Getting dark

Another day where it gets to half past three and I notice that the light is beginning to fade, which in turn reminds me that I haven’t taken my photo for the day … and that it really would have been much wiser to have done it earlier in the day when it was still [...]

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And when he’s wearing skis I’ll know it must be snowing

In the sitting room we have one of those fancy things that tells you not just the time, but also the temperature indoors and the temperature outdoors. Of course, I can’t see this device from where I spend most of my day in my office. However I am able to rely on more natural methods [...]

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A day of rest

Lauren turned up this morning bearing birthday salutations and gifts. Gifts that required super-human strength to extricate them from the packaging, but which smelled very nice. I’m not sure what’s happened the rest of the day. With a bit of rain and wintery darkness outside I tend to switch off, even during the week, thinking [...]

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Sometimes chocolate is required

I had a craving for Lauren’s Rocky Road and then Lori shared her recipe for Rocky Road cake, so it seemed meant to be. Time to melt some chocolate and stir in some marshmallows and chopped up brazil nuts. I decided to make a slab like Lauren did, so at the minute there’s a very [...]

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Oh good, she’s talking about compost again

I haven’t been putting anything except my frondy carrot tops into the compost bin for a while as the bin was very full. Putting a few bricks on top has now pushed everything down about 8 inches, so I can start adding more. As well as the kitchen scraps from last night’s dinner I also [...]

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Back to work

And like yesterday, I keep thinking it’s Friday. Bits of work done today, translations of reviews, transcripts of crazy people talking, bits of code updated, people emailed. And I keep leaving my daily photo until late afternoon when it’s getting dark outside and in. The good news is though that there’s leftover no-cook lemon pie [...]

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