Yoga Yogi

 

Happy International Yoga Day

Painted Lady

 

Here come the Painted Ladies.....no not lassies with tats, loads of butterflies coming over to us from Southern Europe. This one's for Brigid Primrose to make up for the creepy crawlies earlier! xxx

Waterloo

 

The history book on the shelf. Is always repeating itself.
200th Anniversary of Napoleon's defeat

Bobble Hats

 

Sorry to hear of the crime wave which hit the island of Canna, in the Inner Hebrides (population less than 20). The Guardian reported 6 bobble hats were stolen from the island shop, the first crime in half a century........

Top Gear Clown Car

 

Chris Evans takes the Top Gear seat after Jeremy Clarkson's exit

Hammer Horror Dracula

RIP Christopher Lee, in his famous role as the Count

RIP Christopher Lee

 

Farewell to "Tall, Dark and Gruesome" Christopher Lee, Lord Summerisle, his favourite role in "the Wicker Man"(1973)

Make the Party Last

Kitsch & Synch.........and other classic album art (James Last, RIP)

RIP James Last

 

RIP James Last, King of the Easy Listeners

Rhubarb

Hooray for the Yorkshire Rhubarb triangle!

Cube Dogs

Extreme dog grooming in Japan- latest craze for cube-shaped dog heads

The Hills Are Alive....with the Sound of Merkel

Bring out the lederhosen. Mine's a weissbeer...it's the G8 Summit

Borat Free Zone

Cornish Mankini Ban: Newquay bans Borat-style posing pouches...... what a shame!

 

Elvish Elvis

Tolkien's Elvish Note A first edition copy of The Hobbit with a note inside the cover in Elvish sold for £137,000  at Sotheby's

Galeforce

 

Monday night's gale: up at the Sailing Club, Hade Edge with the D of E team, where canoeing was cancelled...the Beaufort scale on the wall went off the scale and the rain was coming down sideways. It didn't stop us digging up wheelbarrows of muck and rescuing a bunch of toads (what do you call a group of toads??)

Sepp Blatter's Arse Has Its Own Facebook Site

 

Blog Post for Thursday 2nd June 2011:  Sepp Blatter aspires to be touched by royalty, just like Pippa......(as I recall, there was a lot of interest in 2011 about a certain part of Pippa Middleton. Julio Grondona was the President of the Argentine FA........

 

Wikipedia says: On May 31, 2011, Grondona said, "Yes, I voted for Qatar, because a vote for the US would be like a vote for England, and that is not possible. But with the English bid I said: If you give back the Islas Malvinas, which belong to us, you will get my vote."  In 2014 his son, Humberto, a FIFA official, admitted illegally selling on tickets for games at the World Cup in Brazil. On June 2nd, 2015, FIFA blamed Julio Grondona for approving, in 2007, the payments at the center of the United States Department of Justice investigation that led to the 47-count indictment against soccer officials and sports marketing executives. (Grondona died in 2014, aged 82)

 



The Emperor's New Clothes, Sepp Blatter

Sepp Blatter finally took the hint and resigned. I'm reposting this cartoon from 31st May 2011.

Queen Anne's Wall

 

Sign on the Victory Gate, Portsmouth Dock (Trip to Mary Rose with Pat)