Summer in the City Part Two

And so.. the bank holiday is over but luckily I have one more day off  before heading back to work! Yesterday was a dull and quite frankly cold bank holiday! I was freezing and had my old trust Ugg boots back on for what seemed like the first time in ages. I  hope we get some sunshine back in September. Especially as we are heading to Wales later in the month for a long weekend. 

The weather seems a far cry from when we went to visit the new "Museum of  Liverpool  Life"  back in July this year. The museum's building has caused some controversy as it is not what some would argue is fitting with the Three Graces and the Liverpool Waterfront. I can only say that we all need to move with the times and there is a place for old and new in the world and it looks great. I enjoyed the Museum itself - lots of good football stuff in there and lots of fashion through the decades. Some of the pictures below are ones that I took on day of the Museum and Liverpool Waterfront 

Musical Lambananna 

The New Museum

SuperLambanana 

Three Graces - a welcoming site for any scouser 

One Hundred Years of the Liver Building 

 

Later that week, there was a series of shows at the Pier Head to celebrate its Centenary. It was difficult to get pictures of the projections on the building but I got some really good shots of the way they lit up the building 

I am hoping to try and upload some of my "hipstomatic" prints off my IPhone once I work out how to blog them as I managed to get some shots that I really like just being out and about over the summer that would be a shame to not include so watch out for a part three (unless your totally bored by this time!) 

Summer in the City Part One

Time moves pretty quick when you get older. It only seems a blink of an eye that it was St Patrick's Night and I was snapping pictures of Duncan in his St Patrick's bandana, feeling really happy that the nights were getting lighter.

It is now the August Bank Holiday, which to me means we are on the road to Autumn and Summer is drawing to a close.
Not that it has been much of a summer, mind you. As a kid, I remember summers being warm and balmy,  seeming to last forever and ever. Now they are more showery and it is my age, I am sure that makes them seem short. This summer was the first one of having my new DSLR and so was hoping to get some nice shots. I was lucky enough to manage to have a bit of spare time on some of the nicest days of the summer to get out and take some pictures.


Banks of the Royal Blue Mersey
The first set ironically was the first bank holiday of the year back in May. Myself, Ped and Duncan headed off to Hale Lighthouse and walked along the banks of the Mersey. It is somewhere I have not visited before and luckily it was a really lovely day

Hale Lighthouse and River Mersey

Everton Valley 

The next set are all taken from the Everton Valley which I can only describe as one of the best viewpoints of Liverpool. For those of you not familiar with the view, you get a fantastic panoramic view of the city, including overlooking the Mersey. Last summer we saw one of the biggest liners come into the Mersey from this location.

Liver Buildings and Welsh Hills 

Metropolitan Cathedral 

Panoramic City 

Of course being a big blue no visit to Everton Brow should be without a visit to St Rupert't Tower which is the tower included in our club crest. It is the first time I have actually got up close and personal to the tower and managed to get some really good shots - the one below is my favorite : This sums up how hot and lovely that day was :) 

Sam's little corner of the web: Summer in the City Part One

Sam's little corner of the web: Summer in the City Part One: Time moves pretty quick when you get older. It only seems a blink of an eye that it was St Patrick's Night and I was snapping pictures of Du...

We're off ... another season starts.. it may be a long one

One of the biggest things in my life is my support of Everton Football Club. Supporting Everton is something that has been with me for a very, very long time. It has lived with me since my school days, lasted longer than some friendships and relationships. It has given me amazing highs and some altogether awful lows. Despite this I go back for more like a love sick teenage - it is like I am in some sort of horrible abusive relationship sometimes where my energy and happiness are constantly tested. .

Today was our first game at home against QPR,after our first game of the season against Spurs was cancelled due to riots in London. In honesty I wish this had been cancelled too. It was the flatest atmosphere I can remember for a first home game of the season  - ever. Some of the players looked jaded and like they frankly could'nt be arsed. Moyes made some shocking subs and it was just an all round depressing game.We ended up getting beat by a very poor QPR side 1-0.  

Given that this week there has been a lot of contraversy, over  The Blue Union (a union of four Everton Supporter Groups)  and their transcript of a meeting with Bill Kenright and allegations made by the Club - fans have been at each others throats - add to that the lack of any summer signings and it should have been no surprise really how angry people were at the final whistle

The message boards, twitter etc are all similar tonight as the rest of the week - fans not happy with the situations mentioned earlier , all at each others throats again and feeling in general pissed off 

Oh and if anybody knows what has happened to our scoreboard - let me know - it seems that they forgot to switch it on today. Please bring it back 

Duncan's Check Up

This week Duncan has had to have his annual review for his heart condition that he suffers from. He has "Wolfe Parkinson's White Syndrome" and luckily we found out just after  his first birthday that he had a problem with his heart - which meant he could be treated quickly. We discovered his condition , when he had a spate of collapsing over a fortnight. At first everybody thought he had a virus and then one night he was sitting on my knee and his heart was pounding at nearly 280 beats per minute. Thanks to a quick potential diagnosis from our own Alder Veterinary Hospital  in Liverpool  (the young vet on call was amazing and luckily she had studied with people that could help and suspected after all night monitoring of him what was potentially causing the fast heart rate)
He was referred to a fabulous cardiologist called Simon Swift at the North West Surgeons  in Frodham. It is a bit like a hospital for dogs/cats that need more care than his normal vet, (who are also great) can give two times a year

This is him after we brought him home - (picture was taken with my I Phone so not good quality)

He has had a 24 hr tape attached to measure his activity. Today he had bloods, ECG, Echocardiogram, the works done. The one lesson I can take from this to share with other dog owners is that that Pet Insurance is invaluable to have - without it I am not sure how we could afford his treatment and care.

You can read more about Wolfe Parkinson's White here Wolfe Parkinsons and Labradors. At the moment Duncan is ok on his medication which is good but the operation described is an option.

On a final note I love how Simon and the nurses bandaged up his tape in a blue bandage to keep him in with his love of Everton xx

Sam's little corner of the web: My Photography

Sam's little corner of the web: My Photography: "Every since I was small I have enjoyed looking at and taking pictures. I remember going on holiday t o Ireland and my dad bought this tiny ..."

Hello and welcome

Hello there, welcome to my new blog. After having various little haunts on the internet over the past 10 years or so, I have finally decided to settle down on blogger as my little corner of the web! For those of you that used to read my other blog http://www.orble.com/respectable-in-the-80s/b8/ - this is still here but I decided to move as I felt the layout was not that personable. I like to add my own sense of style to proceedings hence my new blog. I pretty much did like the blog and so I am going to see if I can transfer those posts to this one 

Looking forward to posting lots of musings over the upcoming weeks.