Ring of Fire

Growing up my dad loathed pop music, in fact there are few songs he likes released after the 1970s. The Johnny Cash, Ring of Fire song inspired this photo.

Eggcellent

Egg & soldiers was one of my childhood favourite breakfasts, actually it still is. I am also known for my sweet tooth, so I decided to make a sweet alternative. The 'egg' is a Cadbury's Cream Egg and the 'soldiers' are Shortbread biscuits. I love Cadbury's cream eggs but I do think they should be just for Easter to retain some of their limited availability allure.

Today's post is bought to you by the letter D

Rubber Ducks rock! I had a colleague who was was obsessed by rubber ducks and could quote the Rubber Ducky song from Sesame Street word perfect. Now, I'm not that obsessive but I do love rubber ducks, I think they bring a quirky sense of fun to our bathroom, we have a row of them on a glass shelf. I was thinking even rubber ducks deserve to go on adventures, which inspired this photo.

I'm back!

Hi lovelies,
Sorry for my long absence, I know I said at the beginning of the year I wanted to experience new things but I didn't mean a trip to hospital. Maybe I should have been more specific! Still, I am on the mend now, although I get tired very easily and have to rest lots. I had taken my D photos which will upload shortly and caught up on Photos for E & F today. February has not turned out the way I planned but I'll post a recap tomorrow.

Queen of Hearts

It is tradition that women may propose to their man during the February of a Leap Year. In actual fact, Queen Victoria propose to Prince Albert and they were married on 10 February 1840, which was a Leap Year. They had 9 children, 40 grand-children and 37 great-grandchildren. When Prince Albert died in 1861 at the young age of 42 Queen Victoria mourned his death for almost a decade and for the rest of her life she wore black. She rarely made public appearances and was consequently dubbed the "Widow of Windsor". Queen Victoria commissioned The Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens near the Royal Albert Hall, in his memory.

Off with her head!

On the 8 February 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was executed for reasons of treason. She was beheaded plotting to murder Queen Elizabeth 1. There has been much discussion of the accuracy of this claim. Mary, Queen of Scots caused further controversy by dressing in scarlett, the colour of martyrdom for her execution. It tool three strokes of the axe to behead Mary and the final shocks were when the executioner lifted up her head, he found that he had a red wig in his hand, Mary having gone grey years before, and that Mary had hid her small pet dog in her skirts.

Utopia

The film Ever After was recently on tv, its a take on the fairytale Cinderella. In it Danielle (Cinderella) is a strong willed and intelligent beauty who does not need rescuing but rather rescues the Prince from his self and has Leonardo Di Vinci in the place of a fairy godmother. In it Danielle frequently refers to Thomas Moore's Utopia, in which convey his own views of how society should be using the Island of Utopia. It got me thinking of what my Utopia would be and how it would compare to that of my family and friends. What would be your Utopia?