Thanks for that @jjraak, I have put the info into my functional spare brain (phone).hahaha trees doing Zumba..very well observed.....
Poppy's was the restaurant, 3 of them apparently so a little choice of venue.
ours was Poppy's 2... HERE
ignore tube advice..Closest tube is Barons court 12 min walk (piccadilly + district lines), best bet is Hammersmith Broadway 15 min walk (piccadilly + District lines) or bus, or Uber. ..Parking metered spaces usually available in nearby streets
if using barons court through cemetery is quicker
MENU , perhaps?..Deliveroo DO deliver..
not a fan, but here is the FB link..(it's their restaurant website, apparently, dear god..)
That sounds really scary @gennepher. How lovely that Popeye was guarding you.My internet went down totally both phone and wi fi last night, just as I posted my last reply on this thread
Fbg 7.9
Not going to worry bout that rise. Who cares...
That Storm Dennis at 5pm was Armageddon.
I love storms and lightning I have always said that. But this Storm Dennis was a whole new level of unbridled fury.
It had died down a bit from its absolute fury of my previous post. But then as i was replying to @DJC3 it was like an explosion, my garden was suddenly flattened by the wind, and I have trees (about 15-20 foot high) and bushes, then the wind whipped round and round from every direction bending all trees and bushes every which way.
My internet had gone for the phone as well by then.
I was petrified. And the driving rain. I realised my heart was pounding. I don't think i have ever had that before. When it subsided somewhat i went to make a cup of tea. But i couldnt do it. My kettle boils and puts the water direct in the cup...I didn't put the cup under it. Don't worry I was fine, i didnt get scalded. I couldn't do anything. So i went to bed and took a book to read, but I couldnt read the words.
Popeye laid on my chest in his I am guarding you position and he didn't go to sleep and i felt the vibrations of his purrs all night. I did sleep. He didn't. Each time i woke up he was watching me.
So i got up at 4 as usually and did this painting of a storm, but i needed the charcoal and graphite, and that was in the garage. So a torch and i went and got it. It is messy stuff which is why i dont do it in the house. But it was needed for my storm clouds.
So you can see the materials i used in the second photo. A kneadable eraser and a electric eraser, and other stuff.
And you can see my painting desk is one mess...I started this charcoal on top of everything else...
I was brushing the charcoal and graphite off, but that was making a bad mess on top of all my other stuff. Then i though, i bought a handheld rechargeable vacuum cleaner last week. Would that take the charcoal and graphite dust off...it did!!!
So then that is me vacuuming up the charcoal graphite painting. It worked. I will do some more indoors now.
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I am still shaky from yesterday. Like i said before i am never going to get flooded in the way all those poor souls have been with rivers running through their houses. So i have a lot to be grateful for.
I need to get out of this place for a couple of hours. So I haven't checked out your posts, i might not be able to because this internet connection is more off that on. The light keeps trolling through from green to amber then stays on red then it tried so amber again, then switches to green for a second, then goes down to amber and red again. I need green to post this. So i have written this on a note pad app. If i cant do it here, i will do it when i go out, hopefully.
There is a new cafe opened last week, called the Golden Restuarant (I cannot spell that and spellcheck is down!). So if that is open i will try and post from there. There was a board outside saying English Breakfast £5.
The sky this morning and blue and sunny and totally belies yesterday.
Be safe
Take care
Hugs
Catch you later...
Probably really wise not to go on a Muddy Cycle ride today. On the doggie walk this morning a there were branches down everywhere and a lovely tree full of catkins was down - completely uprooted.I have decided against the Muddy Cycle ride as I suspect I will end up doing more tree clambering Than peddling. A shame because the sun is shinning and all looks at peace outside
A new dawn and no end of days, that's got too be good and as predicted what a great piece of art work you produced from your frightening experience, just goes to show the old adage 'Every cloud has a silver lining' still stands, brilliant.The sky this morning and blue and sunny and totally belies yesterday.
I watched that on the edge of my seat so I'd have eaten all the pistachios...ps. what really happened at the end was he a ghost?...didn't really getwatching Agatha Christies The Pale Horse last night husband got out the salted pistachio nuts and I had some
There you are gennepher thank goodness what a terrifying storm & such a vivid description...well done Popeye it's touching how hard they try to protect those who are precious to them...we have got away lightly so far but not taking that for granted in the least...lets hope the worse has passed & you two have a more relaxed evening...enjoy that breakfast.There is a new cafe opened last week, called the Golden Restuarant (I cannot spell that and spellcheck is down!). So if that is open i will try and post from there.
I also watched it on the edge of my seat and didn't get the ending either.I watched that on the edge of my seat so I'd have eaten all the pistachios...ps. what really happened at the end was he a ghost?...didn't really get
Yes I concur with that Krystyna particularly in view of mine yoyoing ATM...although more ups then downsActually @HarryBeau have just had a thought. Trying to work out what the ending of the Pale Horse meant is a bit like trying to work out what the ups and downs of blood sugars mean in T2D.
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