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Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens ...
too twee for words ... let's start again ...
Jane's Favourite Things
(or "The List of Smiles")
My family and my friends,
Tilly and Dog (the tiger in disguise),
Katy (she achieved a fantastic age for a persian, so missed now)
Molly (my very favourite little one - sorely missed too),
Hugs (one size fits all) - try out the Orphan hug, it's really great,
Teddy bears - designing, making, collecting teds and making beary friends,
A wonderful friendship, and his agreement to join me on a new adventure,
Annie and Ken (he gave up Barbie for my best friend),
Pachelbel's Canon, the most beautiful piece of music on the planet ...,
Smelling gorgeously of a fabulous perfume, yummmm,
The girls at the bear club, but Jo most of all,
My attempts at gardening (be they ever so feeble),
Craftwork, particularly beaded jewellery and polymer clay creations,
Luscious beads and fabric,
All kinds of music, particularly something that makes my foot tap,
Judy Dunlop and Steve Marsh on stage, live,
Flowers are Red (Judy's archived version of the Harry Chapin number)
Harry Chapin's version too, because it has a more positive ending,
All Blacked Up,
Sharon Shannon's 'Blackbird',
'Thermal - The Cat Who Came in from the Cold' (thank you, Deric Longden),
Bangers, mash and onion gravy,
Hay-on-Wye, books galore, my kind of heaven,
Art Nouveau jewellery and Art Deco home styles,
Handmade, quality, polished wooden stuff,
Cinema - anything Comedy/Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Romance/Animated,
Travelling by steam train and driving (freedom !),
Fred Bassett,
Silence and Tears - Lord Byron,
One-eyed twin felines, Rosy and Jim and the ugly cat in my garden (he really can't help it !)
Chocolate and soft boiled eggs (not together !),
George Studdy's Bonzo (that lovely man rejected Steiff in favour of Chad Valley !),
Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series, that woman can tell a damned good story,
The work of the talented artist, Kevin Wood (I still love those teds, koalas and meerkats Kevin :o)
Beaches with shells, seaweed, driftwood and rock pools,
Rain (well I do live in Wales !),
Fountains and waterfalls,
Nice loos, like those at Chatsworth (bit of a watery theme developing here ... change quick ...),
Receiving letters and emails,
Jewellery, bags and shoes (how flippin girly !),
Ruskin brooches, particularly the teal/turquoise coloured ceramic cabouchons
Scrambled eggs with Lea and Perrins Worcestershire Sauce,
Venice (simply blew me away, just blew me away ...),
Soft fruit, especially berries, peaches, etc.,
Robin Hood stories, myths, legends and folk tales,
Shopping (how sad, I even like popping to Tescos !),
Sunrise, sunset,
The Isle of Man (Nanna and Grandpa Orphan's favourite holiday venue),
Pembrokeshire, Cornwall or the Lake District, the perfect places to chill out,
Daffodils blooming on the sides of the road,
Burning bits of wood - sometimes called pyrography,
Bacon butties with HP sauce (no substitutes please) and porridge (again, not together ....)
Garners pickled shallots (again, not with the porridge....), how can you not have shallots in your fridge ?
Being an OT and teaching - I'm OK at that,
Computer stuff - I'm not so OK at that,ily
The way the sunlight floods into my cosy home,
Dunking caramelised, or malted milk, biscuits into a mug of milky coffee (but not since the diabetes breakdown :-(
Flanelette pillowcases and thermal vests, who can live without flanelette linen ??,
My bed at the end of the day.
Jane Montgomery, 2003, extended and amended 2009/10.
"Love can move the world"
The Village 2004
Who needs Mel Gibson !
What are your favourite things ? If you write a list and take a peek at it when you feel blue,
it should raise a small smile and help to make the bad stuff sod off for a while !
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