Friday, June 27, 2008

Cina gro

For a while now I have tried to be holier than thou* and have bought organic and Fair Trade produce whenever I can. It salves my conscience a bit about the fact that I’m too lazy to be a vegetarian when I really don’t want to eat anything that has a face.

Recently I have gone a step further and now have an organic vegetable box delivered. (Polishes halo*). I’ve just taken receipt of box number 2 and in it was this:

What the **** am I supposed to do with that? I think it might be a type of cabbage but I’m not at all certain!

This is the second time I’ve been sent broad-beans (with their coats on) and the second time I’ve had to denude them. I quite enjoyed that – I felt quite earth motherish, I may have to buy something floaty made of cheesecloth and a pair of clogs. (But not those nasty plastic croc things, yeuch).

The potatoes though, are a nightmare. They are more mud than potato. Even offering to pay assorted offspring has not been enough to encourage anyone to get down and dirty with these potatoes. Do they really have to be grown in something akin to clay and concrete to be organic? I’ve blocked the damn sink now and Himself is not going to be pleased.

I’ve just found out what the cabbage thing is for!

*I may get to heaven yet.


Tuesday, June 24, 2008

weeks go bye

Rain stick



Sometimes I can't think of anything to say and I think I might as well stop. What's it all for anyway, this blogging lark?

Sometimes it's nice to get the answer to a specific question though.

And I derive the most pleasure from reading other blogs.

In the beginning (2005) my saviour and horse trainer Sarah gave me her details and she had a link on her blog to Tom a fellow horse trainer. Tom has a link on his horse website to his blog and it has a warning which I (hope he won't mind) quote:

PLEASE TAKE NOTE

My blog is not all about horses. It contains bad language, dodgy humour,
dodgy politics, irreligious attitudes, totally uncensored comments and other stuff too!
If you are sensitive about any of these things,
best not go there.

Well I ask you, who could resist that?


I didn't mean to start up a blog I just wanted to comment on his blog and had to have a blog to do so!


So sometimes I have something I want to say, but most times I don't so I don't really understand why I do it!


I do know that my life would be emptier without those Fine People that I visit and sometimes comment on. You are more than my blogroll which I need to update, but I thank you all for your real friendship, companionship and, without fail, kind comments, yes even you Sid (kiss kiss).


So without further ado here is what I want to say today.


Stonehenge:
English Heritage, who think they own it, irritate the frigging bejesus out of me and will be first against the wall come the revolution. The thing has been standing there since at least 3000 years BC in much the same state as currently, but suddenly you can't breath heavily in its presence or the damn thing will fall down. Local government and assorted government quangos have spent £25 million of tax payers money deciding that they can't afford a by-pass or road tunnel to 'protect' the stones. So if you want a free look-see you have to join the traffic jam on the A303 the same as the rest of us. Meanwhile even when you pay to go in (and it's dificult not to with all the razor wire and guards) they won't let you near the stones. When I was a kid we used to stop by the side of the road and wonder over, have a good climb about, chase the sheep, eat our sandwiches and move on. Sometimes there were people there but not often. Now it's all about making marketing and making money, pass me my AK47.

Salisbury Plain:
(On which stands Stonehenge)I have to cross the Plain everyday, back and forth, on my way to and from work. It's dead boring if you stick to the roads (and frequented by Camera Safety Bastards [also sharing space first against the wall]) but quite nice on the tank tracks, Salisbury Plain being where the British Army learn how to shoot straight and drive tanks.



When the Red Flag (sic) is flying you're not suppose to cross it. PAH! is what I say to that. So here I am crossing the plain in defiance of the Red Flag. Pretty up here isn't it?


Witch's Cat
They're all black with green eyes but I have a magician's rabbit instead.

I don't have a Top Hat in which to pull him from but I do have a TV remote control on which he's eaten 3 of the buttons. As previously mentioned he's called Polo and can do many fine spells.


Monday, June 23, 2008

Viva Italiano

There is much about Italy that I really love

The food (Except the salami which has horse meat in it)
Olives
Chianti
Ice cream
Coffee
The weather
The ski-ing
Ferrari
Rome
Tuscany (I'd move there tomorrow)
Venice
The Leaning Tower
The ART
Even the Vatican (The Sistine chapel nearly made me think religion might not be so bad)
Even the driving!!
Dean Martin (he was sexy until the day he died)
La Mafiosa (even their criminals have a certain 'cool')
Sophia Loren (true beauty)
Andrea Bocelli

Leonardo da Vinci


Shame their Football is so CRAP!

Even I could manage a 0-0 draw with 10 school boys by constantly lining them up across the goal.


Roberto Donadoni you should be ashamed and I'm glad you're out.

for Jax with love



5 things I've always wanted:

To die before my children (when I'm very, very old)

To be able to cook (effortlessly)

A Porsche 911 turbo ragtop

To be a vegetarian

More chickens

5 things I'm currently into:

(I don't really know what being 'into' means!)
(so things I'm doing or learning at the moment)

Long reining

Natural horsemanship

Gardening (ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)

House (the TV show)

House training the new rabbit (Polo)

5 favourite things in my ROOM:

Dolce (cat)


Polo (new bunny)

Rain stick

Fizzy pink wine


Broomstick (yes really)


5 things in my BAG

Purse

Sunnies


Knife (swiss army)
(This knife has been x-rayed in my bag in airports the world over countless times (i forget it's there) and I have never been stopped because of it - I have however been stopped for having a lipgloss, a bottle of water, and some contact lens saline solution)

Phone

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

things to do before you die


Tha's Dorset down there


Can you see me?
I'm waving out of the right hand side and taking the photo all at the same time!

We went a mile high so I winked at Himself but he wasn't for letting go of the handholds.


Thursday, June 12, 2008

flag waving


See this sword?!




I was a bit chilly to be honest, and my flag broke but I don't think she noticed.


You got mud on yo face

You big disgrace
Kickin your can all over the place

We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you

Queen


Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Plan A: cooking made easy . . . not


This is good.

Very good and only takes 2 minutes in the microwave.

It never goes wrong.

All you need to go with it is a Husband to fetch a Shahi Nawabi from the Take Away.

. . . and a handy Take Away of course.


Wednesday, June 04, 2008

was it you Murphy?

As I was driving along on the top of the plain today I passed an extremely handsome man walking his black Labrador. He was of a certain age, greater that 45 but probably less than 65. I had my sunnies on (there was sunshine today!) so I had a long squizz at him cos let me tell you, he was sex on legs. I bet he didn't look that good at 25.

And then I thought to myself, that's true of the majority of men isn't it? They look better for a few years maturity, middle age becomes them, laughter lines are sexy, salt and pepper hair is cute. They can even carry a little (a little, I said) weight and it's not unattractive. Ugly boys can become handsome men. Handsome boys become gorgeous.

Is this fair?

It f*cking isn't, because this does not work for women. I do not know any woman post 45 (probably post 35) who looks better now than she did at 25 (and that's even with the help of knives and endless cash). That's not to say I don't know some very attractive middle aged women, but they don't look better than they did. Age does not become the female form. We have too many wobbly and soft bits that tend to sag, and our hormones go into meltdown long before we're ready. Ugly girls become politicians and beautiful girls become grannies.
See? She's still lovely but not better.

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

every picture tells a sorry tale

A gardening post for FN and Dinah



I want to put some wordy bits in to liven up this post but they keep disappearing behind the endless stream of pictures . . .



The rain stopped for 5 minutes this evening so I trundled round the garden (sic) and paddocks to feed assorted waifs and take some pictures so Dinah and FN can see what happens when the latin is left to fend for itself. Somewhere above is a picture of a vine my daughters bought me but I have lost the label and distructions so don't know what to do with it. Suggestions?










that's poo
over there
where I'm writing this bit is a picture of Jemima Puddle Duck




(wedding present - CI beware) but I bet that's not where it comes out!







Still plenty of mud as you can see.







The drive and gravel are in desperate need of weeding -


spot the wheelbarrow and you can see I have started - honest.





I'm becoming overrun in docks, nettles and brambles. None of which are particularly attractive,

and the pond's gone green as your wellies again.

Poor fish.

Monday, June 02, 2008

I am torn

Torn between telling you about a) the latest stupid government initiative that has made me spit; b) the clothes I have bought to wear to the assorted stupid weddings we’re going to that nearly but don’t quite match; and c) the fact that I have just eaten a much melted and reset Marathon bar that has been in my car glove box since last September and how ill I’m now feeling.

None of them are particularly inspiring or interesting eh? But such is my life so you’re getting all 3.

a) Without further ado the government is addressing childhood obesity. And this is how they are doing it. They are going to weigh and measure every 5 year old and every 11 year.

That should do it then. They’ll all stop eating junk and start exercising immediately is my guess, especially as the results are confidential.

There are only two drawbacks to this cunning plan that I have spotted (so far . . .) – can you guess what they are? Don’t bother I’ll tell you.

1. They’re not planning on doing anything with this information; it’s for
information purposes.

2. Parents can opt out.



Guess which parents have opted out? You’ll never believe it but all the parents of the fat kids have refused this fine government offer.

b) Weddings – what a bore. I know, I know, I bored you all with mine but I didn’t invite you did I? I didn’t expect you to turn up and be bored to tears did I?

The sister of Himself is finally tying the knot to some poor bugger who despite the fact that he copped a feel of my arse (last weekend) while I was a bit tiddly, I still feel sorry for him. (I pretended not to notice cos to be honest I was a bit shocked, had I been sober I expect he’d have a black eye) (I told Himself who did not sort him out, but laughed like a drain) (what kind of a husband is that?) (I didn’t tell SIL) Still, if he’s doing that sort of thing I don’t think it’s a match made in heaven even though we have to sit through the happy (sic) couple having damn communion on top of bl**dy prayers and hymns and readings and any manner of endless shite.

Worse still the bride has insisted on frock coats and crap for the 4 brothers and groom. Himself is considering appendicitis, self harm, arrest and imprisonment, sectioning, running away, killing himself to get out of it, but has resigned himself to bitter weeping and getting completely off his face and looking a prick. He has promised me anything I want with knobs on if I do the driving. So it’s not all bad.

My outfit though, has hit a bit of a sticky wicket because:- first I bought a cream jacket with a pattern in red around the bottom.
Then I bought some red trousers but didn’t have the jacket with me, so they’re not quite the right red.
Then I bought a cream dress with red flowers on, again without the jacket, and this was a different red again.

Then I saw those shoes and they too are a different red.
Then I saw another jacket (in the sales, in the sales) which was all red and I thought would be bound to go with something but yet again it’s
different!
How can there be so many shades of red? It’s a mystery. I don’t want to go to the stupid wedding anyway.

c) I still feel sick and that Marathon bar was an hour ago now.

Oh yes, addendum to b) I have a new red handbag also – I do believe that the future fashion trend is to wear almost but not quite matching everything and no knickers obviously.

See?!