BELFAST

Just back from a short visit to Belfast to celebrate Mum's 85 th Birthday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - MUM

And a trip to see the "BELFAST EYE" at the City Hall in the center of Belfast

WINTER CELEBRATION

HOME

ALBION STREET BRIGHTON

as seen on Google Earth

NEW ART

Details : http://apsgallery.blogspot.com/

BY PUBLIC DEMAND ....

GOOD NEWS

IN RESPONSE TO YOUR PLEAS

THE INFURIATING "NAME IN LIGHTS" LOGO

AT THE END OF THIS BLOG

HAS BEEN REMOVED !

SO ....

NO MORE FIREWORK SOUND EFFECTS !!

I HAVE REPLACED IT BY THIS NICE VIEW OF BRIGHTON PAVILION

NEW ART WORK

MORE DETAILS : http://apsgallery.blogspot.com/

NEWS

I'VE GONE DOT COM!

AM PLAYING WITH A NEW SITE TO REPLACE THESE MULTIPLE BLOGS

IT'S VERY EARLY DAYS YET SO THESE BLOGS WILL CONTINUE AS USUAL UNTIL I'M READY TO TRANSFER THEM TO THE NEW DOMAIN

HAVE A LOOK AT THE FIRST ATTEMPT

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New Painting

My first portrait for some time. The subject is Mrs Sparsit - a character in Charles Dickens' Hard Times

SUMMER SUNSHINE

..... YOUR LAST CHANCE

ENJOY THE LAST BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND BEFORE CHRISTMAS !

HAVE A PICNIC!

BREAKING NEWS

IT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO THE WIND DAMAGE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD BUT IS INDICATIVE OF THE GREAT BRITISH SUMMER OF 2007

HIGH WINDS BRING A BRANCH OF TREE CRASHING INTO BUS LANE IN BRIGHTON CITY CENTRE

Photo credit : S J Adams

GOURMET DINERS

THE PEOPLE WHO DINE VISITED RIDDLE AND FINNS CHAMPAGNE AND OYSTER BAR IN BRIGHTON
FABULOUS !!!!!!!!!
VISIT THEIR WEB- SITE HERE
AND SEE OTHER SIMILAR EVENTS HERE

HELLO ....

- HELLO -
- IS ANYBODY THERE?

FAMILY MATTERS ..

MY NEPHEW , DAVID, GOT MARRIED IN YORKSHIRE LAST WEEK -
WE HAVEN'T MET FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS BUT HE SENT SOME PHOTOS TO SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE FAMILY

BRIGHTON PRIDE

THE PARADE

DOZENS OF DOROTHYS

BAD DRAG

IN THE PINK

!? NUDE ?!

THANK HEAVENS FOR THE SALVATION ARMY!

SWIMMERS

ANIMALS

A HOT DAY IN THE PARK

STRAP MARKS!

STRAPPING

ANGEL HAS HOT DOG!

OBVIOUSLY STRAIGHT

OBVIOUSLY NOT STRAIGHT

CELEBRATING ....

100 POSTS ON MY OTHER BLOG

JUST IMAGES

WITHOUT COMMENT

CLICK HERE TO VISIT

ANSWER ......

WINNIE THE POOH

ALFRED THE GREAT

WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?

THEY SHARE THE SAME MIDDLE NAME!

100th post and a TEASER!

It's my 1ooth post on this blog and I thought I'd set you with something to think about -

WHAT DO ALFRED THE GREAT AND WINNIE THE POOH HAVE IN COMMON?

ANSWER ON THURSDAY

BUT IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW

e-mail apspence@msn.com

NEW PHOTOS OF BIRDS

1 2 3 4 5 photos of 1 2 3

EXTREME WEATHER CONTINUES ....

THE VIEW FROM MY WINDOW AS YET ANOTHER MONTH'S RAIN FALLS ON YET ANOTHER WET SUMMER DAY .
THE FORECAST MAP AS THE HEAVY RAIN CLEARS THE SOUTH COAST!

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES ....

A NEW DAY AND EMPTY SPACE IS FILLED WITH NEW FURNITURE ....

JUST A THOUGHT .......

........... IS A ZEBRA A WHITE ANIMAL WITH BLACK STRIPES OR IS IT BLACK WITH WHITE STRIPES?

SORTED

A LOCAL CHARITY WILL PICK UP THE OLD FURNITURE TOMORROW - AND I'VE JUST FINISHED THE RE-ARRANGEMENT OF MY LOUNGE - GIVING ME MORE SPACE

BEFORE

AFTER

1, 2 AND 3 ARE ENJOYING THERE NEW POSITION
WITH VIEWS OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD
AND WILD BIRDS!

PADDLE AROUND THE PIER

I WAS HAVING A SUNDAY MORNING STROLL ON BRIGHTON SEAFRONT AND DISCOVERED THIS ODD COLLECTION ON HOVE LAWNS.
IT WAS A CHARITY BEACH EVENT "PADDLE AROUND THE PIER"
PEOPLE WERE MAKING RAFTS FROM ALL SORTS OF SCRAP MATERIAL AND CARRYING THEM DOWN TO THE SEA

PRESUMLY TO SEE IF THEY WOULD FLOAT!

SOME PEOPLE WERE CLIMBING MOUNTAINS!

SOME PEOPLE WERE EVEN TRYING TO MOVE ( OR BE ) MOUNTAINS

I MADE A MENTAL NOTE TO WISH THEM WELL

HAD A COFFEE

AND LEFT THEM TO IT!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

I'm a day early but I may be too busy to do this tomorrow

so

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

to my friend LANCE

HAVE A GREAT 40TH BIRTHDAY

I know you will be sensible and won't let the celebrations go to your head!

If you haven't met LANCE yet check out his very sensible blog HERE!

LONDON GALLERY VISIT

Cathy travelled from Leeds, Tom came from Southampton, Heather caught a train from Hastings, I came from Brighton to meet up with Jaemie at Victoria to spend a very wet day in London.
We went to see BLIND LIGHT an exhibition at the Hayward Gallery by Anthony Gormley.

Strange bodies were littered around the gallery and hung from ropes!
Cathy and Jaemie covered in "dew" after emerging from a "cloud"

The London skyline near and far is peppered with standing statues on the pavement and on the top of buildings .......

We all enjoyed Pie and Mash at a pub on the South Bank afterwards ....

followed by a quick trip to Borough Market and chorales at Southwick Cathederal before we dispersed back to our original destinations having defeated the weather, the bombers and the 500,000 Gay Pride visitors in London!