Hardwick Hall Mr Bond?

Our last full day at Teresa's was spent visiting Hardwick Hall. Luckily the weather stayed dry although it was quite muddy under foot.

The Old Hall The New Hall The Stone Mason's Workshop The gardens My gorgeous girls (well two of them) :O) Then after a late lunch we went to the Odeon cinema to watch the Quantum of Solace.

Dip

Todays word over at HSMSHS is Dip. Teresa suggested that I take a photo of me dipping the dip stick in the oil of my Serena, but as it's raining here I don't want to get wet. I'm such a wuss!

So the first photo I want to show you is this... It's Elena's iPod with my best headphones attached. Now what, you may ask, has that got to do with dip. Well, this morning I took all the wet washing out of the washing machine, the load I had put in last night & checked thoroughly for socks that were inside out etc. and that's when I discovered the iPod!! It had been for a dip in the washing machine... *^&%!!@&*% kids!!! Nevermind, if it dries out thoroughly before I switch it on it may still work.

I have found some more photos that would do very nicely for dip. These are a few from our holiday in Jamaica in May. It seems a life time since we went, but it's only 5 months ago. Time's a funny thing isn't it.

Had a parcel through the post this morning from James. His Mum lives opposite & for about 2 years before he went to live on the mainland he spent most afternoons with us. We only see him occasionally now when he's back on the Island for a visit so it was lovely to read his letter :O) He knows both Andrew & I love James Bond (well I love Pierce Brosnan & Andrew loves James Bond lol) so he had included this little book. How lovely is that. He says, "Looking forward to Quantum of Solace of course, althougth not quite accepted Daniel Craig yet". You and me alike James :O)

Phoned Lisa this morning to see if she's OK. Had a lovely chat :O) She's suffering at the moment with sore thighs due to some new exercises she's been doing at the Gym ~ poor thing. She's had a lovely weekend though with Liam & her friends. They had a walk around Richmond Park and saw loads of Deer. Not something you would expect in the middle of London is it :O)Just had a lovely e-mail from Lisa look what she wrote :O) These are the pictures I was telling you about. Love you to the moon and back. It was lovely speaking to you. See you very very soon xxxx Oooo I love her sooo much I could eat her lol.

The names Bond, James Bond

Andrew adores James Bond. I could take it or leave it until Pierce Brosnan got the part and then Phwoar, couldn't keep my eyes off him ~ lol. Mind you I think my Dad may have been a bit of a fan too because I can remember going to the cinema and watching every film that came out up until Moonraker. I think my Dad thought it was too far fetched, men living in space, hmm what next! I can remember going to see Live & Let Die and finding it highly amusing that Mum was cringing at the sight of all the snakes. She hates snakes. We must have seen early Bond films because I know that wasn't the first I saw but I can't remember them. Not surprising really as I was only 9 when Live & Let Die first screened :O) The one character I loved watching most of all was Miss Moneypenny (aka Lois Maxwell) and I still use her name as a 'user name' on some internet sites. Well, bless her heart, she died yesterday at the ripe old age of 80 ~ RIP.