The Sneaky Magpie

Well, not for me, for hubby.

We were going to have a picnic in Hyde Park and visit Serpentine to see the Jeff Koons exhibition however M suggested we go to Greenwich and have a picnic over there. I love the market so I immediately started to make some lunch and pack the lemon tarts and blackberries while he looked up the cycle route.

We set off from Clapham to Brixton, Camberwell, New Cross, Deptford and finally arrived in Greenwich. I quite like Brixton and Camberwell for its character. Not so much New Cross. Deptford looks very interesting with the market, I love the exotic fruit and veg they sell and all the regional cafes. When M took me to a community center where he used to hang out as a kid we stumbled upon a really funky wall painting.

Afterward we headed down to Greenwich Park to have the picnic. It’s such a lovely place, one of the nicest parks in London. Unfortunately there are some horrible plans to have it dug up and changed for the London Olympics so we promptly signed a petition against it and M offered his advertising and new media expertise should they need it.

After we had a bite to eat we wandered down to the Greenwich Market and were shocked to find out that our favorite part of the market (the one with vintage furniture) has closed down and will be turned into a nasty housing project. We had a look round the knick knacks they still sell in the old part of the market, had an ice cream near the Old Royal Naval College and headed back.

We went home via Brockley where my husband grew up, he showed me his school, his neighborhood and his old home – a wonderful huge Victorian house in a quaint street with Hilly Fields at the end of the road (my mother in law built a house in Wales recently and called it ‘Hilly Fields’ after it). A perfect childhood home with a big garden, sadly turned into flats by the new owner.

Some time ago Lola has written about the Voodoo House on Loampit Hill, when I asked hubby if he saw it he immediately knew where it was, turns out it’s round the corner from his old home. We went to have a look, had a nice chat with the bloke who lives there and snapped a couple of pictures. The house is an unbelievable crazy Victorian mansion with mad ornaments, I really liked his garden too, no particular order, just a mish mash of plants.

I must say, I really enjoyed my day in south east London, it’s so good to see it, especially M’s first home.

I work in production and therefore I am constantly making lists of things to do, crossing things off the list is my geeky pleasure.

Since I was a tad tired yesterday after Saturday night’s shenanigans I only managed to cycle to the bakery to buy some bread; have tasty lunch of egg salad with chives, tomatoes with spring onions and radishes; finished Vonnegut’s short stories (moved onto Palm Sunday later on); curl up in bed like a cat and have a nap; get up and go for a walk and have an ice cream; watch some silly TV shows, eat dinner and think about things that need to be done. And here they are:

Bring clothes to dry cleaners

Air all cashmere and angora items, I had moths some time ago which left me paranoid for life

List all unwanted dresses on ebay -  have a bagful of items that is getting smaller, luckily! still way to go. Need to flog those MJ wellies too, a very silly purchase given that I love my Hunters

Go to Greenwich Market and try to find a good frame that can be painted, can be done on Sunday only

Frame the fab print that hubs got me for Christmas

Get supermarket delivery of tins, dry goods and cleaning products, am in dire need of the wonderful Ecover laundry bleach

Sort out all old family pictures that use to belong to my grandparents and put them into an album

Go to Gap to buy some socks and undies since Topshop decided they will aim at single 15 year olds

Get a birthday gift for my brother

Buy sandals, I rather fancy these Acne ones, this KG pair is not bad either, or perhaps these Pied A Terre

Plan a little anniversary trip, if the weather is good Whitstable would be perfect

Perhaps pay a visit to the Bristol City Museum to see the Banksy show, looks interesting

Definitely go and see Richard Long at Tate Britain and Futurism at Tate Modern along with any other shows they have. Hey, I am a member!

Make sure to visit Serpentine’s Jeff Koons exhibition, however I should wait till mid July when the Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa pavilion is up

Keep reading the pile of books that I managed to accumulate

Well, this is it for now, I am sure this list will grow.