The Mancunian Way

Been a very packed week from Yum Yum Restaurants, Sex in the city, Dancing the night away, Drinking, Gambling(lol) & taking photographs.

And what a place to start the Lowry, which is set in a magnificent waterside location at the heart of the redeveloped Salford Quays in Greater Manchester.





The lowry is an architectural flagship with a unique & dynamic identity, rising from the regenerated docklands, it is a welcoming building designed to reflect the surrounding landscapes & flourishing waterways of the Manchester ship canal in it's glass & metallic surfaces.

The Lowry also has the biggest public collection of paintings & drawing by the man himself, L.S.Lowry. Some of his pictures on show did surprise me since they don't conform to the stereotypical view of Lowry's work, it's a "must see" & breathtaking destination.





Other photo's include the Lowry bridge that links the Lowry Centre & the Imperial War Museum, The urbis, The Wheel Of Manchester,"Who needs the London eye when you have this", & Chester, Oyez,Oyez,Oyez.

MATCH STALK MEN AND MATCHSTALK CATS AND DOGS

He painted Salford's smokey tops
On cardboard boxes from the shops
And parts of ancoats where I used to play
I'm sure he once walked down our street
Cause he painted kids who had nowt on their feet
The clothes we wore had all see better days
Now they said his works of art were dull
No room all round the walls are full
But Lowry didn't care much anyway
They said he just paints cats and dogs
And matchstalk men in boots and clogs
And Lowry said that's just the way they'll stay

And he painted matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He painted kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them factory gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs

Now canvas and brushes were wearing thin
When London started calling him
To come on down and wear the old flat cap
They said tell us all about your ways
And all about them Salford days
Is it true you're just an ordinary chap

And he painted matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He painted kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them factory gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs

Now Lowry's hang upon the wall
Beside the greatest of them all
And even the Mona Lisa takes a bow
This tired old man with hair like snow
Told northern folk its time to go
The fever came and the good lord mopped his brow

And he left us matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs
He left us kids on the corner of the street that were sparking clogs
Now he takes his brush and he waits outside them pearly gates
To paint his matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs.

Flying High

Most people when they think of kite flying, it's the image of a child running through a field with the single line kite flapping in the air.

But kites have advanced as you can see from just some of the photo's I took at the festival. The kites with some of the largest in Europe, some measuring a staggering 20 metres across also giant shaped kites.

© Copyright Tina Kay 2008

Friendship/Soulmate

THERE is a very lovely word,
Whose letters number six.
It stands for someone who will help,
If you are in a fix.
Someone you can always trust,
In whom you can confide.
Whose loyalty will never swerve,
Of whom you speak with pride.
Whose presence is a blessing,
In times of stress or storm.
Who speaks such words of comfort,
So loving & so warm,
Whose every word is genuine.
That lovely word of letters six,

Can only be but "Friend".

There's warmth in the house when my friend comes,

It fills every part of my soul,

And loneliness leaves when my friend comes,

And the day is perfect and whole.

I never feel low when my friend comes,

Every moment is precious and sweet,

So here's to the next time when my friend comes.

Greek mythology – Originally humans were combined of four arms, four legs, and a single head made of two faces, but Zeus feared their power and split them all in half, condemning them to spending their lives searching for the other half to complete them.


Soulmate (or soul mate) is a term sometimes used to designate someone with whom one has a feeling of deep and natural affinity, friendship, love, intimacy, sexuality, and/or compatibility.

Lying in her arms that's where I want to be,safe in her embrace letting her love all of me,feeling skin on skin feeling the warmth within.
Feeling the softness of her flesh wishing we were'nt apart,lying in her arms that's where I want to be.Safe in her embrace letting her love flow over me. X