24-Jun-07

Usual Sunday morning, shave a week’s growth off the face and up to parents for beautiful meal and soak in hot bath.
Much needed bath, if truth were known.

I then made the most of a bad day by going to nearby Netto and doing my shopping, enough to last me well into next month.

Lasted 19 hours without a rollie.
As the thunderstorm overhead releases yet another load of steady downpours I sit rollie in hand trying to fight off the oppressive atmosphere.

The forecast for the next week looks to be, more of the same.
Appears we chose the best week in this month for our holidays!

Talking of holidays, I’m itching to go somewhere else but will have to wait for a gap in the inclement weather.

The act of shopping has brought some of the pain back, so much so that I’ve had to leave one bag at the foot of the stairs and another in the car.
I have the excuse of waiting for the rain to subside to give me a breather.

Treated myself to a bottle of dry martini; preferring that to a couple of pints in the club.
Will get to catch up on all the gossip, when I finally decide to pay the regulars a visit.

This week of rain and warm moist conditions has done the vegetable gardens some good, peas, and beans both putting on a spurt.

The rain stops and I decide to retrieve the bags before settling in for the night.

I’d forgotten I’d collected my art materials from my parents so there was yet another bag to struggle upstairs with.
I was too knackered to stand and fill the cupboards so I poured myself a long drink of martini and lemonade and once again wait for strength to return.

I really am knackered!

I wish now I hadn’t bought the baccy!
But as usual it’s too late for regrets.

My stomach is undoubtedly busy digesting the huge amount of food I’ve just devoured, perhaps not the best time to add alcohol to its burden.
The drink is quite pleasant, and having poured a pint of it into my tea tankard there should be enough to last for most of the afternoon.

In Honduras, the Lluvia de Peces (Rain of Fishes) is a unique phenomenon that has been occurring for more than a century on a yearly basis in the country of Honduras.
It occurs in the Departamento de Yoro, between the months of May and July.

Witnesses of this phenomenon state that it begins with is a dark cloud in the sky followed by lightning, thunder, strong winds and heavy rain for 2 to 3 hours.
Once the rain has stopped, hundreds of living fish are found on the ground. People take the fish home to cook and eat them.
Although some experts have tried to explain the Rain of Fishes as a natural meteorological phenomenon,
the fish are not sea water fish, but fresh water fish;
they are not dead, but alive;
they are not blind, they have eyes;
they are not big fish, but small;
and the type of fish is not found elsewhere in the area.
There is no valid scientific explanation for this phenomenon. Many people believe this phenomenon occurs because of Father José Manuel Subirana, a Spanish catholic missionary and considered by many to be a Saint.
He visited Honduras from 1856-1864, and upon encountering so many poor people, prayed for 3 days and 3 nights asking God for a miracle to help the poor people by providing food.
The Rain of Fishes has occurred ever since.

I look at the garden, no, no fish.

I’d love to witness such an event.
Rotating Wall Art
Richard Wilson, one of Britain's best-known sculptors is drawing inspiration for the world of construction and engineering with his latest art called Turning the Place Over.
The art is a section cut out from a building and rotates itself on a pivot with a cost of £450,000.
It is described as one of the most daring piece of public art ever commissioned in the UK.
It will be launched on June 20th 2007 and will run till the end of the year.

http://www.oddee.com/item_86464.aspx

Focus on doing simple and pleasurable activities within the privacy of your own home.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
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