Congratulations to colours, who I'll bet is feeling properly chuffed right about now! ;-)

It's pouring here. Solidly. I can vouch for this with not inconsiderable authority, as can the doggin. We both got spectacularly drenched on this morning's walk, and then, to make sure that no part of me escaped, as I walked towards the office this morning from the ( Read more... )

( The answers )

Late post, because Internet access has only just been restored to my desktop PC (and Firefox remains deader than a parrot, and I understand not why so). So, in a mild rush:

( answers to the fifth round faces quiz )

Round Six of the Faces Quiz - answers will be posted on Saturday:
( 31 Faces, One Link )

Well, the scores on the doors in Round V of the Faces Quiz have chromodynamics leaping straight to the top of the Roll of Honour with an excellent 24½. Impressive. Most impressive. :D ( Read more... )

( 25 Pics, and one common theme... )

Just a quick post to alert y'all to cynthia_black's Music Intros Quiz! Currently I'm a rather distant second to jessanndi (who is proving superb at these games!), but I doubt that my silver medal position will last much longer...

Anyway, do go and play!

The heiffers are up on the Westwood now, which means that the joys of walking the Mali-dog there are now augmented with the additional thrill of ensuring man and hound dodge the cow pats! Actually, Mali had a really good time up there - we found a black labrador/springer cross called Oscar who he ran around with, and bumped into 6 or 7 other ( Read more... )

( Nostalgia ain't what it used to be... )

Some time around 3 this morning, I heard a car's engine racing down one of the streets nearby, followed by a huge CRASH! This was, in turn, followed by a brief siren burst and a second car's burst of accelleration before all was quiet once more ( Read more... )