I wonder if you know what Brasso is? For the less enlightened its a kind of wadding thats soaked with some really smelly stuff that cleans - BRASS!!!!

Well - today dawned bright and clear - "what. " I asked myself "do you want to do today?" I decided it was going to be a kid day - no chores, no business tasks, all mine with nothing I didnt really want to do.....
Casting an eye along the row of DVD's I decided Peter Pan was about right - but not wanting to just sit I found the Duraglit and the polishing cloths and got stuck in to my long-overdue-to-be-shined brass nicnacs, glass n brass table and open fireplace..........

Earlier I had had such pleasure in re doing two fresh arrangements in ,y lounge - one on the glass table and one over on the bookcase: they were a collection of whites and greens - gorgeous large scented lillies with dark stamens; white alstromera (dont think thats right - but they are little small sprays of delicate lilies); fluffy greeny white heads of hydragea and dark green vines of hineysuckle and other beautiful trailers.

It took the whole time of Peter Pan to get the table back to its bright shiny state - and BOTH were so rewarding! I somehow got into the film as I hadnt done before, and found it just so touching in innocent love and majical fantasy - how I appreciated the awesome special effects that made this fantasy an adventure I could really experience as 'real'- it truly was delightful - and so poignnant when Wendy and Peter inevitably part company - that I found myself quite tearful.................

Well asI'd only done half the bits , I chose Legend with an amazingly young Tom Cruse starring -its another of my favourite fantasy films - to occupy me as I polished away ......great satisfaction - now all is gleaming and bright.............. only trouble was , my bright yellow rubber gloves had a hole in - and now I have a luverly black thumb!!!!!!!!!!

Sat in the sun and typed up a lovely poem for a friend, did a bit of blogging and looked at my son's newly comoleted family blogg ( clever mut - its really very good!) nibbled away at my french bread cheese and grapes - ( punctuated now and then with chocolate of course ) and read a bit, sunning myself in the quiet lush garden...........

Now its evening and I have a front seat at the Last Night of the Proms - (no I didnt get to the Isle of Wight Festival - doh -because of course you have to pay (lorra lorra lolly) to get in - you cant just turn up -like I foolishly imagined you could - maybe next year!)

My ginger Cat Moto is purring VERY loudly - and just made a spectacular leap off the bookcase - think he wants my attention - f.o.o.d!

Going to join in the singing now - hang the neighbours!!!

Perfect day - just miss my mate at times like this - Rule ~Britannia!!!!!!!!! Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!
p.s. for Brasso read DURAGLIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (sorry)