Wednesday 31 August 2011

brighton pavilion, tea & geeky seed heads


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.




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 …





[imagine photo here]

or draped over the King’s bed … honestly you’d need a springboard - 6 mattresses!





[imagine photo here]


or draped over a cellist in the music room ….




[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 …

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