Moods, gifts and my powers of leadership
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smokingbootOf all the people around me, I am the one with least reason to feel grim this morning. It's like a sugar crash only emotional rather than physical and I can't understand it. Maybe it's my body straightening itself after the weekend, or maybe I am just tired. I know what has triggered it, and it's so silly it doesn't even stand up to analysis. I stare at it and explanations dance across my head, inane, disconnected, or with no connection I allow. Oh well. Some times a mood is just a mood.
And I have so much to do before I travel again. But the good thing is that hopefully next time I will get to catch up with more chums, such as the marvellousmitchy and ravenrigan and the_lore; other good news includes the ver' naaaace bonus of first class train tickets, thanks to the loveliness of Auntie Em sans lj, and a fantastic present with many thanks to velvet_the_cat and her partner Dan sans lj: I have been bought membership of Plantlife International, the wild plant conservation charity (wwww.plantlife.org.uk)
Along with this they got me a fabulous book about creating your own wildlife garden. My attempts at this so far have been creating a somewhat rubbish pond for the local froggies, the planting of a now rampant buddleia for the butterflies and my entirely non-indigenous and ferocious passionflower; passiflora is beloved of many many insects, and mine never looks good cos it is always in the process of providing some lepidopteral meal; I hoped that it would attract insects who in turn would attract bats who in turn would attract the presence of Le Wol. To an extent this has worked. Wol remains unseen but can often be heard hooting excitedly through the summer nights, and my kitchen floor, alas, has displayed several trophies to my powers of animal attraction; the dark demons prowling this Eden/Killing Field are delighted with all that teeming life; they are even now both crouched under the tall grass waiting for snacks on wings. I dare not put up a bat box for fear they'll move into it.
And now, which famous leader am I? Well it's obvious really.
And I have so much to do before I travel again. But the good thing is that hopefully next time I will get to catch up with more chums, such as the marvellous
mitchy and ravenrigan and the_lore; other good news includes the ver' naaaace bonus of first class train tickets, thanks to the loveliness of Auntie Em sans lj, and a fantastic present with many thanks to velvet_the_cat and her partner Dan sans lj: I have been bought membership of Plantlife International, the wild plant conservation charity (wwww.plantlife.org.uk) Along with this they got me a fabulous book about creating your own wildlife garden. My attempts at this so far have been creating a somewhat rubbish pond for the local froggies, the planting of a now rampant buddleia for the butterflies and my entirely non-indigenous and ferocious passionflower; passiflora is beloved of many many insects, and mine never looks good cos it is always in the process of providing some lepidopteral meal; I hoped that it would attract insects who in turn would attract bats who in turn would attract the presence of Le Wol. To an extent this has worked. Wol remains unseen but can often be heard hooting excitedly through the summer nights, and my kitchen floor, alas, has displayed several trophies to my powers of animal attraction; the dark demons prowling this Eden/Killing Field are delighted with all that teeming life; they are even now both crouched under the tall grass waiting for snacks on wings. I dare not put up a bat box for fear they'll move into it.
And now, which famous leader am I? Well it's obvious really.
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*Boggle*
Date: 2006-08-09 02:14 pm (UTC)What Famous Leader Are You?
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Re: *Boggle*
Date: 2006-08-10 10:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-09 02:41 pm (UTC)Yay!! :) Email me and we'll plot! :)
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Date: 2006-08-10 10:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-09 03:38 pm (UTC)What Famous Leader Are You?
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The secret life of Gunny Matthews
Date: 2006-08-10 10:21 am (UTC)Re: The secret life of Gunny Matthews
Date: 2006-08-10 11:29 am (UTC)Of catching up, cats and wildlife
Date: 2006-08-09 10:13 pm (UTC)For encouraging wildlife you can't beat a nice Elder tree. The bees love it in spring, its pretty, magickal, and you can make wine out of the produce twice a year if you like. We've got wood pigeons feeding on ours, and the house sparrows have come back and nest in it.
And it grows like a weed. Five years ago ours was about four foot tall, now its level with the upstairs windows, and shields the garden nicely from prying eyes. Any herbs that flower are good for bees, comfrey is good for insects and one of those green plastic compost bins is environmentally friendly and attracts fruit flies, which attract birds, bats and spiders (I like spiders).
When we moved in we had no birdsong, now it wakes you up at stupid o'clock if you sleep in the back bedroom, and the little buggers poo all over my washing, not nice in elderberry season.
I used to put a bell collar on Isis. Most birds and rodents are smart enough to realise that that jingling sound means stalking teeth. Unfortunately frogs are too stupid to realise. However next doors murky and stagnant abandoned pond seems to have an inexhaustible supply. And they hide under the comfrey. Cats don't seem to like comfrey.
Re: Of catching up, cats and wildlife
Date: 2006-08-10 10:20 am (UTC)Re meeting, well I am free early Friday 18th afternoon or evening, but as I'm doing the breakfast show and need to be at work by 8.30, it would have to be an early night...does that suit?
Re: Of catching up, cats and wildlife
Date: 2006-08-10 11:16 pm (UTC)I'm probably stuck at work until 5/6ish in Tottenham. So we could meet up in Islington, or town, or you could come to ours in Walthamstow, and I could feed you. I might even manage some rather nice Tournament mead I picked up at the beer festival. (mead is for sharing).
Simon might be going to Aikido, but I could probably persuade him to miss it just this once. He's had all his hair cut off at Ravenwing's Lammas thang in Conway Hall. My number at work is 020 8885 7773. I probably won't answer it, but I'm in all day, and the staff should put you through except at 2 pm when we have a team meeting for an hour or so. or try my mobile 07946 280653 if I'm out of the office briefly. Leaving messages with my staff can be a bit hit or miss, usually get them eventually, but somethimes they get distracted, and I don't get them for an hour or two, so try the mobile or try again. My voicemail hasn't worked since I arrived..... groan.
Re: Of catching up, cats and wildlife
Date: 2006-08-11 07:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-11 10:57 am (UTC)Lookibng forward to catching up!