lizblackdog: (ice hotel)
( Jun. 8th, 2006 03:47 pm)
*sigh* Unforeseen drawback to having a cat - I can't open my windows properly any more, and the place is like a fucking greenhouse in the mornings. Fortunately the windows here have safety catches, which means I can at least have them all open two inches, but I can't disengage the catches. I wouldn't put it past Cassie to forget she couldn't fly and take a leap - or Spike either, which is why I've never fully opened his lookout window even on the hottest days.

At some point I'll have to look into making screens of some sort. I have a picture in my mind of a wooden frame with vertical bamboo or dowelling bars, the way we used to have in the hawk-house. Actually, the bars would look coolest on the diagonal but that'd be tricky to make. I watched John do enough woodworking over the years (and helped make the hawk-house windows) that I can see exactly how I'd build them. I'm just not sure I have the manual strength/dexterity to actually do the work.

The ornamental palm trees in the flowerbeds in the Castlepoint car park are in bloom. I took a picture of the flower buds a while ago, because their grainy cauliflower-like forms pleased me:

The song that was playing reminded me to post it )

They look like big pale-green feather dusters now.

I need to readjust Spike's harness every morning. He's a wriggler and he always seems to work it loose. Luckily it's not too awkward because the medium-size harness fits him best with all its fittings cinched as small as they can go. He's such a big bouncy personality that it always startles me to be reminded how little of him there actually is. He's 23" at the shoulder but he's never gone above 40lbs - he's all legs, ears and teeth, bless his heart.

Day off from hospital visiting, not going to Grimmauld Place till after dark, elbow a bit too stiff for IM; I'm too hot and sleepy to be really bored but yeah, I'm at a bit of a loose end. Can you tell?
lizblackdog: (ice hotel)
( Jun. 8th, 2006 03:47 pm)
*sigh* Unforeseen drawback to having a cat - I can't open my windows properly any more, and the place is like a fucking greenhouse in the mornings. Fortunately the windows here have safety catches, which means I can at least have them all open two inches, but I can't disengage the catches. I wouldn't put it past Cassie to forget she couldn't fly and take a leap - or Spike either, which is why I've never fully opened his lookout window even on the hottest days.

At some point I'll have to look into making screens of some sort. I have a picture in my mind of a wooden frame with vertical bamboo or dowelling bars, the way we used to have in the hawk-house. Actually, the bars would look coolest on the diagonal but that'd be tricky to make. I watched John do enough woodworking over the years (and helped make the hawk-house windows) that I can see exactly how I'd build them. I'm just not sure I have the manual strength/dexterity to actually do the work.

The ornamental palm trees in the flowerbeds in the Castlepoint car park are in bloom. I took a picture of the flower buds a while ago, because their grainy cauliflower-like forms pleased me:

The song that was playing reminded me to post it )

They look like big pale-green feather dusters now.

I need to readjust Spike's harness every morning. He's a wriggler and he always seems to work it loose. Luckily it's not too awkward because the medium-size harness fits him best with all its fittings cinched as small as they can go. He's such a big bouncy personality that it always startles me to be reminded how little of him there actually is. He's 23" at the shoulder but he's never gone above 40lbs - he's all legs, ears and teeth, bless his heart.

Day off from hospital visiting, not going to Grimmauld Place till after dark, elbow a bit too stiff for IM; I'm too hot and sleepy to be really bored but yeah, I'm at a bit of a loose end. Can you tell?
The foundations of reality are trembling. I am cutting down on coffee.

Mainly because I couldn't afford both coffee and cat litter this week, and the cat litter won. You can only ask a moggy to shit on shredded newspaper for so long, even if she was sprung on you unexpected.

Also, I was starting to wonder if five pints of black coffee a day might have been sapping my vitality. Sadly, I might have been right. I only had one pint yesterday and I did, actually, feel better.

Bloody 'ell. I'm scared I might find myself giving up smoking if this keeps up.

Jobs for today: finish the pimp entries, redo journal layout, sort out vet paperwork so I can register Cassie with my vet and make an appointment to have her checked out and find out how cheaply I can get her spayed.
The foundations of reality are trembling. I am cutting down on coffee.

Mainly because I couldn't afford both coffee and cat litter this week, and the cat litter won. You can only ask a moggy to shit on shredded newspaper for so long, even if she was sprung on you unexpected.

Also, I was starting to wonder if five pints of black coffee a day might have been sapping my vitality. Sadly, I might have been right. I only had one pint yesterday and I did, actually, feel better.

Bloody 'ell. I'm scared I might find myself giving up smoking if this keeps up.

Jobs for today: finish the pimp entries, redo journal layout, sort out vet paperwork so I can register Cassie with my vet and make an appointment to have her checked out and find out how cheaply I can get her spayed.
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