High Time on the Heath!
I always like to tell you about my London days out, because I've realised it's too easy to live in this fabulous town and not make the most of it. As they say "Tired of London? Tired of Life!!!", and it can be true in a way because we're so lucky to live here, especially for the stuff we can do for free, the museums, the parks....and when you actually bother to haul your carcass out of the home for the day for a London adventure it truly is a tonic!!!
Stevie and I never see each other enough, she's always working on some creative endeavour, running up costumes for Kylie and her dancers, Michael Clark and Co, on location doing costumes on a film, ad campaign or pop video.......she makes multi-tasking an art form and I'm constantly blown away by her...so we decided to grab an afternoon at Hampstead Heath, she always walks her dog Mucky there anyway, and it gives me a chance to run the boys into the ground a bit......
It's amazing how the boys visibly unwind as soon as we hit wide open natural spaces. The animal takes over and they roll in the grass, whoop while shaking sticks in the air and just play...no fighting, just battles, and somehow the usual ear curdling velocity of their voices is absorbed into the rest of the wildlife.....almost!
There was a bit of cloud which kept getting burnt away....although there was chill enough in the air for Joe to request my McQueen cardigan which he trailed through the shrubs like a George at Asda hoodie!
Mucky really is the most wonderful character. She's a rescue dog so has a few issues like cowering when children get too near her with a stick and nipping at their feet if they get too cocky on her turf (actually really funny, she just does warning nips because she's grown to like them and warns other dogs off when they get too near her boys!).
Our picnic wasn't a lavish affair, I just grabbed popcorn, Babybels and fruit and off we went, but the point is to grab the sunshine where you can get it and have a run about. We even saw a Heron standing like a statue in the pond, but it didn't have a hope of snaring a fish with you-know- who having a dip a few feet away!!!
Such fun!
Madame xxx
Stevie and I never see each other enough, she's always working on some creative endeavour, running up costumes for Kylie and her dancers, Michael Clark and Co, on location doing costumes on a film, ad campaign or pop video.......she makes multi-tasking an art form and I'm constantly blown away by her...so we decided to grab an afternoon at Hampstead Heath, she always walks her dog Mucky there anyway, and it gives me a chance to run the boys into the ground a bit......
It's amazing how the boys visibly unwind as soon as we hit wide open natural spaces. The animal takes over and they roll in the grass, whoop while shaking sticks in the air and just play...no fighting, just battles, and somehow the usual ear curdling velocity of their voices is absorbed into the rest of the wildlife.....almost!
There was a bit of cloud which kept getting burnt away....although there was chill enough in the air for Joe to request my McQueen cardigan which he trailed through the shrubs like a George at Asda hoodie!
Mucky really is the most wonderful character. She's a rescue dog so has a few issues like cowering when children get too near her with a stick and nipping at their feet if they get too cocky on her turf (actually really funny, she just does warning nips because she's grown to like them and warns other dogs off when they get too near her boys!).
Our picnic wasn't a lavish affair, I just grabbed popcorn, Babybels and fruit and off we went, but the point is to grab the sunshine where you can get it and have a run about. We even saw a Heron standing like a statue in the pond, but it didn't have a hope of snaring a fish with you-know- who having a dip a few feet away!!!
Such fun!
Madame xxx
Labels: Hampstead Heath, picnics, Rescue dogs, Stevie Stewart