What a busy 24 hours!
Yesterday afternoon we went down to stay with The Willow Lady and after dinner the 3 of us went to see James Taylor at The BIC in Bournemouth. It was a beautifully warm summer’s evening (in fact just like the first time I saw James in Cardiff about 10 years ago). We had reasonably good seats and were delighted to see that he had his band with him … and in particular that he’d brought Arnold McCuller who has a stunning voice and who makes “Shower The People” a spine-tingling experience. “Too Good” according to JT.
With my mobile phone, I managed to get a rather rubbish photo of James autographing at least 50 or so programmes and tickets on his return to the stage after the interval.
He ended the concert with my favourite JT song “You Can Close Your Eyes”. The whole of the audience by now had been on their feet for some time and as I looked around they were completely spellbound. Bliss.
A review is in The Bournemouth Daily Echo
Whilst away, I started Dawn French’s book “Dear Fatty” and am at that “good book” stage where I want to rush ahead to see what comes next but at the same time want to slow down so that I can savour it.
So, after a leisurely breakfast this morning, we drove back home and helped the younger Mr Dancing move some of his gear into his new flat.
We came back home again for lunch before walking into town to see some of the beautiful open gardens which usually beckon at this time of year. The photos of the lavender and the river reflection were taken in 2 of the gardens. We popped into a favourite haunt for a pot of tea and then made our way up to a friend’s open garden and were asked if we could spot the caterpillar (an elongated hedge) and Mrs Thatcher (a stone gargoyle head positioned by the compost bin where she reigns as “Queen of the Compost”)
On our way back, we spotted a young man in the river, fly-fishing ….
Back home, Mr Dancing spotted 2 baby hedgehogs near the summerhouse and then another at the bottom of the garden!
