David Beckham tattos

David Beckham is often applied term style icon, and rightly so,whether we talk about a fashion,hairstyles or Tattoos.David has been picking up tattoos for a few years now.
David Beckham’s love for tattoos started with the birth of his firstborn, Brooklyn,he later added Romeo,name of his second son(just below the base of his neck)and Cruz,name of his third son(just below the winged figure) He tattooed his son’s name over his lower back.
Second tattoo was what David described a guardian angel, a human shape with arms outstretched, this tattoo was afterwards modified to include large wings.As years passed by David Beckham added more tattoos to his collection:

Gothic Brooklyn Tattoo-Located below the guardian angel tattoo.
Victoria in HindiTattoo-Located on David's lower back
Latin Phrase Tattoo-Under Victoria's name, the Latin phrase "Ut Amem Et Foveam" meaning "so that I love and cherish."
Fidelity Tattoo-In Hebrew text, from the Song of Songs, "I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine, that shepherds among the lilies."
Gothic Romeo Tattoo-Located on David's lower back.
Winged Crossed Tattoo-Located on the back of David's neck.
Roman VII Tattoo -- Located on the inside of David's right forearm. It represents the number he wore when playing for Manchester United.
Perfection Tattoo -- Located on his left forearm, it is the Latin phrase "Perfectio in Spiritu" meaning "spiritual perfection."
Angel Tattoo -- Located on his right shoulder and bicep, the text says "In the face of adversity."David Beckham:"I think everybody's got a way of expressing their feelings, and mine is through my tattoos,"

P.S It's Fairtrade Fortnight

I only found this out yesterday, in Starbucks, but yep, it's Fairtrade Fortnight - running until the 8th March. Go on, take part x

http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/campaign/fairtrade_fortnight/index.html

Of mouse and men and a pony

This jumps all over the place like a small puppy; inelegant but with a purpose - yesterday has me exhausted and concentration is poor, ummm, what??. Exactly.

Well, I was painting - "really?" you say, yes just a little bit more!! And Andrew left me alone so he could go to our house and pick up those extra plants we had, you know, for the snail and frog planters. During this time I met Aaron and his friend Jason who were having a dander around Field A. Aaron is Donald's son (I've called him Douglas/Donald since I met him - of course these guys knew that and were making fun of me! So cruel ;), the youth of today!)

Anyway, I chatted to them for quite a while, BIG news for me, as I have already mentioned, it's hard for me to socialise at the best of times.

Later, I re-paid the visit as Aaron mentioned his Dad's Hotel and Spa for wildlife was doing well. Donald was rather excited to tell me that (apart from bugs) he had a resident mouse and most recently, a frog, who didn't stay long but may come back with friends - there is hope. In the late dusk, he also has a Pheasant come over; Ricky has seen him many times (he's always last to leave the lotties) sitting proudly on his log bench. So Donald's plot seems to be the place to be! He also does burgers and bacon butties with the help of his chimena - so it's very popular indeed!!!


Donald, Aaron and Jason

I noticed some other people working hard in 'B' - this couple were putting up a new greenhouse as their old one had glass in it and that's not allowed. They seemed to be doing really well I didn't hear any shouting or arguments, so high praise for them indeed. I didn't annoy them long though for obvious reason and hence, don't even know their names.


The weekend before (I forgot about this !) I visited the newly opened Field 'D'. Unfortunately there was only 1 Allotmenteer there at the time, fortunately it was Ivan, another of those men it is a joy to meet. His plot was already coming on a pace, with loads of double digging, the man is like a machine! And I briefly noticed on Sunday on the way home, that he has a shed up now too. The first in the whole field - I salute you Ivan, for your efforts so far!




The beginning of Sunday : Field C - joy to see little pony and trap, everyone digging and loads of sheds.
And the end of Sunday : us wrecked and splattered with paint (and cow poo too).

More weekend work!!

I'm seeing a new Dr today so I'll keep this short ~ I'm very anxious.

The weekend could really be summed up in 1 word for me - painting. Yes, I spent the vast majority of my Saturday and Sunday with a paint brush in my hand. The Shed and bench got a once over and the fruit arch got a good going at too (there were some places I couldn't reach, even with a ladder, so it still needs to be completed). I tell you, one does not real attractive covered in splodges of brown wood preserver - freckles, yes they are cute, but big blobs over your face and glasses, is not so high fashion.

Andrew on the over hand got to do nice stuff, like planting up our new bare root Climbing Rose 'Queen Elizabeth' (and cutting it right back too - supposedly it's the time and the right thing to do, to me it seems sad), 3 (hopefully) beautiful red 'Orientale' Poppies and 2 Echinaceas 'Magnus ' . All my favourites and all for in and around my flower beds by the shed.

I did get one Fab job though. Bill gave us 2 hilariously kitsch planters - a huge snail and a frog. I planted them up with some primroses we had left over at home and a lovely cyclamen. I think they are brilliant and anything that can make me laugh like they do is a god send.

Our Fruit Arch Trees - (I'm trying to learn!!)

I thought I'd write a little bloggette on the various types of trees we planted in the Arch. I hope you may be interested, but this post is mainly for me - to help me remember what's what and then I can keep up with Andrew when he blabbers on about them! You know a few years back he didn't know a tulip from a crocus and know look at him!!

There are 2 Apples, 2 Plums and 2 Pears. They are matched up opposite one another and the list goes from the back of the Arch to the Front, as you look at it from the bench.

Info on the Trees came from an RHS site. Who can you trust if not the Royal Horticultural Society, I ask you?? They have a great deal of pages I just stuck to the 'Grow You Own' section,

http://www.rhs.org.uk/growyourown/fruit_az.asp which has great detail on soil, planting, care, harvesting etc and it's very simple to use too!

Apples - http://www.rhs.org.uk/growyourown/apple.asp

Left Side = 'Lord Lambourne'

'(pollination group 2, pick mid-autumn, store until late autumn) This early to mid-season cultivar has a good compact habit, so is ideal for a small garden. The apples possess an excellent, aromatic flavour. '

Right Side = 'Egremont Russet'

'(pollination group 2, pick mid-autumn, store until late autumn) Its intriguing flavour combines honey and nuts. The fruit is small and golden with large patches of russeting and a rough skin.'

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Plums - http://www.rhs.org.uk/growyourown/plum_damson_gage.asp

Left side = 'Victoria'

'A popular, self-fertile, dual-purpose variety bearing heavy, regular crops. The pink, medium-sized fruits are ready in late summer. Their flavour raw is average but when cooked they make an excellent jam.'

Right side = 'Opal'

This self-fertile dessert cultivar is very hardy and produces heavy crops on vigorous, upright trees. The small, purple fruit has a good flavour and are ready to harvest in late summer.

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Pears - http://www.rhs.org.uk/growyourown/pear.asp

Left side = 'Doyenne du Comice'

'(pollination group late, pick mid-autumn, store until early winter) Pick this one for its outstanding flavour and perfumed aroma. Needs a good warm, sheltered site, so train against a south-facing wall. '

Right side ='Buerre Hardy'

'(pollination group mid, pick early autumn, store until mid-autumn) Excellently flavoured, vigorous pear with no graininess in the flesh. The large, yellowish green fruit has reddish russeting on the skin.'

Funnily enough they all have Awards of Merit from the RHS, though Andrew probably knew that, didn't he, that's why he chose them. Well, that and the fact that they came from Lidl's for a great price, hehe!!

Sorry if that was the most boring bloggette in history - I just needed to learn some of that stuff so I can sound like I know what I'm on about sometimes.

Saturday Morning at the Lottie

We spent the whole weekend at the Lottie. Got a good bit done, in amongst chatting to others - the weather was OK, even better on the Sunday, so there was a bit of activity around the plots.

Arriving not long before lunch time (we really did try to get up earlier but it just didn't happen) the best thing to do was to give all the seedlings a good looking at before getting the picnic out. It was a rather rewarding exercise, especially after the greeting we had by our 1st Daffodil proudly in flower. They always brighten a little corner of the soul, don't you think??

The cold frame also has little gifts for me - my Sweet Peas are germinating. I think I let out a squeal of excitement when I saw this - I was convinced they weren't going to do (always the pessimist), but there they were. Luckily my scarf was tied around my neck and mouth so I don't think anyone heard me getting so overexcited by seedlings :)

There are notes on this photo....

Also in the cold frame were the rest of the 'Cristo' Garlic I'd planted out and boy are they doing well. At the time I was looking at these ones, Andrew called over in glee that the ones he had planted out in the raised bed were also poking through the soil. He took the 'cat-guard' brambles off them so we could get a good look. I don't think we'll run out of garlic any time soon!

Then it was sandwich time and yes, it was cold - I had 3 jumpers and a fleece on! Thank goodness we had coffee with us too! Sitting down for a minute was almost unbearable.

Surprise Trip to the Beach

My lovely Hubby surprised me by taking Friday off, making a picnic and taking me (and Maggie) to Whitepark Bay up the Antrim Coast - it's our favourite place. We stayed there all afternoon and explored caves and water pools and I got my legs very wet by a freak wave! Denim takes a long time to dry you know!

It was lovely and I took loads of photos. We really needed some quiet time away from things (even the Lottie!) and a good strong sea breeze, amazing scenery and a cheeky trip to the chippy on the way home was just the ticket.

I just want to try and think about that today and the fun we had. I feel very different this afternoon and even find it hard to remember feeling good, it's like a vague memory. But here are a couple of photos to prove that day really happened......

Angelina Jolie Tattoos

Angelina Jolie has a mixture of tattoos on her body. Her left arm previously had black dragon tattoo and name of her ex husband "Billy Bob" .Both of those tattoos can’t be seen anymore, as they both have been removed with laser treatments.Instead laserly removed tattoos are now the line of latitude and line of longitude co-ordinates of the birthplaces where the Angelina's children were born(Maddox, Zahara, Shiloh and Pax).The co-ordinates for Nice, France, place of birth of her newly-born twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline, born July 12, 2008 are yet to be added on Angelina's arm in near the future!
List of Angelina some Jolie's Tattoos:

• A big black cross on her left hip,is a cover up for a tiny blue dragon she got while drunk in Amsterdam.

• A big Asian tiger on her back, with a dragon tattoo beneath

• A Buddhist Thai prayer for protection-also a cover up for the Japanese kanji for "death."

• Words "Know Your Rights" just below her neck.

• Arabic script tattoo on her right arm means "Determination"-also replacement for a tattoo

• A Tennessee Williams quote on her left arm "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages." -cover up for the Japanese word for "courage."

• "Quod me nutrit me destruit"Latin quote for"What nourishes me also destorys me")-lower stomach.

• The Roman numeral 13

Angelina Jolie Tattoos

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Pink's frog tattoo

Pink's frog tattoo
Many celebrities nowadays have tattoos but Pink's tattoos are amongst the most fascinating and numerous. Singer Pink is well known tattoo enthusiasts and have at the least twenty stylish tattoos, but the accurate number is unknown. She has several different styles or sized tattoos, and hasn't decided to go with one idea or style variant, like Japanese tattoos.A Japanese symbolization of happiness, a frog is one of Pinks tattoos located on her left foot.

Anti-Allotment!??!

The ever lovely people at Allotmentality: http://allotmentality.wordpress.com/ drew Andrew and my attention to an article in the Guardian Newspaper on-line by Zoe Williams ~ 'Can we dig our way out of the recession?'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/21/gardening-allotments-national-trust?commentpage=1&commentposted=1

I won't say anything other than it is about Allotments and the recent National Trust land donation. I have responded in the comments section and I am rather upset. My name there is Carr1e.

Let me know what you think.

Robbie Williams Tattoos

Tattoos On Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams is a very productive British pop singer with over 53 million albums sold world-wide,before he forge a successful solo career Robbie performed with the boy band "Take That". Apart from music,tattoos has actually embodied one of his loves. Robbie’s got tattoos of various kinds and designs almost covering up his entirely body.
Robbie Williams numerous tattoos pictures:

Robbie Williams Tattoos

The last of Robbie Williams tattoos is supposadly TT- tattoo; he has stated that he would like or better yet love to come back to Take That – and has had band's symbol double-T tattooed on his arm to prove his dedication.

Celebrities tattooos

Celebrities tattoos
Celebrities love to be trendsetters for fashion,entertainment,hairstyles and generally dictated the trends for other to follow.There are some celebrities who simply would not be the selfsame without tattoos.But only think about like others like Johnny Depp and his “Winona Forever.”the point is that what was once the highest accessory might nowadays be their greatest sorrow.Celebrities and tattoos go hand in hand for a long time. Tattoos have a rich history in western civilization for the better part of two hundreds years and where else is this best exemplified than nowadays celebrities who have featured or presently have body art. Check this blog to see who the most popular celebrities tattoos.

Angelina Jolie's tattoo
Mike tyson's Maori inspired facial tattoo

Nicole Richie tattoo

Rihanna’s tattoo

Ode to Ronnie and Bobby

I wonder, does every Allotment site have its resident people who are always there, always with a cheery hello and a story or two?

On our Site, these people are Ronnie and Bobby - if one or indeed both their cars aren't there in the car park when Andrew and I arrive of a weekend we think there's something wrong. Two nicer gentlemen you could not hope to meet and I know no one down there that wouldn't have a good thing to say about them. Being in Field A with us, Andrew and I have got to know them both over the past year and on Friday I dandered over to Ronnie's shed (where Bobby had arrived for a tea break) to have a chat. You must understand, this is not something I find easy to do at the best of times but they make me feel comfortable, like the Father or Grandfather you would love to have.
They know a good deal about gardening but aren't afraid to ask questions either and they aren't pushy with their own knowledge (none of that 'oh, you shouldn't do it that way' stuff). The two of them together are like kids and it's always their plots that have people round them. It's also always their plots that look the best, the fullest and tidiest. Both their wives are Lottie widows now!!!


Last year Bobby (on the right) won the Best Kept Allotment prize, I think the competition may be fiercer this year, Ronnie (quite obviously - on the left) may fight for that crown - but it's all taken in fun.

Building the Fruit Arch

It feels wrong for me to be writing about this ~ the happiest moment in my hubby's life for some time. He has had an affair with the very idea of this arch for months and now it's done, I feel he should be telling you all about it. Suffice to say, he is VERY happy indeed. This however, is not the emotion felt as the venture began on Saturday......

About a foot and a half down into the Lottie's ground in Field A at least (I think it's the same all over) you hit a very solid stratum of large stones. We did know about this; we've been digging this ground for almost a year now, but we were not prepared to break thick posts while trying to drive them into the ground - silly really, we should have thought about it. Hence one split one and one with the bottom broken off it later Andrew was in a horrible mood and really not fun to be around. Here is a photo of him - I took it because I was so annoyed with him.

It came down to the incomparable wisdom of 'the wife' to sort this mess out. (When 'crazy' walks down the road towards you - cross the street!) Replacement posts, coffee and chocolate later, we were back at the plot refreshed. I kindly guided the hubby and calmed him into finding the carpenter within and thus magic started to happen. Those 2 posts replaced, dug into the ground good and steady. And love was once again, in the air.

*****

Oh, but the Sunday! well, Andrew just powered on (I'm so proud); got the 2 other posts into the ground and then they were tied together with planks and long screws, which I helped with - look, the bubble never lies!

This is the bit that really got me and surprised him as well, there obviously is an inner carpenter in him after all!!! He made 2 apex pieces and used lap joints on each to make the structure very sturdy and pretty. You do this by chiseling down half way into each plank and then fitting them into one another like a jigsaw puzzle. Genius. I'm not great at explaining but it'll be easy for you find a reference to it. Here is a lovely photo of Andrew's work, he did it right first time!!

The apex pieces rest on the cross beams and get screwed in too. Apart from that thin batons were added on the sides - like roof struts. And it was done! Andrew spent some time just looking at it, and can you blame him? Sorry there aren't any good photos of it I saved the battery for these last 2...

So here is an overview of the plot as it stands now. The added height makes it feel so much bigger.