This one's the final in a fair field of wheat.

[reddragdiva]

I was all set for eyeliner297's picnic today, but was awake until nearly six with an asthma attack so stumbled up blearily at eleven, eventually left the house after three and got to Hyde Park a bit before five. We got her The Photo Book and a card featuring pictures of herself I've taken, specifically so I could see her face taking it out for the first time. Present were flickgc, drplokta, dougs, Flick's friend Polly and Abi's young friends Lucy, Dani, Ellie and Nick. Who had apparently heard of me, seen photos of me from B-Movie and thought I was "scary." Fortunately, I had the camera to hand and was able to prove them right.

Abi and her card.

Young girls impressed by Doug's superior instrument.

Ellie, showing off her tan from Romania; Lucy, Nick and Dani.

Nick; Dani and Lucy trying for the "projectile-cute couple" prize.

Polly; Doug.

Abi surrounded by worshipful admirers.

Flick and Plokta; Polly.

Abi and Diva.

The young friends went home around six and we adjourned to the Marlborough Head for a couple of jugs of Lust and some chips'n'cheese. I came home to feed redcountess and do a bit of housey stuff. Tomorrow I go to the DVLA in Wimbledon to transfer my Australian driver's licence.

Update: Courtesy dougs: A bottle of Pink! Drink! and no corkscrew? With Flick on hand, anything can serve as a hammer.

Comments

[severina-242.livejournal.com]

miss you :-*

[reddragdiva]

I miss you too. I think you should email me a phone number or get me on IM or something. You realise with Gmail you can use Google Chat from the actual mail window.

[severina-242.livejournal.com]

I shall email you a phone number, and investigate the other possibliities :-)

[reddragdiva]

\o/

[sinibar.livejournal.com]

For future reference, the way to open a bottle of wine when you are found wanting of a corkscrew is to drill a hole through the cork with a key (or other such device). This means that when the cork is pushed down, the pressure inside the bottle can be equalised, meaning that you only need a fraction of the force that you otherwise would. In most circumstances the key used to drill the hole can be used to push the cork in, without the aide of a bludgeon.

Not that I am experienced in such matters at all. Oh no.

[alexmc.livejournal.com]

*sigh*

I really meant to be there. Honest.

In the end I spent the whole weekend improving my environment (tidying up / gardening / going to the dump / de-cluttering) and was shattered.

[reddragdiva]

Well. You MISSED OUT.

[secretlondon.livejournal.com]

I should have been there but I need to sort my life out - ie having net access so that I find out about this BEFORE it happens, having money so that I can leave the flat etc. In fact - I think it's just money. Everything else can be obtain with enough of it..

but was awake until nearly six with an asthma attack

Eew - you okay?

I wonder if there is pollution+ currently. I've been wheezing enough that I thought I should go to the docs and get it checked out. I've not wheezed like this since I gave up smoking last year :(