Some fantastic news from home,

That you can read all about here

My Garden

Well Jeremy likes to sit in it, but he actually has nothing to do with the up keep of it. He is computer and systems guy, and I like it that way very much. Here are just a few shot of what I am growing in my garden....being very 'Bermuda' as you can see!

BBQ

So we had our BBQ last night to celebrate our 8 year anniversary together. You can check out the full photo set here. We had a great time. It was a total success. Loads of our friends showed up and we seemed to eat through a vast amount of food and less so (judging by what's left) the alcohol. My frozen mohitos went down a treat and I ended up using a full bottle of bacardi (oops). Bit of a sore head today. We're already talking about our next party to use up the alcohol that's left :)

Hail! It's summer?

Would you believe it is July the 3rd today and this was a picture taken in South London today. Where is the summer? Freak hail storm hits Michael on his way home tonight. Luckily his belly was warmed by a lovely Morroccan dinner at Kazbah in Clapham for our 8th year anniversary. Awww go us :)

More pictures of the hail here

It is our anniversary...8 years!

No smoking London

So, thankfully, the no-smoking ban took effect this past Sunday in London and the rest of the UK. It is now illegal for anyone to smoke in any public areas. This is a huge welcome to most people here, even the smokers. And although lots of people have whinged about their human rights they will be able to deal with the new law and cope as have many other cities and countries throughout the world. I am curious to see how some of my haunts are going to cope, especially those without patios. I'm telling you, you really do feel it when you go to a smokey pub and get back with smelly clothes and a tight chest so bring it on.

Gay Pride

So despite car bombs and rain it was gay pride today in the nation's capital. I went down to meet the GMFA crew on Baker Street for the march. It was great actually because our group gets a lot of respect from the community. Lots of people cheered and clapped as we marched which was a good feeling. The march took us all along Oxford Street, through Regent's Street, past Trafalgar Square and down to Embankment. The rain did pour unfortunately so it was umbrellas all the way but I got to hand out condoms and hold the banner which was lots of fun. We marched past the usual crowd of National Front idiots (5 of them ha ha ... one holding a placard saying "Barrymore go to hell"...nice) and the Christians (about 20 of them all penned off by the police..... I blew them a kiss). After the march I went to the rally in Trafalgar Square for a bit before heading to Soho to meet Michael and Anne-Marie for drinks and shennanygans. It was a fun day but the rain was cold so we had to head back to Clapham to warm up a bit. Where is the summer?

Here are some pictures from Flickr