Things

[bunn]

Bad things.

• I have a cold.  My ability to think and do stuff is impaired.


• I really need to do some work this weekend for Important Stuff happening on Monday & Tuesday that cannot be postponed.


• It is raining heavily.


• The boiler keeps throwing wobblies.  So far, philmophlegm has managed to repair the wobblies with telephone help from the plumber (hurray!), but I am a bit worried that it is saving itself to go proper wrong on Sunday, when a callout will be extra expensive.


• I took the dogs out for a short walk.  All dogs but Amber looked at me as if I was suggesting a 20 mile hike through concentrated sulphuric acid.   Amber leaped about on her three legs going YAY WALK!!!


• Brythen hates the rain worst of all, and kept refusing to walk, doing Extremely Tragic Ears, and suggesting that rather than walk back to our house, we should go into someone else's house - any house, just to keep the horrible, horrible rain off.


• Unfortunately, Brythen is the dog that actually needs to be walked.  Otherwise terrible things happen and I find him sitting in the middle of those, with Tragic Ears.


• When we did get back to the house, Brythen did Tragic Ears because he was wet, and then fled in terror because I offered to dry him with a towel.


• I still haven't remembered to buy a broom in Callngton, even though I have been to Callington twice and probably walked past the appropriate shop.  This is why I end up buying things on Ebay.

Good things

• It may be raining, but there is no wind and it's pleasantly mild and moist, which makes a nice change from the cutting cold.


• The birch and beech trees are all bedecked with sparkly drops of rain on the tips of their dark twigs


• Walking cleared my head, and I could smell where a fox had crossed the road.


• The primroses are all out and flowering like mad, and as soon as the rain stops, the celandines will join them.


• I have some very nice icecream for my sore throat.


• The goosegrass has begun to grow. Az loves young goosegrass.


• I have bought a steam cleaner.  If anyone out there happens to have a cat with rhinitis, I heartily recommend you do the same.  Nothing removes cat snot like a steam cleaner.


• Because it is raining, the dogs are curled up being all quiet and peaceful, lest I force them out in the wet again.


• My brain may be full of pale grey fog, but eyes have gained a magical ability to stare randomly and blankly for ages without getting bored.  It's like the spell that the Dark can do on Old Ones in The Dark is Rising.

Comments

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I very much hope that you can shift your cold quickly, and that the good things outweigh the bad :-)

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[seascribe.livejournal.com]

Feel better soon!

I feel there should pictures of Brythen's Extremely Tragic Ears.

I could smell where a fox had crossed the road.
Is this some sort of super power country British people have? It sounds like a super power.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Foxes have a somewhat ... pungent smell.

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

I do like the idea of a superhero whose superpower is the ability to smell where a fox has crossed the road. I imagine his ears would be Extremely Tragic Ears, after he's turned up hopefully at apocalypse after apocalypse, but never found any useful role to play. But, oh, how joyous he will be when he finally finds an apocalypse that can only be averted by his superpower! It's almost enough to make me want to write it. :-)

[bunn.livejournal.com]

It sounds like a Brer Rabbit story. Maybe a Brer Rabbit End of Season Special.

[seascribe.livejournal.com]

I would read this!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

There should be photos. But it was a bit wet to take the camera out! I should have taken one of Sad Brythen Fleeing the Horror of Towel when we got back though.

That's my kind of superpower! inoffensive and not really that useful, but none the less quite interesting. :-D

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

"Nothing removes cat snot like a steam cleaner."

As an advertising jingle, this possibly needs some work. I'm imagining a rather sticky and unpleasant advert, with an unpleasantness that persists despite the desperate cheeriness of the accompanying song. I'm trying to restrain myself from writing said song.

Hope you feel better soon.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

The market is a small one, I admit. But to that market, the message goes RIGHT TO THE HEART.

[huinare.livejournal.com]

That's a lot of Tragic Ears going on.

Hope you're feeling better soon, and that the boiler doesn't engage in sabbath hijinks.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The Ears are no longer tragic, as the fire is on and he is snoozing in front of it, and I have medicated the cold with some lemsip and more home-made hummus. Fingers crossed the boiler holds up!

[ningloreth.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better soon.

My hammy does Tragic Ears, too. And Bewildered Eyes.

Steam cleaners terrify me, probably because I have a history of scalding myself. I see the adverts with baby + steam + voiceover saying, "No harmful chemicals..." and have a screaming fit. What are they like in real life?

BTW are you doing The Eagle Big Bang? I didn't see anything that sounded like yours.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Well, ours isn't very scalding, and it seems reasonably controllable. It has a selection of pad things and brushes that fit over the spout, so less chance of scalding,although it is basically a little kettle with an adaptable spout, so I suppose it is possible!

I am doing Eagle BB, but only as an artist. Was tempted to sign up as a writer but had to admit I don't really have the time. Woe!

[mcmurphy79.livejournal.com]

Love your description of dogs and rain walks

[thecatsamuel.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better soon, the boiler behaves, and things are ALL good :)

[smirnoffmule.livejournal.com]

I bought a little steam cleaner recently too, an they are in fact the best thing ever invented. Brilliant for cleaning ovens without having to use vile chemicals.

Brythen and his Tragic Ears <3