Memorandum Monday breaking a record

Monday greetings and a big wave to everyone.  A nice quiet weekend here with plenty of crochet. Enjoying some sunshine on my sofa - the breeze off the water was too much to enjoy the sun outside for long.


On Sunday afternoon I braved the breeze to watch a world record attempt - not in the marathon that finished in the park near me - but for number of felted stones

The ladies who are organising the local yarnbombing have been working with local Brownies, Cubs etc covering stones in felted wool in order to challenge the record.  I can't remember the exact numbers but the standing record is a few hundred and they had made 1150 - enough to fill in all of the outline (of a horse) but I didn't manage a good photo of the completed pile due to everyone else trying to get a photo too.  A recording of the event has been sent off for verification of the new record.

Hope you all have a good week.

6 word - wide

joining with Miriam's lovely meme

Snap in Budapest

Budapest is stunning with lots of grand architecture both sides of the Danube.  I took this panorama while on a boat Buda is on the left and Pest on the right - the 3 close ups were taken at different times

The statue from the top of the hill is Lady Liberty - the only communist era statue that remains in the city but it was kept as it was such an iconic image on top of the hill.  You can also buy a bottle opener of this image, makign use of the way she is holding up her arms!

I loved all the ornate detail on the bridge - reminded me a lot of the decorations in Vienna - not surprising given that Austria occupied Hungary for many decades.  There are soaring birds on the top of many structures and plenty of other triumphial decoration.

This church is a great example of the mix of architectural styles in many of the buildings - the coloured tiles are made in Hungary and used on many buildings.  The architectural style borrows from several classical and European forms - the same is true on many buildings - as the great architects tended to have travelled widely in Europe and so used all the bits they liked when designing back home.

There really is a lot of grand architecture and lots of decoration on the buildings - I got a crick in my neck from looking up so much.  I was suprised at how little evidence there is of the decades of communist rule in the architecture in the centre of the city.

Enjoying all you snap sets and happy to see so many of you still taking part each week.

Monday Memorandum chicks

A big sunny wave to you all on a nice spring morning

Plenty of new life on the river this week

goose, swan, duck, gooseander

These would have made a good snap set but I already have a Budapest set ready and these are too cute to not share. 

I spent an interesting afternoon on Saturday at another new activity - Forum Theatre.  The idea is to use theatre to examine an issue - both for the people creating the piece and the audience.  At the performance there is a play about 10 minutes long which shows the main character trying to reach a goal but being thwarted along the way.  Then the audience is asked to think of things the main character could do differently and the play is run again but the audience is invited to stop the action and try a different approach or choice for the main character.  It results in some very ineresting discussions. 

Wishing you all a good week.