Thursday Challenge

Rare

Perhaps not to the frequent flyers but for me this was a very rare view of the sunrise.

Time Goes Slowly..........

except when you're on holiday of course!

Been searching the web for photo challenge sites because I have completely lost my picture taking mojo recently. Unfortunately most of the sites I found are having a summer break - typical!

Past few weeks have been good though. Generally just making the most of doing nothing which I'm incredibly good at by the way! The highlights:

Firstly, cocktails with friends Sophie and Kim. I've always wanted to have a proper dry martini 'shaken not stirred' and it was one of the things I was really looking forward to when we went to South Carolina earlier in the year. I did have one but it wasn't quite how I'd imagined as it was in a plastic cup not a martini glass and I was so disappointed that I didn't bother again.

So, the other week I was whisked away to a bar in Bournemouth and had not just one but two cocktails. The first was the martini I'd craved which was totally strong but delicious and then I tried the Cosmopolitan which was sweeter and really refreshing ........... then we went home because I'm a complete lightweight and couldn't possibly drink any more without falling over!

A couple of weeks ago we took Tessa and her dutch friend Wytze to the Palace Theatre to see Priscilla Queen of the Desert...........Wow!





It was completely amazing - the costumes the music, the set, the dancing, Jason Donovan in his pants - what more can I say! Even better was that because it was a Thursday matinee and the theatre wasn't full we got upgraded from our cheapy seats in the balcony to the much better mid-priced dress circle - result!

Poor Wytze, I'm not really sure that he knew what to think of it all - I don't know if they have musicals like that in the Netherlands. By the time we'd taken him to see Chicago in Bournemouth on the Saturday I think he was looking forward to escaping home again!

Unfortunately the weather is not playing ball at the moment. We seem to get one day of half decent weather in exchange for two or three days rain and wind. But, it's easier to not feel guilty about the kids spending all day playing board games, computer games and watching tv when the weather is naff so it's not all bad!

Photo Friday: Cameraphone Shot

My first proper cocktail in a proper cocktail bar -

only took me 40 years!