Two Days in Morecambe.

"Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!"  

written by John A. Kind 1907

 Listen to Basil Rathbone take you back...

...even if you were never there!

Everyone delights to spend their summer holiday

Down beside the side of the silvery sea

I'm no exception to the rule

In fact, if I'd my way

I'd reside by the side of the silvery sea.

But when you're just the common or garden Smith or Jones or Brown

At bus'ness up in town

You've got to settle down.

You save your money all the year till summer comes around

Then away you go

To a place you know

Where the cockle shells are found.

Oh! I do like to be beside the seaside

I do like to be beside the sea!

I do like to stroll upon the Prom, Prom, Prom!

Where the brass bands play:

"Tiddely-om-pom-pom!"

So just let me be beside the seaside

I'll be beside myself with glee

And there's lots of girls beside,

I should like to be beside

Beside the seaside!

Beside the sea!

M.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.m.morecambe!

Hot from the kiln!

These sculptures are just out of the kiln this morning. Here they are still  hot in the studio.

 As soon as they were cool enough we got them photographed and on to f.b.. I put them into flickr as well and added to the various groups.
They are all destined for distant climes! Well that is Kent and Suffolk. The Suffolk galleries are,
The Snape Maltings...which I always think is very apt for Alan!...
The Buckenham Gallery in Southwold, favourite place in England....
And The Harbour Gallery in Whitstable, Kent. This is a fairly new place for us to exhibit. If you live nearby, why not have a look at these in person.

The back drop is also the work of an artist. I got it from the Tate Liverpool a few years ago. It's by a South American artist, but I have lost track of his name. He gave away freebies of the prints of his original photographs and I took a couple. If anyone out there can recognize his work, perhaps you might let me know who you think it is.

Any excuse for a Party!

Well this weekend gave us the best reason for a looooong time.

All eleven of us were together!

Hooray!

Ha! You thought it was something else?

Well that's sort of right,

 it was after all a bank holiday

and that made the weekend go on for two extra days.

Plus the sun shone and the flowers bloomed and the summer house beckoned.

So the following are just a few of the mad moments from our "Royal Wedding Party".

 .....suggested by Tina, my lovely daughter-in-law 

and organised by us all.

Moi...checking that the colours are flying.

All faces turned one way.

Nini

the delightful daughter

and founder of

Amelie's House

Is this also a knobbly knee contest?

Potter.

Kate...eldest granddaughter...

and blogger on

The

Confusionosity of Life

Concentrate.

No point in coming to a do

without getting on your best goodies!

Ahhhh....the bride!

Cake baked by Tina and topped by Nini

...joint efforts.

So we had

coronation chicken

german potato salad ( after all there's a lot of that in

"The Family". )

Pasta...for the kids...any Italians at the do?

Welsh cheese..... for the "Wales" couple.

And royal icing on the cake!

(spot the flags!)

...son enjoys the sun...

Tina enjoys the wine,

Kids enjoy the freedom!

no school.

But that's not the end...oh no

not by a long chalk!

Afternoon tea was imbibed up at the summer house.

Joined by some lovely friends,

we continued to eat to the health of the newly married couple.

Well I believe that their parties went on all night!

they might just be shortbread biccies...

...but they sure look royal to me!

Made and painted by Nini.

Hats were essential

as were flags of all sorts may I say.

If you look back you might see the flag of Cornwall, Eire and Spain

just so as not to offend any!

A quiet spot to relax and enjoy the feast.

and back up to the table

 for seconds.

Son and son-in-law kept up the serious business of dish-washing and fresh pots of tea.

A good old English tradition!

I mean the dish-washing of course!

Nearly at the end of a weekend

and a girl must make sure that her face is still radiant!

....a lot of slumping in the sun

and gentle snoozing....

what a good end to the bank holiday.

I do hope and pray that this young couple are somehow able to work it out,

in spite of all of the shenanigans surrounding them.