- Starting to sleep badly. I love sleeping so this sucks a lot. #
- Got to enjoy a Maureen's today – saw what all of Team @brightbox have been raving about. Yum, but definitely needed extra sauce though. #
- Tried to have a bit of a lie in but the animals weren't having any of it – Lily started rhythmically kicking my legs & Carla sat on my face. #
- I love how Marcus Mumford pronounces consonants. #
- Enjoying making up definitions for real words on http://wordimperfect.blogspot.com/ #
- Good weekend – enjoyed seeing @thattommyhall on Friday/yesterday, a couple of woodland walks, picked apples & made kickass chapatis this eve #
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(I wrote this as a draft and didn’t write any more from that day – but think it should be published anyway.)
1. Lily has always been soft to the touch but not as silky as the cats. We have a new found appreciation of the cats’ fur since Lily joined the team, especially when the cats touch somewhere other than our hands. Carla sat on my bare ankles is a delightful sensation.*
* I actually started the day with Carla sat on my forehead with the back of her rear leg joints up my nose. While her fur felt just as lovely, overall, it was a less pleasant sensation.
My fake definition for the word “waddy” was the winning entry on Word Imperfect the other day. Yay!
1. The chickens always chatter when I go down to see them. I imagine them like excited children, desperate for attention and to tell me about their day.
2. We stand on the undulating green lawn in the sun. It’s the first time we’ve been to that park when it’s just a park and not a carnival ground, and it’s strange to see it so quiet and empty. I mentally draw in the stages and the food tents, and think about walking up the hill to buy some sugar cane.
3. There is a painting for sale on eBay which looks exactly like Lily – not in appearance but in expression. I point it out to John and we look at Lily to compare – she’s sat in the exact same position, pulling the exact same expression. We laugh.
1. I have lunch – leftover kedgeree – on the balcony. The cats and dog sit together in the soft sunlight.
2. Always on the look out for mushrooms, we find Amethyst Deceivers (Laccaria amethystea) – an amazingly deep, rich purple in the brown leaf litter.
3. As usual, I come home from drama and tell John stories from class. After one story:
Him “it’s just like being back at school”
Me (gushing) “except the cool kids like me!”
1. The heavy rain disrupts my gardening plans. Instead, I curl under a blanket with the dreaming dog and finish reading my book.
2. On the drive to Bingley, John makes poo-hitting-water noises and I can’t help but laugh and laugh.
3. There is just enough time between the rain stopping and night falling for us to do our most important outside chores. I clean out the chicken coop and the girls cluck around me to say thanks.
- It's a year today since we moved into our new house – it's way more work than we thought but no regrets, we're very happy here :) #
- Thrown off by how early @johnleach left for LeedsRubyThing, I've been considering going to bed, only to look up and realise it's not 8pm yet #
- When did Twitter change their text-in updates number to a short code rather than a mobile number? Many tweets lost. Bah. #
- Met the youngest Jarvis, had a milkshake, nearly lost a shoe to mud, curry later. Good day! #
- Read The World in Winter by John Christopher. First half disturbing-an interesting spin on things, second half dull. Deus ex machina a go go #
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