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Down in the Flood
Dec 26th 2015
By all accounts there was serious flooding downhill from us, but since all transport systems were out of order we couldn’t get out to see it, or to splash any cash in the Boxing Day sales. Leeds also had a red rain warning, very unusually.
Admin2 is reading Finders Keepers by Stephen King.
We scored 7 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
Update: how it looked on the, er, ground…(thx Dave)
Bridge under troubled water
Merry Xmas Everybody
Dec 25th 2015
Chicken stuffed with duck, turkey, goose and pork, not to mention fruit.
Admin2 is reading Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (thx Admin1). Admin1 is reading The Dead Zone by Stephen King.
We watched Archangel (thx Admin2) which had a seasonal title, lots of snow, excellent and ugly actors and an unlikely plot; Robert Harris’ book made it seem a lot more plausible.
Coffee of de day: Jamaica Blue Mountain (thx again, Admin2! xxx); actually a bit weak for our palates; will try a different grind.
Red Trails in the Sunset…
Dec 23rd 2015
…way over the tree.
Admin1 is reading Storm Front by John Sandford (a jolly romp with comedy Turks, ancient relics, lots of Sandford’s amusing banter and low body- and gun-counts). Admin2 is reading Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett.
Good Day Sunshine
Dec 20th 2015
Today was very bright and breezy but we didn’t do many watts.
Admin1 is reading The Lost Boy by Camilla Lackberg (reasonably good, but chock-full of children). Admin2 is reading Mr Mercedes by Stephen King.
Kind of Blue
Dec 19th 2015
16.5 °C again.
Admin2 is reading Thud! by Terry Pratchett.
We scored 7 on the Guardian Weekend quiz, but only because a few of our multiple wild guesses paid off.
Clouds of the Day: Stratocumulus and contrails
Dec 18th 2015
Admin1 is reading Luna: New Moon by Ian MacDonald (a real treat, like all IM’s novels — vivid and engrossing, and a fine riposte to Heinlein’s Moon Is a Harsh Mistress). Admin2 is reading Interesting Times by Terry Pratchett.
Coffee of the day: Bottega Milanese Espresso Classica.
Murk
Dec 16th 2015
Christmas lights on a cloudy day.
Admin1 is reading Unseen by Mari Jungstedt. Admin2 is reading The Return by Håkan Nesser.
Cloud of the Day: Stratus radiatus
Dec 13th 2015
Wibbly wobbly clouds.
Admin2 is reading Night Watch by Terry Pratchett.
Kite in Flight
Dec 12th 2015
But not today. Today was like night. Our solar panels did zero watts.
Admin1 is reading The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz (oh dear — very clunkily written, full of inconsistent characters explaining the daft plot to each other. Hasn’t he heard of show-don’t-tell?).
We scored 10 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
Critter of the Day: Squirrel
Dec 11th 2015
Admin2 is reading Unseen by Mari Jungstedt. We are watching Homeland Season 2.
Rainbow
Dec 8th 2015
Admin1 is reading Frozen Moment by Camila Ceder (pretty good, if overlong). Admin2 is reading Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett.
Coffee of the day: Deluxe Colombia.
Brush Stroke
Dec 7th 2015
Our warmest December day recorded: 16.5°C, preceded by our warmest December night: 12.8°C.
Admin1 is reading The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler (unconvincing and deeply implausible, a waste of writing talent). Admin2 is reading Maskerade by Terry Pratchett.
We are watching River, and what a terrific watch it was (despite the earworms it gave both of us!). Admin1 admits to a discreet manly tear at the end…
Christmas Lights
Dec 1st 2015
It was the grand switching-on day for the bloke round the corner’s ostentatious display. Half a dozen people gathered to witness the occasion.
November had the warmest November day and night on our records, but also the coldest night this year. It was the second rainiest month this year and the least sunny November we have recorded.
Admin1 is watching Doctor Who. Admin2 is reading Deep State by Walter Jon Williams, but abandoned it because Middle East shenanigans too disturbing to contemplate.
000
Nov 28th 2015
Happy birthday Gemma.
Admin1 is reading The Intruders by Michael Marshall. Admin2 is reading The Flicker Men by Ted Kosmatka. We are watching Homeland series 1, and scored 8.5 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
Black Friday
Nov 27th 2015
When Black Friday falls you know it’s got to be
Don’t let it fall on me.
Admin1 is watching Nikita series 1.
Bad Moon Rising
Nov 26th 2015
The moon always looks much lovelier in reality than it does in photographs. Admin1 is watching Eureka. Admin2 is reading Expo58 by Jonathan Coe.
Cloud of the Day: Cirrocumulus lacunosus
Nov 25th 2015
A lovely opening to a lovely day. Hello Julia.
Admin1 is reading Deep State by Walter Jon Williams (enjoyable hokum, with added interest supplied by the Turkish locations) and watching Harry Potter.
Sunday Morning
Nov 22nd 2015
Happy birthday Oliver.
Admin1 is reading Phantom Prey by John Sandford (who knew Minnesota was so full of Goths?). Admin2 is reading The Last Witchfinder by James Morrow, in which the Principia Mathematica locks horns with the Malleus Maleficarum.
We are watching Beck.