Love this 50: Yellow Submarine tea infuser

I'm a child of the 70s and when I saw a yellow submarine tea infuser while browsing the web it brought a smile to my face as I thought of a favourite childhood toy. That childhood toy was a metal yellow submarine so not so good for brewing tea, although back then I probably didn't like a nice cuppa as much as I do today!

I still have my old metal yellow submarine too, somewhere. I'm sure I have. Even though I've been unpacking boxes I haven't unpacked that yet. I know it was a well loved and well played with so it's unlikely to be of any monetary value as while it's not in OK condition, it's not pristine. The value for me is in my memories, so all together now...

"In the town where I was born, lived a man who sailed to sea, and he told us of his life, in the land of submarines...

...We all live in a Yellow Submarine, a Yellow Submarine, Yellow Submarine...."

Black & White photo 19: Durgan village

After a brief respite for a visit to the #TowerPoppies, this week we're back at Glendurgan. Or more specifically the small village of Durgan at the bottom of the valley on the Helford River. After our stroll through the gardens to the village it was great to nose around the small village, especially in the boat sheds.  As well as nosing around we sat on the beach wall for a while watching the river, and of course, the other visitors!

Glendurgan has been a good source of black and white photos - this is my third from there - if you missed the others, also see:

- Black & White photo 17: Rope

- Black & White photo 10: A boat seat

Love this 49: Solitaire

Sometimes the traditional games are the best and a lovely wooden solitaire set would be a good buy.  

I remember receiving a red and blue plastic solitaire set one Christmas in the stocking at the end of my bed. Plastic - well, it was the seventies, and what other colour combination would be suitable for a Crystal Palace supporter? I'm not sure what happened to it, but I do remember being mesmerised by it and determined to end up with a single peg in the central hole. Or at times not ending up with an isolated peg in one of the corners would have done...

I didn't realise there are two layouts of the solitaire board, although I'm pretty sure I've seen both types. There's a cross shape which is the English version and a more rounded shape which is the European version.  Plus the first evidence of the game can be traced back to the court of Louis XIV and specifically 1697 where a description of the board, rules and sample problems appeared in the French literary magazine Mercure galant.