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It’s Another Rainbow
Nov 19th 2015
Admin1 is reading The Flicker Men by Ted Kosmatka (quantum weirdness, a cross between Gregs Egan and Bear, with a touch of Dick (er…so to speak). Engrossing and worthy of some award nominations (Clarke?), but rather let down by a tediously over-extended fight scene towards the end). Admin2 is reading Number 11 by Jonathan Coe which was tremendous fun, with a terrible warning about reality TV.
We are watching Unforgotten.
It’s a Rainbow
Nov 18th 2015
It comes in colours everywhere
Admin1 is reading Blue Blood by Sara Blaedel (meh. Another idiot plot, with an incompetent detective).
Pour Your Misery Down on Me
Nov 17th 2015
It’s raining rain when it should be raining meteors [update: at midnight the sky was completely clear; Admin2 went outside and saw a couple of Leonids; ten minutes later it was overcast and raining again].
Admin1 is reading The Buried Life by Carrie Patel (amateurish and rather Mills & Booney; reads like self-published YA). Admin2 is reading Pushing Ice by Alastair Reynolds.
We watched Syriana.
Blowing in the Wind
Nov 16th 2015
A bright and breezy day.
Admin1 is reading Europe at Midnight by Dave Hutchinson (a terrific read, enjoyably convoluted and great fun; loved the cronenberg gun!). Admin2 is reading New Model Army by Adam Roberts which was strangely pertinent with the UK government threatening Isis with cyber attacks today.
No sun – no moon! No morn – no noon!
Nov 15th 2015
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member-
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds-
November!
The weather has been dull, drizzly and blustery for days. Admin1 is reading The Princess of Burundi by Kjell Eriksson (another detective with a baby). Admin2 is reading Never End by Ake Edwardson.
We scored 11 in the Guardian Weekend quiz.
Sunshine Came Softly Through My Window Today…
Nov 12th 2015
…but Abigail is going to give us a right hammering tomorrow.
Admin1 is reading Never End by Ake Edwardson (well-written and melancholy, but a bit implausible).
Poppy Day
Nov 11th 2015
It might as well be spring…
Admin2 is reading Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin. Woof woof!
Cloud of the Day: Altostratus undulatus
Nov 10th 2015
Today was the warmest November day we have recorded so far, 21.2 °C; following the warmest ditto night, 15.8 °C, which was warmer than all nights this year except June, July and August.
Admin1 is reading The Reapers by John Connolly (eerie, violent and grim with a soupçon of humour). Admin2 is reading Red Moon Rising by Matthew Brzezinski.
All the Leaves Are Brown and the Sky Is Grey
Nov 8th 2015
Admin1 is reading Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith, which was most enjoyable — rather more violent and sweary than JK Rowling’s previous criminal outings. Admin2 is reading Europe at Midnight by Dave Hutchinson, but lost the plot a bit, which is probably inevitable when reading convoluted spy stories set in parallel universes. Brilliant, though, and well deserving of another read to find out exactly who did what where when how and why.
Evening Glow
Nov 6th 2015
Red sky at night, Scott Hall’s alight. Red sky in the morning, Seacroft’s burning. Oh no, only joking!
We watched the Leeds Short Films Audience Awards; a very difficult choice, but finally Admin1 voted for Afternoon Class, and Admin2 went for Slaves of the Rave.
Slaves of the Rave from William Garratt on Vimeo.
13 Nov: The winner was this, rather puzzlingly to us at least (not that it was bad by any means, but other films had more imagination and interest):
THE REINVENTION OF NORMAL from Liam Saint-Pierre on Vimeo.
It was our warmest November night since our records began. Admin1 is rewatching Mammon.
Bonfire Night
Nov 5th 2015
Ooooh! Aaaah! Happy Birthday Guida.
Admin1 is reading Even Dogs in the Wild by Ian Rankin. Admin2 is reading The Three by Sarah Lotz.
Yet More Fog
Nov 3rd 2015
Admin1 is reading The Three by Sarah Lotz (a compulsively readable novel about routes to insanity. Lotz’s ambition rather outstrips her skill, however — the multiple voices aren’t always convincingly differentiated). Admin2 is reading Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith (which was like a box of chocolates with a few dark and bitter ones).
More Fog
Nov 2nd 2015
Breeze blows leaves of a musty-coloured yellow. Yes, yes, yes, it’s my autumn almanac.
Fog
Nov 1st 2015
It was very foggy today but the sun broke through and we had our warmest November day on our records. Admin1 photographed the sun through the fog (sunspot group AR2443 on the left) and admin2 photographed bejewelled cobwebs.
Admin2 is reading Killer Move by Michael Marshall.
Fly in the Sky
Oct 30th 2015
A faint sundog that looks a bit like a fly, surrounded by swirly clouds, and the sunshine meant that today the solar panels’ annual output exceeded 1500kWh for the first time.
Admin1 is reading Slade House by David Mitchell. Admin2 is reading Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux.
Soap and Water
Oct 29th 2015
Another rainy day. The cafe up the road is full of TV cameras. The woman in front is trying to keep locals out of the film. I ask her what they are filming. She says Emmerdale. Which is French for covered in shit, approximately.
We watched Psychedelic Britannia which was mindblowing and Carrie which was er um. [Admin1: 70s films do date badly, with their awful hair and intrusive action-telegraphing music. I'd also forgotten the heavy Psycho references, both in the music and direction -- it was set in the Bates High School, of all places 
. But Sissy Spacek's performance was just as good as I remembered.]
Admin2 is reading Slade House by David Mitchell which is seasonal.
Barrèd clouds bloom the soft-dying day
Oct 28th 2015
It rained copiously today, but cleared up in the late afternoon.
Admin2 is reading Lost at Sea by Jon Ronson.
October Symphony
Oct 27th 2015
A foggy morning trip to the lake to look for autumn colour. Better than the last time we tried.
We watched Blade Runner.