Beauty is but a stone throw from our lives at any one time, if we look close enough. I am not a hornycultarist , but these are growing wild in my street. So I waded through the undergrowth to take this photo. I will now forever confuse the smell of roses...with the smell of dog poo? How...the only place it was ...how did I get my size 9 in it? Is it lucky? Will an iron and brown paper work.on my shoe?
21 years we have been playing in the same pub in Derbyshire. I ought to point out, that we have been home between performances. But fact is. This is a proper pub. Traditional and as it should be. It's hanging on through these difficult times, where most pubs are closed and their souls dying. Blame smoking. Blame supermarket prices. Blame 600 channel tv. But this pub has everything. Great food. Real ale. Proper music of course provided by #ockbrookbigband ..plus dog friendly. In fact a chap sat with his dog inside the pub listening to our music. In the break, I gave him a biscuit...the dog..not the man. But his owner insisted I made him do tricks before I could give it...the dog ..not the man. His tricks included..roll over...spin round and play dead...a lot of work for a wilkos dog treat. There is beauty all around us..every day...in the smallest of experiences...just open your eyes...you will see them.
You just know , that when you get a new gadget and the instructions say ,simple to set up..that it means, you need to have the mind of a nuclear scientist and the patience of Stephen Hawkins. A simple CCTV camera that works through your wi fi straight to your phone..plug..play..and go...yeah bloody right. Looking at the thousands of complaints on the net...not the case. I managed to connect it for two minutes before it sent my router into an epileptic fit...i grabbed a screen shot thinking ooooh done it...but no. After two mins the router resets...and while the camera on...the router aint playing. So i think i will just buy a chair and sit at the window with a small blue flashing light on my.!!!!!....your decision. Coffee.
