Pandering to the gullible... I just don't
'get' adverts. I really don't. Well, I mean, I appreciate some of the more artistically-crafted commercials - and Guinness ads, of course, are in a class of their own, from Rutger Hauer selling up and moving to Earth through the white horses surfer to the fabulous Rhythm of Life noitulove classic - but in the main? Can someone explain to me how having my legs hairfree and exfoliated can
possibly 'bring out the goddess in me'? And it's all very well saying that if I replace my 'indulgence snacks' (what indulgence snacks might they be, then?) with a special K bar and eat a special K breakfast I can lose an inch from my bust, waist and hips - but when? How long do I have to go without my indulgence snacks before it happens? And do I have to swim in a rooftop pool to effect this miracle - and how often? Does it matter if it's raining? Or snowing? Or must I only swim on sunny days? Is is absolutely essential I wear a red swimming costume that falls off as I dive in? (Yes, thank you, I know that's a really cringe-worthy image to put you off your - special K, I trust? - breakfast...)
And as for Boots the Chemist proclaiming 'because you can never have enough makeup'... [shakes head]
It's been a satisfactory weekend: I've actually accomplished everything I set out to do. (Well, almost: I didn't quite manage to finish pruning the dog as he wouldn't lie still enough for me to apply the scissors as effectively as usual. But he'll be a little cooler, and I can finish later. I need help clipping the matted fur from between his pads anyway, he really doesn't like me doing it and Ken has to hold his head and calm him down while I get to work with my tiny embroidery scissors, the only things small and sharp enough to do the job...) But Ken mowed front and back, and I went around with my new strimmer - and a very nice wee strimmer it is too, light and easy to use (although next time I must remember to use gloves, the vibrations left my fingers numb).
Then we organised the small platforms for the strawberry planters up in a sunny spot, Kai trimmed the grass and rogue honeysuckle from around the frog and newt (frewt? nog?) pool, thereby earning himself a little extra pocket money, and Ken shifted the ground spike for the rotary drier to a better position and firmed in it with bricks (it's now more or less upright, instead of tilting at 45°). The big fern at the end of the path between house and shed has exploded into life (I thought we'd managed to kill it after cutting down the buddleia that was sheltering it from the sun, but the transplanted and flourishing mahonia seems to be doing the same job), the white, mauve and purple violets and the lily of the valley are coming into flower, and to my joy my transplanted
enchanter's nightshade looks like it's survived the kits using the spot under the fake blackcurrant bush as a litter tray!
And my paeony has reappeared. Waiting to see how it does in its new position.
Photos of everything as soon as there's a sunny day.
I even managed a little house plant care. My
ficus elastica tricolor, which is now taller than I am, has developed a sprout a little way up from the base, and it looks like there's another one coming closer to the top: I didn't know they did that unless pruned, though it doesn't surprise me in this house... It's going to be interesting to see how big it gets. (It's in the bedroom at the moment, my side of the bed. I'd like to keep it there if I can.)
My tomato seedlings have grown about half an inch overnight, it seems, and all look very healthy. And we finally have some catmint sprouting in the seedtray. Happy kits - especially Ryme!
I've even managed to get some writing done -
2AC 1.4.09 continuation and a little more of
Broda.
It's supposed to rain tonight - and we need it: the news on the water front is worrying. I know we're not as badly off here as in the South East, but the reservoirs are less than half full after two dry winters. I think we need to invest in a water-butt, and I need to find out if there'll be any long term damage if I recycle washing up water for garden watering. We use Ecover washing up liquid, so I don't
think it would do any great harm, but I need to be sure. [sigh] It's enough to make you consider investing in a bore hole...
Back to the loom.
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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