Sunday 24 April 2022

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Tulip overload!

Another weekend spent pottering in the lovely sunshine in the extensive gardens here at Dolores Delargo Towers - "moving-on" the rapidly-growing baby fuchsias we brought back from Essex earlier this month, re-potting more of the bigger plants, and giving our houseplants and some of the outdoor pelargoniums a good water; all the time listening to the joys of BBC Radio 2.

Among the ill-assorted birthdays today - including MegaBabs, already featured over at the Dolores Delargo Towers Museum of Camp - there's the wonderful Shirley MacLaine, Jean-Paul Gaultier (his 70th), Paula Yates, Tony Visconti, Anthony Trollope, John Williams [the guitarist], Aidan Gillen, Clement Freud, Jill Ireland, Marshal (Phillipe) Pétain, Nigel Harrison, Brian Paddick, Kelly Clarkson, Tommy Docherty - ahem - "Lord Haw Haw" William Joyce...

...and Captain Sensible!

Here's his classic solo hit - a perfect piece of "Sunday Music", you will agree:

Posted by Jon at 16:34
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8 comments:

  1. uptonking24 April 2022 at 21:30

    Oh, dear... Captain Sensible? Hmm. WILL wonders never cease?

    Now, Tony Visconti - I adore. Kizzes.

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    1. Jon24 April 2022 at 22:01

      I might guess he wasn't a "big thing" Stateside, then? Jx

      PS Tony Visconti. Genius.

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  2. ProximaBlue24 April 2022 at 23:44

    Love the tulips! The yellow and orange ones are my favorite.

    If you ever thought about coming to visit the US, you should come here in the Spring. I would take you to the -Skagit Valley Tulip Festival- Do an image search of that and you'll see just how amazing it is, we also have lots of nearby wineries and breweries.

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    1. Jon24 April 2022 at 23:53

      We've yet to visit the original Dutch tulip fields - which are far closer, sweetie - let alone travel 5000 miles to go to the Northwest of the USA..! Jx

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  3. Moving with Mitchell25 April 2022 at 07:24

    Where do you find this stuff?!?

    Tulips were everywhere in Brooklyn. Beautiful. But not as lush as those at The DD Towers.

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    1. Jon25 April 2022 at 08:40

      Captain Sensible was a huge hit over here! He was certainly more successful as a solo singer than when he was with The Damned - Happy Talk went to #1 in the summer of 1982, and was hardly off the radio. Jx

      PS Tulips are blowsy buggers, and we love them - there's 100 bulbs in that pot!

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  4. Ms Scarlet25 April 2022 at 13:27

    I love tulips - so bright and jolly - and we really need some Happy Talk!
    Sx

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    1. Jon25 April 2022 at 16:53

      Tulips and Captain Sensible are jolly enough to bring a smile to anyone's face! Jx

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