Blog HQ

I have a desktop computer so I am 'stuck' in one place when writing my blog posts and I do so envy anyone with a laptop, and therefore, mobility. Theirs is the freedom to blog from anywhere they choose!

Anyway, I have my computer in a tiny cupboard I like to call 'the computer room'.

The Computer Room

It's a very uninspiring space, cramped and isolated from the family. Therefore I decorate it with personal photos and mementoes to make it a cheerful place to be. On the wall behind my chair I have a display frame for my 12x12 scrapbook pages and I change the one on display frequently - little things please little minds they say - and it's always a splash of colour in the room.

Now you've seen where I do my Blogging you can see other people's Blog HQ's this week over at Pip's

Do You Or Don't You?

Do you have places of interest nearby to where you live? Do you ever visit them? I'm guilty of not visiting places I would like to - I always seem to have something else to do - but it's a shame not to enjoy these special places whilst we can.

In Brighton there is the Royal Pavilion, the strangest historical building that I have ever visited! It's such a strange place that I have only been inside it twice despite living here now for over 15 years. What's strange about it? Well, everything!

On the outside it's a copy of Indian architecture, yet on the inside, it's completely decorated in a Chinese style. Very opulent and grand, but extremely....odd.

It was originally a farmhouse but was transformed into a grand palace for the Prince Regent to live in as he preferred living in Brighton to London. Inside, I can remember seeing the huge golden dragon suspended from the ceiling of the dining room, and the mock-bamboo iron staircases. As I said, very strange!

Within the grounds which are open to the public all year round there is a building I have visited much more frequently over the past 15 years. That is the Brighton Museum.

Currently they have an exhibition about the British Land Army Girls. My Mother was a Land Army girl after the war, so I spent a very interesting afternoon wandering around the exhibition. Afterwards, I promised myself that I would make more time to visit local places of interest .......... hmmm, we'll see!