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And More Cirrus
Jul 4th 2018
Taken with Admin1′s wizzo new camera.
Admin1 is reading Harbour Street by Ann Cleeves. Admin2 is reading Bliss by Peter Carey; the afterlife of an ad man and his dysfunctional family.
Three Lilies in the Pond
Jun 30th 2018
After our driest, warmest and sunniest May, our driest (6.9mm), warmest (25.2°C average daily high) and sunniest (264.764kWh) June.
Admin2 is reading Sympathy for the Devil by William Shaw.
Expanded Contrail
Jun 28th 2018
Stuff like that is the closest we get to clouds in these days of constant sunshine: 5 >12kWh days in a row and more for the foreseeable. Admin1 is reading The Outsider by Stephen King. Admin2 is reading Black Water Lilies by Michel Bussi which was right on the Monet. Genius!
Happy Birthday Admin1
Jun 24th 2018
A crowd gathers on the traffic island to celebrate on yet another hot and sunny day. We saw more noctilucent clouds in the early hours, and there are more tonight.
Admin1 is reading Sympathy for the Devil by William Shaw. Admin2 is reading Don’t Let Go by Michel Bussi, an ingenious mystery set on Reunion and with a plot dependent on the topography and meteorology of that island. We scored 12 on the GWQ!
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Blue Clouds of the Night
Jun 23rd 2018
First noctilucents of the year at 1:30am, after the sunniest day ever: 13.656kWh. Happy birthday of yesterday, twins.
Admin2 is reading After the Crash by Michel Bussi.
Contrail Shadows
Jun 18th 2018
Admin1 is reading The Wire in the Blood by Val McDermid. Admin2 is reading A Book of Scars by William Shaw.
Cloud of the Day: Iridescent Cirrus fibratus
Jun 15th 2018
And here’s the crowd of the day: Jill’s leaving party at the library. Booze for breakfast!
Admin2 is reading Salt by Adam Roberts, actually a rather nasty war book.
Cloud of the Day: Virga
Jun 10th 2018
Airborne jellyfish.
Admin1 is reading The Rat Stone Serenade by Denzil Meyrick (amateurish, cliche-ridden, feeble humour). Admin2 is reading The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurdardottir.
No. 1 song on our 14th birthdays (a current meme allegedly): Admin1: Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Admin2 (oh god): Johnny Remember Me, but she remembers the most memorable song of those days as I Remember You.
We scored 9.33 on the GWQ.
Sun
Jun 7th 2018
Admin1 is reading After the Crash by Michel Bussi (compulsively readable, and full of Frenchness). Admin2 is reading The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths.
Out of the Door
Jun 3rd 2018
The cats went outside for the first time today.
Admin1 is reading The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths. Admin2 is reading A House of Knives by Willam Shaw.
Coffee of the day: Colombia Finca las Mercedes la Isla; rich and dark like the Sultan of Brunei.
We scored 11 on the GWQ, mostly through wild guesses.
Waiting at the Window
Jun 2nd 2018
The cats still have not been let outside. Tomorrow maybe.
Admin1 is reading Dead Silent by Mark Roberts. Admin2 is reading The Vanishing Box by Elly Griffiths.
Woods Fire
May 30th 2018
A small fire in a pub called The Woods.
Admin1 was reading Twisted Prey by John Sandford (reliably entertaining) and is now reading something else so we have to keep posting to keep up. Admin2 is reading A Song from Dead Lips by William Shaw.
Sunshine
May 27th 2018
Another >12kWh day; probably the last this month which has already outshone all previous Mays. Admin2 is reading the unseasonal Snow by Adam Roberts.
Admin1 is reading A Book of Scars by William Shaw, the third in a really excellent crime series set in London in the late sixties. Beautifully characterised and plotted, and superbly written; there are cameos from various 60s luminaries, including art dealer Robert Fraser, the Apple Scruffs, John Lennon and George Harrison, and visits to such 60s landmarks as the Roundhouse and Middle Earth, and the Albert Hall during the ‘Alchemical Wedding‘ event, famed for Lennon/Ono bagism. The legacy of African colonialism also plays a large part. Terrific books.
Happy Birthday Dave
May 24th 2018
Admin1 is reading A Song from Dead Lips by William Shaw. Admin2 is reading The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths.
Coffee of the day: Kenya AA Blue Mountain: bitter and citric but tasty.
We scored 10.5 on the GWQ, which we had saved for Dave’s birthday, thanks to Dave.
Cloud of the Day: Manspreading
May 23rd 2018
Admin1 is reading The Reckoning by Yrsa Sigurdadottir. Admin2 is reading The Killing Connection by TF Muir.
Pigeon Post
May 20th 2018
This crazy bird perched on the weather station and went for a spin on the anemometer.
Admin1 is watching Doctor Who series 10 and reading The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths. Admin2 is reading The Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood: fun stories about old people getting up to dirty tricks.
Cats’ Cradle
May 18th 2018
Meet Titan (big and bright orange) and Ganymede (pale and pretty). Titan was originally the forthcoming cat but he turned very shy while Ganymede came out of his shell and amused everybody with his entertaining acrobatics. Now they are both out and proud.
Admin2 is reading The American Lover by Rose Tremain.
Say Halo to Heaven
May 13th 2018
Best solar panel day this year: 11.83kWh.
Admin2 got fed up with 4321 and is now reading Fall from Grace by Tim Weaver.
We scored a pathetic 5 on the GWQ.
The Tree’s Knees
May 10th 2018
Admin1 is reading What Remains by Tim Weaver (readable but overlong and rather implausible, and still full of TW’s authorial tic of ending each chapter with a one-line hook). Admin2 is reading 4321 by Paul Auster.
We are watching Mr. Robot season 3.
Flower of the Day: Sundew
May 7th 2018
This is how the sundew blooms; like art nouveau wrought iron railings. Today was an exceptionally warm bank holiday: 29.5 °C.
Admin1 is reading The Blood Card by Elly Griffiths. Admin2 is reading The Dead Tracks by Tim Weaver.