DB says we can’t have a cat. He didn’t say anything about catfish. I now have 18 – and counting 🙂 *** On the grounds that I am liable to become boring for most readers who don’t like fish, I’m going to put future posts about fish onto their own site. Here are some pictures […]
There are a few things I’m really good at. Catching fish isn’t one of them. In fact, it’s one of the things I’m worst at. *** With most of the other things I’m worst at (or just bad at), I’m generally so bad because I don’t practice enough (or ever) or because I don’t much […]
We have babies! Fish babies! 😉 (Can you tell I’m excited yet?) At least 3 of them! (From approximately 500 eggs, according to the fish website I consulted) Totally unexpected too… *** On Tuesday I came back from England. I was there for a week and had been travelling in Germany for a few days […]
It was heavy for its size, and squidgy, in a crunchy sort of way, like a bag of damp sand..
I am on the road again. Or more rather on the tracks. Since I’m travelling almost entirely by train. Whatever. It’s a 7 1/2 hour journey from where I live to where I have to be at 7pm. Instead of leaving at midday and making a usual late appearance, I chose an early train so […]
I haven’t written lately. You can blame Geoff from TanGental. I don’t really have a lot of time to spare for either reading or writing when I’m at home, so I use my commute for both. The commuting time for the whole of the last week has been taken up with reading Geoff’s book: “Dead […]
(A rant, please excuse me, I need to let off steam ;)) Travelling by train is quite easy, really, as is travelling by train without irritating your fellow passengers. At least I think it should be (although maybe I annoy everyone else without knowing it). There are signs up everywhere telling people not to smoke, […]
I have been home from holiday for three weeks and I haven’t had the decency to keep you updated with how my eyes are. I’m sorry. *** Here’s the news: I am now the proud owner of a pair of glasses (which I will write about soon). 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 I can seeee!!!! *** […]
I am most definitely not a morning person. DB most definitely is. During the week I have to be dressed, breakfasted and out of the house by 7am (7:10 at the very latest), and DB demands that I eat breakfast with him at least once per weekend which involves being up by just gone 8. […]
“I think that’s 12” he said, from the top step of a wobbly stepladder. “Although they won’t stay still long enough for me to count them properly. I haven’t counted the rest, but there’s no way there’s another 20 in there”. “That’s ok, we’ll take them all, even if there aren’t going to be as […]
(From 13th January) This morning I used the last of one of the three remaining eye drops. Oops. (A second bottle wasn’t actually empty, but didn’t gloop much when shaken. It’s difficult to tell how many days worth of drops are left in an opaque 5ml bottle. Double oops.) I’m in a very small seaside […]
“Snip, snip!” I stood in the bathroom, sharp sewing scissors in hand, nervously cutting the air while I worked up enough courage to make a start. I’d spoken to DB, and he’d tried to talk me out of it, but he’d failed. I can be far more consequent than he is when I want to […]
I don’t know many plants that flower in winter, in my head none had big poofy blooms. Then I accompanied DB on a work trip, calling in at his workshop en route. I am now better educated. Trees do blossom in January. Especially mostly neglected trees kept in corridors. This particular corridor is only marginally […]
I need some help with a problem that’s going round and round in my head. I’d be grateful for insights…. *** Over the last few days I spent several hours working with a retired electrician who’s a friend of DB’s. We planned, installed and wired up the new lighting in DB’s aquarium. We went shopping for […]
I flew home* on Saturday. I landed, and was presented with two of my favourite things: Chocolate (which they handed out on the plane as we got off) and Snow (which you can barely see in my blurry photo). Isn’t that awesome? It was even more awesome the next day. Tthere was enough to make […]