It's that time of year again, dear reader - and some traditions here at Dolores Delargo Towers will never change...
"I think I'm going to Hell. Oh, dear!!"
Happy Easter.
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Friday, 3 April 2026
Friday, 18 April 2025
You were looking at me, I was looking at you
Bunny wins
OK - it's not a working day, but some traditions never fade. As the blue skies beckon in a long Easter weekend (and for me, the start of ten days off), it's time to get that party started in style - with one of the catchiest of 1970s dance classics and some show-off Soul Train dancers to boot!
Thank Disco It's Good Friday!
Across the crowded disco room
Through a maze of dancing people
She sits so quiet and all alone
Wanting to get the disco fever
And then she raised her head
Her eyes caught mine
And that was all that I needed
In her eyes I saw the need for love
The warm, soft feeling
'Cause we made
Eye to eye contact
Eye to eye contact (Oh, oh, oh yeah)
Eye to eye contact
(We made) Eye to eye contact
You and me
Contact!
You were looking at me
I was looking at you
You were looking at me
Across the crowded disco room
Oh, your eyes told me the story
My heart was beating like the drum
As I fought my way over
I never took my eyes away from yours
Not even for a moment
What I saw in your eyes made me realise
(You I wanted) Yeah, yeah, yeah
Eye to eye contact
(We made) Eye to eye contact (Oh, oh, oh yeah)
Eye to eye contact
(We made) Eye to eye contact
You and me
I was looking at you
You were looking at me
I was looking at you
You were looking at me
Contact!
Girl don't you get uptight
Just dance
Everything gonna be alright
Just dance
Take a chance
Oh, and dance
I sure like what you got
You sho nuff looking hot (dance)
I sure like what you got
You sho nuff looking hot (dance)
Yeah, come on and dance
As for me, dear reader, I am winging my way to Tottenham Hale to catch my coach to Essex for a (hopefully) fruitful weekend's plant shopping!
"Normal" service should resume after I return on Monday.
Have a good one!!
PS - THIS!
It's traditional.
Happy Easter.
Monday, 1 April 2024
There's men everywhere, no girls anywhere. What is this place?
April Fool!
I'm back in circulation, after a fab few days doing a whirlwind tour - thanks to Baby Steve and Houseboy Alex - of what seemed to be every garden centre in Essex, including Langthorns Plantery, Perrywood, Cherry Lane, and our favourites Halstead Garden Centre (aka "Maggie's"), and of course Bourne Brook Nursery (aka "Mr Baker's"), from whence I grubbed out from the cuttings bench another fourteen Fuchsias [some of them replacements for this winter's losses, some we haven't grown since before the last move (when I binned the whole collection), and five new varieties]!
I also came back with two hardy Geraniums, a new Phlox variety, a new Salvia, a Thunbergia vine and a Scaevola. That was fun on the coach, tube and bus getting home!
While I was away I missed celebrating the 90th birthdays of both Richard Chamberlain and Shirley Jones, and the 60th of Tracy Chapman - and all the "cox action" of The Boat Race. I was easily able to ignore all that bullshit that surrounds Easter [but no chocolate! no Tiger Lillies!]; however the arrival of British Summer Time came as a bit of a mindfuck as we lost an hour in bed. It was lovely weather while we were doing the plant-shopping excursion, but it definitely doesn't feel like summer here in London, with hailstorms and blustery weather again... [Oh, and I was too woozy today to catch up with the usual round of April Fools' Day jokes - so here's a few highlights.]
Apart from new additions to the extensive gardens here at Dolores Delargo Towers, did I bring any musical "delights" back with me? Bien sûr! It's fortuitous that it's a Tacky Music Bank Holiday Monday:
And, finally... WTF?!
Enjoy what's left of the last day of freedom, dear reader...
Friday, 7 April 2023
Friday, 15 April 2022
It's inevitable....
...at this time of year, that we should sustain our tradition here at Dolores Delargo Towers - with a beloved canticle:
Happy Easter.
Friday, 2 April 2021
Friday, 10 April 2020
Friday, 19 April 2019
Friday, 30 March 2018
Sunday, 16 April 2017
A bunny, a panther and an elephant
What Easter is all about - chocolate!
April is doing what April does - immensely strong gusts of wind and a general air of grey drizzle overhung this Easter Sunday. Never mind, in the shelter of the greenhouse I got some more potting-out done, and spent it in the company of a variety of "easy listening" artists such as the Pasadena Roof Orchestra, Barbara Cook and Nat King Cole.
And today would have been the birthday of one of the maestros of that beloved genre - Mr Henry Mancini!
So without further ado, let us continue this "Sunday Music" theme with the great man himself and just two of his most recognisable hits...
Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (16th April 1924 – 14th June 1994)
Friday, 14 April 2017
Saturday, 4 April 2015
Friday, 18 April 2014
I believe in miracles
Convoluted connections #973 in a series...
It is Easter weekend - four whole days off work (yay!).
It's traditionally also the time of year for a celebration - of all things chocolate!
This gives me a perfect excuse to play another classic from the era of glitter, satin and flares from a highly appropriately named band.
Here's Hot Chocolate and You Sexy Thing. Thank Disco It's Friday!
You can most definitely tell where Errol Brown's keeping his Easter Eggs in those trousers...
Have a fantabulosa break, sweeties!
The age-old traditions are the best
At this time every year since I began this blog, I have always showcased this enduring family favourite - and I see no reason to change that now...
Bang, bang, bang, bang, indeed.
Happy Easter.
Monday, 1 April 2013
With all the frills upon it
It is the final day of the Easter long weekend - and to celebrate the last of four consecutive days away from the grindstone, on this Tacky Music Monday we turn to the cheesy world of the Lawrence Welk Show to provide us with a spectacular Easter Parade...
The Lawrence Welk Show
Friday, 29 March 2013
Friday, 6 April 2012
This song is a sing along!
It's that time of year again, and some traditions here at Dolores Delargo Towers will never change...
"I think I'm going to Hell. Oh, dear!!"
The timeless Tiger Lillies with the magnificent Justin Bond - what more could you want at Easter?
Friday, 22 April 2011
Sunday, 4 April 2010
Friday, 2 April 2010
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