Saturday , September 2, 2006 – 4:44
Oh boy. Random Cat has cried all night. Somewhere along the way I did manage to block out the pitiful wailing and get some sleep, but it must’ve started again with renewed vigor at 05:13, as it woke me again. I dutifully trundled downstairs and fed Mog (first of course) and then returned upstairs with [...]
Friday , September 1, 2006 – 19:55
Our local stray, Random Cat, has been accused of having problems with his left eye. Wednesday, it was seen to be leaking pus and ickiness, so this morning he was escorted to the V – E – T. Now, since I’d had a conversation with my mother-in-law about transport and such, which Random overheard, he [...]
Friday , August 18, 2006 – 20:33
..are now over. Well, they were over at about 11am on Wednesday, but it has taken me this long to get round to saying thankyou for all the kind wishes from my friends. Thank ye muchly, you lot, it cheered me up no end. I’ve spent the last couple of days whining and complaining about [...]
Tuesday , August 15, 2006 – 20:50
Yet again I’m stealing wi-fi in order to foist my opinions upon the world. I’m perched upon the sofa of my mother-in-law, fretting and eeking about the fact that I have a very minor operation scheduled for 07.45 tomorrow. Not that I want it to be a major op. I’ve just never been operated on [...]
Tuesday , July 4, 2006 – 15:06
Yesterday we ventured,via bus, to Tobermory. The journey was suitably hair-raising: the road is quite as scary as I remember. It appears that we must cycle it though, as there is a ferry from Tobermory that will take us to Kilchoan on the mainland, and philb wishes to ride around that area. Therefore it is [...]
Sunday , July 2, 2006 – 20:08
It is now abundantly clear that the seats on the Caledonian Sleeper are designed for no other purpose than to persuade you to pay, an additional £34 per person, for a berth where there might be a danger of being able to sleep. I can sleep on most train seats, but such was the skill [...]
Sunday , June 25, 2006 – 9:13
I don’t often feel obliged to comment on the news, or highlight a particular item, but this article about police overreaction made me want to scream. “Ray Markham said footballs had been flying into his garden for years but when one smashed into his greenhouse last month he refused to return it. The 68-year-old, who [...]
Sunday , June 18, 2006 – 8:05
I have to record this momentous occasion: Mogret has let us sleep in! It is now 9am, and I woke before her. I do hope she’s not broken. She was miowing last night as we were trying to sleep, which isn’t normal for her. She’s purry and friendly this morning and isn’t giving us any [...]
Saturday , June 17, 2006 – 19:38
Strawberry, originally uploaded by Purplekitten. Owing to an impulsive plant-purchase, we are currently cultivating strawberries. This is the first of the crop, and hopefully there will be plenty more to follow. This strawberry was the nicest strawberry I have ever tasted: it was very juicy, deliciously ripe and had the most amazing flavour. All other [...]
Thursday , June 15, 2006 – 18:31
Rest easy, I am not temporally displaced, this is not an Easter reference. I merely found myself musing on the sudden insertion of both into my life and wished to comment thereon. For the previous seven and twenty years of my life, I had remained blissfully unaware of the abundance of rabbits that grace almost [...]