18
May
Last
night I thought about taking a series of photos before the guys started with
the work outside our place. Oh dear, good idea, but too late cos when we got up
this morning the scaffolding had been started. Not only, that it’s rained
really hard out there right now. I should have thought about it yesterday when
I could have got the shot I wanted yesterday afternoon … ah well … … … But I’ve
just thought, maybe I can; the rain is due to stop later this morning. Seeing
as they have started next door with Roy’s place, I should be able to get the
side and corner of our place before they get to do to doing it.
It
is said that writing is a lonely profession. Is it? I’m not so sure you know. I
tend to write now, sat where I am right now in our living room. Jan is moving
about and asking, ‘How do you spell …’ and so on. We bet comments back and
forth between each other and yet I don’t lose my place or the thought I had. I’ve
even been able to write while Kile is here with us playing on the Wii. In the
past I’ve sat in a pub and got on with writing too. So for me writing is not
necessarily lonely. However, if the person who thought up that comment meaning
that the writer is only the only person living in the world at that time, then
yes I can accept that.
In
the past I have said that I like quite to read and write, and I do; but if
needs be I can do both here in home and in the pub where it is a lot more busy.
It seems I feel comfortable in sitting in a pub with pad and pencil while the
day to day life of the pub flows around me. When I’m doing serious reading
though, i.e., a text book, I do tend like quiet so I can concentrate on what I
am reading. I can read a novel or a photo-mag pretty much anywhere really. Oh
yes, lying soaking in nice hot bath with a decent novel is just the height of
luxury for me. Sadly we don’t have one now.
OK,
let’s have a quick look at the telly eh. It has struck me just how lucky we
have these days. We our TIVO box from Virgin we can watch BBC1 and record BBC2,
ITV and Channel 4 at the same time. But hand on a mow … Because I have a weak
bladder these days, I need to go for wee fairly often. The TIVO box means we
can pause what we are watching so I don’t miss anything. How many times have
you missed the winning goal because you have to go for wee? I know in past I
have! So yes, we are lucky as we are today.
Last
evening as we watched CountryFile, I
set our record for three other shows, Demolition:
The Wrecking Crew, The Detectives, Jonathon Strange & Mr Norell, all
three are series and TIVO allows to set a link for the future shows too. The
biggest problem afterwards is getting to watch everything afterwards.
And
so for today’s photo …
I call this one Hanging Colours. It’s a subject I shoot
every time I see such displays.
Today’s
funny …
An Irish woman walks into an
undertakers to see her husband laid out. She says: "I wish he wasn't in
his black suit. He looks so much better in blue. Couldn't you get him
changed?" The undertaker responds: "OK, give me 15 minutes." She
comes back to find two coffins, one with a man in a blue suit, one with a man
in black. "Goodness me," she says, "that was quick". The
undertaker responds: "It was easy. I just swapped their heads around".
17
May
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