In keeping with my semi-vow of writing LJ posts I am sat here (as any number of modern British writers would put it and is that really how they speak/write in England these days?) with Myrna while Eli is out for a run, and Gradka, worryingly, cleans her bottom. It's worrying because my day started when I woke to realize that there was a vile smell ( Read more... )

Truly my subject lines are just misleading sometimes though, on reflection, I will be posting bird photos... But my time for, or dedication to reading have been oddly limited of late; it could be that Seymour is just not destination reading. I'll finish it, however, just so I can move on to something else. I'm not sure what that's going to be but I ( Read more... )

Hey! Chicken for dinner. Yay!

Also, coincidentally, Birds
dark-eyed juncos (Oregon)
black-capped chickadees
northern flickers (red-shafted)
house sparrows
American robins
Steller's jay
cormorant
pigeons
crows
gulls
hummingbird
house finch

Book
Parrot and Olivier in America (page 202 ( Read more... )

Emulating the Mother-of-Three, I'm going to have a restorative, or at least cleansing bath before collapsing into bed. Today has had that sort of exhausted, somewhat flat, day-after-party feel. As far as I know I don't need to be looking into airfares to Australia, but assuredly I did manage to drink a great deal. Though the first guest (not ( Read more... )

Step one: Find best apricot preserve recipe ever.

I can't believe I almost didn't start watching 24 this season! In other news, a snap of the lovely tea cup I received for Christmas from the MOT:


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Frankly I thought everyone was practically born knowing a gingerbread recipe but I can deny the Imaginary Reader nothing so I post the following very simple recipe for Very Easy Gingerbread. (Need I say I always go heavier on the spices ( Read more... )

As I've just emailed a friend I should be dealing with trash, laundry, dishes, checkbook, bike, and catbox but instead I find I'm hiding out on the internets instead. I've even posted reviews on Amazon (they emailed to ask; how weird is that?) in order to postpone actually starting on the list of chores that is tasking me. (This post's fun game: ( Read more... )