Hi friends, apologies for the total lack of content for the blog yesterday, been up to my ankles in organizing the Charity Fire-walking event ( and if you think that's shallow? I went in head first! :)) So we are nearly ready for the biggest event Claydon has seen ooooh in 6 months! No I'm kidding , we are breaking new ground as there has never been a FIRE-WALK here at Claydon, but this is just the beginning!
Of course, yours truly is going to do this, so next week there will be an image of me toasting my pinkies for a great cause ( TPRF) Maybe even a video ! The craft fair is almost booked up and the decorating has begun, halted only slightly by my being unfit for duty for the last few days, could nothing more than lay on the sofa nursing my head! Anyway, thankfully I'm on the mend and will be out there looking after everyone on the day. You DO know it's this Sunday? My lovely Sunday girl Ella, who has kept this afloat for me while I have been otherwise engaged, was at an all day rehearsal for her play yesterday so I told her everything was taken care of ( okay I lied a little) But she could relax and will be somewhat compensated when she sees this. :) The gallery has also had a complete face lift and I am in preparation for the many people who asked me about classes. I have a list ( you know who you are) and will be in touch shortly with dates and times , etc. Okay so this was just to touch base and keep you all posted, there will be H=U=G=E content next week, promise!
This weeks humor. Remember you don't need a parachute to skydive, you only need a parachute to skydive twice!
Greek Tomato Garden:
An old Greek lived alone in Melbourne.
He wanted to plant his annual tomato garden, but it was very
difficult work, as the ground was hard.
His only son, Jimmy, who used to help him, was in prison.
The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament: Dear Dimitry,
I am feeling pretty sad, because it looks like I won't be
able to plant my tomato garden this year.
I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot.
I know if you were here my troubles would be over..
I know you would be happy to dig the plot for me, like in the old days.
Love, Baba
A few days later he received a letter from his son.
Dear Baba,
Don't dig up that garden.
That's where the bodies are buried.
Love,
Jimmy
At 4 a.m. the next morning, the local police arrived and
dug up the entire area without finding any bodies.
They apologized to the old man and left.
That same day the old man received another letter from his son.
Dear Baba,
Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now.
That's the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love you,
Jimmy
have a great rest of the week! big hugs Lucinda
Sunday, 20 November 2011
HI Everyone, me as me today, adding a little news to the mix. I have confirmed some lovely crafts people for the event, including; Abu Jafar and Ewa Wawrzyniak with their beautiful glass creations, Richard Ballantyne with his Raku pots and animals with attitude, The Little Christmas Company with their stunning seasonal handmade decorations.Sally Pillar is bring her fascinating fascinators and textile brooches , Sara Whitaker with gorgeous beaded jewellry, Jane Beavan with unique glass creations and jewellry,Janis Lees with healthy Forever Living products, and Fay Somerset with amazing clocks. More that are not named here for lack of time just now, but I will keep you all posted. This morning we have been decorating the courtyard to make it look festive and preparations are coming along nicely. Ella's last post follows! bye for now LB.xxx
Evening all, sorry this blog post has been quite late today, both Lucinda and I have had very busy days today. Lucinda has had some family over this week to help her decorate the gallery. Hopefully we will have some pictures to follow. She was out today at the Winslow vintage and Handmade fair trying to rally some troops for the Fire Walk craft fair. Only two weeks away!
Through these blogs, you have gotten to know Lucinda's sense of humour, so one of the things you'll have hopefully realized is that she loves animals doing really cute things. So she thought she couldn't enlighten you with these really good videos of animals doing funny things!
This was my personal choice for the blog, Lucinda didn't find it half as hilarious as I did, but regardless she still found it funny:
A man is waiting for wife to give birth. The doctor comes in and informs the dad that his son was born without torso, arms or legs. The son is just a head! But the dad loves his son and raises him as well as he can, with love and compassion. And on his 18th birthday, the son is old enough for his first drink so his dad takes him to the bar for his first pint.
So his dad orders a pint from him and with all the bar patrons looking on curiously and the bartender shaking his head in disbelief, the boy takes his first sip of alcohol. Swoooop! A torso pops out!
The bar is dead silent; then bursts into a whoop of joy. The father, shocked, begs his son to drink again. The patrons chant "Take another drink"!
Swoooop! Two arms pops out. The bar goes wild. The patrons chant, "Take another drink"! By now the boy is getting tipsy, and with his new hands he reaches down, grabs his drink and guzzles the last of it. Swoooop! Two legs pop out.
The bar is in chaos. The boy stands up on his new legs and stumbles out of the bar, into the road, where a truck runs over him and kills him instantly.
The bar falls silent. The bartender sighs and says, "That boy should have quit while he was a head."
Have a good week!
Sunday, 13 November 2011
Hello everyone it's Sunday which means time for the blog!
This week Lucinda has been a busy bee making pieces and organizing the Fire Walk event. She has been visiting family today so she hasn't been able to put as much input as usual.
So this week, we thought we would give you an insight to the gallery, where all the magic happens!
This is the first thing customers see when they walk through the door to the gallery. You can see Naomi's cast, Lucinda made and just to the right of this photo is where her Chi face rests.
This is Lucinda's wall of fame! She keeps the majority of her fragment, tile and serenity pieces on this wall. She has also put a newspaper article about the gallery, her biography and her list of sellers there for customers see.
And here is the lady herself hard at work in her workshop, creating a one of her smaller seaweed vessel.
And finally the desk, where I wrote the majority of these blogs. This is the counter and the face of the gallery.
And now for the joke:
A big-city lawyer was representing the railroad in a lawsuit filed by an old rancher. The rancher's prize bull was missing from the section through which the railroad passed. The rancher only wanted to be paid the fair value of the bull.
The case was scheduled to be tried before the justice of the peace in the back room of the general store.
The attorney for the railroad immediately cornered the rancher and tried to get him to settle out of court. The lawyer did his best selling job, and finally the rancher agreed to take half of what he was asking.
After the rancher had signed the release and took the check, the young lawyer couldn't resist gloating a little over his success, telling the rancher, "You know, I hate to tell you this, old man, but I put one over on you in there. I couldn't have won the case. The engineer was asleep and the fireman was in the caboose when the train went through your ranch that morning. I didn't have one witness to put on the stand. I bluffed you!"
The old rancher replied, "Well, I'll tell you, young feller, I was a little worried about winning that case myself, because that darned bull came home this morning."
It Sunday everyone so it’s time for this week’s blog.
Sorry its been posted late everyone, I’ve been quite busy today, as has Lucinda. She’s been up to Milton Keynes today scouting craft makers for the Fire Walk event on 4th December. Lucinda found loads of handmade and vintage craft makers in front of John Lewis, and some of them have shown some interest in helping her out. I will post a list of confirmed crafts later this month.
The gallery garden has become a hot spot for birds this weekend. Yesterday there were loads of blackbirds wandering about. Lucinda says “Must have been four and twenty at a guess.” In the summer, a partridge laid her eggs in the garden were she raised her young for a bit (enough time for us to coo over them) and then set off on her travels. ( LB) Ahh, I know I have it somewhere but cannot find the little video I made! sigh..... But to compensate here are some images I took in the garden quite recently. I call number two 'master of disguise!'
Now, to many of you who do not know Lucinda, you will not know how much of a soup monkey she is. I swear she can make soup out of anything! So she would like to share with you a really nice recipe: Butterbean and butternut squash soup,
About a half of a butternut squash should do it, chopped up into cubes, leave skin on, it cooks down.
One large red onion chopped 3 large cloves garlic chopped finely ( if you have a problem with garlic breath? and who doesn't ?) :) cut the cloves in half and score out the stem which is slightly greener and fairly obvious depending on the age of the garlic. This takes out the odor but keeps the flavor.
A cup of cooked butterbeans, the fresher the better , the older the bean the longer it takes to cook.( Believe it they do have a shelf life!)
One potato chopped/ or carrot/parsnip will make a different flavor, optional.
three to four cups of water
salt and pepper to taste
2 teaspoons of vegetable boullion
A tablespoon of balsamic vinegar
same of soy sauce
splash of Worcestershire sauce
okay stir fry the vegetables in a little olive oil until browned, with the exception of the potato, this will stick and burn.Leave the seasonings til later as well.
when all is browned put this and all other ingredients in a big pot and simmer until veg is mushy and beans are broken down. Seasonings should be added last of all. If you are cooking beans from dried, do not add salt until they have finished cooking, this makes them hard.
this soup is nicer blended and makes a lovely golden color ( unless you burnt the veg! hahaha) enjoy Lucinda B
Lucinda went to the Rex in Berkhamsted last night, she said “It was brilliant, beautifully restored art deco cinema, the original front is now a restaurant but they have kept faithfully to the style. the experience was made all the better for the personal touches , i.e the proprietor coming on stage to greet everyone and do a birthday announcement! I have been dying to go there for years! I would recommend it. They do not have popcorn! I like that, instead they have little tubs of chocolate covered raisins, nuts and olives. ( sorry the olives were NOT covered in chocolate, ewww!) Downstairs you may book a table and watch as if you were at home, but much more elegantly!” she went with two of her artists that she displays in the gallery, Abu Jafar and Ewa Wawrzyniak. Lucinda has some of their beautiful glass work in the gallery, which features plates and abstract sculptures with colourful and classic designs. Their websites are : http://www.abujafar.com/home.htm and http://ewa-wawrzyniak.com/
And now for this week’s joke(s):
Dear Noah,
We could have sworn you said the ark wasn't leaving till 5.
Sincerely, Unicorns
Dear J.K. Rowling,
Your books are entirely unrealistic. I mean, a ginger kid with two friends?
Sincerely, anonymous.
Dear icebergs,
Sorry to hear about the global warming. Enjoy the Karma...
Sincerely, the Titanic.
Dear Boyfriend,
I can make your girlfriend scream louder than you can.
