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Tuesday, 22 April 2025

11th Armada Ghost Book

The 11th Armada Ghost Book comes in x2 different cover edition. Both are great, but I think the style of the earlier edition (shown on your left in the pic below) is my favourite version:



Peter Archer produces his usual accomplished story illustrations, with a couple of real standouts amongst them (see below):



All in all another great addition to the series.

Monday, 21 April 2025

Lego W.i.Ps

X2 Lego horror builds I am working on: Guy N Smith's Hangman and Hammer's best movie - Vampire Circus:



The Lego Skull I have working on over the Easter weekend slipped and shattered across the living room in an explosion of tiny white bricks, just as I was setting down the completed model! I haven't got the heart to go through the instructions again so I am gonna rebuild from memory. I do not need the top of the head nor the back, so I can use those to elongate the skull's face and do some other detailing needed. Frustrating but, all well.

Sunday, 20 April 2025

Tony

 Another of our neighbour's cats. This is Tony, and our fudjcat fights him everyday through the glass of our patio door.

Tulitopia


Well, with the garden looking as inviting as this ⬆️, I would be a sin for me not to catch some rays!

Need I Say it? These brightly coloured tulips are now my favourite plants in our garden:




Our Spanish Moss is back out in the garden to enjoy the sunshine too:


The peris has come into its own too 😎


Our Euphorbia Black Pearl is looking distinguished too:


And, finally, our Glass House is complete!



Saturday, 19 April 2025

Lego Skull

 I spent the whole of Good Friday making this:




This is the 1st stage of the construction completed. There is still a lot of work to do on it, but this is what I am trying to create in a Lego:


Friday, 18 April 2025

War of the Worlds

Took my father to see Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds in Cardiff this evening 🙂🙂

I've been wanting to take him to see the show for years, as we both shared a love for the album.

My parents were away in Blackpool and bought me the L.P. that I'd been wanting since accidently coming across it being broadcast in it's entirety on my first ever radio as I kid!

We both thoroughly enjoyed it too 🙂🙂

Here is a quick snippet of the show, filmed by my Dad:

Tuesday, 15 April 2025

A Good 'ole Writing Day

I took a day off today to do a bit of writing. It turned out to be a great decision as the heavy rain outside provided my favourite mood for writing. With background music provided by David Sylvian and his old group Japan, it was a really succesful creative day.

Sunday, 13 April 2025

Green House Progress

Our Glass House is now in situ in the spot once occupied by the chickens. All it is short of now is the actual glass. Unfortunately rain stopped play before we could add that final touch...

Work in Progress

Looking up through the unglazed Glass House roof

View from the Glass House Door

Saturday, 12 April 2025

Caturday Smiler

One of the many cats who visit our garden. I call him Smiler.


An American Werewolf in London

I had to snap this up. Just hope Funk decide to release for figures from the classic An American Werewolf in London movie.
 

Addendum 

Well, I did a bit of research and, aye, look what the next AAWIL Pop Funko figure in the series will look like:

Glastonbury Crassula Ovata

I have been meaning to decorate the branches of this money  tree for a while now.
I grew this from a single leaf from the great specimen tree found upstairs in The Speaking Tree bookshop in Glastonbuty.




 

Gardening

 Spent a rewarding day in the garden today.






And finally, these have to be the prettiest flowers in the garden right now:

Friday, 11 April 2025

Cat TV

 
Fudgiecat watched Cat TV on my phone for a good hour last night before falling to sleep.

Office Sunrise Views