Notes from the sketch book

A bit tardy on the blog this week but this week (Wednesday) saw Harrison Ford turn 80, so here is a happy belated birthday to an actor who has appeared in some of my favourite movies, ones that helped shape my childhood and later fuelled my passion of travelling! The amount of times I have seen Raiders I dare not say, and is a staple watch on my birthday. As a kid I was inspired to follow in indy's footsteps and wanted to see the world, and after leaving school I found my own adventures backpacking through Europe and later...

 This is the first of a new collection celebrating 'Where I Live'...... My home area of Dorset is such a beautiful place to live and full of a number of outdoor wonders and amazing natural attractions. We have the famous Jurassic Coast, the popular beaches at Bournemouth, the most expensive stretch of coast in sandbanks and the beautiful north Dorset full of green spaces, woodlands and trailways.   The stone arch known as Durdle Door is maybe the most well-known in the entire world. One of Dorset's most famous and photographed attractions is part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site...

"You Are Not Unlovable. There Is Always Something To Love. Even In A Stupid, Stupid Universe Where We Have Hot Dogs For Fingers, We Get Very Good With Our Feet" The fate of the Earth and reality itself is at stake when an interdimensional rupture shatters reality, forcing an unexpected hero to use her newly discovered abilities to battle strange and baffling threats throughout the multiverse. Everything, Everywhere all at once is a 2022 movie starring Michelle Yeou as Evelyn, a Chinese-American woman who runs a laundromat which is not only struggling but is now being audited by the I.R.S. With...

"Wherever there is injustice, you will find us...Wherever there is suffering, we'll be there...Wherever liberty is threatened, you will find... The Three Amigos!" When one of their films fails to make money, three cowboy movie stars from the silent era — Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase), Lucky Day (Steve Martin), and Ned Nederlander (Martin Short) — are sacked. Young Mexican woman Carmen (Patrice Martinez) makes them what appears to be a career-saving offer: a high-paying job in her village. The three seize the chance, anticipating performing their standard act, but Carmen thinks they are actually heroes and asks them to get...

"They can be a great people, Kal-El; they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you... my only son"  On this day in 1938 an alien was introduced to the world, Superman made is debut in comic book form.  The first issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series Action Comics was titled Action Comics #1, it contained various comic book heroes for the first time, most notably Superman, which was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. It is...