Polly and Zombies

 The panacea to a bad day is friends, food and cinema
I ticked every box today.
I met my friend Polly for brunch at Bryn Williams (she chased me yesterday and seemed to just know I needed her company today)

Proper coffee, eggs Benedict and a good chatter and boy did I feel better. 
Balance in an unbalanced week.
I came home, hung washing on the garden bushes then took Trendy Carol’s hubby to his hospital appointment 



This afternoon I went to the Picturehouse to see Jimmy Boyle’s Twenty Eight Years Later which I enjoyed in part.  
The infected have now evolved into odd moving naked cavemen types led by alpha males with huge penises
Not exactly The Walking Dead but an interesting and impressive twist 
This story is a coming of age story of twelve year old survivor Spike ( an impressive Alfie Williams) and is full of Boyle’s cinematic tricks and signature overbearing soundtrack 


Not a bag of laughs but my touchstone ( a dark comfortable afternoon cinema visit ) has calmed my day

On the way home I noticed that the flower meadow that was planted by the TCA has bloomed underneath the community orchard.
I will photograph it tomorrow 

20 comments:

  1. i will try and watch the film at some point..... the young blonde load was on our local news today cos he must be from this area..... too young to see his own film it turns out...... reminds me of the time i went to see a Ken Loach premiere with Martin Compston doing Q&A and he was too young to watch the film because of all the "c bombs" but it was him saying most of them..... weird, innit?

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  2. Glad you were able to tick all the necessary boxes. The film doesn't sound like my sort of thing, but if you enjoyed it...
    Looking forward to photos of the flower meadow. xx

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  3. Barbara Anne8:52 pm

    I was so glad to read your first sentence and that food, friends, and cinema were the panacea to yesterday's sadness. How sweet it is! May tomorrow be lovely in every way.

    Big hugs!

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  4. A good antidote for yesterday then. I'm glad.

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  5. Yay! So glad to hear you "sounding" chipper.
    Soon you'll be packing for your trip to Madrid with Ruth, and that should definitely bring a smile to your face and lighten your mood. 😊❤️

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  6. Anonymous9:28 pm

    John, sounds like fun! Sometimes I have to push myself to do things, but every time, feel soooo much better! Take care❤️
    Carol in Atlanta

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  7. I wanna see what they did with this!
    There's just SO MUCH you can do with zombies, no?
    But the naked caveman thing piqued my curiosity.

    XOXO

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  8. I'm glad you we're able to find the antidote to a stressful day.

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  9. Its my Birthday today and both hubby and i are down with a rotavirus... uuughh... But i brightens my day knowing you found a way to brighten yours. :) HUgs! deb

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  10. Hmmm, "naked cavemen types led by alpha males with huge penises." And this movie you only "enjoyed in part." Let me guess which part!

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  11. I have no TV as such here, but I do have a plug-in thing that is loaded with all-sorts. Over the past two nights we have watched Muriel's Wedding, and 4 Weddings. Both wonderful films that we haven't seen for decades.

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  12. That seems like a very good mix when you need to support and balance yourself. Especially time with a friend. Hope today feels better.

    I like the whole experience of going to the cinema rather than watching a film at home. I find it so much better to settle down there with everyone else and share in the whole experience.

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  13. I often wonder about child actors and the roles they play. How much do they understand or is it all filmed so much out of sequence that they cannot follow it? They have to speak the words, though, so there's no way round that. However, pre-adolescents are as foul-mouthed as the seniors around them, so won't be shocked to hear the cussing.

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  14. Yorkshire Liz9:43 am

    What a day after! Sounds a great mix, and a great distraction after a bad day. Not my type of film, but I know it has always been yours, so it turned up at just the right time. Perfect way of clearing the clutter in your head and lifting the day.

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  15. Sounds like a good day out. Will you go see F1 the movie?

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  16. I saw posters for this movie today. I wouldn't mind seeing it but I'll probably wait for streaming.

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    1. Poo you need to see it on a big screen

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