WHEEEEE!!
A parcel arrived twenty minutes ago, from Australia...
[happy grin] Now have
12 Kingdoms volumes 2 and 3, the director's cut of
Alexander (which I knew was on its way so have resisted renting), a copy of
Ock von Fiend to add to my vampire collection (I'm only collecting very specific titles these days, but this one is a treat!), three CDs of music (including
White Rabbit! You found it! [GLOMPS]), a bag of
wasabi roasted peas (I was going to say that the cooking instructions are in Japanese, then I realised it's a
snack, not to cook...), a gorgeous 1980 book of Australian orchids (and having flicked through it I can see why Lutra always claims she thinks orchids are out to eat her: Aussie orchids do tend to have a somewhat...
predatory appearance...)
, a handful of lovely postcards, and a bag of bits: a red leather squid keyring with googley eyes (and 'I'm Fresh!' embossed on its shell), a harmonica phone dangley (blurb says, "This petite auspicious red harmonica symbolises the joy of music, times of happiness and celebration. Our air is required to elicit the sweet sounds. Air is also associated with Chi, the life source... a symbol of the Phoenix..." See - music! I can't live without it!), a very neat squid pen, a heavy pewter (I think) tropical leaf that reminds me of the LotR mallorn leaf brooches and which I think I'll wear as a necklace - it's definitely
different - and lastly, an Australian mosquito trap. Yes, really. The packet says - Catch them alive. For the novice trapper. Trap your own mosquito fur and make a fur coat.
It had us chortling aloud!
Absolutely brilliant, the lot of it! Hours of fun! [GLOMPS] Many thanks, Lutra!
In other news...
Thompson and Morgan are having a half-price sale on all their veg seeds, so I've put in an order (all sorted for next year now!).
My current fics are coming along nicely. Hoping to post the Jangyu story this weekend.
I hurt my back yesterday. The greenhouse staging is just a tad too low for me to use it comfortably (which is why I'm looking for a stool for the greenhouse - did I say? Can't remember...) so back was aching when I finished work out there. And then Raptor tried to trip me up, and in twisting to avoid 1) hurting her 2) injuring myself, I wrenched something. Couldn't move last night. It's a lot better today, though I'm having to be careful not to put too much strain on it (no potting on for me today) as I can feel it wouldn't take much for it to go again. Hopefully it'll be fine again tomorrow.
Right. Back to the review I'm writing. Then tonight, it being Friday, I shall have fun...
Later edit: This is the leaf. Lutra tells me it came from a fair, and was handmade by a blacksmith - she thinks by
these people. Isn't it amazing? (Ken's decided it's a good luck charm. That'd be nice, we could use some of that...)
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