Born 27 Feb 1963 Liked chocolates, biscuits, and drinking tea Father of two and husband of one Liked curries, roast dinners, and dim sum Chef, our taxi driver and car expert Liked sweets and always made room for dessert We watched James Bond and Jackie Chan movies We played in the park and sat [...]
Having recently re-watched the filmĀ Amelie, where the characters spoke of Princess Diana, and also recently walking through Kensington Gardens; I'm reminded of my visit to Kensington Palace a couple of years ago. I'm also reminded of this visit, because at the time there was an exhibition of Princess Diana's fashion and style. We were members [...]
Recently we saw the musical Amelie, based on the 2001 French film co-written and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. I saw the film over 10 years ago and vaguely remembered the plotline, so when seeing the musical I was pleasantly reminded of some things. We then re-watched the beautiful film more recently and it was interesting [...]
Recently we visited Hampton Court Palace to see the tulips, which reminded me of when we first visited the palace back in 2019. Back then we were able to go inside and also booked a rooftop tour as we were members of Historic Royal Palaces at the time. I recall the rooftop tour being quite [...]
Anyone who knows me knows that I love a good old fashioned afternoon tea. Years ago I had spoken with a friend about going for afternoon tea at the Ritz after qualifying, but alas, it never happened. So for my 30th the hubby remembered this conversation and decided to book it for my birthday instead. [...]
Inaugural Tulip Festival Over 100,000 tulips have been planted for the inaugural tulip festival at Hampton Court. The festival was for 3 weeks and ended earlier this week. Hopefully there will be another tulip festival next year, of course I'm biased - tulips are my absolute favourite. These flowers are so colourful and vibrant. I [...]
So it's taken about 5 to 6 months but we've finally finished our Paint by NumbersĀ of Van Gogh'sĀ The Starry Night. I think I realised that Vincent Van Gogh was my favourite painter after visiting the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam a couple of years ago and was just blown away by his art and tragic [...]
As I continue to reminisce about the places I've been to before, pre pandemic, I'm reminded that around this time last year we managed to have a weekend in Cardiff for Valentines. I remember, though, it was cut short due to a big storm. I would love to go back to Cardiff, maybe in the [...]
Endless May Dreams 