Office humour, passing over, step by step
1. Sometimes our banter is so perfectly timed that it sounds almost scripted (in a good way). 2. A flash of red reflected in the stream as John steps from bank to bank. 3. The design evolves step by step until it’s just right.
Spotted, nearly kisses, hen friends, up there with laughter
1. I find a polka dotted feather on the ground in the woods – black with white spots. I show the boys then keep it tucked in my hand, to take it home and add it to my collection. 2. “Well, that was nearly embarrassing,” I tell one of my colleagues over IM, “the cat [...]
Refreshing, uplifting, productive, coincidence, helping hand
-1. (from last night) I don’t realise how stifling it is in the house until I open the door to let Lily out for her bedtime wee. The comparatively cool air is wonderfully refreshing. I breath deeply and the skin on my arms tingles. 0. (also from last night) I finished reading ‘Miss Pettrigrew Lives [...]
3BT – saucy, fun by design, good night
1. I add the tomato ketchup to the sandwich but it keeps slipping off onto my fingers. Lick, lick, lick. 2. I finish my day working on a design/DTP project. It’s a while since I’ve done any work in Inkscape and it’s a lot of fun. The event the work is for should be a [...]
3BT – wake up routine, office at last, fun warm-up
1. Get up. Wee. Feed cats. Get dressed. Take dog for a walk. Feed dog. Have shower. Get dressed again. Sit with John as he wakes up. Have breakfast. 2. We’re working in our office at last. After months of stagnation, the room has been transformed in the last few weeks and is now beautifully [...]
3BT – first spring, slick, the answer
1. (I sort-of mentioned this on Clare’s blog the other week but I’ve not mentioned it here yet so…) Where we lived in Leeds, it was green — the lawns of the park, the trees of the woods leading down to the canal — but north facing houses & gardens meant no flowers, no colour, [...]