It only seems like a couple of months ago that I posted the photo of the sumac's glorious autumn colours, and now it's changing again. And my
calicarpa's leaves are turning the most beautiful bronzy-plum colour: I'll have to try to get a photo tomorrow.
Heh, tired...
But it was a relatively successful weekend. After finally managing to find a plumber to come and fix the leaking pipe in the outdoor loo on Friday afternoon, today Ken sealed the ceiling with PVA emulsion ready for tomorrow, when Denis is due to come and install the new loo. And the tiny basin, since we've discovered that building regulations state that all toilets need hand-washing facilities too. Not that I think it's a bad idea - be great to be able to rinse off gunge without having to traipse through the house - but it's an additional expense we could do without. Eh well. It'll be wonderful when it's all finished!
Ken picked up some organic leeks going cheap, so I made Welsh Leek and Bacon Pie yesterday. No, no idea why it's specifically
Welsh, unless it's to do with the leek being the national symbol, but it's very filling and very tasty. I even made it a smiley pie to tempt Kai, as he's never had it before and can be very fussy on occasion. (Didn't work, he wasn't keen at all, but did make himself eat a bit.) On the plus side, he (finally,
finally) cleared his workstation (I've only been asking him to do it for the last two years) so he can now keep all his school stuff together and findable. He also did all his homework without nagging, which was great, although I can't see it lasting!
As a reward, Ken took him to a car boot sale this morning, up at Knowle (I had a lie in, which I thoroughly enjoyed, even if it didn't last long enough). He arrived back with an old cine camera - which he promptly took to pieces - and an interesting carriage clock, with a clockwork mechanism but run by battery, sort of an intermediate between clockwork clocks and digital ones. Not an antique, exactly, but a sort of landmark, and he's quite fascinated.
I cleared some client site revisions and finished
Duplicity. It's not posted in the (other) Zone yet, as I need to create a new background tile and I'm too tired right now. I am posting it in the
CoR Lj though - unfortunately minus pic as I just couldn't get it to a state where I'm happy with it.
Tomorrow it's yet another hunt through the
Writers and Artists, checking up agents, again...
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Joules *Dances with Haddock* Taylor
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