It's been a hectic few days!
On Saturday, a smattering of "Our Gang" gathered for the first time in ages at The Perseverance pub off Great Ormond Street for another "Film Club" evening, then on Easter Sunday Madam Arcati and I took Baby Steve and Houseboy Alex to Kew Gardens (a first for Steve, and Alex hadn't been since he was a little kid) to see it in its Spring magnificence!
No sooner did we get back home, but I was off with them back to Braintree - and spent a happy (if miserably wet and windy) couple of days touring the numerous garden centres and nurseries up and down the county. I came back last night on National Express (in total it took four hours from being dropped off at the airport to getting home!), laden with a haul of twenty-seven new plants - 22 of them fuchsias! Phew.
How about a little selection of newer music that has caught my ear of late, to ease the aches and pains..?
Let's start out a bit classy, shall we, with a first-time collaboration between two favourite vocalists here at Dolores Delargo Towers:
Time to crank it up a little, with this jolly little number:
Miss Ware says "it's time to shake it 'til the pearls fall", and who are we to argue?
Could this one sound more Eighties if it tried?
Dame Sophie of the Ellis-Bextors' recent single from her new album Hana is a joy:
Speaking of joy, this is one I've brought back with me from Braintree, where we certainly did whoop with joy when we discovered it!
As ever, dear reader, let me know your thoughts...
Welcome home to you and your fuchsias.
ReplyDeleteBack to the Fuchsia!
DeleteBoom-tish. Jx
One day....one day, I getting to the Kew Gardens, come hell or high waters.
DeleteAhhhhhh Sophie Ellis-Bextor. I love the Kungs too.
Whenever you're planning to visit London, just let us know - we're members of Kew Gardens.
DeleteGlad to know you liked some of the choons today! Jx
Looking forward to seeing the beautiful new fuchsias. So much music, so little time this morning.
ReplyDeleteYou live such a hectic life, Mitch. Jx
DeleteYou are a wicked little tease! 22 fuchsias and not a SINGLE picture. Not even a label! (Also, I want to know what the other 5 things are.)
ReplyDeleteWait till they flower, my dear! Truth be told, quite a few are replacements for either fuchsias we've lost, or those that are getting very woody and less floriferous. There's only actually one out of 22 that we've never grown before...
Delete[Not forgetting, of course, that B & HM Baker/Bourne Brook fuchsia nursery is a short drive away from the boys in Essex, so either we can pay them another visit to buy more, or else ask them to get certain named varieties when they are there next. There were very few actually in bloom in their mature plant section, so there wasn't an opportunity to see many "unknowns" to make an instant decision to purchase.] Jx
Love the all the new music and all the plants too.
ReplyDeleteAdore Dame Sophie of Bextor and fab to see Todrick back on form even if a bit plumper than before
Not sure if Mr Hall's padded-up for the video or whether he's slowly headed for CeeLo Green territory... Jx
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