Spring is in the air!!

At last! Winter over, Spring started, clocks moved and ‘Composers at Woodlands’ all a buzz and not just with guests! The painters have painted, the cleaners have cleaned, the gardeners have done whatever they do (!!) and The Composer……….well he just sat back and watched it all happen!!! How he wishes. Actually, The Composer aided…

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The month with ONLY 28 days – or is it??

It’s one of those trick questions. Q. How many months have 28 days?A. They all do, but February alone has ONLY 28 days and not one more! The Composer also has good reason(s) to remember that this ‘short’ month means getting ahead is crucial for many and varied reasons. Remembering that St David’s Day is 1st…

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January has been ‘n’ gone

The Composer is shattered. One minute it was `happy new year’ and now it’s time for planning Valentines Day at Composers and Mr & Mrs Composer’s Wedding Anniversary bash a couple of weeks later!! So why has January’s  ‘been ‘n’ gone’ title linked with the “shattered” label. So how was it for you?  The perennial…

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Brief but sincere

Brief but sincere.  Well, that’s the hope as this blog is penned! The Composer – like the rest of humanity – feels the pressures of December.  It’s that ’round of shopping, visiting, eating, drinking and socialising time’ once again….any why not? In truth there is no reason not to celebrate the festivities which make December…

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Its an “in ‘n’ out” month

November tried the patience of ‘The Composer’.  The disciplined agenda for the month fell apart right from the start, despite planning and preparation. In a year which witnessed the passing of loved and respected artists and celebrities, which offered baffling national and international polling results and weather that spanned the sublime to the cor blimey,…

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Keeping quiet

We’ve all heard of Chinese whispers and we all know that the end of the chain has a totally different ‘whisper’ to how it started. So, in this past month, The Composer has been very, very quiet…..schhhhhh, not a whisper. He’s been doing all sorts of things but…..schhhhhh, no one knew (apart from Mrs Composer…

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Mellow mists? Not here!

As September glides away, we are berated by all and sundry that ‘it’s autumn’ or ‘that on the 22nd Sept we experienced the equinox’ or (biggest laugh of all) ‘autumn has arrived’ – a bit like a package from Amazon!! This was the quote from the BBC news team on the 20th September ahead of…

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On time, in time and about time!

The Composers kept to his promise! The August blog is delivered ‘on time and in time’ for the month end and…… thank goodness he made it – unlike July! Hardly had the Olympians landed than he was sat, poised and ready to pen the blog. Unlike July, this has been a month of organisation and…

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The month just flashed by!

The Composer is reeling! Not dancing, just spinning round in a daze! In contrast to his normal able and controlled self, The Composer has watched July evaporated – and it’s all been over in a flash!! You would think that after (x) years (far too many to detail) of organising, planning and carrying out events,…

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What happened to June?

I don’t know – you tell me?  What did happen to the month of ‘flamin’ June’?  Think of it as a ‘culinary’ month!!  It oozed Royal events (including The Composer’s Birthday!), was peppered with football, sprinkled with Wimbledon champers and strawberries and overflowed with ‘Composer’ Guests – sadly there was an over-indulgence of poor weather!!…

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