One wee happy note
Mar. 19th, 2014 11:28 amGot a sweet card back from the former neighbours, who got the baby blanket and say they're delighted, totally different from the usual girly pink crap (no 2 is likely a girl).
And settling into Reading, for them, is working out, though their cats are enjoying a Dorset village holiday til they're permanently settled into a mortgaged house.
I miss them, and their cats both - they have a charming Laurel and Hardy pair of tuxedo cats with character.
For general springy cheer, see some lambs enjoying their trip up a mountain in Lombardy:
What's not to love?
And settling into Reading, for them, is working out, though their cats are enjoying a Dorset village holiday til they're permanently settled into a mortgaged house.
I miss them, and their cats both - they have a charming Laurel and Hardy pair of tuxedo cats with character.
For general springy cheer, see some lambs enjoying their trip up a mountain in Lombardy:
What's not to love?
This week it seems the weather has turned, finally, towards spring. Not a moment too soon. I saw shorts, shortsleeves, sandals and sunglasses en masse yesterday on my trip home.
Even better: my Triscuits arrived from my friend![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hayleygreen, promised on their last visit, but had to go in the mail. They're now quite well travelled, but still intact. Since I can't find them here, they remain one of my few treats from Canada that I miss. (Yes, maple syrup is very fine too, but I can eat a lot more Triscuits than maple syrup...)
So my international breakfast today was freetrade coffee, Canadian triscuits with Estonian cheese rolled in smoked paprika, and Bombay spread (the latter is a rather weird 'pickle' of coriander, mint and green chilies, and is bright green).
Even better: my Triscuits arrived from my friend
hayleygreen, promised on their last visit, but had to go in the mail. They're now quite well travelled, but still intact. Since I can't find them here, they remain one of my few treats from Canada that I miss. (Yes, maple syrup is very fine too, but I can eat a lot more Triscuits than maple syrup...)So my international breakfast today was freetrade coffee, Canadian triscuits with Estonian cheese rolled in smoked paprika, and Bombay spread (the latter is a rather weird 'pickle' of coriander, mint and green chilies, and is bright green).
Spring in the air
Apr. 4th, 2008 01:50 pmToday is the sunniest of a run of mild and springlike days we've had this week. That, and the time change, mean my days have felt noticeably birghter and more pleasant.
After 2 months of relative inactivity, I'm hoping for a bit of spring cleaning. Thanks to my tricksy and stubborn chest pain from the cough, I still have to lift and carry and pull things carefully, so vacuuming is pursued only with care.
Inspired by![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
purple_peril, I'm also hoping for some pre-emptive strike decluttering: sorting books, clothes and maybe even Piles of Important Paper - though that last bit might just be crazy talk.
Clearing the kitchen table so I can use the sewing machine is always a useful incentive. I have hopes of assembling the back panel of the patchwork quilt from linen scraps, to push along that project. It's been stalled while I've been sick, so I thought I'd tackle it from another angle.
Does anyone have suggestions for useful, responsible disposal of clothes that are beyond charity use?
I'm thinking of undies, and SCA t-shirts that I'm not happy passing on. They're collecting faster than I realized. I just don't need that many dusters and rags.
Besides, keeping dusters would suggest that I dust, and that's just plain misleading :-).
After 2 months of relative inactivity, I'm hoping for a bit of spring cleaning. Thanks to my tricksy and stubborn chest pain from the cough, I still have to lift and carry and pull things carefully, so vacuuming is pursued only with care.
Inspired by
purple_peril, I'm also hoping for some pre-emptive strike decluttering: sorting books, clothes and maybe even Piles of Important Paper - though that last bit might just be crazy talk. Clearing the kitchen table so I can use the sewing machine is always a useful incentive. I have hopes of assembling the back panel of the patchwork quilt from linen scraps, to push along that project. It's been stalled while I've been sick, so I thought I'd tackle it from another angle.
Does anyone have suggestions for useful, responsible disposal of clothes that are beyond charity use?
I'm thinking of undies, and SCA t-shirts that I'm not happy passing on. They're collecting faster than I realized. I just don't need that many dusters and rags.
Besides, keeping dusters would suggest that I dust, and that's just plain misleading :-).
