tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post907732683284007356..comments2023-09-29T11:23:31.078+01:00Comments on Witterings: Midyear misfitsSandy's witteringshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-71242123994136219622013-07-28T08:44:40.422+01:002013-07-28T08:44:40.422+01:00Thanks Juliet - there are some great bits of archi...Thanks Juliet - there are some great bits of architectural details. Faces on churches are easy to spot but I can miss them as much as the next chap - your dragon from the High Street on Shapeshifting Green or the great Jester I walked past on Cockburn Street for years<br />http://markmaxwellabushady.zenfolio.com/p1022493724/h2D3C6DA7#h2d3c6da7<br />Pam, I think hot's always relative. If we get a Summer with less rain than not rain then it's officially a good one (this one :) ). I'd be a bit like your sister in law and grumble if it got really hot (I've been missing it this year) - the poor weather can't win.Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-43306092957374428072013-07-25T15:17:01.663+01:002013-07-25T15:17:01.663+01:00Your comment about summer gave me a good laugh. No...Your comment about summer gave me a good laugh. No problem with that here in Wisconsin, but when I spoke to my sister-in-law in Newfoundland yesterday she was on about how "miserable hot" it was there this year. I've been on the rock in the summer...they have no idea what hot is really like! Beautiful post, lots of eye candy.Pam https://www.blogger.com/profile/05979446142128610261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-63722093198052952512013-07-24T08:08:14.222+01:002013-07-24T08:08:14.222+01:00Lots of good photos in this post! I like the archi...Lots of good photos in this post! I like the architectural details you always seem to be able to notice and share with usCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-60543027456714785752013-07-22T12:44:44.224+01:002013-07-22T12:44:44.224+01:00Michael, you could be right about Wilbur - it'...Michael, you could be right about Wilbur - it's certainly more pig than sheep.<br />Knitted graffiti is worth a surf, there are some spectacular examples out there in the wide world. Sometimes given the great name of Yarn bombing.Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-89603217127147257362013-07-21T18:29:05.741+01:002013-07-21T18:29:05.741+01:00Sandy, you sure cover a lot of area on your time o...Sandy, you sure cover a lot of area on your time off! The wooden statue, definitely Wilbur the pig. Knitted graffiti, now there's a new one, never seen that before at least not over here! The cathedral, majestic! : )Michael (Light-In-A-Box)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06384247789221839215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-4619852201663299402013-07-19T08:33:58.119+01:002013-07-19T08:33:58.119+01:00I think the sculptor thought up the pun and made t...I think the sculptor thought up the pun and made the sculpture to match - I did have a bit of a groan to myself when I saw it.<br /><br />Just returned from my morning constitutional along the deck - this cruising is the life. Fog has just lifted - it has to try and stay that way till early afternoon.Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-55267628542122182412013-07-19T03:46:21.501+01:002013-07-19T03:46:21.501+01:00Well I hope the weather cleared up - we are gettin...Well I hope the weather cleared up - we are getting the fogs too, but that is normal here. Looks like I will be the first to groan at the sculptor's pun... I did get to Durham once, and I can't remember how long ago, so it must be more than 20 years. I remember how beautifully the cathedral sits above the river.Shundohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08626305350101368912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-47223827584762286992013-07-18T13:37:29.922+01:002013-07-18T13:37:29.922+01:00Jim, I had found Miss Aitken's site when I was...Jim, I had found Miss Aitken's site when I was at home - it was a bad surfing day when I wrote this blog (for anyone passing through now http://www.seonaidaitken.com/ )She's a mighty fiddler all round and certainly not just jazz.<br /><br />I'm sure the BBCs letter is waiting for me at home to film the first series of Sandy's World. <br /><br />We certainly do have calm seas. Too calm, we're surrounded by a thick fog instead which is stopping me getting home. Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-6667272381867953432013-07-15T10:03:03.821+01:002013-07-15T10:03:03.821+01:00You've packed some stuff into this post Sandy,...You've packed some stuff into this post Sandy, are things a bit quiet for a chemist offshore at the moment.<br />Rose Room are excellent to listen to <br /><a href="http://www.seonaidaitken.com/" rel="nofollow">Seonaid Aitke</a> has her own website, as well as playing a mean violin she has a great voice.<br />This is the bands <a href="https://myspace.com/roseroomuk" rel="nofollow">MySpace</a> page.<br />I might have mentioned this before, but my first visit to Durham was to the Miner's Gala back in 1962. The mines might be gone, but judging by the turnout last Saturday the spirit of the occasion still survives. Here's a clip that's just gone on YouTube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXfuegk6CVw" rel="nofollow">Durham Miners Gala 2013</a><br />The bunting could be out for you Sandy, there's a vacancy for a traveller now that globe trotter Alan Whickers gone to meet his maker. <br />Hope you've got calm seas.The Glebe Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09609629219727888442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-60361975958252516552013-07-14T20:30:40.487+01:002013-07-14T20:30:40.487+01:00I'm much the same John - I did have a cassette...I'm much the same John - I did have a cassette tape of The Hot Club de Paris at they were collectively called but when I eventually caught up with the technology, I never quite caught up with that little corner of jazz. I now have a Rose Room cd to help plug the gap. I didn't have much of a choice for them on Youtube - they certainly were better live.Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-63348109372694211042013-07-13T22:54:54.957+01:002013-07-13T22:54:54.957+01:00I've always enjoyed the music of Grappelli &am...I've always enjoyed the music of Grappelli & Reinhardt and always wanted to get a CD or two and just never have. This may have just been the tipping point. That was great and I bet sounded much better in person that on that YouTube clip. Thanks for today's smile.John @ Beans and I on the Loosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09185975793295220723noreply@blogger.com