Here we are again, eleven years in this time. Happy Anniversary, my dear Mr L. It seems but yesterday that we were shivering in the Bratfud snow. Shopping has been effected – just about everyone on the island seemed to be out and about today and things were very light-hearted and jolly. Our newest commercial …
Monthly archives: December 2013
All but one
The penultimate day of 2013 offered us little in the way of blog material. I have been doing the laundry, cleaning cat trays and tidying my desk. Not the stuff of history, really. Here’s a few oddments that reflect my day: 1 – I seem to have lost a packet of Lamy cartridges. I bought …
Not quite what we planned
The weather forecast had been excellent – very low chance of precipitation, sunshine, little if any wind. Great. We decided last night that a good walk was on the cards today. We got up to sunshine but by the time that we were ready to go out, it was becoming dull… and by the time …
All But Powerless
Yesterday was a very odd day. Nell overslept by an hour – it must have been the previous day’s romp with a float that wore her out – and so we too woke late; Nell is our alarm clock and we need no other, normally. I had barely opened my eyes and registered the fact …
A great lack of resolve
[box title=”NOTE:” style=”soft”]I began writing this post yesterday but was interrupted by the power supply going down – more of which, later[/box] It’s that time of the year again – the one when folks like to review and to plan. I am considering giving it a skip – if I face reviewing the lack of …
Respite
I woke in the night to the sound of… silence. The wind had dropped, at last. The situation will return to normal shortly, so we took advantage of the weather window and took the dogs out after breakfast. It was bang on low tide, but a neep tide means little difference ‘twixt high and low …