Mother and Child

Finally got around to doing some real work.


These two have been hanging around for a while, I saw the piece(s) almost immediately but needed to step back and make sure that my judgement was correct. In fact it probably only took about 1.5 hrs to get the Mother right, the Child had been created last year.



I'm really happy with the end result, as you can see from the gloss.....they are both highly polished and dare I say it....compliment each other.




Just need to find a Customer now........I suppose I could always buy them myself, yeah thats a good idea. Maybe not..........


I really love the way the Mother looks almost duck like....leaning forward. Can you hear her quacking??

Minister Of Police

This is great....We now have another Minister of Police.....The last one was a woman, now we have an Ex-Postman.....

Hmmmmmm I'm in a real dilemma now because I have a very good friend over the pond in Texas who used to be a Postman.........

Ok lets put this to good use.

I reckon that everyone should be a Postman/Woman for at least one day. What do you reckon Mark?

I've done it and I lasted three days, I take my hat off to all Postmen/Women, it is the most under-rated job in the World. You get abuse from everyone, nothing is ever right.

Ok they get paid to do the job, but hey when you approach a house, what do you expect?....Is the front door going to burst open and a mad axeman lurch towards you intent on chopping you into little bits?

Possibly not, highly probably not.....but you really dont know. One of my main fears when I used to drop (we called but you were out) was "THE DOG "....You would knock on the door/ring the bell and then wait, no sounds came from the house. Ok thats cool no ones home, write "We called and you were out note" and then put it through the letter box....

As your fingers enter the letter box with the note attached.....GGGRGRGRGRRGGR a mad dog leaps from no where and tries to chomp off your fingers....

Only Postmen/Women, Service People have experienced this phenomenon.....

Also it is the lack of consideration of the size of the letter box......."How the hell am I supposed to get this letter through such a small opening....?"..........

Very well Mr Johnstone....You have my respect (your Desert Island disc choices were a delight) but can you restore the peoples faith in "The Long Arm of The Law"?.......Cos right now I reckon it's just about as low as it can get........

Johns

I woke up this morning and really didn't want to get out of bed. Not sure why.

Perhaps I'm doing too much. Being self employed........ if I don't get out of bed thats ok...I just dont earn any money.

I truly believe that the secret to a long life (ha! I will drop dead tomorrow now) is lack of stress. Sure I have stress with my Croft and animals...but its not that toe curling perpetual crawl around the M25 everyday.....


Anyway I got around to getting out of bed, well bits of me did..... and I suddenly had a fleeting glimpse of a previous life. Here it is....in all its glory. Two very good friends. The two Johns.

Johnny Bowen & Johnny Sheen for ever mates.

Star and Garter Hotel Kew Bridge

Currently on ebay at £0.99 what a bargain...how many of us have been in this hotel?

I was just thinking how weird it would be to go back in time and walk into the pub and order a beer. What do you think the locals would make of you?....Bearing in mind this was taken around 1905.

I'm not convinced the atmosphere in the pub would be much different than today. The pub is close to the river, which always makes things interesting. The "Outrigger" in Kingston was a river pub....

I've always been drawn to river pubs, perhaps its the sound of water or maybe its that they attract scoundrels, vagabonds and thieves..........

Its no longer an hotel....it looks as though its been converted to flats....amazingly the building has survived, two world wars, England winning the World Cup, The Miners strike, 3 day working week, Maggie, Blair, and SO FAR another coalition Government ..............check it out.

Suffragette

"Suffragette" Tucks Postcard currently on sale on ebay....(Look for me at Taxcredit1)
Votes for Women?.........Hmmmmm I'm still thinking about that one. Should it be allowed? Whatever next give them the vote and before you can count to 64 there will be a female Prime Minister...This obviously was a tough time for many women, interestingly the lady? holding the banner is characterised as very manly.....is that a moustache I can see?....The smug look of the rozzer to the left....Very provocative. Have we really progressed? I saw some horrendous footage recently of a Policeman whacking a young girl on the leg with his baton..(G20) ..I'm sure he was being provoked.....but hey minimum force.
There again the current Minister for Police...(it makes it/her sound more sinister) is up to her neck in scandal.....Where will it all end?.........................The bidding for this card is now up to £14.65 is that the same amount that was paid for a smutty video? Or a bath plug?. Why are we being misled?...It is usually to distract us from the real issues. Which gets me to the point that I was trying to mae.west......Its a really great bit of social history and that people were prepared to die for their beliefs should not be forgotten. Has the vote for women changed our society? Do we really live in a world that is a better place?......I keep thinking about the smug expression on the rozzers face. In our time frame his boss is a woman..................Now does that make things clearer?

West Langwell Spring Lambs 2009

West Langwell new arrivals Spring 2009, my Suffolk Cross came up trumps with twins. Each year she has been no bother at all. She was a gift to me when I started Crofting from my good friend Sandy Gordon.....Cheers Sandy!!












Not sure about this one......her lambs are just so small..........and vulnerable

The Three Musketeers

An afternoon at Paulos. We talked and drank and talked and drank. Not sure what we talked about .......I think we drank vin rouge.

From the left......Paulo, Smithy and yours truly.

Happy days, the sun was shining, the children and women were somewhere else. Just us three.