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Category Archives: Movies

La Bella Italia

22 Comments Posted by Diane on July 30, 2008

I was watching TV yesterday evening. There was a news summary at 8pm with breaking news – earthquake in Los Angeles. Now you may not know this but #2 son is in LA at the moment, staying with his dad – cue moment of panic. Yes, I know that they said there were no casualties [...]

Families, Humour, Interesting facts, Movies, Music, Places, Travel, Videos Audrey Hepburn, Cher, Chris Botti, Don't Look Now, Donald Sutherland, earthquake, George Clooney, Gregory Peck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Helena Bonham Carter, Il Postino, Jude Law, Julie Christie, La Dolce Vita, Matt Damon, Pablo Neruda, Pisa, Roman Holiday, Rome, Room with a View, Sicily, Talented Mr Ripley, Venice

Fore!

32 Comments Posted by Diane on July 24, 2008

I’ve been tagged by Dunn over at Simply Dunn. The picture above gives you a clue to the theme of the tag (or the theme of the meme, I suppose) Can you guess what it is yet? (My best Rolf Harris impression). It’s ‘Four’. I have to answer each of the following questions with four [...]

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A nice day out

22 Comments Posted by Diane on July 20, 2008

I had such a nice day yesterday. My girlie mate, Amanda, suggested we had a girls’ day out and we decided to go to Totnes in Devon. We chose Totnes as some friends, Sarah and Joe, have an art gallery there called White Space. It’s a really lovely gallery, selling a wonderful range of contemporary [...]

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I’m off – again!

20 Comments Posted by Diane on July 5, 2008

I am exhausted, a wreck, wrung out, I am drained. I have just finished watching the Wimbledon Men’s Final complete with rain breaks, several complete turnaround of fortunes, complaints from Texas about the organisation and weather (you know who you are) and finally a stunning victory by Rafael Nadal after an awesome and tightly contested [...]

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Please look away if you are of a nervous disposition….

25 Comments Posted by Diane on June 11, 2008

I am not one of life’s natural green fingered, gardening types. Don’t get me wrong, I like having a nice garden, I just don’t particularly enjoy the process of getting it nice. I have a chap who is supposed to be my gardener but he is so busy at this time of year, the most [...]