No He wasn't Summer He was determined, even braver.  The whole purpose of Him coming to earth was to die for our sins.

I'm glad the cake is bigger than shown EL, that looks about one mouthful (well for me anyway )

Wow that cake looks delicious! I may have to go in search of one for next weekend Thanks for editing my error el, much appreciated Yes the gingerbread men are made of clay, I then painted and varnished them

Afternoon 
Its absolutely freezing here, very cold, biting wind. 
Nice cake El .
You made a good job of those gingerbread men Summer.
Hope you all keeping warm 
 

I'm really cold skylark! Do you have any snow?

Some of you may wish to watch this film The Gospel according to St Matthew, possibly over the week to Easter Sunday. It was directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1964 and is therefore in Italian with English subtitles. It does assume that the viewer has some familarity with that gospel.

 

Pasolini was a communist and that shows in the treatment of the film in tending to showing Jesus almost as a Marxist revolutionary. Some of the music selected by him for the film does seem to be a bit surprising. The most questionable element was his decision to cast his own mother as the older Mary the mother of Jesus and it's not helped by the fact that she was 73 at the time the film was made which was far too old.

 

Putting those to one side, the film is to many the closest to being the most authentic film of the life of Jesus. Jesus is not the good looking Anglo Saxon man generally shown in films, there's no special effects, all the actors are non-professionals and there are no big names. It's pure and austere and powerful.

 

The extraordinary thing was that Pasolini was an athiest but made such a memorable film.

Just to add that the film is a U certificate, It's not like that Mel Gibson film.

Hi Summer, yes its so cold. No snow here, a few flurries. Is the shop heated? Tell the customers to come in quickly and shut the door! x

Thanks El, i have a feeling i have seen that before, just trying to think where.... 

It is heated yes but the morning is always colder, I'm ok after lunch when we're properly warmed up Do you have to do much today?

Skylark, the film would have been shown on television at some time over the years. It's the sort of film most likely to have been on Film4 or Channel 4.

Thats good. Have just been out doing some shopping, trying to avoid going out now as much as possible. My ears hurt in the cold. I should wear ear muffs like the kids My daughter,s birthday tomorrow so got some goodies in for her. Just having a wee tea for her. Got her a cake, much like El,s and will put some candles on. She is insisting she is 30, she isnt, she is 29! I should know 

 x

Skylark, I remember your daughter is exactly one year older than my middle son, so she is definitely 29 tomorrow.

It is baltic up here. It's so cold, I don't even want to venture out to the tumble dryer, which is in the garage! Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

It'll probably be frozen stiff if you do Yogi 

She isnt having it, having to fish out her birth certificate  Yes its your sons too isnt it?
Its a thought to move Yogi, its sooo cold x 

I left a jacket out in the basket overnight and it was frozen solid in the morning.

 @ the birth certificate. There aren't many women who insist on telling people they are older than they actually are.

I know ! 

I remember putting a load of washing out for my mum many, many years ago. Fetched it in some hours later and it was all as stiff as a board 

 Moonie. 

Lol at skylarks daughter thinking she's older than she is, most so say they're younger! I still tell people I'm 24, even though they won't believe me Cake sounds good skylark

Moonie

 you are older than 24? 

Counting isnt one of her gifts Summer   

Off to take Kia out, she isnt looking very keen, neither am i to be honest! 
Back in a bit  

Wrap up well, Skylark.

Stay safe and warm 

Back , wasnt hanging around and neither was the dog ! The wind getting up now, with venom  Living near the sea has its ups, but not today ! 

Skylark, tis a far far better thing you are doing than anything you've done before (by not going out)

I bet you blown back home then 

Kia agrees 

Kia is sensible.

She away back under her cover, with one eye peering out, waiting on her dinner. She aint daft !
Going off,  hopefully back later  

 @ Kia.

On my own for dinner tonight. Tempted to buy a Chinese takeaway.

I saw this on my local news website today

 

FOOTBALLING fun hit the back of the net with shoppers courtesy of Cheltenham Town Football Club.

The Robins unveiled their new inflatable penalty shoot-out kit at the town's Asda store, inviting customers to come along and try their luck.

The high-tech equipment has sensors which measure how hard the ball is travelling when it hits the net.

Robins mascot Whaddney was on hand to promote it. (comment by me - the name comes from the ground being in Whaddon Road)

Club spokesman James Brown said: "It's a great piece of kit and it certainly went down very well with customers at Asda.

"It is something we have bought which will enable us to be more visible out and about in the community.

"People can come along and test the strength of their penalty taking. At the same time we give out discount vouchers for tickets so hopefully it will have an impact on getting more people to home matches.

"Some of our first team players have had a go at it and they can get it up to about 60mp,h but the highest a member of the public has got it so far is 44mph."

The kit will next be on show at the Robins' home game against Northampton Town on Easter Monday.

Lovely pic of the mascot, El. Nice to hear you have a hobby 
Enjoy your Chinese meal Yogi, i do know you got it....
Wont be on for the weekend, busy , busy ...
God Bless all , take care 

I got the Chinese but wish I hadn't. The chicken was dried up and chewy.

Have a good weekend, Skylark. Hope you get some chill out time for yourself.

I like the mascot pic, El.

Should have ordered Indian yogi I'd like an Indian takeaway! Evening all Skylark, I hope you have a lovely weekend For the first time ever, bramble went outside tonight, looked up at me and ran back in the house! Fine by me Happy weekend everyone