London Marathon weekend - seems so long since the last! The predicted weather is sunny -good for the crowd/photographers but hot and sticky for the runners!
A few new pictures on
www.flickr.com/photos/colinbp since my last entry here. A few Shaw Trust Horticulture flowers - the plant sale/open day coming soon!!
And a ride in the country with Paula, seeing a deer for a minute or so in the road ahead-crossing to the field. plenty of beatifully healthy and coloured pheasants. A stop for a shoot by a gate overlooking a rapeseed field, plus a view , later overlooking the M3 and Basingstoke. All via a visit to Alresford Station for a cuppa on the platform of the Mid-Hants (Watercress line) Railway. We set out to see bluebelles but i messed up and couldn't find them (went with Snaps! 2 years ago to Micheldiever on the Winchester road.
Still what's that Chineese saying (John Lennon borrowed) ; "Life is what happens to you while you're making other plans".
Been listening to accoustic guitar/vocal music recently, the likes of Bert Jansch (
http://www.bertjansch.com/ ) , Davy Graham (
http://www.davygraham.com/ -has a myspace site and a new album out in May!!! see the sites!!!) , Ralph McTell and Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens). Also been listening to a superb 4cd limited edition box set by the late Randy California with his "Euro American Tour 1980 -198?" Great live cuts included from solo and Spirit's "Potatoeland Tour" plus the whole of the "Euro-American" album tracks plus various studio demos. I must say the best highlight (and there's quite a few!!!Buy! Buy! Buy! ) is "Shattered Dreams" taken live (though the original "Free 45" single tracks -"Shattered Dreams" c/w "Magic Wand" is also on the box set) , side 4 is pretty interesting too with some live stuff...fantastic guitarist/band/people!!!! the price on
http://www.amazon.co.uk/ was only £12 pre ordered including p&p -so for 4 xcd ...i was amazed ,pleased and as the Rutles said "shocked and stunned!"
Sounds like Samantha Murphy has been busy and Paula and I await for news and new product soon ; see
http://www.samanthamurphy.com/ and her myspace and
http://www.flicker.com/ sites. Just to remind her debut album "Somewhere between starving and stardom" was superb! Theres some live youtube videos too of Samantha playing (accoustic guitar/vocal).
Anyway have a good time - maybe catch the sun and the London Marathon ...and maybe some photographs to put on your own
http://www.flickr.com/ site???? it's great fun and very addictive!!!
