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Monday, 19 April 2010
1ST BRIGHTON MARATHON - 18 APRIL 2010
We had a busy weekend with familes and partners of the entrants to the first Brighton Marathon. A big congratulations is due and they all made it round the 26.2 miles! Must be the Avalon breakfast although the runners came down at 7am and mainly had cereals, toast, coffee and juice. I suppose that distance on a full English would be even more of a challenge. Here they are, the Avalon Heroes of April 2010:
Wednesday, 7 April 2010
SEAGULLS
It's that time of year again when Fred and Rose return from warmer climes to mate in full view of guests in the rear rooms of the Avalon, and go on to produce a brood of chicks with remarkably antisocial natures.
I got some early intervention underway - a plastic falcon which I filled with cement and then cemented into a plant tray and placed strategically on our flat roof staring straight at their ledge. They came back two weeks ago, squawked alarmingly and left.
Yesterday they were back but today, the workmen arrived for the lady who lives in the house and covered the small flat roof they call home with netting. So they cannot land!
I'll keep you posted but it would seem their nesting site for some years has been closed down and rendered unusable.
I have to admit to not feeling too sad about this!
I got some early intervention underway - a plastic falcon which I filled with cement and then cemented into a plant tray and placed strategically on our flat roof staring straight at their ledge. They came back two weeks ago, squawked alarmingly and left.
Yesterday they were back but today, the workmen arrived for the lady who lives in the house and covered the small flat roof they call home with netting. So they cannot land!
I'll keep you posted but it would seem their nesting site for some years has been closed down and rendered unusable.
I have to admit to not feeling too sad about this!
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
More Doggy Doings...
Our George is not a big fan of a certain dog in an insurance advert who goes "Oh, yes!"
So here's a picture of him with someone spookily similar...
Friday, 22 January 2010
Lasagne
Last night I made lasagne. This always looks lovely served up at the table in a nice earthenware dish. Simple fare, from the sun-drenched countryside of Italy.
However that's the tip of the iceberg...
OH LASAGNE, LASAGNE
SO DIFFICULT TO GUAGE
YOU SPREAD YOURSELF SEDUCTIVELY
ACROSS THE CENTRE PAGE
WITH A BUSY DAY BEHIND ME
(SO A LITTLE TIRED I FEEL)
YOU SELL YOURSELF QUITE SHAMELESSLY
AS A SIMPLE, ONE POT, MEAL
BUT LIKE ANY STUNNING TEMPTRESS
WITH YOU THERE IS A STING
TO GET YOU SAFELY IN THAT DISH
USES EVERY BLOODY THING!
TWO BOARDS, A JUG, SOME SPOONS, A WHISK
AND KNIVES OF EVERY KIND
THREE SAUCEPANS, BOWLS, A NUTMEG GRATER
(THAT WAS HARD TO FIND)
OH HOW YOU LOOK SO GORGEOUS!
“COME JOIN ME IN A DRINK”
JUST MAKE BELIEVE THAT’S NOT A PILE
OF WASHING IN THE SINK
BUT HOWEVER MUCH YOU PUNISH ME
HOWEVER MUCH A CHORE
TIME AND TIME AGAIN I KNOW
I’LL STILL COME BACK FOR MORE
However that's the tip of the iceberg...
OH LASAGNE, LASAGNE
SO DIFFICULT TO GUAGE
YOU SPREAD YOURSELF SEDUCTIVELY
ACROSS THE CENTRE PAGE
WITH A BUSY DAY BEHIND ME
(SO A LITTLE TIRED I FEEL)
YOU SELL YOURSELF QUITE SHAMELESSLY
AS A SIMPLE, ONE POT, MEAL
BUT LIKE ANY STUNNING TEMPTRESS
WITH YOU THERE IS A STING
TO GET YOU SAFELY IN THAT DISH
USES EVERY BLOODY THING!
TWO BOARDS, A JUG, SOME SPOONS, A WHISK
AND KNIVES OF EVERY KIND
THREE SAUCEPANS, BOWLS, A NUTMEG GRATER
(THAT WAS HARD TO FIND)
OH HOW YOU LOOK SO GORGEOUS!
“COME JOIN ME IN A DRINK”
JUST MAKE BELIEVE THAT’S NOT A PILE
OF WASHING IN THE SINK
BUT HOWEVER MUCH YOU PUNISH ME
HOWEVER MUCH A CHORE
TIME AND TIME AGAIN I KNOW
I’LL STILL COME BACK FOR MORE
Saturday, 2 January 2010
HAPPY NEW YEAR
It's only when you look back on a decade that you realise how much has changed. We started 2000 as Londoners, in steady jobs, plodding along from year to year.
Then in 2001 we took the decision to move to Brighton and, in December 2004 take over the Avalon so are now in our 6th year. I am still waiting to wake up and there's nothing to do - I could make a list of 10 things each day and manage perhaps half of them!
I cannot even begin to count how many new friends and acquaintances we have made in that time (or indeed during our time in Brighton). It's delightful that the nicest people keep coming back time and time again. They are all lovely, keep a keen interest in our wellbeing, and us in theirs, as families grow up and so on.
Doubtless we shall meet more until we finally decide to pack it in and move on.
So at the start of another year, another decade, we look forward to seeing you again soon to share stories, triumphs, tragedies, secrets and pleasures. A very Happy New Year.
Then in 2001 we took the decision to move to Brighton and, in December 2004 take over the Avalon so are now in our 6th year. I am still waiting to wake up and there's nothing to do - I could make a list of 10 things each day and manage perhaps half of them!
I cannot even begin to count how many new friends and acquaintances we have made in that time (or indeed during our time in Brighton). It's delightful that the nicest people keep coming back time and time again. They are all lovely, keep a keen interest in our wellbeing, and us in theirs, as families grow up and so on.
Doubtless we shall meet more until we finally decide to pack it in and move on.
So at the start of another year, another decade, we look forward to seeing you again soon to share stories, triumphs, tragedies, secrets and pleasures. A very Happy New Year.
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