SUGAR:
It's good to be a mum at this time of year. I love all the fuss ...and the Mother's Day card...and the flowers...and the chocolates!! Ah, SUGAR! Love it.
This year, I was invited to spend the night at my son's flat for Mother's Day too. He doesn't know how lucky he is to have a flat overlooking the Tyne; watch the boats come in and out; watch the lights from North Shields to South Shields twinkling bright from dusk till dawn. I never got a wink of sleep - it was all too magical to go to bed. Thanks, Phil, for the best Mother's Day ever.
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DIGGER:
As the garden starts to take on all that lovely Spring colour, it's time for the cats and I to get out there, get the gloves on...
...and do some mucking out.
Oh, what a chore. But it makes it all so much easier when I have the reds of the Pieris, the whites of the Ornamental Cherry and the pretty cerise of the Camelia to gaze upon as I go.
And I did enjoy (praise be to the heavens) a whole weekend of unexpected glorious sunny weather, me digging out the weeds, me planting summer bulbs - and the cats, Mr Jim (the fluffy black/white one) and Rosie (the tubby ++ one), digging them back up again!
Within a couple of days, my lilac blossoms have made an entrance, my tulips have come into full orange, pink and red blooms - and the clematis is growing and budding at a mile a minute. So, now that my green fingers are working again: onward, Sheila, onward...
It's good to get me gardening head back on!
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GIGGER:
The Gatecrashers were red hot when I caught them at the Rising Sun, Crawcrook, last weekend. Not only were they fantastic, us girl partners did the 'biz' too! We grooved together with the 'bum' dance, Nina and I, shaking our booties to increase the wild atmosphere of the gig - and we did - OH YES!
Nick (vocalist and guitarist), Ant (lead guitar and backing vocals), Dave (Bass Guiatar) and Maurice (drums) were on fire. Nick sure knows how to get a crowd warmed up, sparks flew from that amazing guitar of Ant's, Dave's bass was like an electrical storm of deep thunderous tones - and Maurice was a live wire on those beautiful blonde drums.
The crowd loved the Gatecrashers:
"Fantastic night - I hope they're back here soon," said one.
"Wouldn't have missed this gig - not for anything," said another.
At the end of the night, they wanted more, more, more - and the guys hit white hot heights with 'Sex on Fire', Nick right there gyrating on the bar to drive the audience crazy.
What a brilliant night - a great night to be a GIGGER, I thought....
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BLOGGER:
Invited to blog for the wonderful North East Magazine, 'North East Life', I have penned a couple of blogs containing super photographic footage for 'The Otters of Otterburn' and 'A Gaggle of Geese'.
Photos by kind permission of
Dave Hildreth and
Dawn Boulton - thanks, guys.
The blog, entitled, 'TWIGS, GIGS, HAUNTS AND JAUNTS' is a diary of walks, gigs, favourite haunts and my travels around the locality of the North of England. Give it a whirl - I hope you enjoy.
Here's the link:
Twigs, Gigs, Haunts and Jaunts
Yet another feather in my cap, don't you think? Another string to my bow!
WRITE ON!! and read on - there's more...
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I was commissioned by the fabulous Gatecrashers band, to ghostwrite their official website. What an honour. It was a real privilege to work with these great North-East musicians.
You can visit their website at:
The Gatecrashers Band
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Talk to you soon, Constant Reader.
Hope you enjoyed this installment.
There'll be another one soon.
In the meantime...
HAPPY EASTER
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