Enjoying The Sights And Sounds.....

 The thing with high-tech is that you always end up using scissors - David Hockney

Welcome to my Sunday 🔮

Nice warm hug.

Breakfast and brew soon followed.

I was up early as I was doing all day course.

Why is it you can never find a flask when you want one?

Put the coffee machine on..

(As I am taking some nice coffee with me!)

Thermal vest goes on!

Finds flask.

Loads up bag.

Now out of the house I go.

Gives hubby a sloppy wet one.

Off I go.

Gets there a bit early, as the gates are locked.

Once the gates are open.

I break open the flask and look forward to a good course with good company!

While I was doing my course.

Hubby and kids went to have their haircuts.

Then off to Stratford Upon Avon to have a look around.

Nice ring for £79,000!

I took in some homemade soup for my lunch.

Hubby and the kids got back about 3pm.

I gets back home.

I got some nice things to exercise my mind with:

Enjoyed a much needed cup of brew.

Hubby got the tea on the go.

I wrote yesterday's blog post.

When I finished...

Tea was ready!

Afterwards, sorted out all the washing we had done over the weekend.

Quick look in today's newspaper.
 Martin Kove  is an American actor and martial artist best known for The Karate Kid (1984), in which he played John Kreese, the head teacher of the Cobra Kai karate dojo. He has reprised the role in two sequels, The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and The Karate Kid Part III (1989) as well as the 2018 television sequel series Cobra Kai. He also appeared as Nero the Hero in Death Race 2000 (1975), and afterward as Clem in White Line Fever (1975). He was a regular on the TV series Cagney and Lacey (1982–1988), portraying Police Detective Victor Isbecki. He appeared in Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) and Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).

He is 76 years old  🎈

Pauline Matthews  better known by her stage name Kiki Dee, is an English singer. Known for her blue-eyed soul vocals, she was the first female singer from the UK to sign with Motown's Tamla Records.

Dee is best known for her 1973 hit "Amoureuse", her 1974 hit "I've Got the Music in Me" and "Don't Go Breaking My Heart", her 1976 duet with Elton John, which went to number 1 on both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Her 1981 single "Star" became the theme song for the talent show Opportunity Knocks when it was revived by the BBC in 1987 In 1993, she performed another duet with John for his Duets album, a cover version of Cole Porter's "True Love", which reached number 2 in the UK. During her career, she has released 40 singles, three EPs and 12 albums.

She is 75 years old 🎈 

UK No.1 on this day in 1976:

Tina Charles - I Love To Love.

USA No.1 on this day in 1976:

The Miracles - Love Machine.

Everyone gets their things ready for school and work tomorrow.

Sleep Tea Time.

All ready to get back on the Wobbly Work Wheel 🎡 tomorrow.

 

 

Wherefore Art Thou My Bargains?

The difference between light and hard is that you can sleep with a light on - Anon

Welcome to a wet Hump of the Week🐪

*2000th blog post*
 My dad's death announcement in the local newspaper↓

We all enjoyed a rare mid-week lie-in...

Closely followed by:

 Warm hug & cup of tea!

We all got up and out of the house↓

 Quick look in the newspaper↓

Smokey  Robinson, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter (The Miracles),is 80 years old🎈

Lou Christie, is an American singer-songwriter best known for three separate strings of pop hits in the 1960s, including his 1966 hit "Lightnin' Strikes".He is 77 years old 🎈

 It was starting to rain again.

We get to Stratford Upon Avon...

We made sure we got a ticket ↓

 

 Off to the first Charity Shop.

I got 4 1960's CDs for £2!

I got talking about "Sounds of the 60s" on a Saturday morning to the staff.

"I won't be getting up that early for Tony Blackburn!" One said.

Off to visit more Charity shops.

 

 

 I walk into the next Charity Shop,

Then I started singing along..↓

People was looking at me, I carried on singing along.

Once the song finished,

I left the shop.

I moved on to the next Charity shop

and found a great book↓

  They was song, which I had to sing along with↓

Looked around a bit more↓

 

 The water is still up↗↗↗

 

 Lunchtime↓

 Let's have a look in Laura Ashley↓

 

 

 

 I got a bargain↓

 Nice shoes↓

 Nice↓

We then moved onto a great place↓

They had some great stuff↓

 

 

 

 I got some nice stuff↓

 

 We drop it off home.
Then we go round to my dad's house.
Utterly heartbreaking.
The heart has been ripped out :(
The flowers and cards:

Back home for coffee and nibble↓

 I managed to salvage some photos...↓

 My dad with his grandson↑

My dad sorting out the land he just bought↑

 Me opening up a xmas present in the 70s↑

 My late mum on her wedding day↑
Some of the lovely things I bought from Stratford Upon Avon↓

The cake stand I paid £8 (instead of £30) is being used! Nice bit of bling↓

 Then off to the Happy Place Of Work
Tea was ready when I got back↓

  We finished off the banana cake↓

 Off to do more work with some great tunes to sing along with↓

 

Back home to kick off the steaming hot rollers↓

Now to use my warm hands to their full use on hubby!