Here's Simon

Here is Simon the cockatiel.  He is a regular grey, aged one.  I rehomed him last week from a private house in Southampton.  He's a funny little character, loves to whistle and sing and chat away at times too.  He is super friendly, but could do with being tamed up some more. 

Here he is:

with Sophie:

Arriving at his new home:

Hermy was VERY interested!

Peter White at The Concorde Club

Last night was a really fun night at the Concorde Club, with Peter White and his band.  This is the third year that I have seen them play; all fantastic musicians, and a great evening was had by a packed enthusiastic audience.  They played for two and a half hours and were really enjoying themselves, as you can probably see from some of the photos!

This is Joe "Bongo" Beckett - he is a world class percussionist - just a shame I couldn't get a decent photo of him

Big Band

Last night we had another enjoyable night at the Concorde Club and enjoyed the sounds of Pete Cater and his Big Band reviving Buddy Rich and his orchestra.  15 members in all, big band!!  I took my camera along with me, after a few months off, and took these last night:

Rocko

Cheeky girl loves her art

Soph has always enjoyed art and craft and is now doing graphic design GCSE and really enjoying it. She's really creative and comes up with some great designs. She and I keep talking about doing some painting together. In half term I'm going to start a painting for TBone - I haven't done any painting for years - shame on me - and I'm hoping Soph will do some with me. She seems very interested that I love art and seems as proud of her mum's work as I am of hers! There are many artists in my family so I'm really pleased Soph is keeping the tradition alive.

October sunset

Polly and I today

Got to see my little Polly today ... Just look at her now!