my first driver's statutory rest period of the day ... horsted keynes station

... not that they'd ever have willingly drank it !

my second driver's statutory rest period of the day ... bletchingly ... lamington tea room ... a nice place to write ... and the high street is wide enough to park a 7 1/2 tonner

i'm trying to remember a train journey with my grandmother from treforest to barry island in about 1954, when i was nearly five ...

just a few ancient carriages pulled by something similar to this ...

yup ! that's the spot !

and there was always a little bit of sand in her cucumber sandwiches !

a lady in red ... faustine painted by maxwell armfield ... and a little table designed by rennie mackintosh ... one hangs above the other in a quiet corner of the musee d'orsay

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Armfield
























http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennie_Mackintosh

the blog entitled "and thinkin about wimmin in white", begun on 27th june, is still not finished and has been getting out of hand ...

so i told her straight ... if i didn't buy you so many un-necessary and undeserved gifts, the flat wouldn't be so cluttered

i personally guarantee visitin the cemetery at montmartre will make yer thirsty ...

montmartre ... ooh ! i do like a good cemetery !

of the eight deadly sins, the ninth and worst is "book gluttony" ... stayed up most of the night to finish it ... laughed out loud over and over

i've discovered a most conveniently adjustable seat ( no, saddle ! ) on the wandsworth road where i can wait for my singapore fried rice to cool down

wimmin in white ... after mardecortesbaja, the late lamented las vegas blogger, put up this photo of marilyn monroe which i had never seen, i began to accumulate pictures of wimmin in white ... they are still accumulating

... and although i came to no serious conclusion ...

i will always leave the elegant mme recamier to have the final word, so to speak