Vivian Maier

I came across this video yesterday about photographer Vivan Maier via Twitter. It's really worth a look (it's only 10 mins or so). It makes me want to take loads of photos and get going with my new Christmas pressie of a photo developing kit (Thanks Jim!)

2010 - The year of the splits!

Well, if I don't scribble this down now it will no longer be relevant....actuallly it's relevance is pretty dubious to begin with but that's neither here nor there.

On a car trip to Galway last July, Jim, Po and myself were talking about how many couples seem to be splitting up in 2010...both celebrity and people we knew, so to pass the time we started to compile a list. So here it is. Please feel free to add to it.

Clare & Pat
Alan Quinlan & Ruth Griffin
Lenny Henry & Dawn French (25 years???)
Ronan & Yvonne Keating
Ashley & Cheryl Cole
Charlotte Church & Gavin Henson
Katie Price & Peter Andre (or was that in 2009?)
Sile Seoige & hubs
Grainne Seoige & hubs
John & Toni Terry
Tiger Woods & Elin Nordegren
Mairead Farrell & hubs
Wayne Bridge & Vanessa Perroncel
Kerry Katona & Mark Croft
Dan & Dee
Diane & John
Liz Hurley & Arun Nayar
Scarlett Johansson & Ryan Reynolds
Eva Longoria & Tony Parker
Tim Robbins & Susan Sarandon
Al & Tipper Gore (after 40 years!)
Courteney Cox & David Arquette

That's all I have but sadly I'm sure there are plenty more where that came from...

"There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea." Bernard-Paul Heroux

Interesting article in today's Guardian paper about "pop-up arts tearooms" in Birmingham.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/04/pop-up-arts-tea-rooms-birmingham