Somebody obviously wasn't told as child that it's naughty to draw on the walls....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...YxIQaOetntVM0tNEFo4z

@slimfern posted:

Somebody obviously wasn't told as child that it's naughty to draw on the walls....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-...YxIQaOetntVM0tNEFo4z

Thanks Slim, fascinating

I think he could have been influenced by the likes of Roman frescos:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresco

@El Loro posted:

Thanks Slim, fascinating

I think he could have been influenced by the likes of Roman frescos:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresco

Yep I think so too El

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night EL slim moonsiee

Good morning everyone

Mild for time of year here, gusts either in the high 30s (Met Office) or low 40s (BBC) forecast. Could be a downpour this afternoon, showery evening.

I hope everyone has a good day

A BBC collection of photos of cherry trees, pear trees and azaleas in bloom:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68730809

@El Loro posted:

A BBC collection of photos of cherry trees, pear trees and azaleas in bloom:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68730809

Very colourful El

@El Loro posted:

A BBC collection of photos of cherry trees, pear trees and azaleas in bloom:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68730809

Lovely El thanks

The Azalea forest in China is amazing....stunning colours

Good afternoon Buddies

Windy but dry here. Warmer than of late with bursts of sunshine

Enjoy your day everyone

@El Loro posted:

A BBC collection of photos of cherry trees, pear trees and azaleas in bloom:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68730809

gorgeous EL thank you

night EL slim moonsiee

Good morning everyone

Forecast to be very showery here today, gusts in the 40s.

I hope everyone has a good day

Slim, a couple of lesser films on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
On Friday at 19.00 is the British film "Love from a Stranger" (1937) about a lottery winner who breaks up with her fiancé and marries a fortune hunter who turns out to be dangerous. The fortune hunter is played by Basil Rathbone. The film is based on an Agatha Christie story. On a point of trivia, the music was by Benjamin Britten, the only feature film for which he composed the score.

On Saturday at 23.50 is "Harriet Craig" (1950) o Joan Crawford drama about a domineering woman. Not a film noir,

Good morning Buddies

Some rain, some sunshine and windy

Enjoy your day everyone

In that British film "Love from a Stranger" is Binnie Hale. She didn't make many films but did mainly stage work in musicals etc. She was in a 1928 stage musical called "Mr Cinders". This Yoiutube clip is of a record made of one of her songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0dQCluK3N4
54 years later, Sting sang it.

@El Loro posted:

Slim, a couple of lesser films on the Talking Pictures tv channel during the coming week.
On Friday at 19.00 is the British film "Love from a Stranger" (1937) about a lottery winner who breaks up with her fiancé and marries a fortune hunter who turns out to be dangerous. The fortune hunter is played by Basil Rathbone. The film is based on an Agatha Christie story. On a point of trivia, the music was by Benjamin Britten, the only feature film for which he composed the score.

On Saturday at 23.50 is "Harriet Craig" (1950) o Joan Crawford drama about a domineering woman. Not a film noir,

Thank you El

The first film sounds a little more promising than the second...I'll record it

@El Loro posted:

In that British film "Love from a Stranger" is Binnie Hale. She didn't make many films but did mainly stage work in musicals etc. She was in a 1928 stage musical called "Mr Cinders". This Yoiutube clip is of a record made of one of her songs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0dQCluK3N4
54 years later, Sting sang it.

Think I prefer her rendition to Stings
She had a lovely voice El

@slimfern posted:

Thank you El
The first film sounds a little more promising than the second...I'll record it

Think I prefer her rendition to Stings
She had a lovely voice El

Thanks Slim I agree with you about the first being more promising. The second is one for fans of Joan Crawford films

A Youtube clip of another song which was written for Binny Hale for a 1937 stage revue called "Home and Beauty". It was also covered by Gracie Fields. The refrain is quite well known.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE5IfIkl_oA

@El Loro posted:

Thanks Slim I agree with you about the first being more promising. The second is one for fans of Joan Crawford films

A Youtube clip of another song which was written for Binny Hale for a 1937 stage revue called "Home and Beauty". It was also covered by Gracie Fields. The refrain is quite well known.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE5IfIkl_oA

Not being a tea drinker I can't quite appreciate the words in the song, but I have heard them before

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night EL slim moonsieee

Good morning everyone

Cloudy here, may get rain later. Not as windy as the weekend.

I hope everyone has a good day

Watched "Warlock" (1959), a psychological western starring Henry Fonda, Dorothy Malone, Anthony Quinn and Richard Widmark. DeForest Kelly (of Star Trek) and Frank Gorshin (as Widmark's brother) also featured.
The director Edward Dmytryk made "Crossfire" (1947), a film noir but about anti-Semitism and "The Caine Mutiny" (1954) the film with Humphrey Bogart (the phrase "losing your marbles" springs to mind when people watch that film but the phrase originated in the 19th century). Also "Broken Lance" (1954) another western but based on "King Lear"

Good afternoon Buddies

Dry here with a gentle breeze. No to warm though

Enjoy your day everyone

Although some in the UK may see a bit of today's eclipse. the one on 29 March next year will be more noticeable though not as noticeable as the one on 12 August 2026. That won't be total but about 96% in Cornwall and 91% in Aberdeen. The next total one in the UK won't be until 2090,

@El Loro posted:

Although some in the UK may see a bit of today's eclipse. the one on 29 March next year will be more noticeable though not as noticeable as the one on 12 August 2026. That won't be total but about 96% in Cornwall and 91% in Aberdeen. The next total one in the UK won't be until 2090,

It's so dull here today I can barely see the end of my nose ...not sure I'd notice an eclipse
Certainly won't be around to witness one in 2090

@slimfern posted:

It's so dull here today I can barely see the end of my nose ...not sure I'd notice an eclipse
Certainly won't be around to witness one in 2090

I won't be around either

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night EL slim moonsiee

Good morning everyone

More rain forecast this morning here and gusty winds.

I hope everyone has a good day

BBC collection of photos of yesterday's solar eclipse:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/res...d9-9ec9-c9144ed9c8fb

BBC clip of otters seen in Pittville lake in Cheltenham:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...cestershire-68760778
That would be the lake in the western section of Pittville Park rather than the lake in the eastern section.

@El Loro posted:

BBC clip of otters seen in Pittville lake in Cheltenham:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...cestershire-68760778
That would be the lake in the western section of Pittville Park rather than the lake in the eastern section.

They are so cute. Thanks El

Good morning Buddies

Cold, wet and windy here

Enjoy your day everyone

@El Loro posted:

BBC collection of photos of yesterday's solar eclipse:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/res...d9-9ec9-c9144ed9c8fb

Such clarity...
No such luck seeing anything here El....how about where you are?

@El Loro posted:

BBC clip of otters seen in Pittville lake in Cheltenham:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/...cestershire-68760778
That would be the lake in the western section of Pittville Park rather than the lake in the eastern section.

How lovely they look, but I wouldn't want to get too close to their gnashers
Definitely a good sign for a park's wellbeing

Cheers El

@slimfern posted:

Such clarity...
No such luck seeing anything here El....how about where you are?

No, the eclipse couldn't be seen at all in this part of the country, Slim. per the BBC's article:

@slimfern posted:

How lovely they look, but I wouldn't to get too close to their gnashers
Definitely a good sign for park's wellbeing

Cheers El

Thanks Slim

@El Loro posted:

No, the eclipse couldn't be seen at all in this part of the country, Slim. per the BBC's article:

Maybe next time El

@slimfern posted:

Maybe next time El

The one to look out for, Slim, is on 12 August 2026. Here's a link to a webpage on this which has an interactive map of the UK. So you can see what the proportion of the Sun is covered at the eclipse's peak and the time.
https://theskylive.com/solar-e...2026-08-12&cc=GB
92.35% at 19:13 where I live, though that depends how cloudy it is as to whether or not I can see it