Dorian Gray & Wellington returns

Hummm......Dorian Gray? Well Oscar Wilde's scary painting story which is no longer a shocking metaphor for closet homosexuality, has been produced into a rather glossy but ultimately empty horror film with all the depth and feeling of a 1980's pop video.

I can't be bothered discussing it at length as I only gave the whole thing 5/10, the film was a loud, soft porn-ish romp with an awfully vapid Dorian
(Ben Barnes) in the lead role...if you like your men pale,thin, with cheekbones to die for (eh Bel Ami?) well then you will be a happy camper.......for me, Barnes looked like a maggot coloured petulant teenager.....give me someone like Ben Chaplin (right) who turned up as Dorian Gray's portrait artist....he is such a sweetie.

The only other piece of news is that Wellington is returning to us!!!

Avid Blog readers may remember that in the spring I hatched 6 runner ducks. Albert and William unfortunately killed one baby, and another duckling had a very narrow escape from them by hiding herself into my wellington boot. I christened this lucky duckling, Wellington (below) and all 5 remaining ducklings were sold to one of Chris' colleagues.

Tonight we received a phone call from Chris' friend stating that she had lost four of the ducks (to a fox presumably) and Wellington was the only survivor! She wanted to know if she could return to the safety and company of the field..........so what could I say? She gets picked up tomorrow morning!