The house renovations continue to continue
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shapinglightWell, not so much today, as the plasterer failed to show up. :(
Still, at least I haven't had a fight with S - mainly because he isn't here.
In other news (such as it is), er...
...for a moment there I couldn't think of anything.
Still - well, maybe 'enjoy' isn't quite the right word - watching Game of Thrones. Can't believe season 4 is nearly over already. Watched the finale of Agents of SHIELD last week. Was better than most of the episodes but I couldn't care less about any of the characters and the Jossian touches of humour fell flat for me (mainly because I've seen them done before, and better). Still loving The Good Wife.
Other than that, it's all House/Wedding/House/Wedding/House/Wedding.
I'm even boring myself.
Have some birdy pics.
First, from right outside our bedroom windows:
A baby long-tailed tit, just fledged. "Mummy, what's that big blue thing up there?"
Second, from a walk at World's End,
a green-veined white butterfly,
a very handsome male whinchat,
and a cuckoo.
Yep. That's a cuckoo all right. No wonder it's lurking behind that branch.
Mind you, it hasn't escaped notice altogether, that meadow pipit below and to the right, has its eye on it.
Sad really. The problem is that we think of cuckoos as being British, but they're only here for six weeks a year. The rest of the time, they're either in West Africa or in transit between here and there. It's no wonder they're so terribly misunderstood.
Cuckoo: "Cuckoo-oo!", which is cuckoo for, "Are you sure you don't mind the missis laying an egg in your nest? That's awfully decent of you."
Meadow pipit, flying off: "naDevvo'yIghoS!" (Don't ask me why meadow pipits speak Klingon, they just do, okay?)
Cuckoo (clueless that it's being told to bugger off): So kind. Do take care when the egg hatches, though. My lad/ladette can be a bit of a handful.
Meadow pipit (distant): Hab SoSlI' Quch! (this, apparently, means, 'your mother has a smooth forehead', the deadliest insult in the Klingon language).
Cuckoo (beams): So kind!
"It's nice here."
"Cuckoo! I said, it's nice here."
"On the other hand, it's cold."
:Pines for the rainforest.:
How are all of you?
Still, at least I haven't had a fight with S - mainly because he isn't here.
In other news (such as it is), er...
...for a moment there I couldn't think of anything.
Still - well, maybe 'enjoy' isn't quite the right word - watching Game of Thrones. Can't believe season 4 is nearly over already. Watched the finale of Agents of SHIELD last week. Was better than most of the episodes but I couldn't care less about any of the characters and the Jossian touches of humour fell flat for me (mainly because I've seen them done before, and better). Still loving The Good Wife.
Other than that, it's all House/Wedding/House/Wedding/House/Wedding.
I'm even boring myself.
Have some birdy pics.
First, from right outside our bedroom windows:
A baby long-tailed tit, just fledged. "Mummy, what's that big blue thing up there?"
Second, from a walk at World's End,
a green-veined white butterfly,
a very handsome male whinchat,
and a cuckoo.
Yep. That's a cuckoo all right. No wonder it's lurking behind that branch.
Mind you, it hasn't escaped notice altogether, that meadow pipit below and to the right, has its eye on it.
Sad really. The problem is that we think of cuckoos as being British, but they're only here for six weeks a year. The rest of the time, they're either in West Africa or in transit between here and there. It's no wonder they're so terribly misunderstood.
Cuckoo: "Cuckoo-oo!", which is cuckoo for, "Are you sure you don't mind the missis laying an egg in your nest? That's awfully decent of you."
Meadow pipit, flying off: "naDevvo'yIghoS!" (Don't ask me why meadow pipits speak Klingon, they just do, okay?)
Cuckoo (clueless that it's being told to bugger off): So kind. Do take care when the egg hatches, though. My lad/ladette can be a bit of a handful.
Meadow pipit (distant): Hab SoSlI' Quch! (this, apparently, means, 'your mother has a smooth forehead', the deadliest insult in the Klingon language).
Cuckoo (beams): So kind!
"It's nice here."
"Cuckoo! I said, it's nice here."
"On the other hand, it's cold."
:Pines for the rainforest.:
How are all of you?
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Date: 2014-06-09 06:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-06-09 06:59 pm (UTC)Plumber has sent back new loo because it doesn't suit his concept. I'm growing roots in parents' spare room.
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Date: 2014-06-09 07:07 pm (UTC)Glad it made you smile.
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Date: 2014-06-09 07:10 pm (UTC)We should form a society - the House Renovation Victims' Defence League, or something.
Plumber has sent back new loo because it doesn't suit his concept.
Doesn't fit his concept? Who the bloody hell does he think he is? Michaelangelo?
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Date: 2014-06-09 07:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-06-09 08:03 pm (UTC)(which is thank you in Klingon, though Klingons wouldn't be caught dead saying it).
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Date: 2014-06-09 08:10 pm (UTC)Some day you'll look fondly back on all of this. Not anytime soon, however.
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Date: 2014-06-09 09:30 pm (UTC)No. :(
Maybe in years to come I'll turn it into a story for my grandchildren. Should send them to sleep, if nothing else.
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Date: 2014-06-09 09:48 pm (UTC)(Funny thing: I thought you lived in an urban area....)
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Date: 2014-06-09 10:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-06-10 09:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-06-10 10:36 am (UTC)Aargh! I'm boring myself again!
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Date: 2014-06-11 12:56 am (UTC)Hee to your birdy dialogues!
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Date: 2014-06-11 10:42 am (UTC)You can tell I'm not really a Klingon. That's two thank yous in one comments thread.
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Date: 2014-06-11 12:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-06-11 05:05 pm (UTC)I remember when my folks had their house renovated - it nearly caused a divorce. But they loved the end result, even though the extra space did mean my granny could go and stay with them. :)
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Date: 2014-06-16 08:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-06-16 08:42 pm (UTC)I do wonder sometimes if we'll still be married when it's all over. :(
This weekend went better for some reason. Not sure why.