Today I met my cousin (he’s eccentric, a bit of a black sheep, shall we say) … also delightful company and down in Brighton on a little two week poetry writing holiday. He’s in his mid 60s, lives in Mexico, and I love him to bits.
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We went round Brighton Pavilion … I haven’t been for about 10 years, so it was a delight for me … the building just oozes excess and sex. As Cuz said “Well, Minnie, [family nickname, long story] this just proves that nothing succeeds like excess”
I had my quilt top with me because I had to go buy batting (bamboo … gone up in price to £12 per metre … eeek!) so I really really wanted to take some guerilla pics in the Pavilion … you know, draped over a chair in the banqueting room …
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[imagine photo here]
or draped over the King’s bed … honestly you’d need a springboard - 6 mattresses!
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[imagine photo here]
or draped over a cellist in the music room ….
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[imagine photo & sexy cellist here]
Yeah, well, I chickened out … too many ‘no photo’ signs and helpful knowledgeable guides - you don’t want to upset them … ultimate deterrent.
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The best I got was a quick shot on the Pavilion railings, but the quilt was so bloody huge and the railings so bloody small that it could be any railings anywhere … LOL … epic photo fail!
I like the spotlights though, even though they are facing the wrong way … *ahem
anyway, if you want to see what I saw watch this, it’s fab
- the guide featured is wonderful, she really understands this building! :
Then we had tea in the Pavilion gardens … it’s one of my favourite places … just tucked away right in the middle of everything.
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Proper old fashioned park cafe. None of yer fancy double mocha choc half fat decaff water stuff here.
Oh no.
Finger burningly hot steel teapots and a nice rock cake. Bliss.
It’s somewhere I come and sit and people watch, often.
I like seeing the little old ladies have the sandwiches they’ve sneaked in under the radar get swooped on by gulls …
heh heh heh … swoop or get swooped on. That’s life, baby.
And we went for another wander through the gardens … and I noticed these fably geeky seed heads …
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How cool?
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perfect little 5-point stars … *sigh
Thus was spent a fruitful afternoon …
I like holidays.
p.s. you’ve still got about 2.5 hrs (in all honesty about 8) left for my giveaway for 16 FQs of really cool Christmas fabric … If you’re not into giveaways, or you’ve already entered (gold star) you should go visit just to read the comments … they’re wonderful … each one a little short story in the making … just sayin …