Healthy Break

The lovely violinist in the Oh, What a Lovely War! band brought in some summer squash, so I made an alarmingly healthy salad with them, green beans, chick peas, red onion, Kalamata olives and coriander. It was delicious, especially served with pan-seared salmon steaks.

Healthy dinner

This image is the result of playing around with the cork picture I took last week. 

Cork board

And this isn't taken by me at all. It is the picture for March on the Joe Cornish calendar that Scarey Sis gave me. I love bringing the memory of English woodlands into my home.

Wild Daffodils, Farndale by Joe Cornish

A hearty breakfast is required to get me through a full day. I tried to make an omelette... I am aware of the expression 'you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs', but it seems that I just can't make an omelette. The scrambled eggs, however, were very tasty.

Scrambled eggs and beans

The white clown-face make-up we wear for the show is neither becoming nor good for the skin. Also, applying make-up cannot be considered one of my artistic talents.

Dressing room selfie

But after a week of work and performances, this was my Sunday night reward.

Suffragettes and gin

What Have I Done with My Life?

During Production Week for Oh, What a Lovely War!  we had a couple of full day rehearsals, with lunch laid on. Here's the cast and crew taking a well-deserved break from the stifling temperatures inside the theatre, followed by a picture of the cast on-stage on Preview Night.

Cast and crew relax

The Merry Roosters!

I took time out to go and see a film at the local Hoyts Cinema, to find this emblazoned on the walls. I was hoping it was a commentary on the insidious way that women are taught to project a socially acceptable facade, by reinforcing patronising messages about how they 'should' behave, but I suspect not.

Smile and Wave

This is some of the first release of 3 Sons' Champagne Méthode Traditionelle Cider. At 8% it packs a punch and is full of vibrancy and elegance. The apples used are Kingston Black, Sweet Coppin, Somerset Redstreak, Michelin, Bulmer's Norman, Frequin Rouge and The Sutton.

3 Sons' Champagne Méthode Traditionelle

A friend posted this on her Facebook post, which amused me, partly because my father also has jars full of screws in the utility room that he will probably never use:

So I replied with an image of a pot full of corks - I have several boxes of these - which I believe indicates precisely what I have done with my life. 

What I Have Done with My Life