WAIIII!!
A parcel arrived today, from LittleSaru... gods, where do I start? Two scarves, one fine silk in pastel blues and greens, the other a loose-knit much heavier one in dark purple and pale gold; four keyring charms, one each for me, Ken, Kai and Lutra (which I'll post asap!) - mine's the most exquisite charm for increasing knowledge from
Todaiji, while Ken's was one for good luck from the
Kono Shrine; a woman's bento box with chopsticks in the top (all I can say is it's no wonder Japanese women are so slender if
that's the size of portion they eat! .... Hm.... perhaps I should try it!); a pack of four skewers with decorated tops; the
complete RG Veda manga (7 volumes) - in Japanese! It's gorgeous...; the Minami Ozaki (
Bronze,
Zetsuai) artbook
God - amazing artwork, very disturbing in place; the fabulous
Tactics Illustration Works (in a plastic sleeve with a white dragon curling down the edge) - this book is so beautiful. And the anime/mange sounds interesting too, will have to check it out: and lastly
Yume no Ishibumi volume 2, an incredibly beautiful shoujo manga (yaoi and yuri, but nothing too heavy) by Toshie Kihara, whose skill in drawing costumes and fabrics is amazing (though her characters are pretty gorgeous too...) [sigh] It's no good, I have to learn to read Japanese...
[GLOMPS LittleSaru] I'm overwhelmed. Not sure what to say except
thank you!
The only thing that was sad is that the gorgeous earthenware pot arrived in pieces. The top is fine, not even cracked, but the base looks as though something heavy was put on top of the parcel and broke the pot from the centre outwards (like pie slices). I'll check to see if I have any comeback from the postal service - there were enough 'fragile' warnings all over the parcel.
The rest of the day was relaxed and fun - took Quyn around to the vet (who is very pleased, his skin is just about completely healed), then went to
Revolution for a meal...
It was wonderful! (As was our very cute waiter - lovely cheeky grin.) Chicken wings with a
viciously hot peri-peri sauce (Carol skipped the sauce) then chicken topped with bacon and cheese in the best smoky BBQ sauce we've ever had.
Then we had a cocktail, Sea Breeze for Carol (cranberry vodka and cranberry juice floated on grapefruit juice) while I risked a Bison Grass Mojito. Which looked a bit like a seaside rock-pool from above, vodka and rum in pressed apple juice with mint leaves. (I didn't know and didn't think to ask when I ordered it but the vodka was aniseed flavoured. But the rum hid most of the aniseed taste, and the sheer oddness of the drink made up for it.) Just miffed we forgot to take a camera!
Banoffee waffle followed (drool) and honey vodka for Carol - and rose vodka for me. Described as liquid Turkish Delight.
Got to get a bottle, it was fabulous. Really tasted of roses with a fiery vodka kick - amazing stuff.
We laughed our way home (the cocktails are really rather potent) and watched some more
Ultimate Force.
Oh, and the - ninth? tenth? - engineer came to look at the fridge-freezer, and added some gas, which
seems to have done the trick, at least for now. So I can buy some skooshy cream to go on my mother's raspberry tart for pudding tomorrow.
Beach tomorrow, hopefully...
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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