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.
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.
After lunch we walked into town to see some of the beautiful open gardens which beckon at this time of year. 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!
29 June 2009 at 1:00 pm
Awww the hedgehogs are so cute! My daughter has recently read Dear Fatty, she loved it.
Yvonne x
29 June 2009 at 1:28 pm
Beautiful photos!
And the hedgehogs are so cute!!! I had to read up on them, since I know very little about them. Are they common visitors to your garden?
The concert sounds like it was WONDERFUL! I wish I could have been there. (After reading the review, I feel like I WAS there. I could hear JT in my mind singing every song listed.)
29 June 2009 at 3:15 pm
Yvonne: Am racing through “Dear Fatty” … it’s excellent.
Carol: Wish you could have been at the concert too. I wonder how Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood were at The Pepsi Center?
Yes, the hedgehogs are common visitors to our garden and whilst we were in the US my son said he heard what sounded like a dog being wounded in the garden in the middle of the night. In the morning he found a dead baby hedgehog in the garden…. so no idea what that was all about.
30 June 2009 at 1:52 pm
Clapton and Winwood were great. It wasn’t what I expected, though. Hardly any old songs were played. We heard mostly Blues, which isn’t my favorite, but I still appreciated the amazing talent of the two. I’m glad that I saw Winwood in a more intimate setting 2 years ago where he played his old stuff.
The weird thing: There were people there in their 20’s, but most were my age or older. When I was a kid, I would have never guessed that old farts could rock out like that!
30 June 2009 at 6:01 pm
aah how cute are those little hedgehogs!
What a lovely time you had Sandie, sounds like a perfect day to me.
30 June 2009 at 8:23 pm
Carol: Sometimes the old songs are the best! (Like jokes)
Maypole: Yes it was a great day … hope you rest up now before you’re off on your trip.
5 July 2009 at 9:28 pm
James Taylor, love him, love his music.
The ickle Hedgehogs are too cute, bless them. <3
And what can i say about the photies…….. Brilliant as usual.
Love and hugs Honey. Mwah X x X x X x X x X x X x X x X