and I'm trying to catch up..after a Summer of Camping , fishing and concentrated house repair and decoration.. so here goes
The Weather....
Rain/Wind Rain/Wind Storms Rain/Windstorms and flood warnings ...need we say more?
Books Read/reading....
I'm escaping to Venice via Donna Leon's -"Beastly Things" (A Commissaro Guido Brunetti Mystery) Page 69 and I'd like to read it now but must do chores
Exciting events ?
Nope none really ..We fitted a new toilet (which is only exciting to those who knew the charms and efficiencies of the old one...Whooo hooo this one works !!!!!!)
Dog is improving (bit of a back step when the phone rang a moment ago...bells ringing does not mean chew the moving human..drat him)
Found a fun video for the girls to dance to..
(song available from amazon..we bought it :0) )
Radio Plays/Audio books.
Enjoyed Jim Dales reading of JK Rowling's The Chamber of Secrets.
And also to my surprise a reading of Bram Stoker's Dracula read by Anthony Valentine.
(It's an abridged reading from Talking Classics)
Listened to two good radio plays
Death's Head Berlin by Jack Gerson from 1987 Starring Bob Peck .
An engrossing and absorbing glimpse of Germany and the rise of Hitler set within a Murder hunt.
Dead Man's Bay by PM Hubbard from 1966
Set after the War on the coast near a Navel establishment...smuggling and espionage in a time when life was less ambiguous ..Brilliant
Fun Finds...
Melamine Rice Bowls and Bamboo chopsticks on Bargain Sale at the local Grocery store..much fun trying to use chopsticks is planned for this weekend :0)
Australian fruitcake..real yummy fruitcake ..I can now have a slice of fruitcake made with cherries and sultanas with a big mug of tea...YES (they also sell custard creams and other biccies from Australia..who know ?!)
Note to self ..
"Go steady on the fruitcake or you'll turn into one"
Anyone who has renovated a house on any scale is going to understand your excitement about a new working loo. Yeh! Congrats on finding a good fruit cake. Funny what you miss. Enjoy your tea and cake. I promise not to tell.
ReplyDeleteThanks Cheryl :0)
DeleteA summer of camping and fishing in Alaska sounds absolutely fantastic to me. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt was fun Cath...now I just need to learn to ski :0)
DeleteDonna Leon, radio plays, fruitcake. Bring it on! (Loved the Kilvert too!)
ReplyDeleteI think I may have to join fruit cakes anonymous Colleen it's a dangerous addiction :0)
DeleteHa the toilet what can i say other than Woop Woop having had first hand experience of this alarming receptacle !
ReplyDeleteAnd as for the cake well I will be joining you .
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So far so good Sis !!!!the girls would like you to eat Thorntons for them :0)
DeleteActually, the girls want to eat the thortans! Kate
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