I've been ticking off days to this weekend, waiting for the Hall of Fame 2019 countdown. The three days I have been spending as much time as possible in the kitchen, listening to the radio. Tomorrow is the final day, when the overall winner will be revealed. I hope the voting won't bring back The Lark Ascending. Last year it was Tchakovsky's 1812 Overture, and while picking my three choices, I considered for a moment voting strategically to keep it up, but this is not my favourite work by Tchaikovsky.
This year my personal choices didn't do very well - Masquerade Suite went down 40 places to no.224; The Gadfly flew to no.129 (45 down) and even Romeo & Juliet descended from their balcony to no.116 (11 down). Oh well.
As usual, I wonder at some of the ridiculous choices. How could Mario and Rabbids reach no.258, defeating, for example, Die Fledermaus (263) and Vespers (264)? Or Game of Thrones (218) be a higher achiever than Aida (227) or The Thieving Magpie (276)?
Sorry for my rant, but I have noone here to talk to about it, as my guys don't listen to Classic FM.
Back to our week.
Our garden is a riot of colour this week, with parrot tulips revealing their striking colours.
On Sunday my husband came back from his trip to Geneva, and brought us a box of chocolates. We opened the box the next day to see these beauties.
Eddie's trainers got totally broken, and he also needed new PE shoes. We got him the red trainers, and when we went out on Tuesday, I laughed at how his trainers matched his red coat, dark hat and light joggers.
We also bought the latest Tom Gates book, under the condition that he reads it to himself, as I don't want to be involved. We already read every evening together (just started the Greek myths, since Eddie's been enjoying Atlantis series on DVD).
The full Moon...
I love cheese, and will happily eat it for lunch or dinner, with fresh fruit and oatcakes or crispbreads. Peter's Yard crispbreads are the best for cheese. I bought these charcoal and rye crispbreads in Waitrose, as I was curious to try them. I'd say the charcoal is more of a colour than the flavour.
Yesterday we went to Oxford. We didn't do much, just went to McDonalds and to Blackwells, as they promised an Easter egg hunt. The hunt was rather disappointing, as all you had to do was to find a little plastic egg on a shelf. No clues or trail.
While Sash and I returned home earlier, Eddie went with his Dad to Christ Church college, and finally was able to see the hall where they filmed Harry Potter.
Happy Easter! Those chocolates look gorgeous and I'm loving your parrot tulip - not heard of those before.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Erica! Parrot tulips come in different shades and colours, they are so pretty.
DeleteThose chocolates look wonderful, especially the red ones, so shiny. The charcoal crackers sound very interesting as well. I love black food. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the picture of Eddie at Christ Church.
Alas, the red ones were picked first, and I haven't even tried them. :)
DeleteA lovely visit to the Great Hall, shame about the Easter Egg 'find me on a shelf' hunt. The parrot tulip looks lovely, i didn't realise that was their name
ReplyDeleteThanks, Suzanne, it is the name of the tulip, probably because it's as colourful as some types of parrots.
DeleteShame the egg hunt was disappointing.
ReplyDeleteLove the new trainers and they are a great match.
The chocolates look fab, well done hubby.
Thanks, Elaine, the chocolates were good (those that I managed to try). :)
DeleteIt is certainly a wonderful place to explore in all it's grandure #365
ReplyDeleteThank you, Eddie was so pleased to finally visit it.
DeleteHow exciting for Eddie to see where they filmed Harry Potter! Those chocolates look delicious. I'm afraid I have no idea what you're talking about with the classical music either. I'm a Radio 1 listener! I love pop music, even though I am far too old for it. Your photo of the moon is fabulous.
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