The question on everyone’s lips this morning is do sparrows really fart? It may not hitherto have been on your lips but it is now. Also what time do sparrows fart? I was up at a relatively sedate six thirty which feels as if it is well after the hour.
I’m in the shed for eight thirty having relied on my trusty Tilley hat to keep the rain off my specs. Useful on safari as well as walking to the shed of a wet morning. It is quite peaceful in the shed. Raindrops falling off the trees onto the roof. The barely audible hum of the fridge and occasionally the heater. Distant and unfortunately persistent sound of a wood pigeon. Do they serve any purpose other than food for the local peregrine falcons?
There is a fresh cup of tea on the desk, recently tidied. I wouldn’t want the desk totally tidy. Would diminish its character. The clock on the desk still needs a new battery. It’s been like that a few months but it is a non standard battery size so I have none “in stock”. I don’t really need a clock there anyway as I have a Gudbye to Jane vinyl clock on the wall, one on the monitor in front of me and one on the phone. I only keep it because it is posh and it belonged to my mum.
I’ve just noticed I also have last year’s INEX calendar featuring one of my pics @eileen. Should really put that away somewhere. There, it’s gone. The desk also sports numerous beer mats including the trefbash one and a Laphroaig leaflet offering me a free square foot of Islay. I must sort that out.
Yesterday I took time out of my busy schedule to sort the posters out. I have a load waiting to be put up but there are too many vintage Isle of Man holidays ones. These have been whittled down to just the one. There is an Isle of Man railways one already on display on a different wall.
My biggest challenge is to get the heavier posters up. The signed and framed Pink Martini tour poster for example. I don’t want to put any holes in the pristine plasterwork. Command strips are the way forward. It just needs the application of time and a little lurve. The PM poster has been waiting for more than a year. It’ll get there 🙂
The neon beer sign also needs hanging up. It was replaced by the Lagunitas sign but is still worth displaying. Somewhere the lighting can be appreciated. Might work on that today.
It is Wednesday and the milkman came at four oh five ey em. Now you know.
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Well it’s been a busy enough day. I’ve been out and about and I’ve also done some work. I’m also now the proud owner of a square foot of land on Islay. I must make the effort to visit it. 🙂
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Bit of a multimedia evening. Listening to Liverpool currently losing to Luton whilst half watching Porto v Arsenal on mute. Still plenty of time but like I say they are currently losing. What a fast paced game. Just two minutes after that last sentence we are two one up.