Music Themed Photopost - violin x piano x Christmas

These pictures were actually taken last Christmas but due to laziness (and the fact that I wasn't quite satisfied with the pics or my coordinate...!! My SO really does play the violin so he showed me how to hold it. It's almost Christmas! But I'm not ready for my Christmas recital at all! My mother says all young ladies should play musical instruments so I've been learning piano and violin. ...

One last thing before I head off (OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG)

...; I don't really fancy been a centarian at the moment, but we'll see how I feel in my late eighties. location Liverpool, as many of you will know from my asking "So, who wants Beatles goodies for Christmas?" ;). Born and raised here and I think part of my soul will always belong to it, even if I feel more at peace in Ireland, and more at home (well, excepting when I'm actually at home ) in ...

The Victorian Christmas

...Sainsburys today looking at the magazines when I came across this - "The Victorian Christmas" magazine! It was a pricey (...I bought it. It tells you of Victorian Christmas traditions and has some lovely seasonal recipes for you to try! ... very saintly about the earlier Father Christmas who was a drinker, fighter and ...to be delivered on the night of Christmas Eve. So, there you go! I ...

Christmas Cake

I found this yummy christmas cake recipe in "The Victorian Christmas" magazine. I made it and it takes gorgeous, so I thought I'd share ^^ Time: 3-4 hours Ingredients 1/2 lb of butter 1/2 lb of castor sugar 1/2 lb of sultanas 1/2 lb of currants 6oz of mized candied peel 1lb of flour 1/4oz bakingpowder 4 eggs milk Method...

...of stuff! Sound like a good movie? No? Well, that's exactly what Disney did with A Christmas Carol . The basic elements of the story are there. But Disney stripped out all the horror, all the... Ebenezer Scrooge is a real human being with whom the audience can identify because he is so typically Victorian. We know people like him. When he castigates his nephew, Fred, for marrying beneath him, we ...

My Holiday Wishes List! :D

... third year doing this! ^_^ So, let's just go on the list, shall we? ONE: Christmas cards! They can been from anywhere! I especially like ones from outside the USA! TWO: Anything kawaii(...Old issues of Victoria magazine. Victoria magazine is not the underwear and lingerie line! It's about the Victorian era in modern times with feminine things and such. (The best way I can describe it!) If...

Get a peek at three of this season's shows!

... Play It’s a portrait of a Victorian marriage. It’s a play about motherhood ...of a Fabulous New Cast in White Christmas If you’re ready for some early...Broadway cast of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas . Yes, this holiday musical treat is headed...the dressed-to-thrill stars of White Christmas, which begins performances on November 13. ...

Christmas Cards

I've just added several Christmas cards to my Zazzel store based on Victorian paintings. http://www.zazzle.com/anebo10 Thanks to anyone who has a look.

Isle of Wight

...Emily on the Isle of Wight. We caught our ferry without any problem on the Saturday morning and went straight to the Victorian Christmas event at Osborne House, where we watched an amusing theatrical performance of A Christmas Carol, listened to Jack Black the rat catcher and some singing chimney sweepers and walked around the ...

Final Portsmouth details!!!

...hope you're looking forward to Saturday! :D Just to re-cap loligothuk meet Winter 2009: Portsmouth Victorian Christmas Markets and Tall ships Saturday 28th November We're meeting between 12.00 and 12.30 at ...year! :D If anyone wants to be themed to their environment anything Victorian (style/colours/literature - alice!) works well, as do pirate and sailor I ...