Attempting To Be A Domestic Goddess: The Thorn Birds

Mom, I love you, even though I’ll never accept your friend request.....

Today is Mother's Day...

I woke up to lovely Barry Manilow singing...

Great start to the day :)

Now tea...↓

Cards & Present off my sons↓

After much messing about,

We finally got out of the house↓

I went to give my mum her present 💮

It was too late to go to a National Trust property,

Instead I visited somewhere...else↓

I got so many reduced items...

Plus free newspaper...↑

Back home for lunch....↓

My earrings for today↓

I had another gift off my kids↓

Home made Steak & Kidney Pie

Birthdays Time

Amelia Bayntum:

Was an English stage and television actress

(Carry on Camping,Carry on Loving).

She would have been 100 years old.

(She died aged 68 in 1988)

William Daniels: is an American actor, known for his roles as Dr. Mark Craig in the NBC drama St. Elsewhere, for which he won two Emmy Awards, and as Mr. Feeny in the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World.

He is also associated with his performances as the father of Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) in The Graduate (1967), as Howard in Two for the Road, as John Adams in the 1972 musical film 1776, as Carter Nash in Captain Nice, and as the voice of KITT in Knight Rider. In 2014, he returned to his role as Mr. Feeny in Girl Meets World, the sequel to Boy Meets World.He is 92 years old.

Richard Chamberlain:Is an American stage and screen actor and singer, who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966).

Since then, he has appeared in several mini-series such as Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983), and many successful films such as The Bourne Identity (1988) being the first man to play Jason Bourne, and he has performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre.He is 85 years old.

Herb Alpert: Is an American jazz musician most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. Alpert is also a recording industry executive, the "A" of A&M Records, a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded and eventually sold to PolyGram. He is 84 years old

Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken): Is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright who has appeared in more than 100 films and television shows.

Walken has had roles in films such asAnnie Hall (1977), The Deer Hunter (1978), The Dogs of War (1980), The Dead Zone (1983), A View to a Kill (1985), Batman Returns (1992), True Romance (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), Antz (1998), Vendetta (1999), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Hairspray (2007), Seven Psychopaths (2012), the first three Prophecy films, The Jungle Book (2016), and Irreplaceable You (2018)He is 76 years old.

Rod Allen:English founding member and lead vocalist of The Fortunes.Hits include,
"You've Got Your Troubles" broke into the US and UK Top 10s. "Here It Comes Again" and "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again"; continuing into the 1970s with more globally successful releases such as "Storm in a Teacup"He would have been 75 years old.

(He died aged 63 in 2008)

Douglas Wilmer: Was an English actor, best known for playing Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 TV series Sherlock Holmes.Some of his other films include:
M. Desmoulins in The Battle of the River Plate (1956), as Al-Mu'tamin in El Cid (1961), Cleopatra (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), as Khalifa Abdullah in Khartoum (1966), as Maj. Gen. Francis de Guingand in Patton (1970), as Sir Thomas Fairfax in Cromwell (1970), and Antony and Cleopatra (1972). Other appearances include Jason and the Argonauts (1963) as Pelias, the Pink Panther films A Shot in the Dark (1964) and Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978), The Vampire Lovers (1970), The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974), and Octopussy (1983).He died aged 96 in 2016.