I was thinking about what I would write about this morning. We are in the middle of a heat wave here and London is sweltering, a land of no air conditioning and just as everyone complains about the cold, they now complain about the heat! Wimbledon has started and you can hear the roars from the tvs around us with the open windows.
My tiny garden is full of colour and my sweat peas are out, as are my new roses, I love pottering and watching it all take shape. The hydrangeas look wonderful and I am determined to continue to pick flowers to put into my flower press and on autumn days I can stick them onto card. Its such an easy hobby and doesn't cost anything.
Making flower cards
I have been busy going to a few exhibitions in London, one of which was the Cartier exhibition at the V and A - gosh such beautiful things and I had forgotten how the Duchess of Windsor had panthers on every piece of jewellery. The tiaras were so beautiful too, it was a great exhibition.
My reading list is now very long as there are some truly excellent books out there at the moment. I can't stop thinking about Flesh by David Szalay his writing had me so transfixed. It's the story of a 15 year old Hungarian man groomed by his neighbour and the life that he lives afterwards. Its very masculine and spartan conversations but it works and it's a beautiful sad novel but truly brilliant. I recommend it for those with boys which are not really able to express their feelings! as a caveat, there is a lot of sex and it reads like a thriller.
Another one is - let me go mad in my own way by Elaine Feeney - its a classic Irish misery book (why are Irish novels always so miserable?) but very well written and kept me going. It is about a woman coming to terms with her past and her violent father and supressed mother.
I am just about to finish this book - Amongst Friends Hal Ebbott - I was about to give up on it, a story of two couples who have been friends since college but then it suddenly changes and its very very good, I am looking forward to finding out what happens in the end tonight.
My television watching has failed, I can't seem to find anything to get excited about and it all seems a bit same same, same actors, same plots. I did watch Bridget Jones mad about the boy but I just kept looking at all her botox and face fillers and just felt so sad for her and watching Hugh Grant be a letch with pretty young girls just isn't funny any more I don't think. I am a bit bored of the older women/younger men thing as I really do find it all a bit unbelievable unless you are famous or rich.
Anyway, hope you have an amazing July ahead, let me know what you are up to in the comments
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