A while ago the US government was nice enough to rebate Mark’s tax instead of spending it on Blessing God’s America, Not Leaving Children Behind, or Fighting Terror which led to us deciding to spend it on a few days being tourists and singing copa co! copacabana. Unfortunately we miscalculated the security at Boston airport [...]
Archive for May, 2007
Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl
Posted in things we did, wildlife on May 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yes, it is Saturday night at 8.06pm
Posted in general on May 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today I have been trying to end my thesis with a good ending, one that “draws the reader back out of the thesis into real life with new perspective”, which sounds so nice doesn’t it? I want that for me too. I should get inspired to do this. I am not inspired.
There [...]
Thunder
Posted in weather on May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve had thunderstorms yesterday and today, with lightning and rattling crashes. At three o’clock today the sky got so dark the street lamps came on.
Approaching storm
It was very exciting. It made me think of my cosy bed, and this:
“when one is sad, it is lovely to lie in the warmth of one’s [...]
Mango yellow
Posted in food on May 14, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I like gathering infatuations. Last week was all about yellow. I found a yellow handbag in the op-shop that inspired me to fix my yellow rose brooch and to wear my yellow ring with the yellow stone in and eat many mangoes. They’ve arrived from Mexico, and are only fifty cents at [...]
More-pork, More-pork
Posted in craft, wildlife on May 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This is Morepork: at home on books and in trees. He is my latest knit, inspired by this one and some musty wool that was too scratchy for real clothes. The colours really suit him I think. He’s not finished yet and has to get some feet, a wing, and also some stitching [...]
