Easter in pictures
Well, after a lounging about the house for 4 weeks with a notable absence of calls from the agency I signed with, i'm back at uni, where the real work is. Since I was far to busy to come and update everyone while I was at home, I thought i'd brief you all using the medium of pictures.. and some additional words. So...
A few days into my holiday, my Mum and Dad went to Spain to have a bit of a break, leaving me and Phil in charge for the rest of the week. We were highly effective carers, providing "the children of the house" with evenings of entertainment (plugging a Gamecube and a Dance Mat into the TV downstairs), haute cuisine (baked potatoes, TASTY potatoes, pictured below) and general fun-ness that only students can provide. Unfortunately for me, I had a stinking cold all week and felt absolutely terrible, but this DID give me the excuse to sit in front of the TV for most of the day watching the Figure Skating World Championships - yays :D
A few days into my holiday, my Mum and Dad went to Spain to have a bit of a break, leaving me and Phil in charge for the rest of the week. We were highly effective carers, providing "the children of the house" with evenings of entertainment (plugging a Gamecube and a Dance Mat into the TV downstairs), haute cuisine (baked potatoes, TASTY potatoes, pictured below) and general fun-ness that only students can provide. Unfortunately for me, I had a stinking cold all week and felt absolutely terrible, but this DID give me the excuse to sit in front of the TV for most of the day watching the Figure Skating World Championships - yays :D
My rather tasty potatoes - whoever said students eat rubbish?The next week wasn't particularly eventful. I spent most of my time with my Mum at home (who had become ill over the holiday in Spain, and, consequently, couldn't go to work because she felt so bad and had lost her voice), helping her out with a bit of work for the new drama group she's in (Wymondham Musical Theatre Company). This started out as designing the logo for the group, since Tor was supposed to do it but didn't have enough time, but then I volunteered to out some music into Sibelius to create a backing track for some songs, and THEN I decided it would be a good idea to try and replicate Arabian Nights (from Aladdin), since the easy piano version I was given sounded a bit naff. I didn't realise what I had started. At this point in time, the NEW AND IMPROVED version of Arabian Nights is.. well... work in progress. Still. But I'm getting there - Phil installed a new version of Sibelius on my computer here so I can finish it off... I just need the impetus to get it done!
The next week of the holiday was the beginning of the Easter holidays for the schools, so we had Tor and Alexander at home. Again, the beginning of the week was pretty uneventful, but I did spend lots of time with Phil (which was nice). On the Thursday, we decided to do something with our holiday time and the nice weather, and decided to go to Cambridge. We decided to make our trip a half day thing (since we were only ready to go at about 1:00), and spent the day browsing the shops and market, and looking at some of the colleges. We went looking for an icecream truck that Phil and I discovered on out trip to Cambridge in the summer, and luckily, we found it! (The picture below is shortly after the consumption of the icecreams)
The next week of the holiday was the beginning of the Easter holidays for the schools, so we had Tor and Alexander at home. Again, the beginning of the week was pretty uneventful, but I did spend lots of time with Phil (which was nice). On the Thursday, we decided to do something with our holiday time and the nice weather, and decided to go to Cambridge. We decided to make our trip a half day thing (since we were only ready to go at about 1:00), and spent the day browsing the shops and market, and looking at some of the colleges. We went looking for an icecream truck that Phil and I discovered on out trip to Cambridge in the summer, and luckily, we found it! (The picture below is shortly after the consumption of the icecreams)
I like this picture - hehe :DLater, we found a mini garden thingy, which we thought was a perfect place for posing for photos. Phil got bored, and found something else to do.
Phil in a tree!We had a bit more of a wander around, and then made our way home.
The next day (Good Friday), Phil went for his 21st birthday outing (yes, nearly a year late, but it's better late than never!) to Wroxham Barns. Phil's sister Amy and her fiance Tony, Phil's brother Stuart and his girlfriend Rachel, Phil's mum and dad and me (and Phil, obviously), all went for a walk round the Junior Farm and fed the animals.
The next day (Good Friday), Phil went for his 21st birthday outing (yes, nearly a year late, but it's better late than never!) to Wroxham Barns. Phil's sister Amy and her fiance Tony, Phil's brother Stuart and his girlfriend Rachel, Phil's mum and dad and me (and Phil, obviously), all went for a walk round the Junior Farm and fed the animals.
Phil feeding a sheep/ram/thingAlways a fan of cuddling, I readied myself in the Cuddle Barn for either a chick or a guinea pig. I got a chick. Now, my chick started off pretty docile, and was happy to perch on my wrist and be stroked. But then it decided to poo everywhere and then got a bit flighty and tried to escape, jumping off my lap and making a run for it across the floor. The chick was captured and safely returned to it's coop.
Cute chick? You decide.We had a relaxed picnic on the grass, watching the many small peoples running around us, and then had a look round some of the shops before returning home - after a quick trip to Roys for some shoes for Tim.
The next day, I found myself in Wroxham again, this time with my family, in search of a dayboat to take out on the Broads. Unfortunately, we didn't find one in Wroxham, but we did find one somewhere else - the name of the place I forget. Anyway, we were out for 4 hours on the water, looking for wildlife (we saw a kingfisher, some swans, lots of ducks, some geese and some coots), eating tasty food from a farm shop we went to, and generally being scared by Alexander's boat driving.
The next day, I found myself in Wroxham again, this time with my family, in search of a dayboat to take out on the Broads. Unfortunately, we didn't find one in Wroxham, but we did find one somewhere else - the name of the place I forget. Anyway, we were out for 4 hours on the water, looking for wildlife (we saw a kingfisher, some swans, lots of ducks, some geese and some coots), eating tasty food from a farm shop we went to, and generally being scared by Alexander's boat driving.
Me and Tor on the boat
Some rather friendly swans
A nice picture of a windmill we sawOur actual Easter Sunday and Monday were relatively girly, since my Dad and Alexander went to the motocross in Ling on the Sunday, and Brands Hatch to see the British Superbikes on the Monday. So, on the Sunday, we had a lazy morning around the house, a leisurely afternoon walk around the visiting French Market, a quick trip to the DVD rental shop, and then a girly late afternoon watching a girly film. (And then we watched Snakes on a Plane in the evening - :P)
On the Monday, we decided to go to Thrigby Wildlife Park. We saw monkeys, leopards, lots of birds...
On the Monday, we decided to go to Thrigby Wildlife Park. We saw monkeys, leopards, lots of birds...
...otters...
...tigers (and my mum)......crocodiles, aligators, snakes, tortoises, red panda (only saw one) and porcupines.
Then we went into a Chinese Garden where Tor chased lots of geese.
Then we went into a Chinese Garden where Tor chased lots of geese.
Tor looking more docile.
Me and Tor in the garden - a nice picture taken by Phil.In the evening, we went out to Wagamamas, where Tor demonstrated that we should have left her in Thrigby:
So, that's pretty much everything. I went out to the pub with Phil and George a couple of times, and met up with some friends, but now i'm back here again :(
Today, I found out my mark for my Cultures of Performance essay - 67% - but I didn't get any feedback because my essay went walkies.. but apparently I can get it from the office now, so I'll go fetch that tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get my mark for POP2 tomorrow then too!
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Thats some awesome photography by me. You need to print some of these out.
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