As expected with the start of September, life has taken off again.  The Good Thing is that I haz fingernalez so I can cling on ( Read more... )

Just a quick entry today, I have birthday cake to make and the guest room to ready.  It's H's birthday this weekend.  BiL is visiting today and tomorrow, S is coming down Sunday.  We shan't have to eat all the chocolate cake ourselves!

Meanwhile have some quotes about books.  I particularly like the one by C. S. Lewis ( Read more... )

That's reading as in what you do with written or printed words to get their meaning, not Reading, the town in Berkshire.  I learned to read at my mother's knee.  I had pneumonia shortly before my fifth birthday so didn't get to school til much later that term.  Mum had been a primary school teacher before she had me, so she got out the old primers ( Read more... )

Il pleut.  Encore.  Ah well, I suppose we need it.  And no, I'm not even going to try turning that last sentence into French.  I know my limits ( Read more... )

Did you enjoy World Book Day yesterday, Dear Reader?  Apparently one mother got a bit creative and sent her 11 year old son in to school dressed as Christian Grey.  The school was not impressed.  Didn't think an 11 year old should know about such a book, apart maybe from the title!  The school also suggested that the lad should have dressed as 007 ( Read more... )

Oooh look, by the end of this week a day will be three minutes longer than the previous one!  The days are getting longer, although actual daylight hours are still more affected by cloud cover or the absence thereof.  As for stargazing . . .  The cold weather, being clear, has helped.  Even though standing out on the pavement, trying to mask out ( Read more... )

Ooh look!  The new Paddington Bear film is out at the end of the month.  Lovers of the bear from Darkest Peru will, probably, be enchanted, though they seem to have rather gone overboard on the Effects, and seem to have put a fairly major Diversion (Nicole Kidman as a Baddie) into the story. I dunno, see what you think, Dear Reader.  I think it's ( Read more... )

Today the sun is again shining, having had its face well washed yesterday.  This is nice and maybe I shan't have to pull the curtains before 5pm, as I did last night.  Heigh ho, less than two months now to Solstice.  Wonder what time it will be necessary to pull the curtains that day ( Read more... )

I'm not entirely sure whether the weather is Autumn-ish yet, but the days are definitely getting shorter.  H came to say goodbye this morning and it wasn't yet light outside.  Then last night, even though the overcast was clearing, it seemed to get dark very early, like before 8pm.  Ah well, 'twill be Equinox in less than two weeks so I suppose it' ( Read more... )

I'm all in favour of public libraries.  Saves your home sinking under the weight of yet more books*, doesn't add to Amazon's profits.  You pay for the (ever decreasing, unfortunately) service whether you use it or not, so go on, Dear Reader, get a membership card.  You may not have access to all the latest books, but there'll be a good selection, ( Read more... )