery and riders, but Winnie-the-Pooh, Eyeore and Piglet all went past on motorbikes, as did a fairy, a tiger, an elephant and a mouse...
I gave my camera to one of the boys - he took some nice pics of everyone - and I thought you might like to see his baby sister. She 'poses' as soon as she sees a camera - so this is Baby Bee by her big brother -
And the warm weather is also suiting the garden - things are looking good - it was nice to have time to appreciate it this afternoon -
As you can see, this year we are mainly doing pink! Also, yes, those are Lollo Rosso in the pot - they look so pretty and allow me to crop them for lunch a couple of times a week. And as you may also see, I must go out and weed between the paving stones sometime!
The cold winter killed a lot of my geraniums, many of which will usually over-winter. So I started again in the wall baskets. The new ones are just coming into flower - and this is the most exuberant one so far -
Now that's what I would call shocking pink! The clematis that grows up through the tree is in bloom as well - and it is looking brighter this year than the last couple as well -
Finally - this is close-up of the geranium that is outside the kitchen window -
When everything is at its peak I think I might need sunglasses.
I have some more baking to do - I am the queen of the carrot cake, and chocolate brownies, maybe - and some coconut ice to make, but as I am at work all week, and the actual racing takes place during the day, I won't be spending so much time at church this week. Hopefully I can get back on track with the BigBang story.
Much of the week has seen me going 'get-up, go to work, go straight to church to help man the snack-bar, come home and take S2C to work, cook dinner, (about 10pm by then) and do some more baking for the snack-bar' as bikers eat an awful lot of cake whilst they watch the racing bikes go past.
But the pictures are a lot more tranquil!
I sat in a quiet lane on Tuesday afternoon to write up my patient notes on my net-book, in the car. Out of the car window I could see both honeysuckle and cow-parsley.
And on Friday I sat doing the same thing looking over Port Erin Bay. The weather was glorious on Friday - the temperature reached about 24C and there were people down on the beach enjoying it -
And others out in boats taking advantage of the calm sea and slight breeze -
The eagle eyed amongst you might have noticed something a bit odd happening to the left of that picture. Sure enough, when I zoomed the camera in, it was clear that someone had managed to tip over and was busy trying to get the boat back into the vertical.
For those of you even less au fait with small boats than me, they are standing on the keel hoping that their body weight will counter the weight of the wet sail and bring the boat back up-right.
Yesterday I spent from 10.30 to 3pm at church - the visitors were like a hoard of gannets - we couldn't keep filled baps, pasty and cake in font of them. Everyone was there helping - one of the seven year olds was running between kitchen and 'counter' with baskets of baps, and refilling the stacks of cans and bottles of water, while an 80 year old was dishing out the pasty and sausage rolls! And there were helpers of all ages between.
Then I went to do Mum's shopping and spend some time with her - before doing our shopping, and then trying to get my head back into the right place to get on with my Tolkien BigBang! Fic which is now a bit behind schedule. Oh - and deciding what to do in Sunday School today as it is hard for the children to concentrate as there are always thousands of bikes passing the window on Mad Sunday.
And I was right about that - whilst we talked about superheroes, drew pictures, and ate jelly-beans to help us with out prayers (I'll explain that another time!) - we saw not only the usual array of machinery and riders, but Winnie-the-Pooh, Eyeore and Piglet all went past on motorbikes, as did a fairy, a tiger, an elephant and a mouse...
I gave my camera to one of the boys - he took some nice pics of everyone - and I thought you might like to see his baby sister. She 'poses' as soon as she sees a camera - so this is Baby Bee by her big brother -
And the warm weather is also suiting the garden - things are looking good - it was nice to have time to appreciate it this afternoon -
As you can see, this year we are mainly doing pink! Also, yes, those are Lollo Rosso in the pot - they look so pretty and allow me to crop them for lunch a couple of times a week. And as you may also see, I must go out and weed between the paving stones sometime!
The cold winter killed a lot of my geraniums, many of which will usually over-winter. So I started again in the wall baskets. The new ones are just coming into flower - and this is the most exuberant one so far -
Now that's what I would call shocking pink! The clematis that grows up through the tree is in bloom as well - and it is looking brighter this year than the last couple as well -
Finally - this is close-up of the geranium that is outside the kitchen window -
When everything is at its peak I think I might need sunglasses.
I have some more baking to do - I am the queen of the carrot cake, and chocolate brownies, maybe - and some coconut ice to make, but as I am at work all week, and the actual racing takes place during the day, I won't be spending so much time at church this week. Hopefully I can get back on track with the BigBang story.
