Some years ago, when I was still actively collecting house plants, GoodTwin asked if I'd like a cutting from her
philodendron scandens (Sweetheart Vine). I wanted a largish climbing plant for the corner of the bath; it's not an ideal position - only gets sun in the morning - but the room is bright, warm, and humid at least once a day when I shower, so I thought I'd try it.
I think I ought to organise some sort of trelliswork in that corner (and possibly the ceiling) so it can carry on spreading without rooting itself more deeply in the wallpaper...
(It's two photos stuck together in PS, hence the awkward join. The bathroom is not big!)
A few things I've been forgetting to say.
Kai's showing an unexpected musical talent at school, and enjoys the lessons: we already knew he has a fine singing voice. We suggested getting him a keyboard for Yule, and he was quite enthusiastic, so that's the plan with his Yule money. And I've told him I'll commission him to make some background music for the
Haadri site!
My father's first macular degeneration treatment (the injection straight into his eye) was a complete success, and the 'hole' has closed up in record time. Even better, his consultant somehow managed to get him treated under the NHS - so they don't have to pay a thing. Needless to say we're delighted and relieved. He goes back for regular checkups to keep an eye (pun intended) on it, but so far the consultant is hopeful that he might not need any further treatment.
We're now keeping fingers crossed that my mother's operation is equally successful (nothing life-threatening, just a somewhat painful and very inconvenient condition. Pre-op check is 11th of this month, operation is 20th if all goes well. She'll be in hospital for 4-5 days, then has to take things easy for a couple of months afterwards.)
Remember the Yamato
Legato I bought from ebay last year? I found a matching Rai-dei the Blade and Midvalley the Hornfreak on ebay at the weekend. (Yes, I
know I promised I wouldn't check ebay for a month after finding those
Trigun djs - but that was in August, and it's September now.) Beautifully detailed and - as Ken said - very elegant. And the starting bid was just 1p. (The postage on each was £5.99, mind you...) Ken said to go for it. (I sometimes wonder if he's happy he's married to someone who doesn't want expensive things, like designer clothes or cars or jewellery...) So I put in a bid (gave a first max price of £2) 20 mins before the ending time. I was the only bidder, and got both of them. For
1p each. Plus the postage, of course.
[bemused] I feel I've ripped off the seller! Mind you, his shop is just fantastic, with some of the best figures I've ever seen (he had an SSJ4 Vegeta I'd have
loved to grab, but unfortunately the bidding ended (with it unsold) before I could get mine in). Maybe it'll be back in a month or so and I can try again. I shall certainly check the site out thoroughly - all 98 ebay pages of it - and put some figures on watch.
Will take photos when the pair of them arrive.
Anything else... Been a bitty week so far, and it's only Tuesday. I'm planning the trip to town on Thursday instead of tomorrow, as Ken is going to the school for a parent info thing (just to listen and take notes - I do the face-to-face stuff) so I'll get a FirstDay bus ticket for me to get in during the day (Bank,
Forbidden Planet to see how much other people are charging for hefty paperback books these days to help us with the Haadri costing,
Fresh 'n' Wild for some Ecover refills, then I'm heading off eastwards to try to find the
Better Food Supermarket) and Ken will use the same ticket to get to JC in the evening. Busy, busy day...
Yesterday - well, it's done now. Nothing to worry about.
Back to the rockface...
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