Spring has arrived with a triumph of fine weather. I have been in short-sleeves most of the week (still wearing stockings with my skirts, though) and spent most of yesterday afternoon lying in the sun in the lounge or on the deck with a book or the laptop reading. I've spent most of this afternoon in the same way. You can tell it's spring, ( Read more... )

This winter has been cold, grey and miserable so far. Where are Wellington's wild winds and glorious storms? It's nearly a month since midwinter and I only just noticed that it's starting to get lighter earlier and darker later. The only vaguely sunny days seem to be midweek and by the time the day ends, it's raining again. I haven't dried ( Read more... )

Exams tomorrow. Despite my almost complete lack of study, I don't actually feel underprepared for these, although I doubt I will feel that way when sitting Estates tomorrow afternoon. Still, at least Property is in the morning and I have a couple of hours between the two, so can cram some more, if I need to. I have at least gone through and ( Read more... )

Just watched Cyrano de Bergerac and it was excellent. It's been a very long time since a movie made me cry. The last one I remember was Little Women when Beth died - I managed to eek out a few tears for that. Or maybe that was the book ( Read more... )

Just to be clear: I support the bus drivers stop work meeting. They are an extremely important part of the Wellington region transport network and should get paid accordingly. I am aware that they chose the time for this meeting (10.00am to 2.30pm) to prevent inconvenience to as many people as possible. I am also aware that they advertised the ( Read more... )

I don't know why I do this to myself. I know what I need to do for the LARP character editing, I knew roughly how much time it would take, I knew when I needed to get it done by. Yet I still waited until the day before the meeting to go through and edit things. It's mostly done now and I'll stop for the night I think. I just have to write the ( Read more... )

With all the heavy rain over the past day or so, our backyard has flooded quite impressively. There is only a little bit of actual grass left above water. I took some photos, but the device I use to upload them to my computer appears to have broken (at least, the computer knows it's there, but doesn't know anything else about it), and I think I'm ( Read more... )