Ambridge, America and Art

This is ridiculously exciting! I am sitting in the lounge at Cornerstones, laptop on my lap, actually blogging!  This morning, while I cut the grass, Bob crawled around in the loft, sorting out cables, and now we have broadband here in Broadland.

Yesterday afternoon in Leicestershire, I caught up with a whole week’s worth of the Archers. I was reassured to hear Phil speaking again [although he didn’t say much] Quite concerned about Usha the Vicar’s Wife though – her husband wants to take her on a camping holiday. They haven’t specified how they are travelling [he has a motorbike] It will undoubtedly rain buckets – somebody tell her not to do it!! You have no idea how much the prospect of a summer holiday under a real roof, sleeping in a decent bed, this year, cheers my soul!

We missed all sorts of exciting village events last week – it was Carnival week here. The procession of floats started from the end of our road on Saturday 4th. All week there were different things going on – culminating in “The Sponsored Body-Waxing of the Village Postman”

Abraham Lincoln’s family originally came from this village,and as this is the 200th anniversary of his birth, the carnival had a USA theme. Lots of photos have been posted on the net.

Here’s the Chair of the  Parish Council, who led the carnival procession.

Looks like the Parade was really good fun – but I’m not altogether sure where the Postman fits in!

Also today Bob has been putting up pictures. This one is a print which Liz gave us a few years ago when she was working at the Tate Gallery. It’s been rolled up in a poster tube at home for ages It is called Mariana [the character in Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure] and was painted by the pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais.

The textures and colours are amazing and I shall get a lot of pleasure looking at it [we have hung it in the bedroom]

Bob calls it “That Woman With Backache”!