Good morning everyone 
It’s cloudy and dry (for now) so we’re heading out to cut the lawns and do some tidying. Send me some of your sunshine, please.
Have a good day, all.
Good morning everyone, a beautiful morning here and it looks like it's going to be a beautiful day, I hope you get some sunshine soon Yogi.
Enjoy your day everyone
Millions of heads will be cut off in this very colourful BBC clip:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/u...and-norfolk-44011996
They are of tulips 
Thanks everyone, the sun finally made an appearance late in the afternoon 
El Loro posted:Millions of heads will be cut off in this very colourful BBC clip:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/u...and-norfolk-44011996
They are of tulips
I like tulips
Moonie posted:
Well, someone had to do it
I’m off to read for a while, goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros
Night owl hug in case Summer pops in.
Yogi19 posted:I’m off to read for a while, goodnight and sweet dreams, Moonie and Ros
Night owl hug in case Summer pops in.
night yogi been gorgeous here today-night summer if you pop in
Although probably in the papers and on television, a coupld of official photos of the new royal baby:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44017046
Although Alexander Dumas, pere is best known for his Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo he wrote other novels. One of those was The Black Tulip. Starts in 1672 with the lynching of the Dutch Grand Pensionary (equivalent to the Prime Minister) and the unrest which followed. A competition to grow a perfect blavk tulip is started for the gardeners to try and bring back some sense of normality.
It's quite a good book. Although a couple of BBC mini-series were made in 1956 and 1970, and a 57 minute British film made in 1937 (which apparently bears little resemblance to the book) there have been no English adaptations since.
Good morning everyone.
Weather is dry and bright atm
Love the pictures of Prince Louis.
Have a good day, all
Good morning everyone, I have my head in the clouds today - or rather the clouds have come down to us. Just beginning to clear away now, the last cloud is towards the sea just sitting on the opposite hillside but it looks as if it's going to be a lovely day. We got the paddling pool out yesterday so much fun was had.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good afternoon all
It’s bright and sunny up here.
I’ve had visits from eldest son, DiL, and the tiddlers and middle son is here for tea.
Hope you are all enjoying the good weather.
😂😂😂
*night owls* 🦉 🌓
good evening 👋 apologies for being awol, it’s a jampacked weekend here, and absolutely scorching too ☀️ phew!
I hope you’re all having fab weather and enjoying the weekend
sweet dreams everyone🤗
That cake looks yummy, El
I’m glad you are having good weather this weekend, Summer.
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Summer, Ros and Velvet
My pick of the films on television today - The Spiral Staircase (1946) on Talking Pictures this evening at 11.15. In 1916, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced. The film was not directed by Alfred Hitchcock but it is the sort of film he would have made. It has been remade but this is the only version worth seeing.
Good morning everyone, what a gorgeous morning. I am sitting here listening to the blackbird singing with blossom from the cherry tree drifting gently down, not a cloud in the sky and the promise of a beautiful day to come. I wish you all a beautiful Bank Holiday Monday. That cake looks so delicious EL I know you will enjoy it.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
The sun is shining again.
I’ve done my housework and now I’m going to potter about in the garden.
Squiggle, you have a lovely way with words
El, thanks for the heads up, I’ll record that film.
Have a good day, everyone.
Yogi, the director of that film, Robert Siodmak, was best known for films of a noirish nature, but my favourite of his films is of a very different type. That's The Crimson Pirate (1952) which was a light-hearted film starring Burt Lancaster. It also featured Nick Cravat who had been a long time circus performer with Lancaster in the days before they went into films. Hugely enjoyable along with The Flame and the Arrow (another Lancaster/Cravat film but a different director).
Why the cost of vanilla has soared:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44006176
Per kilo, it's now more expensive than silver and is the second most expensive spice (saffron of course being the costliest).
El Loro posted:Yogi, the director of that film, Robert Siodmak, was best known for films of a noirish nature, but my favourite of his films is of a very different type. That's The Crimson Pirate (1952) which was a light-hearted film starring Burt Lancaster. It also featured Nick Cravat who had been a long time circus performer with Lancaster in the days before they went into films. Hugely enjoyable along with The Flame and the Arrow (another Lancaster/Cravat film but a different director).
I’ve seen the Crimson Pirate