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 …
Author archives: Scattered Thinker
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 …
Scrummy
I added goose fat roasted potatoes as we aren’t actually vegetarian – we just don’t care for Turkey – and this nut roast is light years better than any meat. Melon to start, cheese and port to complete. Am now unable to move.
It’s nuts around here
Christmas was officially declared at 23:30 hrs last night, when we filled in the final clue in the Guardian Crossword. A new-to-us setter and we are not entirely sure we liked their style. A self-reference in the themed solutions. Plenty of clues to make us groan or moan, but none to wow us with their …