I wonder if anyone else experienced the same confusion as I did last night?...... I began to think I was going a bit strange and hearing things.
It was about 5.45 p.m. and whilst sitting eating my jacket potato with lashings of butter, I was idly watching the tv for company. It had got to the break in the programme on ITV for adverts when suddenly I thought, those words and jingles seem strange with those pictures. I watched more closely, yes, they were definitely advertising the delights of a certain slimming breakfast cereal, but the picture was showing a cat eating a bowl of cat food and then the tin with the brand name on. (I`d better not advertise here, had I?). I continued to watch and all through the adverts the sound was different to the pictures!
Then it was back the last quarter of the programme I`d been watching, and the peoples mouths weren`t moving in time to the words they were speaking. Was it me, was it my eyesight??
As the programme finished and before the next adverts I heard - at least I thought I heard them say, showing the Anglia news desk, `and next the news from `Calendar`. Did I hear that right, I wondered.
The adverts did exactly the same as before totally different pictures to sound. Quite amusing at times!!
The local news started - on the screen were the words of Anglia News and the presenters in the studio, but the commentary speaking just didn`t belong. The voice was saying, "here I am standing on the docks at Grimsby", but the picture was showing a chap at a sports stadium.
Yes, I was watching Anglia pictures and hearing Yorkshire news. Was it my TV I wondered. So, I rang my mother, a few miles away, she put her tv on and got exactly the same! That was a relief, it wasn`t my set. I then decided to try something else - tried the other channels they were all ok. Then I switched it from the Analogue aerial to my Sky dish for the ITV..... and..... no problem! the sound and picture matched and were Anglia region. - switched back again to the other and the problem still went on.
Very odd.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
A crab on the beach
Walking along the promenade in the sunshine yesterday afternoon, I suddenly came across the most enormous crab I`d ever seen on our beach.......
Yes, the stone artist had been at work again, piling up beach stones to make these wonderful sculptures using just the beach stones artistically gathered and stacked, with nothing else to hold them in place. Just using the uniqueness of each stone`s shape and colour to form these art works.
Isn`t that a bit like how God, can use us? - all individual and different yet all having a place in his world for his purpose
and there facing it, looking ready for action was an equally large lobster....
Yes, the stone artist had been at work again, piling up beach stones to make these wonderful sculptures using just the beach stones artistically gathered and stacked, with nothing else to hold them in place. Just using the uniqueness of each stone`s shape and colour to form these art works.
Isn`t that a bit like how God, can use us? - all individual and different yet all having a place in his world for his purpose
Sunday, April 10, 2011
A Cross in the Sky
Opening my curtains this morning, I looked up at the beautiful blue sky, and there saw a Cross.
It seemed to be saying to me, God is with you, he is all around you.
So I just had to grab up my camera, run out into the garden (yes still in my dressing gown - what any neighbours thought if they saw me I don`t know!) and take some pictures of it to share.
It seemed to be saying to me, God is with you, he is all around you.
So I just had to grab up my camera, run out into the garden (yes still in my dressing gown - what any neighbours thought if they saw me I don`t know!) and take some pictures of it to share.
Sunday, April 03, 2011
Horror!
I`ve just got out of the shower, and whilst I was towelling myself dry I noticed a black mark on the pink towel I was using. How did that get there I wondered and what was it.
At first glance it looked like an ink spot. But I`d not had ink or paint in the bathroom, I`d not used marker pens there for anything. What was it? Where had it come from? Looking closer, I discovered that it was a spider! It was nestling among the fluffy fibres of the towel. And I can`t bear spiders! To think that I`d had that towel wrapped all around me and been rubbing myself dry with it, with the spider that near to me...ugghhhhh.
Eeek!... still perhaps it`s dead I thought, but on a closer look from a distance I saw it`s legs move. What to do?.... I tried shaking the towel in the shower away from me to try and dislodge and get rid of it, but no it wouldn`t fall off. I couldn`t touch it.
In the end I dropped the towel into the shower tray and got the hand towel from the rail to finish drying on. The bath towel with spider will have to go in the washing machine as it is, and hopefully that will get rid of the beastie.
What a start to a Sunday morning!
At first glance it looked like an ink spot. But I`d not had ink or paint in the bathroom, I`d not used marker pens there for anything. What was it? Where had it come from? Looking closer, I discovered that it was a spider! It was nestling among the fluffy fibres of the towel. And I can`t bear spiders! To think that I`d had that towel wrapped all around me and been rubbing myself dry with it, with the spider that near to me...ugghhhhh.
Eeek!... still perhaps it`s dead I thought, but on a closer look from a distance I saw it`s legs move. What to do?.... I tried shaking the towel in the shower away from me to try and dislodge and get rid of it, but no it wouldn`t fall off. I couldn`t touch it.
In the end I dropped the towel into the shower tray and got the hand towel from the rail to finish drying on. The bath towel with spider will have to go in the washing machine as it is, and hopefully that will get rid of the beastie.
What a start to a Sunday morning!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Rock Band
Walking along the prom here in the sun this afternoon, I came across an unusual art form.
I`ve seen sand art before on the beach before,where characters and scenes are made totally of sand. But I`d not come across Stone Art, until today. (Click on the pictures to see them larger)
There, on our beach is a rock band with audience, all made of beach pebbles. They are not stuck or cemented together, but just cleverly stacked and their natural shapes, markings and colourings giving inspiration to the young man to build these works of art.
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Talking with the young man doing these, we discovered that he`s homeless, but has been walking all round the coast of the country doing these works of stone art, starting at Brighton, going up the West Coast of Englad, all round the coast of Scotland and is now coming down the East Coast. He is aiming to raise money from this and from writing a book about it, to help other homeless people. To read more about this chap, click here
It will certainly make me look more carefully at the pebbles when I walk on the beach and realise they are all individual - just like us!
I`ve seen sand art before on the beach before,where characters and scenes are made totally of sand. But I`d not come across Stone Art, until today. (Click on the pictures to see them larger)
There, on our beach is a rock band with audience, all made of beach pebbles. They are not stuck or cemented together, but just cleverly stacked and their natural shapes, markings and colourings giving inspiration to the young man to build these works of art.
The drummer....
...the pianist...
Talking with the young man doing these, we discovered that he`s homeless, but has been walking all round the coast of the country doing these works of stone art, starting at Brighton, going up the West Coast of Englad, all round the coast of Scotland and is now coming down the East Coast. He is aiming to raise money from this and from writing a book about it, to help other homeless people. To read more about this chap, click here
It will certainly make me look more carefully at the pebbles when I walk on the beach and realise they are all individual - just like us!
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The last farewell
Yes, our shop closed for good last Sunday, and the last couple of days the staff have been empyting shelves, loading goods into huge cages, which now stand in the deserted shop awaiting transport to other branches.
I`ve just come back from a little farewell do that our "boss" kindly had for the staff, including a fish & chip supper, gathered together in the middle of the stop. Memories of times and people were laughinghly shared, and then.... it was all over and we left to go our separate ways. Ok, I know that in a town like this we will still come across one another from time to time, but I`m feeling sad at the moment on having walked out of there for the last time, after over forty-one years, and more so in a sense the loss of a “family”, we`ve always been there for each other, through good times and bad.
I`ve just come back from a little farewell do that our "boss" kindly had for the staff, including a fish & chip supper, gathered together in the middle of the stop. Memories of times and people were laughinghly shared, and then.... it was all over and we left to go our separate ways. Ok, I know that in a town like this we will still come across one another from time to time, but I`m feeling sad at the moment on having walked out of there for the last time, after over forty-one years, and more so in a sense the loss of a “family”, we`ve always been there for each other, through good times and bad.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Rules for Hymn Singing
I`ve just discovered something I didn`t know.
No, I`m not saying that I know everything, far, far from it.
But, looking at details of the new hymn book to be produced for the Methodist Church later this year I was just surprised to find that John Wesley had written a set of rules for people for singing hymns.
Rules that particularly caught my eye were: -
3. Sing all. See that you join with the congregation as frequently as you can. Let not a single degree of weakness or weariness hinder you. If it is a cross to you, take it up, and you will find it a blessing.
7. Above all sing spiritually. Have an eye to God in every word you sing. Aim at pleasing him more than yourself, or any other creature. In order to do this attend strictly to the sense of what you sing, and see that your heart is not carried away with the sound, but offered to God continually; so shall your singing be such as the Lord will approve here, and reward you when he cometh in the clouds of heaven.
The full list of rules can be found and read here
I think it would be good if they printed the list in the hymn book when it`s published. Wonder if they will?
No, I`m not saying that I know everything, far, far from it.
But, looking at details of the new hymn book to be produced for the Methodist Church later this year I was just surprised to find that John Wesley had written a set of rules for people for singing hymns.
Rules that particularly caught my eye were: -
3. Sing all. See that you join with the congregation as frequently as you can. Let not a single degree of weakness or weariness hinder you. If it is a cross to you, take it up, and you will find it a blessing.
4. Sing lustily and with good courage. Beware of singing as if you were half dead, or half asleep; but lift up your voice with strength. Be no more afraid of your voice now, nor more ashamed of its being heard, then when you sung the songs of Satan.
5. Sing modestly. Do not bawl, so as to be heard above or distinct from the rest of the congregation, that you may not destroy the harmony; but strive to unite your voices together, so as to make one clear melodious sound.
The full list of rules can be found and read here
I think it would be good if they printed the list in the hymn book when it`s published. Wonder if they will?
Sunday, March 06, 2011
Mystery parcel
On entering our Church on Friday morning, I found on the table there a smallish brown parcel box, and on the top of it was written my name.
Full of curiosity I opened it, and inside was a book. I was mystified. I hadn`t ordered any books. Maybe it was meant for our church Christian Bookstall I thought. So I looked again at the top of the outer box, no, it was clearly hand written addressed to me care of the church, I could see that the original postage label had been removed and my details written, so it must be for me.
It wasn`t my birthday, nor any other occasion of link that I could think of. I continued to puzzle over it. Looking at the cover of the book I saw the words "World Book Night 2011". I pondered, who had left this for me or had it been left for me to do something with. I tried to recognise the writing on the box, but couldn`t pin point it to any for certain, and I couldn`t see anything else with it to give me a clue.
Taking the box and book "Half of a Yellow Sun" home with me, I took the book out again and opened it, and the mystery was solved! - there inside the first pages of the book was a note from the kind person who had left it for me.
I`d heard about World Book Day and World Book night, but had never imagained that living here in Norfolk I would be part of it to receive a book (big events and things seldom seem to happen outside of cities). So it really "made my day", and especially as the person who had left it for me, is my blogger friend from Finland.
Thank you Lorna.
Full of curiosity I opened it, and inside was a book. I was mystified. I hadn`t ordered any books. Maybe it was meant for our church Christian Bookstall I thought. So I looked again at the top of the outer box, no, it was clearly hand written addressed to me care of the church, I could see that the original postage label had been removed and my details written, so it must be for me.
It wasn`t my birthday, nor any other occasion of link that I could think of. I continued to puzzle over it. Looking at the cover of the book I saw the words "World Book Night 2011". I pondered, who had left this for me or had it been left for me to do something with. I tried to recognise the writing on the box, but couldn`t pin point it to any for certain, and I couldn`t see anything else with it to give me a clue.
Taking the box and book "Half of a Yellow Sun" home with me, I took the book out again and opened it, and the mystery was solved! - there inside the first pages of the book was a note from the kind person who had left it for me.
I`d heard about World Book Day and World Book night, but had never imagained that living here in Norfolk I would be part of it to receive a book (big events and things seldom seem to happen outside of cities). So it really "made my day", and especially as the person who had left it for me, is my blogger friend from Finland.
Thank you Lorna.
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
How to use bread crusts!!
I`m on holiday this week. I`ve not gone away anywhere (lots of problems if I do that), but am having a week off of work at home and having time to do what I want to do.
Finding some spare bread crusts in the bread bin - Yes, I know I sould eat the end crusts of a loaf, but I don`t very often - I decided to take them for a ride with me along the coast to where there are some wildfowl on a stretch of water.
Finding some spare bread crusts in the bread bin - Yes, I know I sould eat the end crusts of a loaf, but I don`t very often - I decided to take them for a ride with me along the coast to where there are some wildfowl on a stretch of water.
They enjoyed the crusts far more than I would have!!
Then along came these little furry creatures to eat the crumbs left......
.... I guess they are probably rats - but they had such cute sweet faces I just had to take a picture of them!
Friday, February 25, 2011
National Chip Week
This is National Chip Week.
I love chips and often cook them, so I thought I`d share some with you today.
And, here`s the piece of haddock I battered and fried with them .......
I love chips and often cook them, so I thought I`d share some with you today.
And, here`s the piece of haddock I battered and fried with them .......
Delicious!!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Single Difficulties
At times it`s difficult being single.
For instance, the other evening on hearing that a colleague was going to be on his own at the weekend, I said to him, "would you like to have Sunday dinner with me as you`re on your own that day".
He declined.
Thinking about it afterwards, I realised how it could have seemed - a single woman asking a married man to lunch when his wife was away!
In no way was it meant like that, it was just an automatic friendly gesture, to help. And, although throroughly enjoying living on my own, it is nice sometimes to share a meal with someone and have someone to cook for.
It made me realise as I thought about things, just how much everything seems to be geared up for couples or families, and how difficult it is for a single person to make friends or socialise.
For instance, the other evening on hearing that a colleague was going to be on his own at the weekend, I said to him, "would you like to have Sunday dinner with me as you`re on your own that day".
He declined.
Thinking about it afterwards, I realised how it could have seemed - a single woman asking a married man to lunch when his wife was away!
In no way was it meant like that, it was just an automatic friendly gesture, to help. And, although throroughly enjoying living on my own, it is nice sometimes to share a meal with someone and have someone to cook for.
It made me realise as I thought about things, just how much everything seems to be geared up for couples or families, and how difficult it is for a single person to make friends or socialise.
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Closing Down
No, although I`ve got out of the habit of writing posts as regularly as I used to, it`s not the Blog which is closing down, its sadder than that.
I`ve got some sad news here, it`s something I`ve know about since before Christmas but had to keep it to myself, but now it`s come out in a way that we didn`t want.
Because of the way things have been going for the store where I`ve worked and we`ve been losing money for a long, long time, J (the owner,) reluctantly decided that he`d have to sell the store here. He intended telling the staff once things were finalised and he could tell them definitely what was happening, as he was trying to find jobs for some of them in another store. He`d got a buyer in the process of buying it (a totally different multiple store, not grocery), so all was going ok. Then one day this week the staff found out through someone, we don`t know who, leaving purposely for the staff to find, one of the Estate agents business for sale leaflets on the premises early one morning. It was the worst way for the news to have got out.
I`m lucky in that it doesn`t affect my job, as I now do the office work for all his stores, but I feel so sorry for the girls as the shop, especially those who have been there many, many years, and I also feel very sorry for J, because he is so caring for his staff and he didn`t want them to find out like this, he wanted to tell them properly once things were certain.
It`s also sad for the town, in that it`s always, as far back as I can remember as a child, been a grocery store in the middle of the town, and having worked for them 41 years it will be sad to see it no longer exist.
So its sadness here today.
I`ve got some sad news here, it`s something I`ve know about since before Christmas but had to keep it to myself, but now it`s come out in a way that we didn`t want.
Because of the way things have been going for the store where I`ve worked and we`ve been losing money for a long, long time, J (the owner,) reluctantly decided that he`d have to sell the store here. He intended telling the staff once things were finalised and he could tell them definitely what was happening, as he was trying to find jobs for some of them in another store. He`d got a buyer in the process of buying it (a totally different multiple store, not grocery), so all was going ok. Then one day this week the staff found out through someone, we don`t know who, leaving purposely for the staff to find, one of the Estate agents business for sale leaflets on the premises early one morning. It was the worst way for the news to have got out.
I`m lucky in that it doesn`t affect my job, as I now do the office work for all his stores, but I feel so sorry for the girls as the shop, especially those who have been there many, many years, and I also feel very sorry for J, because he is so caring for his staff and he didn`t want them to find out like this, he wanted to tell them properly once things were certain.
It`s also sad for the town, in that it`s always, as far back as I can remember as a child, been a grocery store in the middle of the town, and having worked for them 41 years it will be sad to see it no longer exist.
So its sadness here today.
Monday, February 07, 2011
Waiting for chips?
The sun shone the other afternoon, so, a ride along the coast brought me to this spot. Normally there is a whole row of cars parked and lots of people walking about, but at this time of year, despite it being a nice day, we were the only ones there. I think these seagulls were all sitting wondering where the people were as they areno doubt used to being fed with chips as people stand by the sea wall eating them.
It was just us and the birds, the sea was a beautiful shade of blue, it was quiet and calm and perfect.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Discover Norfolk
Well, I think it`s about time I started writing posts for this year!
Firstly, a belated Happy New Year to all.
Do you know Norfolk (UK)? -
I`ve just come across this interesting site, so click here to see it and take a tour round the museum.
Firstly, a belated Happy New Year to all.
Do you know Norfolk (UK)? -
I`ve just come across this interesting site, so click here to see it and take a tour round the museum.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Christmas Trees
To me, Christmas wouldn`t be Christmas without putting up a Christmas Tree. Although I`ve not yet put mine up at home, I`ve been surrounded by trees since Wednesday!
And the view when it gets dark is so beautiful.....
It`s very moving too, as each of these 42 trees are all in aid of a different charity, and it makes me so aware of how much need there is for aid, not just internationally or even nationally, but right here in our own community.
Friday, December 03, 2010
Snow
We`ve got snow!
Ok, I know that most of the country has had it all week. Even just a mile away there was snow, but our town by the sea had none.
Last night it fell, and I awoke to a pretty white world this morning. I quite enjoy truding through the snow when its first on the ground, all soft and white, so as I needed so milk off I went to the town, a short walk away. The side streets were fine, it was when I got into the main street where people had been walking more that it became all slushy and slippery on both the pavements and the road.
I safely negotiated crossing the road to get to the supermarket, got my milk, bread, some meat and some skate to cook for my dinner, turned to recross the road...... and......down I went on the slippery slush. Fortunately I didn`t do any harm to myself other than some bruises.
I still like the look of the snow, but won`t be in a rush to go out again!!
Ok, I know that most of the country has had it all week. Even just a mile away there was snow, but our town by the sea had none.
Last night it fell, and I awoke to a pretty white world this morning. I quite enjoy truding through the snow when its first on the ground, all soft and white, so as I needed so milk off I went to the town, a short walk away. The side streets were fine, it was when I got into the main street where people had been walking more that it became all slushy and slippery on both the pavements and the road.
I safely negotiated crossing the road to get to the supermarket, got my milk, bread, some meat and some skate to cook for my dinner, turned to recross the road...... and......down I went on the slippery slush. Fortunately I didn`t do any harm to myself other than some bruises.
I still like the look of the snow, but won`t be in a rush to go out again!!
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Time passes
I see its over a fourteen days since I wrote a post. I suppose that just goes to show how mundane and uneventful my life is.
My birthday came and went last Wednesday, didn`t do anything special to celebrate it. Worked in the morning, went to see my mother in the afternoon. I was going to have tea with her, but it snowed so hard there and covered the roads in about and inch in a short time, so I came back home. And sat by the fire and watched tv in the evening. No birthday cake. Infact still no present from mother, as I`ve to take her out shopping to get it and until this weather clears that won`t happen! I did though have 19 nice birthday cards from different friends, so they`re standing on the mantlepiece and cabinets in the room making the place look nice and bright. (the cards are standing, not the friends!!)
Other than that, nothing different has occured. Which, I guess in a way is something to be thankful for.
My birthday came and went last Wednesday, didn`t do anything special to celebrate it. Worked in the morning, went to see my mother in the afternoon. I was going to have tea with her, but it snowed so hard there and covered the roads in about and inch in a short time, so I came back home. And sat by the fire and watched tv in the evening. No birthday cake. Infact still no present from mother, as I`ve to take her out shopping to get it and until this weather clears that won`t happen! I did though have 19 nice birthday cards from different friends, so they`re standing on the mantlepiece and cabinets in the room making the place look nice and bright. (the cards are standing, not the friends!!)
Other than that, nothing different has occured. Which, I guess in a way is something to be thankful for.
Monday, November 15, 2010
Feeling sorry for myself
On top of everything else, I`ve now gone down with a cold or virus of some sort, and feel like curling up in a corner and being left alone.
I should have been going to Norwich today to learn something else to do with my work - I`m now going to have to contact them and say I can`t go. No way can I drive there sneezing away all the way. My head is fuzzy and my mind won`t concentrate on anything, so to try and learn something connected with accounts would be absolutely useless.
Why did I have to get this, this week?
I should have been going to Norwich today to learn something else to do with my work - I`m now going to have to contact them and say I can`t go. No way can I drive there sneezing away all the way. My head is fuzzy and my mind won`t concentrate on anything, so to try and learn something connected with accounts would be absolutely useless.
Why did I have to get this, this week?
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