On The Edge exhibition

Glass Art Swansea had a comment from Chinks Grylls I’m hoping I have managed to approve it on that blog so that people get this info, but if not here it is.

On The Edge now at Torre Abbey, Torquay, Devon TQ2 5JE until August 31st. http://www.torre-abbey.org.uk

Fantastic medieval setting totally different to the National Waterfront Museum

If you are in Devon go and look, its the most fabulous glass. See photos here https://denisehayes.wordpress.com/2009/04/30/on-the-edge-exhibition/ and herehttps://denisehayes.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/on-the-edge-exhibition-part-2/ if the links don’t take you to the post they were posted in April and May click on the post to see photos. WordPress is so clunky!

Confused? so am I!

Okay, I know I posted poetry Friday on Thursday but this gave you an extra day to read it.

I have at last managed to get wordpress and my Mac to work together so the images of America have started to go on line. I have started with Frank Lloyd Wright because this was already in its own folder but I’ll post more as the days go by.  Liz took the photo on the right as I’d left my camera at the hotel but I thought it would make you laugh.  The people in Oak Park have a problem with site-seers parking outside their houses.

Health Service America

For all those people who were pleased when Barack Obama was voted President of the USA, heres another reason to celebrate!

www.BarackObama.com

Poetry Friday

One of the things I bought in New York was a book on Haiku so I thought I would share this with you.

In a flash of summer lightening

Blue Mountain lake

through trees of the forest

I glimpsed water.

Shiki

The photo is one I took at Blue Mountain lake in the Adirondacks, we saw lots of lightening & rain here.  I have just managed to download my photos from Kodak so I’ll post them soon D

PS. When I looked at the photos again I realised Kodak decided not to download any photos taken in the Adirondacks, so this is a photo of the lake after the rain and was taken by Liz.

Poetry Friday

I came back from America last Thursday, It has taken this long for me to recover from jet-lag. When I got back I had to sort some problems that my middle son is having at the moment. He has aspergers and various other difficulties so this happens regularly. But I could have done without the jet lag. The poem is a reminder that we can have fun despite the things life throws at us.  I’ll blog about the US tomorrow which was fabulous!!!!

Warning

by Jenny Joseph

WHEN I AM AN OLD WOMAN I SHALL WEAR PURPLE

With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.

And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves

And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.

I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tired

And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells

And run my stick along the public railings

And make up for the sobriety of my youth.

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain

And pick the flowers in other people’s gardens

And learn to spit You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat

And eat three pounds of sausages at a go

Or only bread and pickle for a week

And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry

And pay our rent and not swear in the street

And set a good example for the children.

We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?

So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised

When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

 

I think I’ll wear orange, I’m not so keen on purple, it has mourning connotations which is the last thing I need.

Owlpen Manor

I visited Owlpen this week, the church has lots of glass and mosaic, including opus sectile. Here are some photos.