My next kitchen

I would like my next kitchen to look like one of these, what do you think? I do like the first one best though.

Do you think we may have gone Queen mad?

I noticed this article in the Daily Mail today, mmmmmmm not at all sure about it, what do you think?

The 11ft high tub has been created to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee anniversary and takes pride of place next to a similarly sized pot in the image of Prince Philip.

Each terracotta tub weighs more than half a tonne and the pair took a team of sculptors more than two months to make.

The 'Royal bouquet' contains more than 100 different varieties of flowers and cost more than £10,000 to put together.

Flowers featured include orchids, roses, ivy, daisies, fuchsias, gerberas, geraniums, perennials, ferns, conifers and moss.

They might find a permanent home in Buckingham Palace where perhaps the Queen's green-fingered son Prince Charles might offer to water them from time to time. Gardeners need a stepladder to give the colourful contents of the Queen’s pot a Royal trim,

The flowerpots were commissioned by TV shopping channel QVC as it launches its gardening season.

QVC’s head gardener Richard Jackson explained: “We wanted to create something spectacular to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, which would also inspire Brits to think creatively about their own gardens.

On a more positive note I am loving this couple called The Civil Wars, and as luck would have it they are coming to the U.K and will be in Southampton in November, tickets already booked.

http://youtu.be/AxGzWlNZfk4

Two things.

Today I had a session at the Osteopath, it hurt lots, I felt sorry for myself so I bought my self some flowers, they don't make my body feel any better but they are nice to look at. I need a job that pays good money, doesn't involve too much physical exertion, but is interesting and arty, suggestions on a postcard please, or even better offers on a postcard please. Secondly I would like to go and eat at this tree house restaurant , Tom they don't have a video so get yourself to New Zealand quick smart! They need you.

Happy Mothers Day

Coffee and cake in The Garage Lounge Southsea  (second visit, not so crowded, stunning) was the order of the day, followed by a nice lunch in Belle Isle Southsea, thank you Sam it was lovely.

My mothers day card has inspired me to get on with sorting out my downstairs loo, all to be revealed in a future blog.

Reports back from The Sketch restaurant from Tom my youngest son were very good, well worth a visit if you are in London and like the unusual.

Flu still seems to be lurking in our house, energy is not something we seem to have much of even after three weeks! Annoying, very very annoying.

Progression with new camera is slow, forgive me if some photo's are not quite up to scratch, the hardest thing I find at the moment is looking a bit odd taking pictures of all and sundry in public places, I shall just have to get over it for the sake of some improvement. To get good pictures you really do have to make some very odd positions with your body, crouching on the floor of a coffee shop to get a good picture of a cake doesn't do much for your street cred with your son I've discovered!