Clive the skirt lifter...
It has been a while since my last posting and Mary has grown significantly in that time. We have all been back to Oz for a feeling visit (some longer than others) as well as the usual milestones along the way! Life has settled down to the routine of work, play and sleep with some divergence in between for Venice and the Brumbies!
With the summer upon us here in the Park it was with great surprise that the river lifted its skirt yesterday to reveal more to us than it ever has which in the long run can only increase the value of Park Mansions and allow the sunlight to bath our unfinished dreams each morning. The birds may have lost a home but we have gained a clearer view of the western flight path into LHR and perhaps a castle turret view of the hording invaders (should they come by boat)!
On the subject of boats, I had the recent pleasure of being picked up from my castle by a boat owner and taken on a tour of the local waterways - just like Venice - with all the smells and history that flows from the rain accompanying our brief journey. The highlight was a fellow traveller who had managed to attach a 10-speed racer to some floats and ride from Greenwich to Hammersmith with his partner in tow (in a small dug-out attached by a rope) as you do on a bank holiday weekend in May!
With another Park dweller (Sammy) arriving this month it is getting rather busy on the hospital visit front for all Mrs Park's rellos... and I understand that there are more visits on the cards? Al Park(o)!
I would also like to recommend the following: http://www.clivejames.com/
Clive is a Park dweller who has his coffee in the same Nero I do each weekday morning (he may also do weekends?, but I don't) and is a real hero of mine... maybe one day I to can have my own talk show or travel the world giving witty insight in to the cultural differences of our fellow humans while getting paid for doing so?
I might just borrow a picture this time (in his younger days) as I'm in the office and don't have access to the usual archive materials. Until the next instalment... wet boat rides on the skirt of the Park for all!
With the summer upon us here in the Park it was with great surprise that the river lifted its skirt yesterday to reveal more to us than it ever has which in the long run can only increase the value of Park Mansions and allow the sunlight to bath our unfinished dreams each morning. The birds may have lost a home but we have gained a clearer view of the western flight path into LHR and perhaps a castle turret view of the hording invaders (should they come by boat)!
On the subject of boats, I had the recent pleasure of being picked up from my castle by a boat owner and taken on a tour of the local waterways - just like Venice - with all the smells and history that flows from the rain accompanying our brief journey. The highlight was a fellow traveller who had managed to attach a 10-speed racer to some floats and ride from Greenwich to Hammersmith with his partner in tow (in a small dug-out attached by a rope) as you do on a bank holiday weekend in May!
With another Park dweller (Sammy) arriving this month it is getting rather busy on the hospital visit front for all Mrs Park's rellos... and I understand that there are more visits on the cards? Al Park(o)!
I would also like to recommend the following: http://www.clivejames.com/
Clive is a Park dweller who has his coffee in the same Nero I do each weekday morning (he may also do weekends?, but I don't) and is a real hero of mine... maybe one day I to can have my own talk show or travel the world giving witty insight in to the cultural differences of our fellow humans while getting paid for doing so?
I might just borrow a picture this time (in his younger days) as I'm in the office and don't have access to the usual archive materials. Until the next instalment... wet boat rides on the skirt of the Park for all!
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