THE WEDDING

Well the big day has come and gone. I was anxious to see the brides gown,head dress and veil. A couple of months ago my husband and I had dinner with another couple and while the two husbands were talking business another friend showed up and the subject of THE WEDDING came into the conversation. As I am from the UK I was asked my opinion about everything "wedding". The only comment I had was I hoped the wedding dress,head dress and veil would not be in the same "mode" as Diana's. I thought her dress made her look very "frumpy" and did nothing to "show off" her beauty. I described what I thought would look good on Catherine - which was basically what she wore; something very simple and elegant. Catherine looked very comfortable in what she was wearing. Of course Catherine is 10 years older than Diana was when she got married so that could also have a lot to do with the comfort level.

I would also like to add my thoughts and prayers to the people in the States that have been so devastated by the Tornadoes, god bless and keep safe.

Finding "old" friends

I recently was doing some research for a book I am writing about my childhood memories growing up in England. I thought it would be a good idea to include the history of the places I lived. One place mentioned in my blog "Small World" was Paulton. I contacted the historical society for Paulton to find out about the house I lived in. I had been told quite a few years ago by relatives that a childhood friend and her husband had purchased the house. Anne the lady from the historical society said my friend still lived there and they were friends. Anne lived in the house behind the one I lived in. Anne also sent me a copy of an article my friend had written regarding the history of "our" house to include the names of my god parents who owned it at the time I lived there (this was right after the war). I am hoping Anne will let my friend know that I was making enquiries and hopefully I will hear from my friend.

Talking about "old" friends. I don't really do much with Facebook but a couple of days ago I found a friend I worked with approximately 17 years ago. This is one young lady I can truly say was/is a friend and I am looking forward to receiving an email from her with the updates in her life.

FISH ARE LIKE RABBITS

Why are fish like rabbits you wonder? I will tell you my thoughts on the subject; The end of 2010 my husband bought me a flower arrangement, the vase looked like a small goldfish bowl. My husband and I had the same "brilliant" idea to get a Goldfish or a Beta to put in the bowl, we finally decided on a Beta as they came in various colors. Well the we went "through" two Betas then decided to upgrade the bowl to a 1 gallon tank. This was not successful as we lost another two Betas. Then next came the 5 gallon tank complete with heater, filter and live plants. We also added some Beta friendly fish to the tank. Needless to say we also lost the Beta, however the other fish survived. The other fish consist of 4 black Mollies (2 male/2 female), 4 Plateys (again 2 male/2 female),2 aquatic frogs and 4 Neons. Well now we have a total of 12 baby Mollies and 3 Plateys, all are doing well. The Mollies "arrived" in two groups of 6 each so some are bigger than others. It looks like we might get some more Plateys soon. Hence the title "Fish are like Rabbits", due to the above fish population explosion.

Small World

I thought the world was "small" back in the 80's when I purchased a new car from a salesman who was from Chandlers Ford in Hampshire, UK; that is were I lived for many years prior to immigrating to the United States. Seeing the advertisement recently for the movie "Hop" and having watched "Alice in Wonderland" with Johnny Depp and other such movies started me thinking about the books I loved as a child about "Rupert Bear". I discovered that "Rupert Bear" had been around since November 1920 as a comic strip in the Daily Express newspaper. I had a brilliant idea that this would also be a wonderful movie idea. In my research I found that the movie rights had already been"spoken" for back in 2005. Since 2008, Stuart Trotter has been the pen and illustrator for "Rupert Bear". In researching Stuart Trotter I found that he was introduced to the world of children's books when he worked for a company called Purnell in Paulton, Somerset, UK. Paulton is a small village between Bath and Bristol. Upon reading the above information is when the world got really small for the following reason; from the age of 5 yrs to 10 yrs I lived in Paulton, Somerset. My mother worked for Purnell and also did some piece meal work at home in the evenings and weekends. My sister and I would help our mother with her work which was taking pages that would later make a pop up book (new at that time), we would have to press out the perforations and fold where shown to make the "items" on the pages "pop" up. I wonder what tomorrow will bring?!!!!