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Critter of the Day: Tit
Feb 4th 2019
Looking a bit blue.
Admin1 is reading A Secret Worth Killing For by Simon Berthon; a book not worth wasting time on. Admin2 is reading Shattered Minds by Laura Lam but abandoned it halfway through because it was boring.
新年快樂
Feb 3rd 2019
Celebrating Chinese New Year a few days early. We had fried rice, jiaozi, sweet and sour pork, rainbow chicken, red cooked belly pork and red blue eggs but most of it had been eaten by the time the photo was taken.
Admin2 is reading Blue Lightning by Anne Cleeves and we are watching Killing Eve.
We scored 12 on the GWQ!
Weather of the Day: Fog and frost
Jan 31st 2019
Today was the coldest day since our records began: a maximum of -1.4°C. Spiders make lace doilys.
Admin2 is reading The Overstory by Richard Powers; an overlong over-repetitive story about the over-exploitation of forests and a waste of a wonderful tree.
Sunshine
Jan 28th 2019
No clouds today.
Admin1 is reading The Girl in the Ice by Lotte and Soren Hammer. Admin2 is reading Impure Blood by Peter Morfoot.
Red Line
Jan 25th 2019
Red trail in the sunset.
Admin2 is reading The Girl in the Ice by Lotte and Soren Hammer.
Icy Eye
Jan 23rd 2019
Frost and ice of the morning after the coldest night of the year so far (-2.7 °C). Admin1 is reading Fatal Music by Peter Morfoot. Admin2 is reading The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths.
Weather of the Night: Snow
Jan 18th 2019
First snow of the year.
Admin1 is reading The Stranger Diaries by Elly Griffiths (thx Admin2). Admin2 is reading The Woman at 1000 Degrees by Hallgrimur Helgason (thx Admin1).
Cloud of the Day: Contrails
Jan 17th 2019
Admin1 is reading The Katharina Code by Jorn Lier Horst. Admin2 is reading This Is What Happened by Mick Herron.
Critter of the Day: Tit
Jan 15th 2019
Admin1 has been reading This Is What Happened by Mick Herron (thx Admin2) and Admin2 is reading Journey under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino (thx Admin1)
Cats on the Table
Jan 13th 2019
Admin1 is reading Insidious Intent by Val McDermid and Admin2 is reading Speak by Louisa Hall; a clever novel about artificial intelligence, love and loss.
We scored 9.5 on the GWQ, close to our average score in 2018, which was 9.347692308…, continuing our year-on-year improvement.
Cloud of the Day: Cirrus Fibratus
Jan 9th 2019
Admin1 is reading In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin. Admin2 is reading The Water Room by Christopher Fowler.
The Joy of Cat
Jan 6th 2019
JOY is written in the fur, on one side only. The other side reads YOB.
Admin2 is reading Middle England by Jonathan Coe, a funny and disturbing book about brexit.
We scored er um 6 on the GWQ. Things can only get better.
Critter of the Day: Dunnock
Jan 5th 2019
Admin1 is reading The Water Room by Christopher Fowler. Admin2 is reading Real Tigers by Mick Herron.
Channelling Cassandra Darke
Jan 2nd 2019
Admin2 tried to pose as the nasty old woman on the cover of Cassandra Darke by Posy Simmons, which we have both been reading and enjoying.
Critter of the Day: Starling
Dec 30th 2018
Another flying thing.
Admin1 is reading The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths (thx Admin2). Admin2 is reading Tombland by CJ Sansom (thx Admin1), which is more like a tombstone (800pp) and covers ruthless suppression of early socialism in the aftermath of the enclosures.
We scored 8 on the last GWQ of the year.
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Xmas Cheer
Dec 25th 2018
Admin1 got a whizzo new drone! Admin2 got a new camera! Admins 1 and 2 gave each other 3 of the same books! Now Admin1 is reading Real Tigers by Mick Herron (thx Admin2, or maybe Admin1) and Admin2 is reading The Katharina Code by Jorn Lier Horst (thx Admin1).
And here is our simple dinner for two, which has left us both feeling extremely bloated.
Shopping Days
Dec 23rd 2018
A rainbow over the town centre.
Admin2 is reading The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner; life in a womens’ prison and the life that led to it.
We scored 8.5 on the GWQ.
Solstice
Dec 21st 2018
Here comes the sun again.
In a spirit of seasonal appropriateness, Admin1 is reading All on a Winter’s Night by Phil Rickman (murderous morris dancers! But a real slog, and reminds me why I stopped reading PR) and Admin2 is reading The Darkest Day by Hakan Nesser; a family gathering at the solstice goes horribly wrong.
Blue Moon
Dec 19th 2018
Admin1 is reading The Furthest Station by Ben Aaronovitch. Admin2 is reading Bryant and May: The Bleeding Heart by Christopher Fowler.
Looks Like Rain Dear
Dec 17th 2018
A tasteful town centre decoration.
Admin2 is reading Booker-winning Milkman by Anna Burns, a stream of consciousness with no names that manages to combine Northern Irish troubles and women’s troubles very effectively.