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Showing posts with label Robbie Coltrane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robbie Coltrane. Show all posts

Tuesday, 30 March 2021

Soaking Up The Rays!

 There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know - Ambrose Bierce
Welcome to my sunny Tuesday ๐Ÿ˜Ž
Hug and brew time!
Breakfast.
Gets the kids up ready for school.
Dressed.
Gives hubby a big wet ๐Ÿ’‹ before he leaves for work.
My kids also had ๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’‹ before they went to school.
I unloaded and uploaded the dishwasher.
Put the recycling in the green bin.
Goes outside for some sun's rays.
 
Fed the birds....
Coffee time!
Now to get yesterday's blog wrote.
The hunt for more Prima Makes magazine continues....
Another issue I didn't have arrives...↓
I had the publishers of House and Garden magazine send me email asking why I am not renewing.....£34 for 12 issues they quotes me to renew....
I don't think so!
The last issue arrived in the post as well.
I like Country Living magazine instead! 
I had my copy on Monday \o/
Once blog post was published.
Time for lunch!
My Lollypop Boss phoned me to see how I am doing.
I am back on duty ๐Ÿญ next month \o/
The sun had moved around.
Time to soak up those rays!
Better the make the most of the sunshine,
As the weather for the rest of the week goes colder↓↓
Tea at 3 outside...
Once my kids arrive home from school.
I go with one to deliver a Birthday card.
(As it's my good friend's birthday tomorrow)↓
The temperature is going ↗↗↗
I sit outside and watch the female Blackbird eating the bread on the bird table.
Hubby is seeing his dad after work.
Our tea goes in the oven early.
I meanwhile try to find some balls of wool I am doing for a project....
Found most of them \o/
Tea time.
Yum!
I catch up with today's Judge Rinder episode.
Followed by a lovely soak in the bath......
I had my sleep tea in bed afterwards.
Hubby comes back with the newspaper.
Anthony Robert McMillan OBE , known professionally as Robbie Coltrane, is a Scottish actor and writer. His best known film roles are as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011), and as Valentin Dmitrovich Zhukovsky in the James Bond films GoldenEye (1995) and The World Is Not Enough (1999). His other works include From Hell (2001), Stormbreaker (2006), Brave (2012), and Great Expectations (2012).
In television, Coltrane starred as criminal psychologist Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the ITV television series Cracker (1993–2006), a role which saw him receive the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in three consecutive years (1994 to 1996). In 2006, Coltrane came eleventh in ITV's poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars, voted by the public. He was appointed an OBE in the 2006 New Year Honours for his services to drama. 
He is 71 years old ๐ŸŽˆ 
William Harrison "Bill" Withers Jr. was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He had several hits over a relatively short career of 15 years, including "Ain't No Sunshine" (1971), "Grandma's Hands" (1971), "Use Me" (1972), "Lean on Me" (1972), "Lovely Day" (1977), and "Just the Two of Us" (1981). Withers won three Grammy Awards and was nominated for six more. His life was the subject of the 2009 documentary film Still Bill. Withers was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005 and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2015. Two of his songs were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
He sadly on this day in 2020 aged 81
Time for a early night....
Out like a light......Zzzzzz 

 
 
 



 
 


Monday, 30 March 2020

Crossing The Line To The Monday Motivation

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure - Samuel Johnson
Welcome to the second week on lockdown๐ŸŽˆ
On a rather tiny Wobbly Work Wheel ๐ŸŽก
  The alarm went off at the normal time.
I had a nice warm hug and cuppa↓
 Crossing the line to the Monday Motivation↑
Now out for a walk↓
 The road has been newly surfaced↓
 
 Empty road↑
Coffee and nibble when we got back↓
 Hubby goes back to work↓
 Quick look in the newspaper↓
Eric Clapton,  is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream.He is 75 years old๐ŸŽˆ
Robbie Coltrane, is a Scottish actor and author. He is known for his roles as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, as Valentin Dmitrovich Zhukovsky in the James Bond films GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough, and as Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the British TV series Cracker during the 1990s.He is 70 years old๐ŸŽˆ
  Cรฉline  Dion  is a Canadian singer.She is 52 years old ๐ŸŽˆ
 I got yesterday's blog wrote.
Early lunch↓
 
 Started on my new Lock Down Pom Pom Wreath
I gets changed.
Off to the Happy Place Of Work. 
I didn't get the email about not going into the venture into the factory as one worker has symptoms of the certain virus.
(Washing my hands alot, while working!)
I emailed my boss to find out why I didn't get the email.
I waited for a response↓ 
 I had a coffee and a nibble↓
 
 Caught up with Judge Rinder↓
Meat free Stir Fry↓
 Off to do final job of the day with some great music↓
 
 Back home to watch another episode of:
 I finished the first part ↓
Part 2 will start tomorrow.
Drags off a tired hubby to enjoy the last of the Monday Motivation...

 

Saturday, 30 March 2019

Here,There,Everywhere!

I told myself that I was going to live the rest of my life as if it were Saturday.”- Chip Gaines, The Magnolia Story
I missed the first hour of "Sounds of the 60s".
Made the most of the second hour with a cup of tea..↓
 Superhero time!
 Quick coffee and nibble time↓
 My Amazon delivery arrived↓
 The sun is back!
 All ready to hit town!
 Double Figures time :)
 The view from Car Park 4↓

 It's A Long way down↓↓


  While hubby and youngest son went to have haircuts, I dragged the other son around town to do some window shopping ;)
 It will have to wait until Lent has finished↓
 We popped into the College for their Open Day. Some nice Jammy Dodgers were there to eat, however not until the end of Lent ...
 Nice bust in The Range..↓
 My youngest son got some new trainers..
SIZE 12!!!
We spent over 4 hours doing a lot of Window Shopping in town.. 
The view again from Car Park 4.
 Salad time↓↓
 New visitors in the garden↓
Some nice Superhero t-shirt to add to the pile.



 
 Now out again for a little ride..
 A little bit expensive for me...
 
 Money off vouchers come in so useful!
 I got some ideas for my garden..
 


 I tested the garden benches↓
 Now to load it all up into the car!
When we got back,
A helicoper was hovering over all.
I waved, and off it flew→→
  While I sorted out the garden, Hubby dropped off my dad's shopping.
Feeling quite pooped after today. 
Quick look at the Birthdays.. 
John Astin: Is an American actor who has appeared in numerous films and television series, as well as a television director and voice artist. He is best known for starring as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family (1964–1966), reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) and the animated series The Addams Family (1992–1993)He is 89 years old. 
 Warren Beatty: is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been nominated for fourteen Academy Awardsfour for Best Actor, four for Best Picture, two for Best Director, three for Original Screenplay, and one for Adapted Screenplay – winning Best Director for Reds (1981). Beatty is the only person to have been nominated for acting in, directing, writing, and producing the same film, and he did so twice: first for Heaven Can Wait (with Buck Henry as co-director), and again with Reds.He is 82 years old.
Eric Clapton:
is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time.He is 74 years old.
Paul Reiser : Is an American comedian, actor, writer, and musician. He is best known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, and more recently as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Doug Getty in the Amazon Video series Red Oaks.Reiser also stars in the Netflix supernatural-horror series Stranger Things, as Dr. Sam Owens.He is 63 years old.
Robbie Coltrane OBE (born Anthony Robert McMillan): Is a Scottish actor and author. He is known for his roles as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, as Valentin Dmitrovich Zhukovsky in the James Bond films GoldenEye and The World Is Not Enough, and as Dr. Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the British TV series Cracker during the 1990s.
He is 69 years old. 

Cรฉline Dion:Is a Canadian singer. Born into a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec.  She first gained international recognition by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest, where she represented Switzerland.  In 1990, Dion released her debut English-language album, Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world.(Think Twice, My Heart Will Go On).
She is 51 years old.
James Cagney  : Was an American actor and dancer, both on stage and in film (though primarily known for the latter). Known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing, he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances.(The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), and White Heat (1949)
He died aged 86 in 1986
64th Academy Awards: "The Silence of the Lambs" won the Big Five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Demme), Best Actor (Hopkins), Best Actress (Foster), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Ted Tally), making it only the third film in history to accomplish that feat.In 1992.
Off to bed early...
Missing out on an hour's sleep as clocks go forward....
(Not forgetting the ear plugs)