Bits n bobs

25 April

It’s Saturday, which means that the market is on in town. However, the forecast wasn’t so good so I didn’t bother going into town to get some new photos. Right now though, we have a really nice sunshine. One day I shall learn to ignore the forecast and just go anyway. Ah well … … …

The other day I mentioned that we had watched the last Hobbit film and didn’t rate it. Well, last night we watched it again and wasn’t so bad really. I explained to Kile about the three films coming from just one book, while the three Lord of the Rings films came from three books. I’m not sure he fully understood what I was on about really. He will eventually.

The last few days we have had several films, mostly from Netfix. Thursday we watched Oblivion, with Ton Cruise. Not a bad movie, even if is a bit strange. This morning we had the second of the new Star Trek, the one about Khan. I enjoyed it first time round and again this time. The story has been changed a good bit over the original of course, but hey ho, we enjoyed it again. This afternoon we have just finished Suspect Zero, another strange one, but another good one. Now Jan and Kile are playing on the Wii … nuff said methinks … … …

Jan has managed to get some nice shots and short video of a thrush we have come to our bird table. So far, I haven’t. I have my camera to hand but because of where my chair is, every time I move the birds can see me and they fly off. The last time I got decent shots was when my tripod and remote control. The tripod does take up a fair amount of room when its set up and with Kile being here, I can see him catching it as he rushes by – bye-bye D5200. We have insurance of course but with the £100 excess, it’s not worth making a claim if it did get damaged. Plenty of time next week though.

Another strange dream last. This one had me back in the army, well a sort of army. All we seemed to do was get on/off trains, meet strangers, forget them, meet more … … … Me and my dreams, what a game I have with them. But I wonder why some stick in mind when others don’t. It’s like this one …

‘Long, long ago when all the land in our world was in one place, in a mighty continent named Arathusia, there lived many races of people who all lived in harmony and all spoke with one tongue.  At the very centre of Arathusia there lay a might valley many miles across.  The valley was surround by a ring of mountains all of them higher than any mountain known today.  Yet those mountains were tiny compared with the mountains that ringed them, each ring getting higher as it moved away from the very centre of Arathusia.  But what they all protected was a mighty lake that circled within the mighty valley.  In the very centre of the lake stood a mighty water wheel, known as the Wheel of the Cycle of Life.  No ordinary water wheel was the Wheel of life for it turned horizontally and not vertically as do water wheel of today.  The Wheel of life stirred the waters of the lake and in so doing those life giving waters moved around in a mighty circle around the depths of the lake surrounding the Wheel.  As with the Wheel the lake also had a name, the Waters of the Cycle of Life.  These Waters of the Cycle of Life moved slowly in their majestic journey around the valley until they eventually arrive at a cave, a mighty cave that sucked the Waters out of the lake and on through a series of passageways that allowed the Waters to flow through all the land of Arathusia.  True to its name the Waters brought life to all the land surrounding the mountains, and all that human life lived in harmony no matter what race they were or where within the land of Arathusia they lived.  No kings or queens or presidents or prime minister lived in that far off land, they were not needed because everyone lived in harmony.  No-one knew where the waters came from because no-one had ever wondered about them or their origins.  Many tales were told about them, about how they made their way through the mountains and how they came to be spilled out on to the plains of Arathusia.  Tales told of the mighty people who had made the wheel which sent the waters on their way; tales of what happened to the waters at the end of the earth which no-one had ever actually found.  And so life continued to flourish within Arathusia with everyone living in harmony and joyfully with each other.’

  

I typed this one up as soon as I got up and before I forgot it. In this dream I saw I saw the inside of a mountain with lots of tunnels and people working within them. Their main task was to keep that giant wheel moving and the water flowing. And yes, there was a group of baddies who wanted to stop it all.

Well dear readers, I offer this one for someone to take and run with. Even just rereading it now doesn’t bring anything new to me; perhaps it might do for you. Good luck and have fun.             

Today’s photos is of another flower from yesterday at Kingsbury.

We have more words of wisdom from the Sage …

A blonde goes to her local pet store in search of an 'exotic' pet As she looks about the store, she notices a box FULL of live frogs.
The sign says:
'SEX FROGS'
Only £20 each!
Comes with 'complete' instructions.
The girl excitedly looks around to see if anybody's watching her. She whispers softly to the man behind the counter, 'I'll TAKE one!'
As the man packages the frog, he quietly says to her, 'Just follow the instructions!
The blonde nods, grabs the box, and is quickly on her way home.
As soon as she closes the door to her apartment, she opens the instructions and reads them very carefully. She does EXACTLY what is specified:
1. Take a shower.
2. Splash on some nice perfume.
3. Slip into a very sexy nightie.
4. Crawl into bed and place the frog down beside you, and allow the frog to do what he has been trained to do.
She then quickly gets into bed with the frog and to her surprise . . . NOTHING happens! The blonde is very disappointed and quite upset at this point. She re-reads the instructions and notices at the bottom of the paper it says, 'If you have any problems or questions, please call the pet store.'
So, she calls the pet store. The man says, 'I'll be right over.' Within minutes, the man is ringing her doorbell. The blonde welcomes him in and says, 'See, I've done everything according to the instructions. The damn frog just SITS there!'
The man . . . looking very concerned, picks up the frog, stares 'directly into its eyes' and STERNLY says:
'LISTEN TO ME!!
I'm only going to show you how to do this ONE ... MORE ... TIME!!!'