The cat was sick in the kitchen overnight. It was probably our fault. He's become more picky in his old age and the only wet food he seems to like now is the expensive Sheba pouches. After that spell in the hot weather when he didn't eat much at all, it's been good to see… Continue reading Strange morning
Category: Observation
Things I learnt this week 35.20
You’re never too old to learn new things but you might not always be successful. I wanted to try surfing. I tried surfing. I learned that before I try surfing again I need to work in my upper body strength and flexibility. On the other hand, I also learned that, uncomfortable as they are to… Continue reading Things I learnt this week 35.20
The Bubble House
You will know by now that I am inclined to dreaming. And here is another dream. The Bubble House. This place looks amazing; it would be like living in a space ship. And it's for sale! The entrance way really looks like a landed spacecraft. The interesting and unusual design of this house started as… Continue reading The Bubble House
The Problem with Pillowcases
Husband and I have some issues with laundry. Or rather, I have some issues with Husband's way of hanging laundry up to dry. He doesn't check that all the sleeves are shaken out from shirts, he doesn't make sure that things are hung flat so they dry properly. I always have to follow along behind… Continue reading The Problem with Pillowcases
The Devil’s staircase
Many years ago when I lived in Edinburgh, I did an evening class that had a title something along the lines of "Scottish place names and mythology". I'm wondering now how I got the time and the money to do this as I remember my Edinburgh time as working two jobs to keep my head… Continue reading The Devil’s staircase
Park life
Spending a lot more time in the park these days means I'm observing a whole other range of behaviour in people I don't usually see. If we get to the park early it's what we call the 'jog and dog' crowd. (In truth the joggers seem to be there most times of the day but… Continue reading Park life
A different kind of morning
Pre-lockdown, my weekday mornings followed a set routine - get up, get showered, get dressed, get fed, get out of the house, get to the station, get on a train, get to work. Not a lot of variation in that routine except in how long it took me to complete these tasks which would affect… Continue reading A different kind of morning
Three things
Three things I have learned in lockdown: How to make beer breadWhich local corner shops are best to go to for various grocery itemsWhere the German Bakery is Three things I am doing in lockdown that I didn't do before: Using the breadmaker (when there is bread flour to be had)Playing board games and canasta… Continue reading Three things
The old, anew
Today we did some rearranging of things in the dining room. The dining room is not a large room so there's not a lot of space to do anything. We were thinking to move the sideboard from one corner to the other, but of course once we'd moved it, we didn't like it in the… Continue reading The old, anew
Bite
Beware the Jabberwock, my son!The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! I'd caught a frill neck lizard in our yard. I must have been about seven. At the impressionable age where I'd seen movies and read books where someone traps a wild animal (a wolf, a horse, a bird) and makes it their friend.… Continue reading Bite
