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About the Group
The group meets at West Monkton Village Hall, Monkton Heathfield, Nr Taunton, TA2 8NE (map)
Jane Hunt
01934 732441
For full information visit the Somerset Group Website
2018 Programme
|Saturday 13th January 2018 – 11.00am
'Making the Most of Peonies and Irises'
Sue Applegate
A renowned expert on irises and peonies, Sue grows them commercially at her nursery, Hurst Brook Plants, near Crewkerne. Her garden houses a National Collection of 21 intermediate bearded irises, originating from the Langport Collection bred in the 1970s by the former manager of Kelways, John Lloyd. Discover how to get the best out of peonies and irises and bring some sumptuous colour into your garden in May.
Plants for sale.
|Saturday 10th February, 2018 – 11.00am
'Hestercombe: The Restoration of the Edwardian and Victorian Garden'
Claire Greenslade
Claire is the Head Gardener at Hestercombe, which combines the landscape garden originally created in 1750 by Coplestone Warre Bampfylde with the early 20th century formal gardens designed by Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll. Claire will be talking about the challenges of restoring a heritage garden, including the difficulties in maintaining colour in a garden that was originally only designed for summer, as well as tracking down the original plants outlined in Jekyll's design.
|Saturday 10th March, 2018 – 11.00am
'Container Plants and Something Different'
Brian Hiley
Brian has been growing tender and unusual plants for over 30 years at his nursery, Trevena Cross Nurseries, near Helston in Cornwall. He is a member of the RHS Tender Ornamental Plant Committee and a RHS Gold Medal winner. In this talk he will be inspiring us to plant our pots and troughs with flower and foliage combinations that will turn heads!
|Saturday 24th March, 2018 10.00am – 4.00pm
HPS Somerset Early Spring Plant Fair
East Lambrook Manor, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5HH
Admission: £4 HPS and RHS members: £3.50
Our popular Early Spring Plant Fair always brings folk out after a long winter. With specialist nursery stalls nestled all over the gardens of East Lambrook Manor, each one glowing with the jewel-like flowers of spring, who can resist? It's the perfect way to kick off the new season and buy something special for your garden. Don't forget that East Lambrook's own nursery will also be open, offering a wide selection of perennials, and the gardens themselves will be bursting with early spring colour.
Refreshments available at the Malthouse Cafe on site.
|Saturday 14th April, 2018 – 11.00am
'Two For The Price of One'
Timothy Walker
The former director of the University of Oxford Botanic Garden & Harcourt Arboretum, Timothy Walker is a lively and engaging speaker whose talks are always amusing and informative. This talk is particularly useful for those of us with small gardens which demand maximum impact and value from the plants grown in them, as it features plants whose characteristics give us two or more reasons to grow them. Flowers and fruit is an obvious combination but scent, foliage and autumn colour also count. A useful and entertaining lecture.
|Saturday 28th April, 2018 – 10.00am – 12.30pm
Group Plant Sale
West Monkton Village Hall Admission: £1
A diverse range of hardy perennials – many unusual – will be on offer at our annual Plant Sale, as well as shrubs, annuals and vegetable plants. Come early to grab a bargain. Everyone is welcome, so bring your friends and relations!
Members can contribute to the plant sale in two ways:
(a) Occupy a table in your own right. If you would like your own table, please contact Roy Stickland. The charge will be £5, payable on the day. This will be waived if you commit to donate all your takings to charity. There are only 16 tables available and they are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
(b) Grow plants to donate to the Group table. If you have plants to donate to the Group table, just bring them along on the day (please note this is not a 50:50 sale).
|Wednesday 2nd May, 2018
Coach Trip to The Lost Gardens of Heligan, St. Austell, Cornwall
Twenty-five years ago, Heligan's historic gardens were unknown and unseen, lost under a tangle of weeds. It was only the chance discovery of a door in the ruins that led to the unveiling of this once great estate. Painstakingly restored, The Lost Gardens now take pride of place among the finest gardens in Cornwall. Highlights include giant statues which appear to arch out of the ground itself, a 100ft rope bridge which sways above large-leafed ferns and tropical jungle plants, and Europe's only pineapple pit (used to grow pineapples for The Queen). The wider estate encompasses ancient pastures and the woodland, ponds and lakes of the Lost Valley, from where a walk leads down to the harbour at Mevagissey.
|Wednesday 16th May, 2018
Self-drive Visit to Watcombe,
A ¾-acre, mature Edwardian garden with colour-themed, informally planted herbaceous borders. A strong framework separates several different areas of the garden: a pergola supports a varied collection of wisteria, there is unusual topiary, a lime walk, pleached hornbeams, cordon fruit trees and a diverse collection of over 80 types of clematis. A peaceful and beautiful place to wander.
Please contact the Group for full details.
|Wednesday 20th June, 2018
Coach Trip to Iford Manor and Axbridge Lavender Farm
Harold Peto's creation at Iford is a dream of a garden. Italianate in style and romantic in character, it combines beautiful garden buildings with broad walks, statues and pools, all set amid cypresses, wisteria and naturalised martagon lilies. The steep hillside affords the visitor breathtaking views of the valley.
Axbridge Lavender Farm, run by the Hamblin family, basks on the southern slopes of the Mendip Hills in Somerset. The lavender field is a sight to behold in June, and the scent from the 9 different types of Lavandula Angustifolia is divine. Fresh lavender, oil and lavender products are available to buy from the shop.
|Saturday 23rd June, 2018 – 2.30 for 3pm
Special Lecture:
'My Life with Plants'
Roy Lancaster
To celebrate the 25th anniversary year of the Somerset HPS Group, world-famous plantsman and President of the HPS Roy Lancaster will be coming to speak. This talk commemorates the publication of his autobiography, 'My Life with Plants', a very personal book which takes us through the life of this Lancashire lad who became a renowned horticulturist. With lively anecdotes from his early days in horticulture and stirring tales of plant-hunting in exotic places, don't miss the opportunity to attend a lecture by this legend of the gardening world.
Admission for guests: £5
After the lecture there will be the chance to chat with Roy. A light buffet with wine and soft drinks will be available, which is free for members and included in the £5 entry fee for guests.
|Sunday 8th July, 2018 10.00 – 4.00pm
HPS Somerset Group Summer Plant Fair
Lower Severalls Farm, Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 7NX (map)
Admission: £5
Diverse specialist nurseries will be gathering to offer visitors the best of their plants in high summer.
|Tuesday 17th July, 2018
Coach Trip to Waterperry Gardens, Oxfordshire
Waterperry Gardens was home to a renowned horticultural college between 1932 and 1971. Over the past twenty years the gardens have developed and grown, and many new projects have been undertaken and completed, including the Formal Garden, the Mary Rose Garden, a Waterlily Canal and the Long Colour Border. Beautiful trees, shrubs and flowers, secret corners and long vistas make this a garden well worth visiting.
|Sunday 12th August, 2018
Group Plant Swap and Lunch
Location: Smeatharp, Honiton Ticket price to be announced
|Saturday 15th September, 2018 10.00 – 11.00am (Hall opens at 9.30am)
50/50 Plant Sale: followed at 11.00 am by
'How the Flowers Became'
Julian Sutton
Many of you will be familiar with Julian Sutton who, with his wife Sarah, runs Desirable Plants, a mail-order nursery based in Totnes. In this lecture, Julian will be looking at the nature of flowers, their form, colour and even their biological behaviour. The lecture includes a series of fascinating stories surrounding the evolution of floral diversity, including the origin of flowers themselves, all illustrated by garden-worthy plants.
Plants for sale
50/50 Plant Sale
The 50/50 Plant Sale prior to the lecture at our September meeting each autumn continues to prove popular. The Group keeps half the money taken and returns the other half to the seller. The hall will be open from 9.30am – 10.00am to receive your plants to sell.
Please ensure that each plant has two identical labels, both of them bearing the name of the plant, your name and the price. One will be removed so that the amount you are owed can be totted up and given to you at the end of the meeting, when you can also reclaim any unsold plants and your labels (tip: write in pencil on the labels so that they may be reused).
Selling will take place between 10.00am and 11.00am, at which point the lecture begins. Offers of help with selling on the day will be most welcome.
Our speaker this month – Julian Sutton – will also be bringing plants for sale. Altogether, it promises to be an excellent opportunity to grab a bargain and plant in time for a colourful spring.
|Wednesday 19th September, 2018
Self-drive Visit to Midney Gardens, Mill Lane, Midney, Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7HR
The garden at Midney was started in 2009, with the aim of creating a place which people would want to visit and enjoy. Eight years on, the garden offers visitors a chance to experience a plantsman's garden of exceptional quality. Subtle themes and a natural planting style draw the visitor from one garden area to the next and each area has its own character. The onsite nursery specialises in herbaceous plants, alpines, grasses and herbs – all organically grown.
Refreshments available in the tearoom.
|Saturday 20th October, 2018 – 11.00am
'Create a Garden as a Work of Art'
Dr Laura de Beden
Laura is a landscape architect and garden designer whose talks are always well received and interesting. In this design masterclass, she will be discussing spatial composition, ideas and materials, demonstrated by simple yet effective practical examples. Discover how the rich language of art applies to garden-making and how to relate this to your own plot. This talk could change how you view your garden!
|Saturday 17th November, 2018 – 10am for 10.30
AGM, followed at 11-15am by
'Erythroniums and Other Woodlanders'
Keith Wiley
Anyone who has heard Keith speak or visited his garden, Wildside, will know what a treat this lecture will be. An erythronium fanatic, he has raised and named several hybrids of his own. As well as erythroniums he will be discussing the many other woodland plants that he adds to the mix, and showing how observations gathered from seeing plants in the wild helps him to provide the conditions they need. Even if you don't have an acre of woodland, most of us have an area under trees in our gardens where these plants can grow.
Plants for sale.
2017 Programme
Saturday 14th January, 2017 – 11.00am
As well as being the Head Nurseryman at Avon Bulbs, Alan Street is the creative mind behind the company's gold medal-winning displays at Chelsea. An incurable galathophile, he will be expanding our knowledge of a range of small bulbs; which varieties to choose to achieve a continuity of display throughout spring in our own gardens, and how to care for them.
Plants and bulbs for sale
Saturday 11th February, 2017 – 11.00am
Fibrex Nursery is well known for its pelargoniums, but it also boasts possibly the most extensive commercial collection of hardy ferns in the UK. Heather Godard-Key, co-owner of Fibrex, will be giving us a talk on this ancient family of foliage plants which are so invaluable for shady spots in our gardens.
Plants for sale
Saturday 11th March, 2017 – 11.00am
Derek is the Chairman of the Conifer Society and owns Kilworth Conifers in Leicestershire, a wholesale nursery with the largest selection of conifers in the UK. He also co-wrote the two volumes of the RHS Encyclopaedia of Conifers, the definitive guide on the subject. If you find the word 'conifer' conjures the squat dwarf forms which populated rockeries in the 1970s, come along and be converted – there is a conifer for every garden and Derek will be persuading us all to go evergreen with style.
Plants for sale
Saturday 25th March, 2017 10.00am – 4.00pm
Sixteen of the South West's top nurseries will be attending the fair, and the Margery Fish Plant Nursery will be open.
Admission to the Plant Fair and the famous cottage gardens: £4. ( RHS & HPS members: £3.50)
Saturday 8th April, 2017 – 11.00am
Helen is the third generation of her family to be involved in running Old Court Nurseries and The Picton Garden in Malvern, Worcestershire, which houses the Plant Heritage National Collection of autumn flowering asters, with over 400 varieties. Helen's lecture will be all about rethinking autumn in the English garden, extending colour in our borders using a range of late season perennials and shrubs including, of course, asters.
Plants for sale
Tuesday 18th April, 2017
Haldon Grange is a well-established, family-run 12-acre garden containing what has been described as the finest display of azaleas and rhododendrons in the South West. It is particularly stunning in spring when they are in full bloom, along with exquisite camellias and magnolias. There is a small lake and also ponds with river and water cascades. In 2011 a 5-acre arboretum was planted with a wide range of unusual trees and shrubs.
Tea and cake available to purchase but bring your own packed lunch.
Saturday 22nd April, 2017 10am – 12.30pm
Members can contribute to the plant sale in two ways:
Wednesday 17th May, 2017
In view of Mary Benger's forthcoming talk in October, this visit to Burrow Farm Gardens is an opportunity to see her garden firsthand. This is a true plantswoman's garden, with sweeping lawns between island beds of unusual shrubs, rhododendrons and herbaceous plants. Outstanding views over the Devon countryside blend seamlessly with the garden. A rill flows quietly down the centre of the garden, and in a Roman clay pit a woodland garden incorporates ponds and a bog garden, combining primulas, iris and other moisture lovers with the many wild flowers which flourish there.
Light lunches and refreshments available in the tea shop.
Sunday 18th June, 2017
There is something to suit everyone in this selection of around 30 gardens opening over the weekend for charity. Highlights include the garden at Cerne River Cottage, designed and planted by Chelsea gold medallist Nick Williams-Ellis. His designs characterise many of the Cerne Abbas gardens. This natural garden is bordered by trees and shrubs with a beautiful and colourful bog garden running along the south side. Don't miss the lilies, persicaria, filipendula and the statuesque Gunnera manicata alongside the river. Two white bridges link the separate parts of the garden providing a Monet feel to the overall.
Lunchtime meals may be obtained in the local pubs or teashop. The Squibb Garden next to the church is open all day and is a good place to picnic.
Tuesday 4th July, 2017
Part of the Leckford Estate, purchased by the retailer John Lewis in 1929, the Longstock Park Water Gardens covers around seven acres. Over the years it has become one of the finest water gardens in Britain, home to 40 varieties of waterlily, over 100 different species of trees and a wealth of native wildlife. Visit Longstock Park Nursery, with its large collection of unusual wall plants, magnificent herbaceous border and 100-yard arch entwined with roses and clematis.
Lunches available at the Leckford Farm Shop Cafe, or bring a picnic.
Wednesday 26th July, 2017
Following Wolfgang Bopp's talk last November, this is your chance to see the Hillier Arboretum in all its glory. Established in 1953 by the distinguished plantsman Sir Harold Hillier, the gardens currently hold one of the world's most important plant collections, incorporating over 42,000 plants from temperate regions around the world, set within 180 acres. The Centenary Border, one of the longest in Europe, is a summer highlight and is not to be missed.
Lunches and cream teas available at the restaurant.
Sunday 13th August, 2017
To be held at Creech St Michael. Further details in the June 2017 Newsletter.
Saturday 16th September – 11.00am
Kevin Hughes Plants is based at Heale Gardens, near Salisbury, where he grows a superb choice of good quality hardy trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials, many of them not widely available elsewhere. With a vast horticultural knowledge yet an unassuming manner, he is a popular and absorbing speaker. In this talk, he will be showing us some of the more unusual plants we can enjoy in our own gardens. Bring a notebook!
Plants for sale
Saturday 21st October, 2017 11.00am
Mary Benger moved to Burrow Farm, near Axminster, almost 60 years ago and has since transformed the accompanying ten acres of fields into the stunning garden it is today. Encompassing a variety of different garden styles, Mary's creation is a feast for the eyes, both within the garden itself and in the views which surround it. In this talk, Mary will be bringing the development of the gardens to life and guiding us around some of the highlights.
Plants for sale
Saturday 18th November, 2017 10am for 10.30 AGM. Lecture starts 11.15am
AGM, followed by
Over the course of 44 years, Helen Dillon and her husband Val created an astonishing garden at 45 Sandford Crescent, Dublin. Robin Lane-Fox of the Financial Times described it as 'the best walled town garden one can hope to see'. Having made the decision to downsize, the Dillons held their final garden opening at the end of September 2016 and say they are looking forward to the challenge of a new plot. Don't miss out on this world-renowned plantswoman's visit to our Group – Helen is a mine of information and a lively speaker with years of experience.


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We're just chugging along this week, it seems like work never stops on
the farm. We harvested lots (two truck loads) of winter squash from
the fields before the unseasonal frost the other night, and more
hardier types are still out there that survived the coating of ice
crystals. We covered most of our other crops with row cover, which
kept them safe and warm.
Next week our new 20 foot by 72 foot greenhouse is going up, which
means lots of things: greens in the winter, first of all, and MORE
tomatoes and peppers and cucumbers and eggplants next year! And less
worrying about late blight. So we're very excited for that. Right now
we're amending the soil where it's going, and the chickens are helping
by "fertilizing" it as well.
I was thinking this week that sometimes we get in a rut and don't eat,
say, beets for a few weeks. Then we roast some or boil some and we're
like, oh man these are the best! That's the great thing about a CSA,
is that often you can just stop grabbing different items if you're
sick of them, and come back to them later. So feel free to mix and
match each week, or take one of everything, or some combination
thereof! The beauty of the system is that we'd like you to shop as you
normally do.
Something Kara and I have been doing recently is making asian style
noodle soups, and then topping them off with fresh basil, cilantro and
scallions. (cilantro is in the share this week!) this is a perfect
week to do that. Try a miso soup, or a jjam bong seafood soup, or a
pho, and you can cook some napa cabbage and green beans and carrots in
the soup, and then top it with those delicious, aromatic greens and
herbs! This is a great early fall soup, and even more so if you chop a
serrano into it. (but only one).
Anyways, lunch time is beckoning, and we'll see most of you very soon!
The listicle of vegetables:
Swiss Chard
Asian Greens Salad Mix
Napa Cabbage
Red Cabbage
Sweet Turnips
Leeks (please saute me in butter, pretty please!)
Very Limited Tomatoes
Hot Peppers
Green Beans
Winter Squash -- Delicata and dumplings! (Cut em in half and roast em,
drizzle a lil maple syrup in there if you like. Great served with
butter sauteed leeks!)
Cilantro. (oh yeah.)
See you soon!
Aaron and Kara

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Hazelnut milk
If you've been lucky enough to grow or forage an abundance of hazelnuts then this is a great way to use them up. It also makes a delicious alternative to cows milk.
Method – makes around a pint
Shell the hazelnuts and half fill a breakfast bowl with them.
Top the bowl up with water and soak overnight
Discard the water and place the soft hazelnuts in a blender
Top up with around a pint of water (approx 550mls)
Blend the mixture
Pass it through a sieve or muslin bag and squeeze
Bottle and refrigerate
You'll be left with the husks of the nuts which I found could be used as a spread when mixed with a little vegetable oil
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A Healdsburg father suspected of drowning his 4-year-old daughter in the baptismal pool of a downtown church was arrested hours after he carried her unresponsive body to the nearby police department, police officials said Monday.
Gerardo Mendoza Ordaz, 42, stood naked in the back parking lot of the police station Sunday night and cried out — calling for "help" and "police" — as he held his daughter, who was clothed, shoeless and soaking wet, said police officials.
Another child, a 9-year-old son who wore shorts but no shirt, was with his father and sister, police said.
The girl was rushed to a hospital, but she did not survive. The boy did not appear to be injured, according to police.
Investigators suspect Ordaz brought his children into the unlocked sanctuary of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church at East and Matheson streets. How long they were there wasn't clear but at 8:30 p.m. they were outside the nearby Center Street police station seeking help.
The church was routinely left unlocked for the public on Sundays into the night and police believe the family were the only ones inside, Healdsburg Police Chief Kevin Burke said.
With his son as the only witness, Ordaz submerged his daughter in the one- to two-feet-deep baptismal pool in the sanctuary, estimated to be about eight feet wide and 10 feet long, said Lt. Matt Jenkins, who was overseeing the investigation.
"We do believe she was drowned intentionally," Burke said at a press conference Monday afternoon.
Ordaz gave officers a detailed statement during a lengthy interview conducted in Spanish, Burke said. The chief declined to comment on the man's statement or answer questions regarding a motive for the alleged slaying. But he said the information, along with evidence found, was enough to arrest Ordaz on suspicion of murder. The man was booked Monday morning into the Sonoma County Jail without bail.
An autopsy on the little girl was held late Monday morning but results weren't available late Monday afternoon. Her name hadn't been released as of Monday evening.
Ordaz and his wife had four children, including the girl and her 9-year-old brother, and the family lives just outside city limits, Burke said.
Officers spoke with child protective services officials about the case and the remaining three children were deemed to be safe with their mother and were left in her care, Burke said.
Classes at St. John's church school and preschool, adjacent to the sanctuary, resumed Monday but 9 a.m. mass was canceled. The front of the large church all day was cordoned off with yellow police tape, preserving any evidence inside for a Sheriff's Office forensics team to go through the sanctuary.
A knock on the office door of Rev. Sean Rodgers Monday morning went unanswered. All questions were being referred to the Santa Rosa diocese, according to a parishioner leaving the office Monday afternoon.
"It's very shocking — it's hard to believe," said the parishioner, who only gave his first name, John.
The Diocese of Santa Rosa released a statement Monday afternoon attributed to Rogers, pastor of the Healdsburg church.
"Sunday night there was tragedy in the church; a little girl lost her life. When police finish the investigation we will know more. In the meantime, please pray for the family, and the parish community," the statement read.


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Simon Property Group CEO on Sears
Simon Property Group (NYSE:SPG) held it's earnings and conference call yesterday. Beyond being of general interest to anyone interested in real estate especially commercial real estate, Jeffrey Spector of BofA Merrill Lynch asked about some of Sears recent deals and Simon had some interesting comments.
Jeffrey Spector – BofA Merrill Lynch, Research Division
I'm also here with Craig, who will have a question after me. My question was just focused on Sears' decision to lease space to Primark. Also, Amazon's announcement to open a store in New York City, we've been getting a lot of incoming calls, questions on those announcements, and what that could mean. If you could just provide some thoughts on those announcements and maybe where you think things continue with Sears in their leasing efforts?
David E. Simon – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Well let me — I'll have — I'll give you 2 quick top of the head remarks and then I'll let Rick add whatever he wants. Look, on Amazon, leasing space, I'm not — it's, all the details aren't out, but there's clearly a benefit for the overused word, omnichannel bricks and clicks, however you want to describe it, there's a real benefit. In fact, it's very interesting when I see Sears as a online retailer, depending on which study you look at. I mean, they're anywhere from — they're clearly in the top 10. They may be as high as #5. And I would argue it's because of their physical presence that allows them to be so important in the online presence. And you've heard it from retailers that the synergy between having the physical and the online presence and now the move toward mobile, and how its all been integrated. So — and clearly, we've seen a number of pure online retailers going to physical stores. So the — it's got to be in the equation for a retailer to have a physical presence. I don't think there's any question in that. And as our retailers have gotten more sophisticated in the online world, I think that's going to play to our benefit. On the Sears leasing, we have one that we've consented to in King of Prussia. That was part of their agreement to consent to our ability to expand the 2 centers. We worked very collectively to do that. I think Sears would be the first to tell you that in certain markets and certain stores they don't underperform, or in fact they have too much space. And they will look to release some of that space or sell some of the real estate. We still think they have a physical presence that's going to be important to them. And we'll continue to work with them on a collaborative basis that meets our needs, and our shoppers' needs and theirs. And we expect to, at the end of the day, for both of us to benefit from that.
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Yep, I said it. I hate my clothes. I'm not buying new ones, so I now need to figure out what to make, and what inspires me. I think it's going to be a long road ahead.
I'm going to start off with a set of knit tops for Tilly's week long wearathon. I was trying to figure out what I needed seven of, and knit tops it is. I'm going to use my trusty 1970's pattern, Butterick 4762:
I've already made two, and have a rubbermaid box full of knit fabric to use up.
I'm also going to make a couple more A-line skirts:
It's actually a great pattern, I've made it once. The waistband is 'fake' it's sewn over the A-line skirt itself as opposed to a true waistband. The back piece wraps all the way around to the pockets in the front, and there are darts at the sides. The pattern calls for underlining, I guess to make the skirt stick out, but I omitted it in my only minor update (well, I also had to grade the pattern, my waist hasn't been 28 inches in a _long_ time).
That'll be my basic uniform for the fall. Once I have that done I have a bunch of sewing to do for my brother's wedding (ring bearer suits) and my husband (merino t-shirts)


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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Drive-By Elephant
I think I've mentioned before that I take an excursion (I excurse) to Hollywood once a week for a voice-over job. It is a delight, a great job. I'm fortunate to have it.
Around the corner from where I record at Bell Sound Studios is the Hollywood location of Anawalt Lumber at 1001 N. Highland Avenue. I've long wanted to take a picture of their elephant. I haven't had the opportunity, though, because I always forget the elephant until I'm in the car, and traffic doesn't stop long enough at this corner (this is the Romaine St. side of the building). Yesterday, though, lucky me! The guy in front of me just couldn't get a break to turn onto Highland Avenue, so I got to take a quick pic.
I believe the elephant is the Anawalt logo. This one's nicely done, though I'm worried about the future of his tusks.
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- Kalei's Best Friend said...
I was on Highland yesterday... btw what was the cross street for this elephant? If he was south of Melrose then I missed him. I like how he happened to be positioned between the two cut palms...
- April 19, 2012 at 4:45 AM
- This is Belgium said...
Congrats on the job as well as on the elephant photo!
- April 19, 2012 at 5:32 AM
Wonder what the connection is between the stylized elephant logo and their company - why they chose it...
Here's an interesting blurb from their website, but it sheds no light on the logo:
Anawalt Lumber is one of the last family-owned and operated lumber companies in Los Angeles. Our main location in West L.A. was opened in 1923 amid lima bean fields, when neither Pico nor Sepulveda Boulevards were paved roads.
Another puzzler is the Anawalt Lumber and Hardware Company, also family-owned, that has been in Montrose since 1921. I've never noticed an elephant there, but...
- April 19, 2012 at 6:33 AM
- Bellis said...
It's a delightful elephant, in full gallop. I guess the connection with lumber is that elephants were used by loggers in Asia. Thailand's banned it now, so elephant herders from Burma have moved to Thailand to give rides to tourists. I was alowed to ride without a saddle on my elephant and took it for a bath in the river.
Hopefully, the cruel days when baby elephants were captured in the wild and trained for lumbering are over.
- April 19, 2012 at 7:25 AM
- Petrea Burchard said...
This is on Romaine at Highland, Kalei, three blocks north of Melrose. If you're heading north, look to your left. Heading south you won't see it.
Thank you, Anni!
It's a long-time, family-owned business, right in the middle of LA.
I don't know why they chose the elephant, Betsy, but while researching I came a cross a statement that the logo may refer to gentle strength--an elephant being a non-vicious animal with the power to move lumber. But I couldn't tell you where I read that.
Ellis, I'm glad you entertained your elephant.
- April 19, 2012 at 7:45 AM
- Chrissy Brand said...
A great find- it looks lovely, and what a cool job you have too!
- April 19, 2012 at 8:57 AM
- TheChieftess said...
He's darling!!! Glad the guy in front couldn't turn...he'll probably never know what a great service he did for us all!!!
- April 19, 2012 at 10:08 AM
- Petrea Burchard said...
Thanks, Chrissy! I love my job.
Chieftess, I've seen other Anawalt elephants but this is the best one.
- April 19, 2012 at 10:17 AM
- Desiree said...
Great fun! I haven't seen that--
- April 19, 2012 at 10:53 AM
- dive said...
Cool! I love it! All logos should be that cute and fun. More power to Anawalt Lumber!
- April 19, 2012 at 11:07 AM
- Petrea Burchard said...
Yeah, gotta love the old-time family businesses. They've got Home Depot in the suburbs, but LA has Anawalt and that's something for the suburbs to envy.
- April 19, 2012 at 2:48 PM
- Ms M said...
Good photo -- and fun elephant! It's a logo people will remember easily.
- April 19, 2012 at 7:15 PM
- Susan Campisi said...
It's always good to excurse, even better when you get a shot of a drive-by elephant.
- April 19, 2012 at 9:15 PM
- Petrea Burchard said...
Excursing is good for the psyche.
- April 20, 2012 at 7:42 AM
- LGreenWriter said...
There is something so adorable about elephants, and, this one looks so happy. You can almost hear it thinking "Wheeeee!"
Also, thanks for the reminder about nouns and verbs. Now I wanna excurse, too.
- April 21, 2012 at 4:55 AM
- Petrea Burchard said...
I don't suppose "excurse" will be a real word until we made it so, LGreen, so I'll dedicate myself to inserting it into the vernacular. English teachers will revile me.
- April 21, 2012 at 9:12 AM
- Green said...
This is a cool elephant!
- April 21, 2012 at 9:58 AM
- Petrea Burchard said...
Hi, Green! Nice to see you.
- April 21, 2012 at 1:02 PM
- Irina said...
I like this logo. Sunny flying elephant. Nothing can be better. Great!
- April 22, 2012 at 10:18 AM


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The Kite Runner – Presentations
On Wednesday 4th October YOU are going to be the teacher.
You are going to work in pairs and you need to prepare a
presentation (approx 3 – 5 minutes) to teach the rest of the class about your particular area of analysis.
You can do this on PowerPoint or you can prepare it on paper and we show this on the visualiser or you can prepare it on flip chart paper. You might want to prepare handouts.
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1.The key themes of the novel: Father/Son relationships, guilt, betrayal, forgiveness & redemption – Jenna O and Aidan
2.The characterisation of Amir – Joshua and Taelor
3.The characterisation of Hassan – Iain, Campbell and Leighona
4.The characterisation of Assef – Fraser and Nicole
5.The characterisation of Baba and Rahim Khan – Jenna B and Craig
6.An exploration of the setting: where / when – Sunny and Jack O
7.The motifs / symbols of the novel – Kaitlyn and Jack B
8.Use of imagery throughout the novel – Josh and Dylan
9.Narration – narrative voice, unreliable narrators, reader's relationship with narrator – Christie and Andrew D
10.2 key moments from Chapters 1 –13 – John, Andrew C, Olivia
11.2 key moments from Chapters 14 – 25 – Sam and Ewan
The Kite Runner – homework
Hello folks,
If you weren't in class today, please finish reading the novel for our lesson tomorrow, Thursday 28th September.
Discursive Folio piece
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Your next draft is due Wednesday 4th October – please ensure you attach the marked draft to you new one when you hand this in.
The Kite Runner – Homework
Hi folks,
For Wednesday 27th September, please complete the below questions on Chapters 17 and 18, and read up to the end of Chapter 23.
Chapter 17
1.What does Hassan's letter reveal about Afghanistan? Himself?
2.Why does Rahim Khan choose to tell Amir of Hassan's death after he read the letter, rather than before?
3.What simile does Amir use to describe Hassan's death (p.192) (p.203)? Why is it effective?
4.'"I'm thirty-eight years old and I've just found out my whole life is one big fucking lie!"' (p.195) (p.206) What has Amir just found out and how do you react to this revelation?
Chapter 18
1.'like father, like son' (p.197) (p.209). How far is this cliché true in relation to Amir and his Baba?
2.Why is there so much repetition of earlier events and conversations in this chapter?
3.This is a short chapter. Does this mean that it's less important than the others?
The Kite Runner – Chapter 9 homework
Hello folks,
Please make sure you complete this handout for next Wednesday 20th September.
You should also read up to Chapter 17 (page 198).
The Kite Runner Homework
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For Wednesday 7th November 2017, please complete the questions below on Chapter 7, and read Chapters 8 and 9.
Chapter 7
1.The sky is described as 'a blameless blue' (p.53) (p.57). What significance does this take on later in the chapter?
2.Hassan tells Amir '"You won, Amir agha! You won!"' What does Amir reply and why is this unexpected?
3.Why does Hosseini break the chapter with the description of a memory and a dream?
4.What is it called when two contrasting things are put together to encourage the reader to think? How is the technique used in this chapter?
5.How do Wali and Kamal react to the rape? Why is what Wali says important to our understanding of Assef?
6.Why is the description of the Eid sacrifice included here?
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Friday, October 12, 2012
HustlaBall New York 2012
HustlaBall New York 2012 marked my inaugural role as a performer with this hell of a raunchy mega-party. This year's headliners included the sexy dynamic duo TnT (Trenton Ducati and Tate Ryder), Christopher Daniels, Rafael Alencar, Sister Roma, Tommy Defendi, and Danni Daniels, just to name a few. Hosted at Club Rebel in Midtown Manhattan, the three-story nightclub allowed party-goers and performers to meet and greet each other from the main stage and dance floor, photo booth, XXX dance floor, and VIP room hosted by DJ Chi Chi La Rue. If y'all weren't part of the festivities this past Columbus Day weekend, you definitely missed out - I mean come on! What else could you have possibly been doing, especially with the following Monday off from work?
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HustlaBall New York 2012 Red Carpet Interview
Check out my red carpet interview with Sister Roma and Mr. Pam at HustlaBall New York 2012. Now I know why she made this face earlier in the night!
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Thursday, October 11, 2012
Happy National Coming Out Day!
Today is National Coming Out Day, an annual celebration of ones self-identifaction as a member of the LGBTQI community by "coming out" of the proverbial closet. Founded in 1988 to promote progress through visibility, we as a community have come a very long way in our quest towards equality. I've heard a lot of people exclaim that it seems ridiculous to have a specific day to celebrate being out, open, and proud of our sexual orientation, that our lives should be a testament to this very fact. I agree. Choosing to live openly as queer individuals encourages others to do the same and shows them that they are not alone and have a family and community that accepts and loves them for who they are.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
HustlaBall New York 2012 Red Carpet
Drake Jaden getting his ass eaten on the red carpet as I get branded with a HustlaBall tattoo in the background.
A group of us decided to go shopping for our red carpet outfits together after we got out of rehearsal Sunday afternoon and, after making stops at our favorite shops, ultimately found the perfect gear at Nasty Pig. A huge shout out definitely goes out to those guys, we love your stuff! Duffel bag full of chains, harnesses, and other costumes in tow I made my way to Club Rebel shortly before the doors opened for VIP ticket holders and headed down to the performer dressing room where the other guys were gearing up for the red carpet.
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Go Away, It's Columbus Day!
I didn't cum once during any of my shows last night so I made up for it today by cumming 8 times. Pretty good, right?
Most of us took the day off to rest and recharge our batteries after a full day and night of dancing, fucking, and sucking at HustlaBall. I hope y'all had as much, if not more (though I don't know how that's possible!), fun than I did at this year's party and can't wait to see y'all again next year! We'll review the festivities with a full coverage later this week, but for now I leave y'all with a finger lickin' cum shot pic from the sixth time I came today.
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
HustlaBall New York Preparations
Check out the full line up of your favorite porn stars and DJs at this year's HustlaBall New York 2012!
As we all get ready for tonight's HustlaBall New York 2012, let's take some time to prepare ourselves for the epic night to come with a standard to-do list. Some of the boys and I went out to grab any last minute gear from our favorite stores here in Manhattan and were discussing some of the key essentials to putting on a great show as well as enjoying the party. We're all so very excited to see y'all tonight and were horny with excitement at today's rehearsal, so I hope y'all are ready for the night ahead!
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012
BB Only?
What's with everyone wanting to bareback these days?Lately I've been encountering a lot of tops who want to, or only ever, hookup bareback. Now, I'm only human and have slipped up a few times in my life I practice safer sex and encourage others to do the same. Although we've made significant medical advancements to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and improve the quality of life of those who have been inflicted with the disease, it still remains a threat.
This then brings up the question whether people are educated about HIV/AIDS and safe sex, but also whether they are regularly tested and know their status. The decisions and actions of two consenting adults, who are aware of the status of the other, is not something about which I can speak for or against. I'm definitely not one to judge as I love to watch bareback scenes, but these videos are often filmed after all consenting parties are tested.
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Monday, October 1, 2012
I was going through old journals and came across this gem of a piece from a blog posting I wrote in my sophomore year of high school when I just came out of the closet. It's funny how some things have changed but how a lot has, more or less, stayed the same. We, as a society, are constantly reinventing ourselves and that cannot be more true for me right now. If you told me that I would be working for RentBoy, The Saint at Large, Folsom Street Events, and other similar companies when I was just coming out of the closet I would have, first of all, had no idea what you were talking about and, after learning what they were, laughed in your face and made a snide comment regarding sex workers and the porn industry.
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Rosemary Roasted Turkey Recipe is turkey recipe learn how to make easy prepare Rosemary Roasted Turkey Recipe at home.
Rosemary Roasted Turkey Ingredients:
• 12 pounds whole turkey
• 3/4 cup olive Oil
• 3 tablespoons minced Garlic
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh Rosemary
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh Basil
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• 1 Teaspoon ground black pepper
• Salt to taste
How to make Rosemary Roasted Turkey Recipe:-
1. Combine the olive oil, garlic, rosemary, basil, Italian seasoning, black pepper and salt. Set aside.
2. Wash the turkey, inside and out, pat dry. Remove any large fat deposits. Loosen the skin from the breast. This is done by slowly working your fingers between the breast and the skin. Work it loose to the end of the drumstick being careful not to tear the skin.
3. Using your hand spread a generous amount of the rosemary mixture under the breast skin and down the thigh and leg. Rub the remainder of the rosemary mixture over the outside of the breast. Use toothpicks to seal skin over any exposed breast meat.
4. Place the turkey on a rack in a roasting pan. Add about 1/4 inch of water to the bottom of the pan. Roast according to the number of pounds your turkey weighs. This is usually 20 minutes per pound in a 325 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven. A meat thermometer inserted in the thigh should read 180 degrees F (82 degrees C) and the juices should run clear when pierced with a fork.


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Drunk and dishevelled in public. Worried he looks old on screen. And terrified X Factor could face the axe as Antiques Roadshow gets more viewers. ALISON BOSHOFF asks: Is Simon Cowell cracking up?
- Simon Cowell has been presented with a Music Industry Trusts award
- Cowell got 'hammered' before making a speech, writes ALISON BOSHOFF
- She says he is a man reeling from an unaccustomed sensation - failure
Pressure: Simon Cowell 'hammered' this week
With fake tan in a fetching shade of terracotta, and sporting as much maquillage as a magazine cover girl (he often wears his TV make-up when he is out of the studio), Simon Cowell cut a distinctive figure on Monday night.
On the face of it, the 56-year-old, who was presented with a prestigious Music Industry Trusts award at London's Grosvenor House Hotel, was being lionised for his successes in the pop world and his charity work.
However, as was obvious from his skittish behaviour at the event, here was a man reeling from an unaccustomed sensation. Failure.
Despite knowing he had to make a speech, by his own admission, Cowell got 'hammered' on beer beforehand.
While accepting the award, he made bizarre jokes about his predilection for Botox and Zayn Malik leaving One Direction.
This to the obvious embarrassment of the remaining members of the boyband who were present with Cowell on stage. The sense of crisis was unmistakable.
It was an uncharacteristic loss of control from Cowell, who is generally punctilious about the image he presents to the world.
One executive at a rival broadcaster said he felt that last weekend was Cowell's 'Michael Barrymore moment' — a fall from grace of someone who previously could do no wrong.
'He was obviously drunk,' said a fellow guest. Another said: 'Simon has believed his own publicity for a few years now — that he's a genius. It's a huge blow for him to fail, and then he can't fix it.'
Anyone who doubts there is big trouble at The X Factor should note that Rita Ora didn't bother to show up.
Perhaps they already assume it is pointless keeping Cowell sweet.
Neither thinks they'll be asked to return next year after the bloodbath of the current series.
And Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, who counts the TV mogul as a friend despite their explosive fights in the past, came without her husband, whose name was written out on a place card at her table.
According to a fellow guest, she looked 'stricken' with anxiety. Only a few hours before the awards, the overnight viewing figures of the revamped X Factor were released. They made shocking reading.
During ad breaks on The X Factor on Sunday night, its ratings were surpassed by its television antithesis, the Antiques Roadshow.
And on Saturday, the epic live showcase night attracted a mere 5.6 million viewers — the worst rating since the show began in 2004.
To make the defeat yet more sour, its BBC rival Strictly Come Dancing pulled in an impressive 9.4 million viewers.
The days of The X Factor grabbing over 19 million viewers and uniting the nation in a debate over the relative merits of Stacey Solomon and Leona Lewis are long gone.
There is even talk that the show may be axed. 'If you get viewers of around five million the sums no longer stack up,' said one TV executive. 'It doesn't make sense.'
Officially, Cowell is said to be 'determined' to fix The X Factor. He has already issued a public mea culpa for the shambolic rejigged judges' houses episode and was seen in the studio on Saturday, after the cameras had stopped rolling, apologising to the contestants for the new gladiatorial format.
Cowell is so unnerved that he has been making uncharacteristic slip-ups and diversions — launching into bizarre asides about his dogs Squiddly and Diddly, even saying how surprised he would be if they spoke to him on Saturday night.
The X Factor had been surpassed on Sunday night by its television antithesis, the Antiques Roadshow
It seems he feels his age is catching up with him. One source close to the show claimed that he worries that sitting close to his much younger judges makes him look older, adding: 'He hates how he looks on screen.'
Unofficially, the word used is 'panic.' A source close to Cowell tells me: 'Simon keeps on calling the producers all through the night to try to work out what to do to save it. They are in a terrible spin.'
Indeed, behind the scenes, a game of pass the buck is being played which is far more manic and entertaining than anything on TV.
Executives at Cowell's company Syco will not accept the plummeting figures recorded officially by the Broadcasters Audience Research Board — which is surely a measure of how desperate things have become.
One told me this week that ten million viewers tuned in. This figure, it turned out, was arrived at by the company by adding a few million estimated viewers via computers and mobile devices.
Respected industry analyst and former ITV executive Steve Hewlett said: 'Without question they had a grim week. Whether it's the start of something very serious we'll have to wait and see.'
So how did we get here — and what will Simon Cowell do to try to save the show?
For some years, The X Factor ratings have been going down. The high was in 2010, when an average of 14.1 million people tuned in each week. By 2014, viewers had fallen to 8.6 million. From 2011 to 2013, Cowell was absent, launching The X Factor in America, where it failed and was axed.
His return in 2014, however, did not bring with it an upswing in ratings — hence a shake-up of the judges and format this year.
Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has been keen to take the credit for some of the changes, saying she counselled Cowell to get rid of the themed weeks and revealing that they would talk for hours on the phone in the middle of the night, brainstorming ideas.
So what has gone wrong? It could be that viewers are getting bored of the carefully manufactured drama. Certainly there is widespread cynicism about the sob stories wheeled out by contestants in the early stages.
Viewers are increasingly annoyed, too, by the large volume of adverts.
Many also complain of the show's patent insincerity — the theme on Saturday was 'This Is Me', but contestants were shown being told what their song choices were. So much for the individuality of the performer.
The recent failure of the winners to break into the wider music industry is another factor. Although Cowell rather bravely says that 'four or five' of the current crop have the potential to sell records, last year's winner Ben Haenow has failed to cut it and is clearly on his way back to his native Croydon.
Who is interested in 2012 winner James Arthur any more, or 2010 champion Matt Cardle?
Another issue is the revised format — it is one of the truisms of television that if the viewer is aware of a format, the format is no good.
Given the endless changes to it, viewers can't help but detect a whiff of desperation.
One idea was to have the judges hold up paddles with marks on them — a direct imitation of the Strictly judging panel.
Simon Cowell pictured after being presented with the Music Industry Trust Award on November 2
Cowell was keen enough to propose the idea to ITV, but it was vetoed by the entertainment team led by Director of Entertainment and Comedy, Elaine Beddell.
Another bizarre scheme was to introduce a fifth 'legend' judge. Cowell got this idea after Sir Tom Jones was axed by rivals at The Voice. I'm told Sir Tom agreed to do it and was among several legends lined up — before this, too, was vetoed by executives at ITV.
That caused some bad feeling as Sir Tom had apparently gone so far as to go into rehearsals before being let down at the last minute.
It's said there has even been a three-hour meeting on the issue of whether to change the colour of the floor on the stage.
To be tinkering with formats during the actual run of a show certainly speaks of a degree of chaos.
Cowell, meanwhile, is taking care to be very complimentary about ITV, which is under contract to make a further series in 2016.
What is on everyone's minds is what will happen next spring, when the broadcaster must renegotiate for 2017 and beyond.
Sources at ITV were this week making positive noises about bidding again for The X Factor. It remains their biggest entertainment hit and their biggest Saturday night show.
However, one well-placed TV boss told me there is a belief that ITV will want to pay far less in future (Syco are on a £140 million deal covering three years), and that some conversations have already started with Sky about whether they would like The X Factor in their schedules from 2017.
Sources at Syco don't deny that such negotiations are 'possible' and a TV executive told me: 'Even if The X Factor loses half its viewers, Sky would still think Christmas had come early if they managed to poach it.'
Which leads us to the nightmare possibility keeping Cowell awake at night — which is that The X Factor might be replaced by its great rival The Voice, which ITV are keen to poach from the BBC. The loss of face for him would be huge.
Indeed, one source close to Cowell said he feels the UK has 'run dry' for him and explains that, following the sad death of his mother Julie after a long illness earlier this year, he is ready to pick up the reins of his old life in Los Angeles.
Hence the surprising announcement two weeks ago that he is planning to be on the panel of America's Got Talent. I am told that the show, usually filmed in New York, is going to be made in Los Angeles this year. He will then, aged 57, be making Britain's Got Talent, America's Got Talent and The X Factor.
It's a schedule as busy as any he has faced.
He is a phenomenally driven individual, and has often talked about how much he hates to lose, which does help to explain the extraordinary decision to do more.
On a personal level, now happily settled with American socialite Lauren Silverman and son Eric, a move to Los Angeles makes sense.
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Daniel Kötter's work oscillates deliberately between different media and institutional contexts, combining techniques of structuralist film with documentary elements and experimental music theater. It was shown in numerous galleries, video festivals, concert halls and theatres all over Europe,USA, Canada, Mexico and Nigeria
Daniel Kötter takes on the role of director, filmmaker, researcher or composer to relate to the issues of the art system in the public sphere, to what is the network of actors which activate the understanding and role of images, institutions and artistic practice.
Kötter's new series of installations, films, and discursive work on urban and socio-political conditions of performativity has been under development since mid-2010 under the title state-theatre: Lagos/Teheran/Berlin/Detroit/Beirut/Mönchengladbach (with Constanze Fischbeck).
2012, 14:52 minutes, colour, English
2012, 53:38 minutes, colour, English
2012, 13:00 minutes, colour
2012, 17:59 minutes, colour
2012, 43:00 minutes, colour, Polish with English Subtitles
2011, 11:00 minutes, colour
state-theatre #1: LAGOS, #2: TEHERAN, #3: BERLIN (DVD Compilation)
2011, 71:31 minutes, colour, English, Farsi, German with English Subtitles
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2011, 24:43 minutes, colour, Farsi with English Subtitles
2010, 24:35 minutes, colour, English
2009, 02:23 minutes, colour, Silent
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In 2010 we tried out a cabaret in the spring, we had the Rudes in the summer, and a three day musical extravaganza in the autumn…
Shoo Shoo Babies – 16 April 2010
A full house of Crowhurst patrons were delighted by this show, the first cabaret to be put on by the Arty Farties.
The Babies came with a strong reputation for glamour, humour and excellent singing of show tunes, jazz standards and classic pop songs. They enhanced their reputation in all departments. The show was fast, furious and great fun with well judged changes of musical style and mood and costumes and settings, all done with a strong streak of tongue-in-cheek humour and pathos. Their rendition of Eleanor Rigby was the most poignant and musically accomplished one could imagine.
Their two three quarter of an hour sets were built round a delicious three course meal organised by Katie Spall and design and decoration of the venue by Di Stainsby, assisted by all the members of the committee.
A really complete evening's entertainment which sent off the audience still buzzing into the night.
The Rude Mechanicals – Ik'r'us Inc – 16 July 2010
Review by Ray Nard
Combine a balmy summer's evening with a perfect crescent moon that even Spielberg could not have conjured up, the sound of sticks slapping, horns honking and our very own Quarry Wood reporter, Paul Johnson, dosey-doeing across the Recreation Ground, then it must be that time of year when The Rude Mechanicals bring their totally unique form of magical-realist open-air theatre to the village. In previous years we have had everything from the flooding of the Thames to colossal cockerel codpieces to stretch our imaginations and this year it was strap-on wings which, like virtually every other prop in their latest production Ik'r'us Inc was entirely imagined. But what imagination! Pete Talbot, writer, director, composer and programme seller to boot, seems to have a masochistic relish for tough theatrical challenges.
Set in 1955, the antics of Daedalus H. Gildersleeves, a travelling door-to-door salesman who had progressed from selling encyclopaedias and vacuum cleaners to selling dreams, his moody Elvis lookalike son Ikarus and the simple country folk of Dreamsville Indiana, were the medium for the exposure of so many human frailties and aspirations. As always with The Rudes, the thought provoking messages of the performance were tempered with great humour but this year there seemed to be a lot more musical content than in past productions. The artful body language, authentic commedia slapsticks and the merrily byzantine plot were made even more vivid by superb doo-wop singing and taut instrumental playing by the six strong multi-talented, multi-instrumentalist cast of which Georgina Fields saxophone playing was my personal highlight. There was also some brilliant acting from the professional cast led by Rudes' stalwart Grant Stimpson (who you might have seen selling his soul in commercials for Stella Artois) and Rowan Talbot as the Harley-revving Ikarus (who did a mean line in motorbike sound-effects).
It may have been my imagination, but on a perfect evening for outdoor theatre, the audience seemed fewer in number than in previous years, but those who did attend, with or without their picnics, enthusiastically enjoyed this most excellent and entertaining show. There were laughs. There were rude bits. There were ad-libs and there was poetry too. I haven't had as much fun in a field since The Rudes were here last year. So, if you can say 'I was there' and enjoyed the show as much as I did, spread the word and let's attract a bumper audience for 2011.
– Ray Nard
A Musical Weekend – 19, 20 & 21 November 2010
From Emily's first haunting note of The First Cut is the Deepest to, 41 hours later, Mike's final saxophone passage (what's more, accompanying himself on the piano!), those who attended the Arty Farties' Musical Weekend were served a spicy dish of musical goodies.
Friday Night is Music Night lived up to its billing as a showcase for local talent. From Emily and Dave's lovely ballads, Bob Andrews' classical but accessible piano pieces, to Hratch and his trio's charming folk and mainstream songs. Then Louise Winter and Lucy Ashton, accompanied by our old friend Andrew Daniels, rounded off the evening with a feast of musical theatre and opera extracts, sung with great technique, skill and humour. And virtually every act included at least one person who had at some time lived in Crowhurst!
Saturday brought us the rock and roll of the film Grease with John Travolta and Olivia Newton John giving us all those classic r&r songs and strutting their stuff, much to the delight of the appropriately attired audience, which noisily, and somewhat tunelessly, sang along with.
On Sunday's Jazz Breakfast, Mike Hatchard gave us a potted history of jazz piano illustrated with brilliant expositions of past piano greats from the structured compositions of Scott Joplin to the improvisations of George Shearing. This was followed by a second half of a typically amusing and musically divers set of cameos and stories illustrated in Mike's unique way.
All in all, a great weekend!
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our annual Mall of America (MOA) trip is a mere 4 days away!!!!:):)
i'm leaving Homer and Jacob behind to spend too much money on myself for 11.5 hours straight.
it shall be glorious;)
here's a quick list of things that I'm hoping to grab while there and you can check out my fellow MOA Junkie's list HERE:)
some colorful summer sandals to spice things up:)
another past want that I'm hoping to finally purchase are these kitten heels! Great for work:)
i can't remember the last time I purchased a bra...maybe a nursing one? But it's definitely time:/ These are adorable and super affordable:)
i currently have what you call a 'mom purse' but I need something a bit easier for lugging around. Here's the one I have - it's hard to hold Homer AND this purse. So I need to upgrade to something that I can hold in my arm or cross body AND still fit a diaper, snack and wipes in:)
the skinny belts in my closet are down for the count...literally falling apart:/
tank tops are on the list. Something that's just a step above completely plain:)
this perfume has been on my list for quite some time. I have a hard time spending TOO much money on things. Tis why Target is so doable...not SO expensive. BUT this year I saved my Gift Certificates from the last 2 Christmas' and have $50 to put towards this purchase:)
starbucks is always a necessity...normally in hand within minutes of walking through those doors! This year I have a $15GC. Boom.
i want a gold pinky ring:)
this year is going to be pretty fantastic. Extra fantastic because I have about $150 worth of Gift Certificates and coupons to use! Follow me on Instagram, April 18th, for the play by play of my day at MOA:)


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Honey aids hair in softness, suppleness and elasticity. Honey is a humectant meaning it is a natural moisturizer that absorbs and retains water. Honey can add shine and promote growth. Honey is also naturally anti-bacterial so it will never spoil. Honey also has anti-inflammatory properties as well. And best of all honey is cheap and readily available.
So last night I decided to do a honey pre-poo as my hair was dry and tangled. The results were fantastic so I had to share with all of you. I used a vinyl shower cap because they are thicker and I wanted to be sure it wouldn't slip off during the night. I left the mixture on for a total of 9 hours. When I woke up in the morning I got into the shower and rinsed my hair. I then took down each section individually and shampooed and conditioned. My hair felt incredibly soft, conditioned, smooth and less tangled.
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Separate hair into four sections. Apply honey mixture to your scalp parting in 1 inch segments beginning at the nape of the neck. Massage the mixture into scalp then apply to full length of hair. Braid or bun each section then move to next.
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After a quiet day at home we sat around the TV watching an old movie tonight and it was almost Midnight when Bessie came walking into the family room clanging away with her empty food dish in her mouth looking for a snack. In the background you can see a scene from the The Incredible Shrinking Man. And then when it ended everyone but me headed for bed. Bessie has been carrying her food dish around a lot lately and I wanted to get a picture of her doing it. When she came through the room from the kitchen, I went back to the den and grabbed the camera. When I returned I caught her heading back to the kitchen.
What the house looks like at the end of the day. Took this before I swept the floor.


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I am about at my wits end with the recurrence of illness this year. I've never been sick this often in my life and it is really getting annoying!! The cold I had last week is STILL lingering. I woke up again this morning with a headache, completely clogged up and with bloodshot, dry eyes. On top of that I have another yeast infection. WTF! My poor body must really be out of balance. I cannot help but be reminded of the last time I had a yeast infection. That time I had a sore throat, too. At least this time they are not at the same time but unfortunately my entire stomach area is aching from the yeast infection. Ugh!
On top of this recent string of illness my skin is all screwed up – dry and flaky with acne popping up and mild eczema here and there. I look awful. When I catch a glimpse of myself I think, "OMG! I look like shit!" Thankfully, the skin issues are clearing up and I am looking less and less awful with each passing day.
All this illness together with the emotional purging that comes and goes is making 2017 a hellish year. I keep asking my guidance, "Why!?" Their answer is that I am "preparing." Yeah, well, I'm TIRED of preparing. This sucks! All I want is to feel normal again please! Ha! Like I am "normal" anyway! lol
Oh and my voice isn't completely back. I can't sing. 😦 I love singing.
Anyway, after this morning's big dream and emotional purge I went back to sleep and had more dreams and messages.
Dream: Broken Leg
I was in a hospital with a young, Hispanic man. He was laying down with gauze wrapped around his right calf (lack of balance, need to stand up for self). The nurse came in and scowled at him and I caught on that she and the other staff were purposefully avoiding helping the man because he was different than them. I got super angry and demanded they help him, confronting them on their discrimination and telling them off. I remember speaking Spanish in this dream.
Eventually the nurses tended to the man and I went to a juicer (need more energy) and attempted to make some fresh veggie juice (vitality). One of the nurses came and complemented me on the juice but asked where the carrots (lure) were. I told them there weren't any in the fridge.
Then I was in a bathroom (burdens) with the man and filling a bathtub (renewal) so he could take a bath. The tub got super full (emotion). When I went to drain some of the water I saw a dead cockroach (uncleanliness) floating in it. I leaned in to open the drain and another roach was swimming around. I was totally disgusted but let the tub drain and celebrated when both cockroaches went down the drain.
When I went to help the man into the tub, I worried about his cast but when I looked at his leg he still only had gauze on it. I realized that he had not broken his leg after all (in balance).
Dream: Black and White Caterpillars
This dream started off in a mall (choices/options). The stores were closing (time running out) and as we were leaving my family wanted to look for chairs (contemplate a situation before making a decision) in a store that was going out of business (end of path). They looked around inside for a while and there was discussion about the price of some chairs. The tag said $140 (progressive change and growth) and I told them the discount would make them cost $40. The chairs were suppose to go on the patio. I believe the family I was with were my physical family.
I lingered near a crystal and gem store but never went in. I remember knowing I needed to purchase something for protection.
Then I was riding a motorcycle through a dark parking lot (need to slow down). My son was sitting in front of me and I was holding him close to keep him from falling off. I felt like a bad mother and tried to hide the fact that he was riding with me.
I almost wrecked the motorcycle (desire freedom and adventure/moving fast) so out of fear of hurting my son, I parked it and started walking (slow, steady progress). I came to a narrow stairway (progress). It was the only way out of the parking lot. The stairway was full of green vines (hopes, ambitions, relationship) and there was green moss (patience) on the stone steps. When I began to walk up the stairs they turned into a high ledge (liberation) that I had to climb up. As soon I I tried to climb up thousands of large, black and white caterpillars (working toward goals) covered every inch of it. I stepped back a big grossed out. A woman and her daughter were nearby watching. I told her about the caterpillars. She said, "Oh, they are a delicacy!" I looked back at the mass of writhing caterpillars and thought to myself, "They eat them!?" The woman was gathering them up in her arms to take with her. I remember seeing them up close. They were huge, about a foot long, and covered in tiny, soft hairs.
When I woke up I lingered in the in-between for some time. While there I remember someone telling me, "You're special" and feeling surrounded in loving energy. There is memory of a discussion here, but most of it is lost to me now.
I also recall visuals. One was of a string of condoms and one package was torn open. That woke me up with a start and I heard, "Protection". I was thinking, "Eww! Really!?" lol I am certain this is not a literal message to protect myself during sex. It's just another protection message and obviously my guides wanted to get me to notice and they know what works. hahaha
Then I was on a phone with a friend of mine. Not only could I hear him on the other end of the line, but I could also see him. He was wearing a t-shirt and either in bed or near it. I was talking a million miles a minute, super excited about something. I apologized for talking so much and he laughed and told me it was okay because he was feeling sluggish anyway and "happy to listen". I remember him telling me he was still wearing his p.j.'s and that's when the visual of him was strongest. I can't remember what I was so excited about, though.
Eventually I woke up because of stomach discomfort. A song was going through my head – Shake it Off by Taylor Swift. This is the second morning I've woken up hearing it. It is not a song I like (sorry Taylor Swift fans, I just can't stand her) so I haven't mentioned it. Anytime I hear it on the radio I change stations. lol So, of course, it would be a music message. Ha! Anyway, the part I heard is, "Play, play, play, play…..Shake it off" over and over. Maybe if I post the song it will go away now so I can be left in peace. lol


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We all woke up fresher as we had a good sleep. The main plan that day was to get a surprise for Adam. For a month my wife been contacting a firm, a publisher actually, to get something that really made Adam excited. The firm called Evergreen Publisher Sdn Bhd located at Taman Maluri.
Little bit info about Evergreen Publisher taken from their website
EVERGREEN PUBLISHER SDN BHD is a Private Limited Company incorporated in Malaysia on the 23 January 1989.
Since 1989, the company appointed as the sole publisher by most of the famous and well-known publishers in Hong Kong, namely, Culturecom Holdings Ltd, Jade Dynasty, Publications Ltd, Jonesky Ltd, Lee Man Publication(HK) Ltd, Color Comics Publications Ltd and Ming Ho(Charm Max) Publication Ltd, has been carrying a wide range of Comics in both Mandarin and Malay languages.
Their latest addition was the mega hit local produced animation Boboiboy. The Evergreen Publisher had bought the right from animation creator Animonsta to produce the Boboiboy merchandise.
Adam is Boboiboy big fan. Most of shirts and pants bearing the Boboiboy and his friend characters. So Mimi had been contacting Diana who are MD personal assistant quite a while to procure some gift for Adam. Diana was always been helpful. So we went to her office. Diana was waiting for us and herself greeted us. Then after short conversation she brought the surprises to Adam. There were posters of Boboiboy, coloring books, vcds, stationery and a lot more. Totally out of our expectation. Most of the items were not on sale yet. Adam was the first person to have it.
Adam was so happy but a little bit down as he thought Boboiboy was there too. Millions thanks to Diana and Evergreen Publisher.
We out from there to meet our friend and also business associate, En Wan. He was still busy and had a lot of meeting. However he promised to find some times to meet us. So we decided to head to Shah Alam where En Wan was having his meeting. I'm not very familiar with Shah Alam so I just drove around. While we were in the joyride En Wan called us informing us that his meeting already finished and on the way to Wangsa Maju to meet us. Our fault not to inform him that we were already at Shah Alam. So we all decided to meet at Carrefour Subang Jaya as En Wan just exit the Batu Tiga toll. Again I had to navigate to Subang out from Shah Alam. Luckily we managed to find Subang Jaya Carrefour.
We meet En Wan and discuss about our idea and the new business venture. He loved it and will help to make it happen.
Smile on our face as we headed back to Wangsa Maju. Just one more place and thing to do.