The most important announcement of the week

[philipsheldon]

It's 12:50pm.

The England cricket team have lost 5 wickets, AND...

" Freddie " Flintoff is not playing.

Forget all of your framing woes. The grip we had on the Ashes is looking a little rocky right now.

...Oh Lordy !

[framejunkie]

72 for 6 at lunch on the first day - oops!

I was looking forward to having the whole weekend in the studio, finishing 5 stained maple frames for Monday and getting a few odd jobs done and listening to Strauss and the boys giving the Aussies a proper hiding.

Now I'm dusting off the tomahawk, getting the moccasins on and dancing up some more rain

At least it should all be over by lunchtime tomorrow so i can spend Sunday forgetting about it

[philipsheldon]

Hmmmmmmmm !!!!

Not a good morning, not a good morning. Why on Earth they " warm up " playing football is just a joke. Hence another injury before the game began. When did you see a football team warm by playing cricket ? What a joke. If I were in charge, it would ben run like the South African fielding drills are. Intense & utterly apropriate. The South African's have got it sussed.

Still, lets all dress up as " Native " Americans as you indicate & pray the old Rain Dance will arrive " Oop Narth " straight away.

At least the Football season starts tomorrow ! Come on Nottingham Forest !

[philipsheldon]

Now it's Tea at Hedingley...

The " Ozzies " are batting & they are 33 runs behind us...

...Can any English Picture Framer hold a bat or a ball ? Because if you can, put down your Morso & join me on the way up to Leeds. I'll take the Football end !

[framejunkie]

put down your Morso

I'm glad you said that because my back is killing me


I'm currently finishing a bat I've been making from off-cuts of obeche, but once I've done it I'm straight to King's Cross to get a train north

[philipsheldon]

It's 2 day's before THE biggest date in this year's Cricketing calendar starts.

I'm as nervous as first time framer on a Morso !

Can we do it ?