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This morning I made a large print for Pauline. I wasn’t entirely happy with it, and that was my last sheet of the particular paper, so I have ordered some more.
As Becky was on her way to use my equipment to make a print it seemed opportune to scan the last few colour negatives from the North Wales holiday of 1983. These feature:
Matthew by the farmhouse
and in the disused slate mine;
Becky, Matthew and Louisa by the farmhouse;
and Becky and Sam in the mine.
Our daughter needed my printer to produce a picture of a certain size and quality. We did this together, and I learned a few things along the way.
Later, the three of us enjoyed company, chat, and drinks in the Rose Garden where,
among other flourishing blooms, Magic Carpet is spreading out;
the urn framed by the entrance arch has been planted up;
and honeysuckle begins to frame the arch itself.
During the day, clematis Rouge Cardinal, has opened out on the Brick Path Gothic arch.
Jackie added some paneer to the delicious chicken jalfrezi that she fed us on this evening. This was served with superb egg fried rice, onion bhajis, and vegetable samosas. My choice of dessert was honeycomb ice-cream. Jackie and I drank Hoegaarden, and Becky drank some of the madiran.
Before returning home to Emsworth, our daughter showed us how to access the internet on our smart TV which is cleverer than we are. This is so we can watch a particular film that I will feature when we have seen it.
Honeycomb ice cream! Wow! One of the best of those new flavours.
Thanks, John
Mackie’s, a Sottish make, do an excellent one.
At first I thought “Magic Carpet” said Magic Garden–which you have–and which you photograph so well. Great family photos, too.
I hope you enjoyed the movie. We don’t have a smart TV, but we have a Chromecast device, so we can cast movies and shows to the TV. I love it. I’m the tech expert here, so you know it has to be easy. 🙂
Many thanks, Merril
What a lovely visit all around. The menu sounds enticing.
The chosen icecream flavour also captured my attention – I have not come across that as yet……….. I duly noted your opening sentence – and the final one made me laugh out loud 🙂
Thank you, Pauline
Many thanks, Pauline. Paper takes about 3 days to arrive 🙂
Our trip to Scotland was slowed by 10 miles of roadworks being “up”graded to “smart” motorway status. The smartest (in Derrick vs. his TV terms) thing to have done would be to not have 10 miles of roadworks for the next 18 months, causing hold-ups and the consequent excess fuel-use. The smartest (in appearance terms) bit of road was just beyond the delay, where the white lines looked freshly done, and it didn’t have any bumps and holes in it. Somehow I doubt that’s what “Smart motorway” means to the Highways Agency.
Another similarity to Hampshire, Paul. Thanks
Matthew looks quite mischievous in the third photograph. 🙂 I love all of the photos, but there’s something about that last one…wow!
Thank you very much, Jill. Mat thought I was being mischievous to photograph him when he was up there. Well spotted. I had three goes at the last picture until I got the composition right
Lovely photos of kids and flowers.
Thank you, Miriam
Lovely as always; the children look congenial and robust, two good things to instill in kids–nicely done!
Thank you, Cynthia
Magic pictures!
Thank you.Lisa
Magic Carpet – Lovely garden.
Many thanks, Vikey
Thank you for the tour of your beautiful garden! 🙂
Thank you, Amy
So, not only parents teach their kids, Derrick. The inverse process is available, too. 😀
When it comes to computers, grandkids are tops 🙂 Thanks, Monica
I know. My dad tells me the same. He said that we were born with these devices in our hands :))
The photographs of the children at the mine reminded me of a steak I once had in France; it was served on a piece of slate. The beauty of your garden appeared unbearably beautiful to me today, perhaps it is because here, it is finally turning cold. It’s 8am and 9ºC; we call that ‘freezing’ 🙂
Thank you, Mary. That is a strange thing about living on opposite sides of the world and yet being able to communicate as if we were next door. Actually, that temperature is about the same here at that time, although it warms up later
I must say I have considered giving up blogging except it’s hard to move away from neighbours like you 🙂
🙂
The last photograph is entrancing, well demonstrating your skill at layers of color, Derrick. I like the different way it came out, like a beautiful painting. The photos of the children are very nice and I do see some characteristics in common. 🙂 The honeysuckle is charming and the ice cream sounds heavenly!
Many thanks for such a full response, Robin