Avengers Assemble ....... film

in 3D as well!!  Getting good at this now, PJ's first decent 3D and we both enjoyed it.  Full of the usual rubbish, which in Marvel Comics heyday was brilliant but on film ........... good fun.  Lots of eye candy in the Heroes as usual, I tried not to think of them all in the gym working out together in their stinky old track suits and trainers - just like our local gym!!!  Back to the film which was full of action although the storyline left a lot to be desired and the 3D wasn't used as well as it could've been.  I will admit that at times I did duck to avoid a few of the weapons and the  .......... ha! oh no!!! I'm not giving it all away, my friends.
The rain stopped so hopefully we can get out in the garden again, but I'm not holding my breath.  We also have to tidy up the garage again, we did check on my doll's house - yes! it's still there under the protective plastic sheet.  It is starting to look very lonely.

I do recall ........

Dad made lots of toys for me when I was a child and also for Veronica, namely rocking toys with duck or horse heads.  He made me a hobby horse one year, and I remember ‘riding’ everywhere, then he had to make Freda one but she had to leave hers at our house. 

One year for Christmas I had a beautiful, magnificent doll’s house.  It was as big as me!!  When I played with it, it had to be put upon two dining chairs and then I would be quiet for hours. 

Dad had not only made all the house and furnishings but had also installed a lighting system, which was powered by a big bicycle lamp.  There were little bulbs and switches in the rooms and it looked beautiful when it was all lit up.  Mam had made me some peg people, dressed up in all their finery, a complete family with baby and young children; my parents must have had the time of their lives making all this for me and waiting to see my face when I got up on Christmas morning.

 I just adored this house, it was definitely the best present I had ever had.  Freda and I loved playing in it and with it and spent lots of happy hours with it, even Christine Jenkins never had anything like this!! 

One day, I came home from school to find the house had gone …… just the people and furniture were left. 

We had run out of coal and so we had to burn what we could to heat the room, lots of logs and my doll’s house and old furniture was burnt.  It took me some time to get used to playing without my house but eventually it seemed the norm and my little house was forgotten ….. not by me though!

My 'new' little house sits in the garage waiting for two old doddery people to take it to pieces and redecorate – why can't we do that with our own houses ……… imagine it all on the lawn at different stages …… nooooo! don't go there …….. it would probably rain!!!