tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post4867785562862729843..comments2024-03-07T09:31:46.471-08:00Comments on Tales from the Riverbank: Modern Art and Skip Diving!VeggieMummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17467026136649574350noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-21312545865219451522015-05-05T07:40:17.243-07:002015-05-05T07:40:17.243-07:00Well spotted - I think they were injected with som...Well spotted - I think they were injected with something nasty! If I remember correctly, Hathaway was stabbed in his neck brace in the covered market! L has seen a few (including Endeavour episodes) and gets very excited. Have a brilliant time in London. xxVeggieMummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17467026136649574350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-88735229168045562702015-05-04T23:50:35.580-07:002015-05-04T23:50:35.580-07:00Hmm, glad I didn't make the journey to see tha...Hmm, glad I didn't make the journey to see that. We're going to ALL THE WAY DOWN to London in June to see some exhibitions and I hope they're better attuned to my narrow band of tolerance!<br />In the middle photo of your beautiful buildings - wasn't that lane in a scene from the TV series 'Lewis', where someone gets murdered while out jogging? Has your daughter every Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-86019530044282330752015-05-03T23:54:35.881-07:002015-05-03T23:54:35.881-07:00I think I would have giggled too. Lunch looks good...I think I would have giggled too. Lunch looks good!Handmade in Israelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074180274102087566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-60861545941421550492015-05-03T07:43:59.629-07:002015-05-03T07:43:59.629-07:00Aaah yes, my Hostas get ravaged every year too. No...Aaah yes, my Hostas get ravaged every year too. No matter how much I try and protect them. I have been to some dodgy art exhibitions in my time, and I live in a town where everyone seems to be an artist. For me a piece of art has to resonate with me on some level. Be it abstract, fine art, sculpture, whatever. I'm not sure I would have appreciated wig clad topiary either ;))<br />Leanne xxLeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617604296746784414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-38728450538051591252015-05-03T07:18:39.569-07:002015-05-03T07:18:39.569-07:00I just nominated your blog as part of the 'Two...I just nominated your blog as part of the 'Two Good Reads' Tag. Check my blog for details.josiekittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15785710144572421726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-60578836029780465322015-05-02T16:35:42.556-07:002015-05-02T16:35:42.556-07:00I love reading about your exploits, and seeing you...I love reading about your exploits, and seeing your photos. So beautiful there, and the food looks so tempting. What luck to find your little table!<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your day.<br />Julie @ Pink DoxiesJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02834496271292973632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-88803703155255230102015-05-02T13:19:36.138-07:002015-05-02T13:19:36.138-07:00I'm totally with you re most modern art, I lik...I'm totally with you re most modern art, I like to think that an artist has learned his/her trade through discipline and graft with a hefty chunk of talent thrown in! I rarely get them too, I remember taking daughter to the Tate and she sat on a pink chair, suddenly people were hollering as it turned out to be an exhibit!<br />Is the topiary sporting the wig supposed to be a woman? I did Snowbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572555410663928295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-79631512318158816512015-05-02T12:51:23.722-07:002015-05-02T12:51:23.722-07:00I am so with you on the Modern Art Exhibition. I o...I am so with you on the Modern Art Exhibition. I once went to an exhibition at Winchester School of Art and had exactly the same feeling, I just didn't get it. I remember looking at a mattress laid out in the ground with a deep slash across it and daubs of paint splattered on the ground around, everyone was raving about it except for me it seemed! Your lunch looks delicious. xxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075528029826860495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-68811106265222330692015-05-01T21:26:26.959-07:002015-05-01T21:26:26.959-07:00What a full and wonderful week. I could spend a ha...What a full and wonderful week. I could spend a happy hour with your library books.<br />Amalia<br />xo<br />handmade by amaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589172037052603746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-58346054197198766802015-05-01T05:13:15.192-07:002015-05-01T05:13:15.192-07:00love the tale of the skip diving, have a lovely we...love the tale of the skip diving, have a lovely weekend xdriftwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11416170414524297337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-1655750463881790382015-04-30T14:42:54.659-07:002015-04-30T14:42:54.659-07:00Your comments on the modern art exhibition made me...Your comments on the modern art exhibition made me smile - I can definitely identify with them :) I have to say your lunch out looks delicious and is making my tummy rumble. How lovely that you found that table, and that you got to spend a lovely day in Oxford with your daughter :)<br />Cathy xThe House with the Blue Doorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427149486706803890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-43970351272401784472015-04-30T13:08:26.130-07:002015-04-30T13:08:26.130-07:00I saw a different exhibition at the same gallery i...I saw a different exhibition at the same gallery in February and I didn't get it either, or the ones I saw last week in Cornwall at the Tate St Ives and the Newlyn Gallery. I thought it was just me, but it seems that it isn't! Your trees are beautiful aren't they, such amazing blossoms!! Focus on that instead, that really is art to me!! xxAmy at love made my homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111180584250029433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-17089625765923287812015-04-30T12:40:28.137-07:002015-04-30T12:40:28.137-07:00A lovely pile of library books. I took a photo of...A lovely pile of library books. I took a photo of one of my hostas today as well, before the snails get to it. It looked so nice in the dappled sunlight, but I know it won't last. I went round Tate Modern a few years ago and one of the rooms had a load of decorating stuff in it, including a trestle table. To this day I don't know whether they were re-painting the room or whether it CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311693185700341580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8739610091396665556.post-64685884163940404372015-04-30T11:55:54.412-07:002015-04-30T11:55:54.412-07:00The plants with wigs are pretty funny! I think in...The plants with wigs are pretty funny! I think in this case the artist is using these symbols of luxury to poke fun at the fake aspect of that kind of lifestyle (I could be really wrong as I haven't seen the exhibition). There's a lot of fun/ humour in modern and contemporary art but we're a bit scared to laugh in case other people think we don't "get it".thrift deluxehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12267215022924475298noreply@blogger.com