It's been an odd day. Found the dog claw-clippers this morning, and Draco was an angel about having his nails trimmed - until I cut one a bit too short and there was a yip and blood (he seems to have forgiven me now - though there are still three claws left to clip - if only they weren't black ( Read more... )

I am sublimating my creative urges by eschewing fic and taking to baking. There are peanut butter biscuits in the oven, the dough for almond sables in the fridge, and the makings of cheese and bacon nibbles in the store cupboard ( Read more... )

Back on the 1st August I reported on the last failure of our electricity circuit in the house. On that occasion everything blacked out at 8.30 on a Saturday morning. Yesterday the TV and 'puters' blacked out at 7.20 in the evening. Lil went out to the garage to do the usual adjustments to the fuse box - which failed - several times. She even ( Read more... )