ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 9TH OF 2024

 Morning all hope you are good tis Friday time for 

So we had a lovely catch up with said 23 year old on Friday last week, putting the world to rights definitely good for the soul.  

On Saturday we travelled over to my Mum's for a family catch up, my niece came down from Leeds and we had a few hours at my Mums which was lovely. 

Sunday and we decided to blow the cobwebs off, we headed up to Yorkshire Sculpture Park for a wander, the sky was blue

the walk was long (and a little bit muddy in places)

We enjoyed the chat and the catch up

and despite the trails and tribulations of life we genuinely just enjoyed the day together. 

The reflections were great. 

Working week has tripped along at speed.

Tuesday night we went to see Bill Bailey at the arena, it was a great gig and genuinely made us smile

selfie together

Wednesday night we went to see Ross Noble, he genuinely makes us laugh until our faces ache, which is always good.  We really enjoyed the gig and took said 23 year old and his mrs. 

Other positives in the day, hugs from hubby, family chat, my sister being super awesome and getting things sorted for my Mum, genuinely she is an absolute star and took her shopping this week and sent us this happy photo. 

I also had a fab chat with my Mum on Thursday evening.

I hope you've had a good week.

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 11TH OF 2022

 Morning lovely people tis Friday time for 

Well last Thursday night me and hubby had a date night which consisted of a meal out at a restaurant attached to the local college, we had a lovely meal and a lovely evening in there, so relaxed, great food and good company, nothing finer. 

Then we headed over the road to the local theatre to watch a local theatre company perform Curtains (a musical who dunnit), it was really well done and we thoroughly enjoyed it despite the slightly uncomfortable seats. 

Friday we popped to Ikea and had a lovely wander around, as the weather wasn't that brilliant 

In the evening we went to Wentworth Woodhouse for WE Wonder Noir, an evening consisting of art installations in the house, this was the first outside

One that had used ash die back trees to create an immersive experience of light and sound in the chapel 

before heading to the star of the show, Museum of the Moon by Luke Jerram (I've now seen all three of these amazing installations, his Earth (Gaia), Mars and now the Moon)

We even laid down on the floor in the marble room and took in the sight above us - utterly stunning

Other artworks included a few performance art pieces to video, but some were light installations, this one in the room renowned for the original artwork depicting a similar stance for a horse owned by the family. 

This room had an installation where the fans ran and then slowed so the copper tubes rang, it was lovely

and then this was a piece of digital art in the library again we ended up laid on the floor taking it in, but it was really amazing, apart from the moon this was our second favourite piece. 

I also loved the shot from outside the room of the moon hanging inside (I took a similar shot of Gaia a few years ago). 

On Saturday we had a bit of a slow day, but we did pop to see my Mum for a few hours and also managed to catch up with my sister which was lovely. 

On Sunday we headed to YSP a new exhibition by Robert Indiana had opened in the underground gallery and so we were immersed in lots of new art (nothing finer)

Inside there were lit pieces

and those made from recycled materials, definitely of the 'pop art' era, I loved all of the work 

back outside we found a few more pieces

which hubby made me pose in front of so you could see the size of the pieces

then we had a good walk around the park before heading back up the hillside to find this piece of art from the same exhibition. 

A weekend full of art, people and a little bit of downtime - my kind of weekend. 

The rest of the week has tripped along, Monday I worked from home which allowed me to catch up in a way that I haven't been able to catch up for some time which was excellent and then I was in work Tuesday through to Thursday so apart from making tea, the days tripped along at a merry old pace. 

I hope you've had a lovely week too. 

Hugs

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 52ND OF 2021

 Good afternoon tis Friday time for 

Last Friday was the great pre-Christmas clean, now am I talking about my house, nope, me and my sister had already diarised having a pre-Christmas clean at my Mum's house as she is still struggling, however my sister being a single person and a very busy nurse hadn't even had time to put her decorations up.  So Friday was a full on day of sorting not only my Mum's house, but also my sister's house too.  I was needless to say absolutely shattered when I got home gone 6pm.  Hubby also came over for a good few hours and sorted out a new curtain pole (and wooden plinth) for my sister's bedroom and hung some pictures she's had forever but not got around to sorting.  

Saturday arrived and me and hubby headed over to my work place for the Santa boat trips, he was skippering and in an ideal world I was making drinks and sorting out the gallery.  In reality I was upstairs in the office doing work, a final bank run, a reconciliation or two, some other items on the bank, a full back up and then I did some scanning that has needed doing in forever.  Whilst I was pleased with what I got done, it definitely wasn't the planned Saturday that I had. 

Sunday was defined as a day of rest, we decided after two incredibly busy days we were quite literally going to do nothing.  Hubby almost waivered early on, but I convinced him that a day of rest was definitely needed.

Monday and it was my turn to clean my own home, thankfully as we keep top side most of the time, it didn't take a huge amount of time, said 21 year old landed home from his fiancée's house and gave us a hand, which definitely speeded things up.  He'd actually come home to sort an issue with his student finance which was sorted relatively quickly. 

Tuesday and it was Christmas food shop day we were all done at the supermarkets by 9.03am which I don't think is bad going and we got everything we needed bar for one item. My Mum was at the hospital again to be drained, she was a little fed up early in the day as they hadn't got a bed for her or taken her bloods and she was sat in a drafty corridor feeling very cold, but thankfully it all got sorted relatively quickly and she was home again that evening, she's had a couple of 'sore' days but she is hoping to be well enough to enjoy her Christmas day. 

My hubby and said 21 year old took a Christmas gift over to a relative as well, which was lovely, she was in fine form. 

Wednesday and we headed to YSP, a much needed break from the house and some decent fresh air.  I hadn't realised how much I'd missed it

We walked down through the park (the sky was very pretty) 

Grabbed a selfie along the lakeside path

and found a couple of new sculptures we hadn't seen before

The waterfall was very loud as well. 

Thursday we had a sorting the Christmas table day getting everything out ready and then me and said 21 year old decided that we needed to make some name tags for the Christmas table, but they were tiny, so we made some impromptu Christmas gonks each with a name tag on them.  We had great fun creating them. 

And that my lovely people was my week, I hope you have a fantastic Christmas, stay safe, enjoy time however you spend it. 

Much love

ROCKING YOUR WORLD - 47TH OF 2021

 Good morning lovely people I hope I find you well time for

So what positive moments and silver linings have I had over the last 7 days, well last Friday me and hubby headed to Ikea to meet up with my sister for a breakfast date and a good old catch up.  It was lovely to put the world to rights and have a chat, it seems to be a while since we've managed to do just that.  We then had a wander around the market hall and helped her pick up a new curtain pole, we just need to get hubby to pop over and sort it out for her, but we've decided it needs a batten first.   I didn't take any photos of us, but I did take a photo of a dinosaur on a bicycle, which raised a smile 

Afterwards we popped to see my Mum, she is struggling at the moment bless her with excess fluid around her middle, she's been into the hospital twice to sort it, but it returns within a few days, which is making her feel thoroughly miserable and rather breathless.  So I'm praying the targeted treatment starts to make a difference for her, if you can keep her in your thoughts that would be lovely. 

I received a message from my niece who received a parcel I'd sent her, it was lovely to hear from her and she said it was very unexpected so that definitely made me smile. 

 

When I got home I had to finish off a funding bid that I'd not managed to finish in my normal working week and whilst I did that hubby put up a tree.  Now I know you will be saying 'too soon, too soon' but with the amount of decorations that go up in this house I have to say the idea of attempting to put them all up on one day is almost impossible, so I've learnt over recent years that the best way is to slow time them over a few weeks, so they aren't stressful.   This is the one he finished, the blue baubles are new ones this year, I felt the tree needed a 'pop' of colour and we managed to track these down and they seem to match in with the cushions. 

Saturday was a bit of a tootling around the house day, which was fine for us as we'd had a busy out and about Friday. 

Sunday we headed out to Yorkshire Sculpture Park,  I was aware of a new Mark Hearld exhibition that opened on Friday and there is also an exhibition at the Weston that we haven't seen previously. 

 

This is part of his exhibition, he specialises in collage and lino cut, but there was also a few pottery pieces and some tapestry where he has collaborated with other artists. 

The exhibition at the Weston was also fabulous, I loved the vividness of the sculptures. 

We had another look at Hazmat Love and noticed the autumn leaves reflecting the face made it look like it was on fire from a distance. 

We also walked past the Sophie Ryder piece near the Camelia house. 

It was good to blow the cobwebs off and we hit over 10,000 steps again. 

When we got home we had some bananas that desperately needed using up, so the trusty Bero book came out and we made a banana loaf. 

The rest of Sunday was spent kicking back and watching some international rugby, the Wales versus Fiji game was really fun to watch. 

Soon enough the working week started and as usual the days trip along at a merry old pace and here I find myself back at Thursday night, I hope you've had a fabulous week and will catch up with your posts over the weekend. 

Much love

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY (A BIT LATE WHOOPS) - 46TH OF 2021

 Morning lovely people let us pretend it is in fact Friday and I'm not actually 24 hours late

Well last Friday I ended up in work for the majority of the day, it is unusual for me to work a Friday but sometimes work needs it, so that is what I did, it was actually a really good day of interviews for a post we were advertising.

We decided to walk up to a community bonfire in the locality which was about a 20 minutes walk and what turned out to be a 15 minute wait to get in, the bonfire had already been lit which was huge, there were also lots of fairground type rides for the kids and places to get food and drink, although the queues weren't great.  The fireworks were a little bit of a mismatch and whilst we were there weren't the ones you'd expect at such a large event, but then we grew hungry (tea was at home in the oven), so we decided to make our way back, however on our way home it was obvious they'd saved the best til last and so the bigger more dramatic fireworks didn't come until later.  According to the local forum the firework display lasted over an hour, which would have made tea incredibly late but we enjoyed it nonetheless, although early in the fireworks display we could hear people laughing after each firework, I don't think I've ever been to a display where that has happened before, which made us giggle. 

Saturday was a bit of a sorting day I also popped to see my Mum for a couple of hours before coming home to start wrapping and packing parcels that will need to be sent soon and my annual newsletter that I include in Christmas cards was delivered early, so I set too putting together cards in the aftenoon whilst hubby had a watch of the England rugby match, it was nice to kick back. 

 

Sunday and we headed to Yorkshire Sculpture Park, we haven't been in an absolute age so it was nice to just go and blow the cobwebs off.  We parked at the main car park and decided to grab a breakfast sandwich first. 

This was my breakfast date

And this was our 'shared' sandwiches with a pot of tea. 

Before we set off on a walk, we saw a few of the new Mark Hearld pieces that they'd already hung, but I'll share them with you when we see the full exhibition, we also saw a  couple of new pieces we hadn't seen before, this is of Captain Sir Thomas Moore, that I stopped and reflected at, obviously he became incredibly famous for the 100 laps he did around his garden every day in the run up to his 100th birthday raising millions for NHS charities.

He also saw this new sculpture known as Hazmat Love, when we read the information about the statue it stated the original piece, which it was cast from had been made from the foil trays you can buy to cook a roast in your oven, when we went and looked up close, you could still see the embossed usage instructions and sometimes the make of these foil tins that formed part of the statue.  

We walked down the park along the path and enjoyed the autumnal view

We then grabbed a quick selfie as the light was lovely 

Then we headed down towards the boat house, which has a sculpture in it normally knee deep in mud, so the water flow underneath it meant that it was spinning quite happily on its own for a change.

We headed down towards the Jaume Plensa statue 

before heading off along the bridge and seeing (and hearing) the cascading water.   We headed back up through the park passing the fabulous mosaic octopus that has been in the park for an absolute age. 

Back along the lake but at the other side, we eventally made our way back, it was definitely a longer route than normal as we hit well over 11,000 steps on the walk where we normally hit around 9,000, but it was definitely good to blow the cobwebs off. 

The rest of the week has been busy with work as alway, however we did manage a couple of evening jaunts out where I sorted a couple of gifts I was struggling to get online and it made a change for us to go out at night and hubby took me to work one morning so I was able to capture this beautiful sky in all its glory. 

That my lovely people was the week that was, I hope you had a good week too, I will catch up on your post over the weekend

Much love