Yesterday failed to go entirely to plan. I settled down to read about Cezanne only to find that he is next week's task. This week is all about Christopher Marlowe and Doctor Faustus and that involved an Audio CD of a performance of the play. Fine, not exactly hard work, is it. I made a …
Heart of Stone
I find it difficult to believe that it is Saturday again tomorrow. That means that I am now officially behind on Cleopatra and should now be starting on Cêzanne! This week has been a whirlwind of walking, puzzling and studying. Is it really a month since we left home? The sun just keeps on shining, …
Puzzled? We will be
The temperature dropped last night an I believe that I slept so much better for that. I was so flat out this morning that Mr L got up, walked and fed the dog, unpacked the printer and printed out five puzzles without waking me. He finally roused me by standing at the foot of the …
CHIPS!
Nell was a real trouper at the pub this evening. You'd have thought that she had been going for a pint every night for her whole life. I was able to remove her lead and she sat by the side of our table, good as gold. She appreciated the chips very much indeed. I may …
More Catch-up
There has been little knitting, despite the vast quantity of occupation that I packed in order to keep me amused for the winter. I had a sock in progress; the heel having been closed, I began the gusset on the ferry from Sanday to Kirkwall. That gusset was completed somewhere after Abington on the M74 …
All change
Hello! Here we are, safely installed in Kirkcudbrightshire. We landed yesterday afternoon and parked up in our allocated space. We have had a wonderful holiday on our trip down, some of which is now recorded at Two Snails. I have more to write up there and probably some waffle to place here too. My OU …