Monthly Archive: February 2012

POPPY

This is Poppy.  She is a Haflinger pony. She is exactly the same as my horse on SKYRIM and I took to her straight away.  The Haflinger, also known as the Avelignese, is a breed of horse developed in Austria and northern Italy during the late 19th century. Haflinger horses are relatively small, light in color, have distinctive gaits described as energetic but smooth, and are well-muscled yet elegant. The breed traces its ancestry to the Middle Ages.  I am borrowing her and my mum has started giving me riding lessons again.  I haven’t ridden much since we moved.  She is very nice and friendly.

BE IN A MUSIC VIDEO

Do you want to be in a music video?  There is no pay involved but you could be involved with a band called HELEN AND THE SIRENS and they are doing a new video where they want people to send in clips of themselves and then they will pick the best ones to be in their video.  I have done one and sent it in.     You don’t have to learn all of it, just a chorus or a verse, you choose and then you have to mime it into your computer or iphone and send it in.  Details below:- 2012...

SPRINGTIME

Wow.  it is a lovely day.  I have been playing in the woods with my brother and we put up some nestboxes.   My mum said that in 1976 , cold and snowy weather in the Spring was followed by, non stop,  lovely sunshine all Summer.  Maybe it will be the same this year.

TWITTER

TWITTER

Tried to put a link on twitter for my new Casting Networks UK link but Twitter just won’t have it so I will put it here and I hope  it works o.k. http://principals.castingnetworks.co.uk/adamthomaswright Got to go to bed now.

UPDATE

UPDATE

My new showreel is now on my website.  www.adamthomaswright.com My brother, Alastair, has updated my website and put new pictures on as well.  I really like it.

PANCAKE TUESDAY

PANCAKE TUESDAY

  What is Pancake day.   It is called Shrove Tuesday and is the last chance to eat whatever you like.  Shrove Tuesday is the last day before Lent which is  a Christian festival where you give something up for Lent.   Nowadays it is something like chocolate or cakes but in the olden days it would have been normal things like eggs and butter.  Lent goes on right up to Easter Sunday and that works out to 47 days of giving up something, like a sort of a sacrifice or proof of willpower.  Shrove comes from the word shrive which means to...

Tough as old boots

Tough as old boots

My mum has dug out her old motorbike boots and cleaned them up.  She said they are about 33 years old!!  They have been all over the place although she didn’t walk about in them much as she was on a motorbike. I don’t keep any of my shoes because I grow out of them but is there anybody else that can break my mum’s  record for shoes or boots still being worn!  

Valentine’s Day

Valentine was a priest in Rome and he was a martyr.  He was made a saint but he had nothing to do with anything to do with romance. The name became associated with romance because a poem was written in the Middle Ages by Geoffrey Chaucer and it became traditional to write poems and send flowers and sweets to your sweetheart.  The poems and cards were called Valentines. Apart from his name, nothing is known about St Valentine other than he was buried at Via Flaminia on February 14, AD269.   There is a myth, with no historical value, that he wrote...

Still Snowy

The snow hasn’t cleared here yet and it still looks pretty.  My mum took this photo on her phone yesterday and we are surprised that the apples are still on the tree.  I wonder why the birds haven’t eaten them!  

snow picture

The snow is still on the ground here and we had to dig our way out on Monday so that I could get to school.  It has gone icy now so here is a picture of when it was nice and new.