I’ve just watched someone hand feed an adult squirrel.. as in while holding in in one, let it eat out of the other..
Not sure that I will ever see that again.
This wasn’t at a nature reserve this is while sat on a bench in the sunshine in Bakewell.
Monthly Archives: October 2015
[Memories] In case of emergency..
Today I have been visiting Mum to help out with a few things. As part of this I unearthed Dads old wash kit.. Which then needed sorting out and deciding what should happen..
Now Dad travelled a lot so his wash kit was a repository of the useful things that he wanted to be sure that he had with him on any trip.
So what were some of the important things that dad carried with him on his adventures:
3 sewing kits, or house maids as he would call them.
An adapter for his razor.. that would plug into a bayonet light fitting. A genius idea, and also madly dangerous.
Several sleep eye masks.
Some aspirin and rennies.
A small unlabelled glass vial, filled with his after shave. A smell that invokes many memories.
And last but not least 2 ping pong balls.
Which is just the sort of thing a gentleman should have to deal with any situations.
I miss you Dad, particularly today.
[Potd] Sunset from the sky
[Happy] Chapeau
1) That moment while walking up from the train station to the office, make eye contact with another bowler hat wearing city gentleman, and exchange a hat tip. This has made me oddly happy all day.
2) Talk of Halloween costumes at work that led me to dig out this page selling dust sheets. Somewhere there is a comersal photographer who deserves a bonus for this moment of genius.
3) Meeting up with an old housemate for a drink, natter,and so I could fix the email configuration on her new phone.. Something I managed to do smoothly and efficiently.. go me.
[Happy] More thankful than happy
So today I was at the funeral of an old friend and group scout leader.. So it has been a bit of an emotional day..
However I can also say that I have never been at a more packed funeral service, the crematorium didn’t just have a few people stood up at the back, but we were crammed in like a commuter train. People were stood in the aisle, in the corridor at the back, I was slightly surprised that they managed to get the doors closed at all..
Which goes to show the impression that he made not just on me but on so many people from the community.
I first camped with him back in 1993, when he saved me from being camp cook on cub camp. At the time that would have been a really scary situation.
But he calmly took charge, and produced excellent food..
Bruce we will really miss you. Thank you for everything.
[Happy] A busy weekend
Another busy weekend, so another bumper update..
Well not that bumper, as I’m struggling to think of things..So in no particular order.
1) A round of mini golf out at the Adventure golf place on the A20, not as good as the Elmers End one, but still enough to find amusing.
2) Taking some time to watch some more of “Chuck”, I’m about halfway through season 4 so still quite a long way behind. But it was good to unwind, even if it is getting even more predictable.
3) Getting my company accounts sorted out. Took me most of Saturday, to get things up to date and ready for the end of year reporting that has to be submitted. It is another of these jobs that I should just get on with rather than let them hang over me. Anyway, all done for another year, so that is very good.
4) Getting a tour of H’s current work place and meeting a few of the people she talks about.. She needed to do some overtime data entry, so I tagged along to helped out, was nice to have to focus on a grunt job.
5) Sunday lunch out with some of H’s old work mates.. Food was ok, the chat was better.
[Happy] The end of the week..
It has been a long week, and I have let myself get overwhelmed by it and some of the deadlines that I am managing get to me. A few people in the office have noticed that I have been not quite my normal self.
However today is Friday and I have done much better to work on the things that I can control and worry less about some of the things that are out of my control.
1) Mapping out one of my new projects in MS Project, it is software that I normally seem to be fighting against rather than it being the useful tool that I know that it can be. However today it seemed to flow and work with me which was a very good feeling.. This is a job I haven’t been looking forward to for a little while, so it is also a bit of a weight off my mind.
2) Seeing a chap in Dulwich kit smoothly and quickly woosh around the roundabout at the Museum of London as I walked up to the station. Wasn’t quite quick enough to be able to shout “go Dulwich”, but never mind.
3) Saw Dara O’Brien at the Glamoursmith Apollo.. I don’t care what they are trying to call the place now, it will always be the Glamoursmith Apollo.
Many moments of uncontrollable laughter, which is really what you want from a comedy gig. A great end to a stressful week.
[Happy] Will it be chips, be chips..
1) The news that they have fixed the showers at work.* I get the impression that the office building doesn’t want people to use them, as we will now have to sign a key out at reception, if you hand the key on then you lose shower privileges.
Don’t think that this policy will last as soon as there is a group of sweaty cyclists and runners stood about in reception making the place look unprofessional.
2) Tail wind while cycling home, so parts of my ride felt really wooshy, which was helped by a long run of green traffic lights around Elephant and Castle. It did make me miss my track bike, but I will start to get her rebuilt over the weekend.
3) Chips for tea, I like the chippy at the end of the road. It is a bit of a success that I don’t eat there more often.
* Quite sure that you don’t want me to go into detail about the alternative option
[Happy] Warm and tired..
1) The central heating kicking in this morning. I was mighty cold out, so having it come on to take the chill off was very nice. Didn’t help with the getting up and going to work bit, but hey that is a different problem.
2) Made it out of the office at lunchtime for a short walk. I should do that more often, as it does help to break up the day. I am well aware that continually working through does nothing for my productivity.
3) Getting back out on the velodrome again this week. Unfortunately I got cramped, so had to retire slightly early from the session, but still it was 20 ish miles in just over an hour, so a good training session. I’m going to ache in the morning, but this will help me get my fitness back.
a) An extra one from yesterday that I forgot to mention: Being told that I looked 8 years younger than I really am.
[Happy] A drinking hat..
1) Discovering that I have a reader, wasn’t someone who I had thought would actually be reading this.. I know that this is read way more than I realize, but each time that I get confirmation that this isn’t just going into the either, well it makes me happy..
2) Meeting up with people after work, it was good to have a chat and put things into perspective.
3) Wearing my bowler hat to work, (or as some people at work call it my drinking hat), it makes me feel smarter than average, and gives me confidence to tell a young person to take their feet off the seat.. Which they did, partly out of shock that someone spoke to them on the train I suspect..