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Flower of the Day: Courgette
Aug 19th 2015
Admin1 is reading Winter Prey by John Sandford (impressive; dark and chilling). Admin2 is reading The House of Rumour by Jake Arnott (expressive, light and thrilling). We watched To the Top of the Mountain which was not at all like the book.
Passion Flower and Fruit
Aug 16th 2015
We have had this plant for years and never supposed it would do more than flower, but the neighbours have acquired one of their own and the visiting bees have fertilised ours.
Admin1 is reading The Secrets of Life and Death by Rebecca Alexander (oh dear — like a children’s book with swearing). We watched Bad Blood and scored nine on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
Weather of the Day: Overcast
Aug 14th 2015
Our least sunny August day ever recorded, with constant heavy clouds, rain and drizzle. Sorry twins. But it was so calm, the canal was like a mirror.
We watched The Blinded Man again.
Flash
Aug 13th 2015
A faint but amazingly green Perseid meteor whizzes across the night sky. Admin1 is reading Kolymsky Heights by Lionel Davidson (though Philip Pullman’s intro gets a bigger cover credit). Hardly great, despite Pullman’s endorsement, but very readable and interesting … but where was the proofreader? Admin2 is reading To the Top of the Mountain by Arne Dahl.
Beebop a lula
Aug 8th 2015
Admin1 wondered how bees coped with snapdragons. Now we know.
Kave fun di tog: Colombia Cundinamarca bitter but tasty.
Cloud of the Day: Undulatus
Aug 6th 2015
Admin1 is reading To the Top of the Mountain and Admin2 is reading The Blinded Man, both by Arne Dahl.
Red Is the Colour
Aug 4th 2015
Admin1 is reading The Girl with All the Gifts by MR Carey.
We are watching Spiral series 5.
Flower of the Day: Bindweed
Aug 1st 2015
Augusttumn is here. And the light was fading dimly, and the sky was crying.
Admin2 is reading His Illegal Self by Peter Carey which was so-so.
Kawa dnia: Co-op Fairtrade coffee: so-so.
We scored 7 on the Guardian Weekend Quiz: so so-so.
Butterflies
Jul 31st 2015
Comma
Speckled Wood. Check its indignant stare.
Some butterflies at last on our first sunny day for ages. July was not as sunny as June; we had our second hottest July day but coldest July night since our records began in 2010. Roll on August.
Admin1 is reading Bad Blood by Arne Dahl.
Cloud of the Day: Cumulus Congestus
Jul 29th 2015
An ankylosaurus rampages through the cloud jungle. Spot the bird, the poodle, the kitten, the dolphin and the flying fish. Pareidolia heaven.
Cloud of the Day: Cumulonimbus
Jul 28th 2015
Another dull rainy day.
Admin1 is reading The Blinded Man by Arne Dahl. Admin2 is reading Y: The Descent of Men by Steve Jones, an entertaining book about bollocks.
We watched Men in Black, entertaining bollocks.
Corblimey
Jul 26th 2015
One of the sights at Unity Day was the Labour Party stall that invited passing punters to put balls in buckets to show support for the leadership candidates. Jeremy Corbyn’s got a lot more balls than any of the others. Admin2 was inspired to do this promotional poster with added amateurish scuzz.
Admin1 is reading Where Evil Lies by Jørgen Brekke, but gave it up after 100 pages — it would have been earlier, but the awfulness was oddly mesmerising. Admin2 is reading Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by David Shafer.
Cloud of the Day: Altostratus
Jul 24th 2015
Admin1 is reading Bad Things by Michael Marshall (creepy and unsettling, at least for the first two-thirds). Admin2 is reading The Skeleton Road by Val McDermid which was confusing and implausible.
O the Sun Is Shining Brightly and the Sky Is Smiling
Jul 20th 2015
This glorious circumzenithal arc appeared in the sky for a short time at 7pm. We caught it just before it vanished.
Critter of the Day: Bee
Jul 19th 2015
On some flowers on the banks of the canal
Admin2 is reading Fragrant Harbour by John Lanchester. Hong Kong phooey.
Critter of the Day: Large White
Jul 18th 2015
Pieris brassicae
Admin1 is reading The Annihilation Score by Charles Stross. Admin1′s first Laundry Files book, and his last.
We scored seven, ok, five, on the Guardian Weekend quiz.