Vermilion Sands
An occasional journal
An occasional journal
Aug 25th 2019
We caught this cheeky rat high up in the branches scoffing our fruit.
Our hottest August day so far: 34.5 °C, enlivened with music from the reggae concert nearby and fun with the paddling pool and bubble machine. Admin1 is reading Lies Sleeping by Ben Aaronovitch. We scored 12 on the GWQ, though half a point was given for an alternative answer.
Aug 19th 2019
The first season of little plums from our little plum tree and one of the few remaining nuts from our hazelnut tree after the squirrels have been at them.
Admin2 is reading A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James.
Aug 1st 2019
A cloud man wandering through the sky with his backpack and dog.
Admin1 is rereading A Song from Dead Lips by William Shaw. Admin2 is reading The Vanishing Futurist by Charlotte Hobson; an English governess experiences the liberating influence of the avant-garde amid the privations of war and the ferment of the Russian revolution.
Jul 29th 2019
Polygonia c-album, the proofreader’s butterfly.
Admin1 is reading Smoke and Whispers and Admin2 is reading The Last Voice You Hear, both by Mick Herron.
Jul 27th 2019
Monstrous creature roaming around Merrion Centre, part of the Jurassic Trail apparently.
Today has been our darkest July day ever: 468 watts, a maximum temperature of 17.4°C and 12mm of rain. A week of extremes indeed: raging winds, exceptional sunshine, thunder and lightning, hottest day and warmest night ever and least sunny July day all in six days.
Admin2 is reading The Vinyl Detective: Flip Back by Andrew Cartmel. We scored 8.5 on the GWQ.
Jul 25th 2019
37.8°C. A record in our garden and the country, followed by our highest night-time minimum temperature ever: 21.5°C. It was off the scale on our weather page which only goes up to 35.
Admin2 is reading Stranger Days on Peculiar Hill by Grimly Darkwood.
Jul 17th 2019
This tiny plant has scarcely developed since it was potted weeks ago but today it has an unexpected flower (and more on the way) and maybe soon we will have cucumbers (or maybe gherkins or cornichons). Thx Jill!
Admin1 is reading The Last Voice You Hear and Admin2 is reading Down Cemetery Road; both by Mick Herron.
Jul 14th 2019
Admin1 is all aglow because his cricket team stole the show. He’s also been playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim since his birthday — thanks, Admin2!
Admin2 is reading Big Sky by Kate Atkinson.
We scored 10 on the GWQ.
Jul 12th 2019
We had plenty of sunshine today, but also more rain in one hour than we had in the rest of the month so far.
Coffee of the day: Burundi Kinyovu, Rango, Kayanza