I am a little late again tonight OK very
late again but with good reason, as tonight is the great Olympic Ceremony which
as been under wraps for ages. As it happens we got to watch most of it on the
television set. However the chicken made
it in as he said he would, and got right up close to the five gold rings. He
sneaked in by using a bit of barter; it worked because the chicken made it in
under cover of the pre industrial revolution part of the Olympic opening ceremony.
Anyway after all the slightly weird Danny Boyle
history lessons we watched a bit of the athletes parade around the Olympic
stadium but it was getting a bit, well……. uninteresting, after all there are
only so many flags and so many athletes a young slightly eccentric chap can
deal with in one go.
As it happens there were
other delays to my diary and interesting things going on, the first of which
was the sky tonight it was WELL COOL, the Olympic Ceremony may have loads of
high tech stuff, but the sky here at times was rather amazing too. I tried to
get a few pics but it was getting a bit too dark to get really good photos of
the best stuff.
We also had our good friend Miss Frieda
turn up on her motorbike to say hello as she was out on the road for a cruise
round the countryside. Miss Frieda is a very good artist and writer; the
daughter of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, but also a motorbike fanatic although she said
she was too busy painting at present to go off doing track days…
I
have also been out with the telescope and the camera and finally got my first
decent picture of the moon so I feel it has been a good night.
Only the Ghost Writer
complained and said he spent the day in a office that was 34c at one point
which is rather hot to do stuff in, and the sever was grumbling a bit too, computers
do not like heat.
Finally I think I should say if that Mr Danny Boyle fancies making a weird film about the slightly eccentric life of a certain person now he has finally finished his bit with the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games, I have just the manuscript for him
.
I'm not one for the Olympics, one reason being that it is being staged in one of the poorest boroughs in England and the money could have been better spent on other things. But I must admit to being a bit excited at being able to hear what was going on, just by stepping outside my front door and on seeing the fireworks from the Lil man's bedroom window.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't stick through the 100,000 countries walking the parade though and went off to have a cup of tea and a slice of Victoria sponge cake.
Love the pictures, especially the moon shot.
Yesterday was the first day/night that I have seen the moon since I got my little telescope back, so it was good to have a go at taking a picture of it. And it was not a bad effort for my first go.
DeleteThere were rather a lot of counties in that parade I think they should have brought them all in on open topped double decker buses and then filled the buses with zombies and monsters too. It would have been a lot more interesting and slightly quicker.
Your moon picture is fantastic. And Olympics for chicken...grand.
ReplyDeleteYes the chick said it was easy to get past security and the fireworks were eggstraordinary.
DeleteThat's a picture of the moon? I thought it might be Ethiopian bread. They did have an interesting feeling pita bread that I almost bought at the groc store earlier today, but I think I wiLL save it for a particular sandwich recipe. I am just not sure which meat to try. Any suggestion? (Don't say wooly mammoth)
ReplyDeleteI asked my wife what kind f meat to try, and she said chicken, and I responded, "NO! Not ChIcKeN!!!"
DeleteWell meat choice I think it it was me I would try bacon and maple syrup or some spicy pork or both together or if all else fails maybe chicken....
DeleteI Googled Ethiopian Bread, it is not something we get in the rural hills of the borders between England and Wales.... It looks YUM to me
I discovered the Ethiopean section of Denver Colorado one week a few years ago. But aLL the restaurants eXcept one were closed on Monday. They serve their food typicaLLy without utensils.
DeleteI have never heard of an Ethiopian section of anywhere before..... So all I can say is WOW even if it is closed on Mondays
DeleteI took some pictures of that very same cloud formation last night as well. In fact I was stood right underneath the bit where the cloud stops. It really was quite a sight. In doing I missed the Sports day parade. Im not against the Olympics but Mrs H wanted to watch Storage wars and its one of the few shows we both like.
ReplyDeleteLove that moon picture.
It was quite low in the sky last night and i thought it looked a bit dirty to me... I think NASA should send someone up to give it a quick wipe down.
I am glad you saw these same clouds Mr H, I worry that people think I make things up so it is good that the strange sky was seen by others.
DeleteThe Olympic ceremony was better that I thought it might be, the quirky part of it, a run through the history of Britain was rather fun if strange. Sadly however they did not try something different with the athletes parade so it got rather dull and monotonous,250 plus counties going in a circle needs to more thought.
Yes the moon was rather low last night and a quick wipe down would do it wonders
By the way Mr H as a RAT there is a Diploma of blogging waiting for you should you wish to have one. Do feel free to copy and do with as you please...
Amaze-balls! (i heard one of the children on site use this expletive as an expression of joy, and now so will I)
DeleteI will gladly copy and paste onto my blog and hold aloft with honour.
Awesome photo of the moon. Has anyone ever taken a convincing photo of the dark side of the moon? I don't believe it actually existed.
ReplyDeleteAs for the opening ceremony, I rather enjoyed it. Didn't spot the chicken, but I'm sure his performance was outstanding.