Good morning and it is an extremely good and sunny morning. Here, in deepest Knightsbridge, we have broken our night's fast, she has done a load of laundry. Elizabeth, of her donated coat fame, has telephoned to agree a time for their lunch on Wednesday,
Referring to the title of this morning's post, did you not realise I am an artist? My work is always in the abstract form and I only use and paint in red on a white back ground. it's fun and I love it!
She is in a quandary, she has a massive amount of exquisite dress fabrics, they are skirt, dress, suit and coat lengths and she is not quite sure what to do with all of them. They are all English cloth, with the exception of the pure silk lengths, most are pure wool, some are of a silk and woolen mix.. with not a thread of nylon or polyester to be seen!
Her two fabulous dress makers, who used to make most of her clothes, are retired and she has used another.. who was 'ok' but not a patch on the much appreciated Ros in North London.. sigh. If Ros was still working she would have been able to sell these fabrics in a FLASH! But she isn't and the last time they met, Ros said she was going back home to Jamaica.
What to do? Perhaps a note up on the notice board at New Horizons would be one answer, maybe she ought to go and talk to Bruce (Oldfield) in Beauchamp Place, he might take some lengths, they are all 'Couture' fabrics, the majority of which were made by the company who supply Chanel with most of their fabrics.
Now for something completely different!
Portobello and Golborne Road Market is NOT just about Antiques Bric-a-brac! No sirree.. to us Londoner's, it is a street fruit and vegetable market and this year it is celebrating 150 years of trading, it has come a long way since it was a pig farm!
In the 1860's the lane (Portobello Road is a long but quite narrow street) was a simple country market where local farmers sold the fruit and vegetables to local residents. Then in 1864 Notting Hill station was built, this is NOT where the present day Notting Hill station is situated but where the present day Ladbroke Grove station is.. hello, are you keeping up at the back there?
It transformed the area and brought in huge numbers of new customers to the local farmers. Then in 1920's discharged soldiers and sailors started trading throughout the week.
In 1936, the horrific Spanish Civil War brought Spanish immigrants into the area and Portuguese immigrants settled in the area after WW2. The antiques started being sold in the 1940's. And in the late 40's and early 50's hundreds of Jamaican and other caribbean country men and women came to work in Britain, as we had post-war labour shortage, and settled in the area.
It is a great money earner for the Royal Borough of Kensingto & Chelsea that manages it! For it is a favourite location for film companies.. think of such films as Notting Hill etc, etc!
But for us, there is a very, very special place on Portobello.. ah yes.. a truly wonderful emporium.. it is at the Ladbroke Road end of the market.
R.Garcia & Sons Ltd, 248-250 Portobello Road, W11 1LL. Tel: 020 7221 6119.
They satisfy the 'Spanish' for her when she gets homesick for the food from the old Costa del Sol that she loved so much in the golden era of the 1970's. Oh, such lubbly-jubbly grub.. Jamon de Serrano, marinated fillets anchovies, cheeses, almonds, locally produced and bottled olive oil, quince paste and jelly.. sigh.. slurp.
Whoosh.. before I go, we have to back to yesterday's post.. zoom.. and back we go! I wrote about her washing paintwork.. You must all think we live in an absolute tip! Dirty paintwork! Whatever next, I bet you asked yourselves?
Well, you see if you're on the ball.. you would know why she has to wash 'paint' work.. for it is all to do with me and my 'painting', the clues were at the beginning of this post, when I said that I am an abstract painter and that I paint only IN red and ON white.
Pomegranate juice is RED and YumYum HQ's cupboards are WHITE, hence the washing of paint and I had a fresh pomegranate for lunch yesterday!
I am off to doze pole, she has work to do.. FlapFlap.. Enjoy your day, we will!
GeeGee Parrot.
March 8th, 2015.
Referring to the title of this morning's post, did you not realise I am an artist? My work is always in the abstract form and I only use and paint in red on a white back ground. it's fun and I love it!
She is in a quandary, she has a massive amount of exquisite dress fabrics, they are skirt, dress, suit and coat lengths and she is not quite sure what to do with all of them. They are all English cloth, with the exception of the pure silk lengths, most are pure wool, some are of a silk and woolen mix.. with not a thread of nylon or polyester to be seen!
Her two fabulous dress makers, who used to make most of her clothes, are retired and she has used another.. who was 'ok' but not a patch on the much appreciated Ros in North London.. sigh. If Ros was still working she would have been able to sell these fabrics in a FLASH! But she isn't and the last time they met, Ros said she was going back home to Jamaica.
What to do? Perhaps a note up on the notice board at New Horizons would be one answer, maybe she ought to go and talk to Bruce (Oldfield) in Beauchamp Place, he might take some lengths, they are all 'Couture' fabrics, the majority of which were made by the company who supply Chanel with most of their fabrics.
Now for something completely different!
Portobello and Golborne Road Market is NOT just about Antiques Bric-a-brac! No sirree.. to us Londoner's, it is a street fruit and vegetable market and this year it is celebrating 150 years of trading, it has come a long way since it was a pig farm!
In the 1860's the lane (Portobello Road is a long but quite narrow street) was a simple country market where local farmers sold the fruit and vegetables to local residents. Then in 1864 Notting Hill station was built, this is NOT where the present day Notting Hill station is situated but where the present day Ladbroke Grove station is.. hello, are you keeping up at the back there?
It transformed the area and brought in huge numbers of new customers to the local farmers. Then in 1920's discharged soldiers and sailors started trading throughout the week.
In 1936, the horrific Spanish Civil War brought Spanish immigrants into the area and Portuguese immigrants settled in the area after WW2. The antiques started being sold in the 1940's. And in the late 40's and early 50's hundreds of Jamaican and other caribbean country men and women came to work in Britain, as we had post-war labour shortage, and settled in the area.
It is a great money earner for the Royal Borough of Kensingto & Chelsea that manages it! For it is a favourite location for film companies.. think of such films as Notting Hill etc, etc!
But for us, there is a very, very special place on Portobello.. ah yes.. a truly wonderful emporium.. it is at the Ladbroke Road end of the market.
R.Garcia & Sons Ltd, 248-250 Portobello Road, W11 1LL. Tel: 020 7221 6119.
They satisfy the 'Spanish' for her when she gets homesick for the food from the old Costa del Sol that she loved so much in the golden era of the 1970's. Oh, such lubbly-jubbly grub.. Jamon de Serrano, marinated fillets anchovies, cheeses, almonds, locally produced and bottled olive oil, quince paste and jelly.. sigh.. slurp.
Whoosh.. before I go, we have to back to yesterday's post.. zoom.. and back we go! I wrote about her washing paintwork.. You must all think we live in an absolute tip! Dirty paintwork! Whatever next, I bet you asked yourselves?
Well, you see if you're on the ball.. you would know why she has to wash 'paint' work.. for it is all to do with me and my 'painting', the clues were at the beginning of this post, when I said that I am an abstract painter and that I paint only IN red and ON white.
Pomegranate juice is RED and YumYum HQ's cupboards are WHITE, hence the washing of paint and I had a fresh pomegranate for lunch yesterday!
I am off to doze pole, she has work to do.. FlapFlap.. Enjoy your day, we will!
GeeGee Parrot.
March 8th, 2015.
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