Pampering day

I've always been an unconditional fan of Matthew McConaughey. I think he looks cute and he acts pleasantly, so when I heard that Sky was offering free tickets to his latest movie
" Killer Joe ", I tried for ages to get some. Took me a while but I eventually managed so I was over the moon when we drove to Southampton last night to go and watch it.

I have read a comment on the Imdb web site this morning that exactly describes what we felt about that movie " I hated it, I wanted to leave the cinema because it was just so depressingly sick ".

The only reason why we didn't leave is that we were sitting in the midle of a row and we wanted to be polite towards other people. Funny thing is that it looks like everybody else tried to be polite too.
I have seen many movies in my life and I didn't like all of them but I never ever hated one. Killer Joe is supposed to be a thriller and the best performance of  Matthew McConaughey. To both of us, it was a bad porn ( don't even ask ), extremely violent with nothing happening and a completely stupid " no-ending". When the lights came back on, everybody was looking at each other in a complete state of shock ( even hubby ) and wondering " why on earth didn't we stay home tonight ".

I think what shocked me the most is that such a clever guy ( I thought ) could be part of this " thing ". We drove back home very disappointed to say the least and even disturbed. May be next time I do a better research on the movie and don't get carried away by who plays in it !

To go back to a normal topic, the fence is finished. It's pretty hard to take a picture as there are trees and plants almost everywhere, but here you can see it. I know it's only a fence, but I just LOVE it.

Today was a swimming pool day for Rhea. I didn't go with her since my accident last August. I couldn't even say why, may be because it's a bit stressing and I currently can't cope with stress well.  Today I decided to go with hubby, just to get used to it again.

This is how Rhea would explain it if she could talk.

Wow, I went swimming today. It's what I call my pampering day. It is so nice !

On the left you can see the buidling where the pool is. Below are the toilets facilities, so spacious ! On the right is the shower room.

Before being allowed inside the pool, I need a quick rinse, then a harness. Of course I know how to swim, but everybody needs to wear a harness. Reason is if something would happen to us and we would sink to the bottom of the pool, we would be much easier to lift by the harness. Then I also get a special foam collar, that helps me to swallow less water when I swim. Then I am all ready and waiting in front of the door that it gets open.

Then the door opens and WOW  !!!  Our doggy pool is fantastic and many humans don't get to swim in such a spacious pool. I have it all for myself, excepted when I share with Bubbles. Currently I swim alone as they seem to think it's better for me. I check if the water is at the right temperature . . .

. . . and then they send my favorite tool ( it's a hamburger ) and Yee Haw !!!

Although sometimes I need a bit of a rest ! Normally I swim 30 minutes but currently
I am a bit tired so I have a bit of a swim, then I rest, then I go back . . . But it's still a lot of fun.

After 30 minutes, we need to exit the pool because it's time for the next customer to come, so we go to the shower facilities. I love that, I get a good scrub with shampoo. Mum always say that when I go out of the pool I smell like a baby but that is normally only until the next morning when I do a rollover in the park's grass ha ha ha.

After the shower, it's the drying process. Again I get a good massage and it is sooo good that sometimes I even fall asleep. It's very stressing for mum and Dad though, because they only have 15 minutes to get me ready before the next customer comes. So when Bubbles is here, it's a real race against time.
 

Then I am all ready with my car harness and we get ready to go back home.
In the car they put a blanket on me that makes me look completely ridiculous, but it is to make sure I don't get cold as it would be bad for my knees and my hips.

I don't have breakfast before going to the pool, in order not to be sick, so when I come back home, I am starving. But before eating I have to go through the drying process. I really hate that but they made it very clear, no drying, no food. So, what can I do ???
 

After that,  the rest of the day belongs to me. Adog's life they say ?  Yeah . . .  Something like that.

So, back to me ! Whilst this one was sleeping like a stone, I still needed to go to the park with the second one, so I took Bubbles and off we went.
Very strange  weather: Extremely hot, low clouds blocking the pollen down and making it very difficult to breathe.

I often see these very small  flowers and I always thought they were very small daisies.
I never " went down " to have a look ( earth seems to be lower and lower these days ) until today and

no, they are not daisies at all. Again don't now their name, but they are very pretty !

Bubbles was in a very good mood and happily running around with her ears floating in the wind, but as always wherever she is, I only have to slowly whistle and she will turn back immediately to see where I am.

Such an obedient dog, knowing we never trained her !!!




Project 365+1 - Day 178 : Still life

Firstly, LOL at Janice. It's true I spend a lot of time on this 365+1 project and I take it ( too ) seriously, but the hour spent yesterday was only because we were in the park, so it was combined with nature and walking and exercising Bubbles . . .  But  I have to confess that my biggest default is to try and try until I am happy ( almost ) with something.
Perfectionism is a bad thing, I know. LOL at me !

As of the word of today, I found a very interesting article on Still Life HERE . It basically describes what Still life is, what I already knew, but what I didn't know is that the objects chosen for a still life painting or drawing often have a special meaning, either on a personal, cultural, societal, religious or philosophical level and the way that the objects are depicted can evoke a wide variety of emotions. These are things supposed to be taken into account when viewing a still life artwork and especially when creating one.

The problem with information is that when you have it, you can't ignore it anymore ( if not why trying to find it in the first place ) and it doesn't necessarily make your life easier !

But luckily, I found pretty quickly what I wanted to do and here it is.

As of the " special meaning ":

- The watermelon was brought by my father in law on my birthday and it reminds me of him each time we eat a piece of it.

- Lemon and garlic are the 2 main ingredients of my mum's special salad sauce, so they remind me of her.

Quite a long post today. I hope you had grabbed something to eat and drink before, lol.

Take care everybody, xxx