Bedtime
Today I was particularly pleased with myself for making the bed. More than just throwing a duvet, it involved spanners, screwdrivers, a hammer and quite a lot of thinking to follow some very simple instructions. If I wake up in a heap in a few hours time, I will know I did it wrong. Also on the agenda today was more drilling of holes in the walls - always a bit scary in case I hit a cable or pipe.
Alas too much to do in the house to spend any time in the garden today, although a bit of the garden came in the house when I opened the door and a minor gale blew in a load of leaves. Don't tell Mrs G.
Today I was particularly pleased with myself for making the bed. More than just throwing a duvet, it involved spanners, screwdrivers, a hammer and quite a lot of thinking to follow some very simple instructions. If I wake up in a heap in a few hours time, I will know I did it wrong. Also on the agenda today was more drilling of holes in the walls - always a bit scary in case I hit a cable or pipe.
Alas too much to do in the house to spend any time in the garden today, although a bit of the garden came in the house when I opened the door and a minor gale blew in a load of leaves. Don't tell Mrs G.
Slaughter of Cattle
Today I have not
been attending the slaughter of 250,000 buffalo in Nepal as past of once in every 5 years Hindu festival
nor have I been crashing some parties in the Whitehouse
nor have I been holding the world cup as it passes through Zimbabwe
and therefore I have not been incurring any one's wrath
instead I helped set up a new laptop and wireless router
and was rewarded with cheese
very happy
Today I have not
been attending the slaughter of 250,000 buffalo in Nepal as past of once in every 5 years Hindu festival
nor have I been crashing some parties in the Whitehouse
nor have I been holding the world cup as it passes through Zimbabwe
and therefore I have not been incurring any one's wrath
instead I helped set up a new laptop and wireless router
and was rewarded with cheese
very happy
Overstrand
Is a grand place
Especially when with lovely friends
Doing lovely things
and on top of that gazing at an amazing sky with a vast number of a amazing stars
I didn't see them all
and I assumed they are all amazing - because I don't really know
but the number of them is truly amazing.
So how many stars are there?
something like this might be a rough estimate
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
And I don't even know how to say that number
But it's probably more than all the grains of sand on all the worlds beaches.
I stopped counting after a while last night because it was cold, and I'd had a couple of beers and needed the loo.
Is a grand place
Especially when with lovely friends
Doing lovely things
and on top of that gazing at an amazing sky with a vast number of a amazing stars
I didn't see them all
and I assumed they are all amazing - because I don't really know
but the number of them is truly amazing.
So how many stars are there?
something like this might be a rough estimate
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
And I don't even know how to say that number
But it's probably more than all the grains of sand on all the worlds beaches.
I stopped counting after a while last night because it was cold, and I'd had a couple of beers and needed the loo.
My Garden right now: Lots of people liked the picture a few days ago, so here is tonight's..... As you can (or rather can't) see. It's pretty dark !
So - it starts
The campaign for the general election - who better to kick it the the Queen herself
The writing of Christmas cards - so we can send out new address
The collecting of leaves - so many in the garden, and no where to put them
The job hunting - I have to start sometime I guess
And most worrying, the stand -off between USA and China - who can say or do the most fearsome things
The campaign for the general election - who better to kick it the the Queen herself
The writing of Christmas cards - so we can send out new address
The collecting of leaves - so many in the garden, and no where to put them
The job hunting - I have to start sometime I guess
And most worrying, the stand -off between USA and China - who can say or do the most fearsome things
Joke
I realised that I hadn't told any jokes on my blog for some time
So here are a few very short ones
David Cameron
George Osborne
Louis Walsh
Sarah Palin
I realised that I hadn't told any jokes on my blog for some time
So here are a few very short ones
David Cameron
George Osborne
Louis Walsh
Sarah Palin
Post Office
Despite the queue in the post office coming out of the door, and taking 15 minutes, I had some good entertainment from the two old boys behind me. Their conversation went something like this.....
- there's always a queue
- never enough people on the tills
- run by a bunch of young bureaucrats
- health and safety gone too far too
- children can't go packing
- that Tony Blair and labour
- no idea how to run a country
- they should all be locked up
- MPs, duck houses, moat cleaning
- hanging would be better
- country has gone to the dogs
- and we fought for this
- was it worth it
- half the kids come out of school illiterate
- standards have dropped
- do you want to go in front of me
- no point, I'll wait my turn
- to the dogs
Despite the queue in the post office coming out of the door, and taking 15 minutes, I had some good entertainment from the two old boys behind me. Their conversation went something like this.....
- there's always a queue
- never enough people on the tills
- run by a bunch of young bureaucrats
- health and safety gone too far too
- children can't go packing
- that Tony Blair and labour
- no idea how to run a country
- they should all be locked up
- MPs, duck houses, moat cleaning
- hanging would be better
- country has gone to the dogs
- and we fought for this
- was it worth it
- half the kids come out of school illiterate
- standards have dropped
- do you want to go in front of me
- no point, I'll wait my turn
- to the dogs
Fire
works, in the garden tonight
good fun
although not a huge fan myself
of the waste and CO2
and mud traipsed onto the house
apparently it good for a man to be grumpy
but I
can't keep it up
this week I 'signed on'
and joined the ranks of unwashed unemployed
and this week I started my Age Concern fun
meeting a great old guy
fire, grumps, dole, old
and the inevitable chain saw
what a varied and exciting life I live
works, in the garden tonight
good fun
although not a huge fan myself
of the waste and CO2
and mud traipsed onto the house
apparently it good for a man to be grumpy
but I
can't keep it up
this week I 'signed on'
and joined the ranks of unwashed unemployed
and this week I started my Age Concern fun
meeting a great old guy
fire, grumps, dole, old
and the inevitable chain saw
what a varied and exciting life I live
Rain
Rain - wet all day in London and Norwich where I've been
Reign - saw a couple of palaces
Rein- deer seen in museum in Knightsbridge
Spain - homeland of the excellent food on Saturday night
Pain - or bread in the lovely French breakfast shop this morning
Pain - poor wife's broken tooth, in said bread shop
Pane - windows still holding out in the
rain
Rain - wet all day in London and Norwich where I've been
Reign - saw a couple of palaces
Rein- deer seen in museum in Knightsbridge
Spain - homeland of the excellent food on Saturday night
Pain - or bread in the lovely French breakfast shop this morning
Pain - poor wife's broken tooth, in said bread shop
Pane - windows still holding out in the
rain
