Just to prove, as we had always suspected, that we do have a second cat …
… Sally, having breakfasted on tuna, decided to have a Sunday morning lay-in …
Currently she seems to be spending something over half her life snuggled into our duvet …
… Well it is duck and goose down, so who blames her – we like it too!
Week 9 entry for 52 weeks challenge.
The Forsythia in our hedge has been in flower for several days now, although there isn’t much of it as the hedge gets too regularly trimmed. This piece is in the hedge archway over our front gate, so will hopefully delight passers by. This is a bit early as it really shouldn’t be in flower for another couple of weeks. Our Fuji Cherry (Prunus incisa ‘Kojo-no-mai’; the picture below is not our tree) has it’s first few flowers open as well, and that is also early. So despite that the weather has turned cold again, it looks as if Spring might well be on the way. Yipee!!
Another for all you pussy fans out there …
Harry the cat sleeping the sleep of the just on my desk this afternoon, under my desk lamp – again! And who should blame him when it is throwing it down with rain outside. He was spark out; he didn’t twitch a whisker at having the camera stuck 4 inches from his nose clicking away.
As Garfield once remarked: “Eat and sleep. Eat and sleep. There must be more to life but I do hope not.”
Just to cheer everyone up on yet another dull day, here are some more crocuses from our garden. This is a particularly nice little clump which has been there quite a few years and which I’ve photographed several times before.
Week 7 entry for 52 weeks challenge.
Our lawn and fruit border are full of crocuses, mostly in shades of purple. I know we’ve planted some, but they must be spreading as I’m sure (like these in the fruit border) they’re in places we wouldn’t have planted them. And they seem to be doing well despite the waterlogged clay soil of the lawn.
Week 6 entry for 52 weeks challenge.
These sails are “decoration” in the atrium waiting area at our local BMI (private) hospital (Clementine Churchill Hospital, Harrow). I’ve been meaning to photograph them for years and remembered to take my camera today! I suspect they’re a fancy way to try to provide some share for the reception desk which is underneath them and right below what is a huge “conservatory” roof. They must need some shade because it is over-heated in there at the best of times and unbearable in the summer.
Thing-a-Day Day 3. Because I’m off to the hospital later and I don’t have a lot of time, today’s contribution is just an update to the calendar I started yesterday. The hospital won’t be pleasant, so wish me luck … and God willing I’ll be back this evening.
Thing-a-Day Day 2. Today I started making a photo-mosaic calendar using appropriate photos form Flickr. I don’t intend to post this every day, although I will keep it up to date. The intention is for it to provide a quick fallback for Thing-a-Day contribution on days when something more original is difficult (like maybe tomorrow when I’ll be at the hospital a lot of the day).
OK, so here’s my first contribution for this year’s Thing-a-Day challenge. Being day one I thought I should start with a photo self-portrait – actually I’ve not done a self-portrait in ages. So I’ve made the Stupidest Self-Portrait in the History of Ever.
If this works correctly this should get posted to my Posterous, the TaD Posterous feed, my Zen Mischief weblog, my Flickr photostream and my Facebook stream.
Most of what I contribute to Thing-a-Day over the next month will be photographic, but hopefully I’ll manage a few other things as well.
Just something to cheer up a dull January weekend …
