Big Baps!

Take calculated risks.That is quite different from being rash -

George S Patton

Welcome to my Thursday 👀

Hug with a brew.

Breakfast.

Dressed.

Gave hubby a wet sloppy 💋 before he went to work.

(He was getting the newspaper on the way to work) 

I got the kids up, ready for their on-line learning for school.

I went outside to get some fresh air.

Coffee time.

I add the roll mixture to the breadmaker.

I start writing yesterday's blog post.

Got mixture out of the breadmaker..

Shaped out the rolls.

Put them in the oven to prove.

Filled the jars I had yesterday,

with flour. In the kitchen cupboard they went.

Lunchtime.

Finished writing yesterday's blog post.

I even put a jukebox on my Twitter :)

Tea at 3.

The nice big baps are ready!

Film time.

Great film.

Next film↓

Burger Bun time.

Another film to watch↓

Hubby came back from seeing his dad.

Both were glad of seeing each other and a good few hours of talking.

He gives me the newspaper for a quick read.

Sir Tom  Courtenay  is an English actor of stage and screen. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Courtenay achieved prominence in the 1960s with a series of acclaimed film roles, including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)⁠, for which he received the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles⁠, and Doctor Zhivago (1965), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other notable film roles during this period include Billy Liar (1963), King and Country (1964), for which he was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival, King Rat (1965), and The Night of the Generals.  

He is 84 years old 🎈 

Elkie Brooks (born Elaine Bookbinder) is an English singer. She was a vocalist with the bands Dada and Vinegar Joe, and later became a solo artist. She gained her biggest success in the late 1970s and 1980s, releasing 13 UK Top 75 singles, and reached the top ten with "Pearl's a Singer", "Sunshine After the Rain" and the title track of the album No More the Fool. She has been nominated twice for Brit Awards.

Brooks is a Gold Badge Award of Merit winner from formerly the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors – BASCA now The Ivors Academy.

She is generally referred to as the "British Queen of Blues".

She is 76 years old 🎈

Mike Peters MBE DL is a Welsh musician, best known as the lead singer of the Alarm. After the band split up in 1991, Peters wrote and released solo work, before reconstituting the Alarm in 2000. Additionally, he is co-founder of the Love Hope Strength Foundation. Between 2011 and 2013, Peters was the vocalist for Big Country as well as The Alarm.

He is 62 years old 🎈 

Mark  Hollis was an English musician and singer-songwriter. He achieved commercial success and critical acclaim in the 1980s and 1990s as the co-founder, lead singer and principal songwriter of the band Talk Talk. Hollis wrote or co-wrote most of Talk Talk's music—including hits like "It's My Life" and "Life's What You Make It"—and in later works developed an experimental, contemplative style. 

He died on this day in 2019 aged 64

Sleep tea time↓

The Friday Feeling is back tomorrow 🎈

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It Has Calmed Down For Now!

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good - Samuel Johnson

Welcome to my Tuesday🎈

Hopefully the weather will calm down.... after yesterday.

I enjoyed a much needed cup of tea and a warm hug↓

 I gave everyone their sloppy 💋💋💋

The sun is back \o/

 

 I got down to do my 🍭 job..

The sun is coming ↗↗↗

 My tree shot↓

 I was chatting to a friend while going to my spot.

He asked "Would I go public if I won a million pounds?"

"Hell no, you would get so many so-called friends knocking your door, wanting some it!"I replied.

On to do 🍭 job.

Car drivers was actually stopping for once :)

I finished in one piece.

Back home↓

 

 I walks into the kitchen..

Bowl full of dirty bowls from breakfast.

I loaded them up in the dishwasher.

Emptied the kitchen bin and recycling bin.

Now for a much needed coffee↓

 

 &

 Now to leave and do some singing↓

Quick look in the newspaper↓

 The List↓

  Now for the Birthdays↓

Sir Tom Courtenay, England, actor (Dresser, Doctor Zhivago, To Catch a Spy) is 83 years old 🎈

 Elkie Brooks  is an English singer. She was a vocalist with the bands Dada and Vinegar Joe, and later became a solo artist. She gained her biggest success in the late 1970s and 1980s, releasing 13 UK Top 75 singles, and reached the top ten with "Pearl's a Singer", "Sunshine After the Rain" and the title track of the album No More the Fool. She has been nominated twice for Brit Awards.She is 75 years old 🎈

Mike Peters  is a Welsh musician, best known as the lead singer of the Alarm. After the band split up in 1991, Peters wrote and released solo work, before reconstituting the Alarm in 2000. Additionally, he is co-founder of the Love Hope Strength Foundation. Between 2011 and 2013, Peters was the vocalist for Big Country as well as The Alarm.

He is 61 years old🎈

 Mark Hollis, British synth-pop musician (Talk Talk), dies at 64 in 2019.

I look across the fields of fun↓

 

 I goes into work.

It was hail stoning for a bit.

I left with a nice red face.

Back to singing along↓

 

 Back home↓

 

 Coffee and nibble↓

 The dark clouds were coming over...

 The rain held off....

Those dark clouds followed me home.

Quick coffee↓

 Now off to the Happy Place Of Work.

Back home for some nice pancakes↓

 Off to the final job with singing added↓

Snow is forecasted ....

Will I need a Snow Plow tomorrow?