Gate - note unfinished posts, under construction. |
Friday, October 07, 2016
Garden Gate
Thursday, October 06, 2016
Faulty Knausgaardian reasoning
Hmmn, so the new book has arrived fresh from the dusty but well stocked but randomly organised shelves of Mr Amazon's Emporium. What a to do. Should I quit my tempestuous little job, stall the fitting of the awkward gate even more and avoid ironing and basic hygiene for a few days so that I can find the space and appetite for a little alcoholic lubrication and this book. I'll add it to the list of numerous outstanding things and try to find a proper time slot for it's consumption in my busy if slightly fractured schedule.
Wednesday, October 05, 2016
Jelly Meet Whiskers
Only robots read this
And so it is written that in the Last Days/Revelation/End Times/Rapture/Doomsday (delete as applicable) a great portent will appear like a flash of lightning from the west to the east and then the Beast shall arise and be seen clearly by all mankind, those saved and those unsaved. It will take the form of yet another beast etc. etc. you can never tell. Anyway don't panic yet.
Tuesday, October 04, 2016
October salad
A close up of a plain salad looks a bit like the bottom of the sea or equally a lot like a plain salad. We added a fish cake or two for extra sophistication. This is the season of made up midweek meals eaten later in the evening than they should be while we pose topical questions; who are the USA vice-presidential candidates? Why is the headline in Time ambiguous? What is Putin actually up to? Are the Tories really bad people or really just very stupid people from wealthy backgrounds? Are the fishcakes warm enough? Do we have enough projects on the go or should we have one more and add it to the list?
Monday, October 03, 2016
Getting over a rainbow
This rainbow remained stuck in position and on duty for at least five hours on Saturday, is this a record? |
Sunday, October 02, 2016
Schiehallion
Alien markings carved into rocks at the summit using alien lasers and suchlike (my theory). |
A grand vista |
Loch Tummel and few clouds gathering. |
The ritual passing of the blagged Tennants lager can. |
Friday, September 30, 2016
Glueing the leg onto a frog
At large in the bowels of Edinburgh; capital city apparently. Location thought to be in the area around Fountainbridge, saw a bridge or two but no actual fountain.
Special thanks today go to Amazon for buying me a replacement car key (almost).
Rain and the use of the wrong size of screw caused a minor set back to the replacement gate post project.
There is some internet debate as to how best spell glueing/gluing, I'm stuck. Oh and here's the frog in question.
No frogs were injured, abused or badly treated in the creation of this blog post however my thumb and index finger were stuck together for a short and irritating period of time.
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Snakes alive
When you use a set of colour coded crocodile leads to test all the possible options to try to get the coil tap and phasing on a humbucker figured out and working...and then you just think, maybe I'll just go with the single coils after all and so lead a simpler and less stressful life.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Seasonal spiders
It's that time of year when for some possibly climate related reasons we start to get spiders milling around in the house. Looking all lost and unemployed because of the demise of the flies and other buzzing insects, they scuttle here and there and annoy you in the shower; so the spiders are clearly at a bit at a loose end. They also spin lots of webs in a somewhat futile attempt at showing good industry, they set them across doorways and on car mirrors. I guess it's a desperate situation for them as the bide their time till next spring when more edible bugs come out. Anyway I took the opportunity to sketch a few in a less than realistic style albeit I've credited all of the beasts with having eight hairy legs, not quite so accurate in the eye department though. Yesterday's more comprehensive post also includes one rendering.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Creativity on a limited budget
Folds |
Spider No1 |
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Apple harvest
Yesterday was all about the stewing and freezing of vast amounts, well two half full trugs worth of our annual apple crop, fresh from the trees plus a few from the ground. Now they are frozen in a quick and fresh fashion so as to sustain us through the North Korean attacks and the general global turbulence that will affect all and sundry come deepest 2017. It's not much of a plan but better then nothing.
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Outliving
There are a few obvious names missing from the list (notably the various 27 Club members) but I'll not bother with them. If Keef considers himself to be immortal and/or indestructible then who am I do disagree. Then again he may simply be one of the undead, out there, active and walking amongst us with ice cold black blood sliding through his thin and tiny veins and hot blue electricity shooting around in his brain.
Happening right now
"Fetch me Corbyn, Solo and the Wookie"
Stolen from: trouteyes Retweeted
Stolen from: trouteyes Retweeted
Fetch me Corbyn, Solo, and the Wookie.
Friday, September 23, 2016
The culmination of which
These are the apples picked today from the two apple trees, not a bad haul for a year's worth of growing and us doing nothing really. They will be food processed shortly. |
Thursday, September 22, 2016
Thursday's the new Friday
In my current line of work it turns out that Thursday is indeed the day right before the weekend which now starts on Friday most weeks. This situation requires a small amount of adjustment though not as big an adjustment as when you actually retire (which I did do and then decided to do other things including working). I should know. So none of this is really relevant as it's almost Friday and I'm on my second small glass of red wine whilst slowly recovering from the unfortunate overage cheese and fish incident.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Three photos
A recently enjoyed little cheeseboard featuring cheese, figs, chutney and a little more cheese. |
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Down by the sea
I was able to provide a small amount of assistance tonight at the launching of a boat. Pulling on ropes and pushing trailers, that sort of basic thing and avoiding getting my wet feet. Not something I do regularly either so the boat handling skills are not fully formed. Anyway she makes a pretty sight on the Forth as the sun sinks slowly over yonder. May god (without a capital G or any pressure to perform) bless her and all who happen to sail in/on her.
Monday, September 19, 2016
Back to work
The Monkees during their short lived Kiss period. Little is known of how this came about but thanks for showing us it Mr Internet. |
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Breakfast with Jackson Browne
Some of my oldest daughter's fairy tale art work, nicely done but captured badly by my phone in Aberdeen. |
Nice bright, calm morning, no rain and a wee sleep in following yesterday's road trip to Aberdeen. So breakfast consisted of some rather nicely burned eggy bread (AKA French toast but without sugar or syrup), bacon again nicely burned, saute potatoes only slightly burned and beans slightly overdone but edible thanks to some microwave type miscalculations. There was also strong coffee and apple juice but I passed on the apple juice. Sometimes I'm just not a real juice person in the morning, more of a banana and porridge type if their no real cooking on the go. Oh and there was some Jackson Browne album or other playing in the background.
A growing number of unhappy and unsettled wasps are choosing to end their days in a water filled jam jar for some reason. (Lolly stick added for scale and extra, attractive sweetness.) |
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