saturday's heavier supersymmetric partner
sungod
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still disappointingly nippy to start
ride, explore strange new cafes, seek out new cake etc., bask if it stays sunny, bubbly
still disappointingly nippy to start
ride, explore strange new cafes, seek out new cake etc., bask if it stays sunny, bubbly
my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
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If all goes well should be back in plenty of time for the football
(I don't know how you translate that from Chinese).
Will pedal.
Didn't want to ffwd the Giro coverage as it was shaping up to be a good stage so i'll watch the rest later.
Hardly 'flying'.
...and where's the man who 'could attack anyone' Bouwman?
40 minutes to drop cases, get through security and into the lounge.
It’s all fake news.
Sun lazing later with a G&T beside the pool.
Girls are out and Benny beans is snoring.
Bliss.
Just agreed on a new set of wheels, with estate car bodywork and tech attached. Did a test drive, nice and comfortable. Collect it next Saturday after paperwork, monies etc all completed.
Asking price is asking price, didn't even try to haggle a discount, dealers hadn't given a discount on used (and only slight on new) in over 12 months. Shortage of supply in used market, new lead times reaching 12 months.
Now on an inbound train which has just rocketed through the station I want to get to, should have checked before jumping on a doors-closing.
not bothering with today's, tomorrow is mountains mountains mountains
warm and sunny, very pleasant bask, almost no breeze, did all the inyt puzzles and both crosswords, before relaxing to a bit of music
Worth watching the highlights SG.
Thready thready thready. Nice and easy through the shifter, external routing,
so dead easy. Make sure nipple bit is seated where it should be. I just can not make it pull the fcuking derailleur. It just bends and busts the nipple end in the shifter. Should have left well alone, but I just could not index it satisfactorily. It was fine on the way up the block, or on the way down. But not both, I tried a cable change.
I mustn't be routing it, or tightening the clamp properly.
Stupid bikes.
Good day of slow start, pottering and generally not rushing. The 10 minute walk to town with the EPO took a lot longer as we bumped into quite a few friends on the way. Then sat and had some food, met more friends, so went for a drink. Then walking home met some others.
Do you want to pop round tomorrow B³? I've got to go by the old dear's new gaff but other than that no plans and I will be bike fettling in the garage.
Marin Nail Trail
Cotic Solaris
I'll drop you a text. See where you are.
The Honeysuckle is coming into full bloom.
The hedges are all neat and tidy and the Hawthorne is coming into flower.
My Peony's are about 1 week off (prey no high winds).
The Clematis is about to go into full bloom.
The apple trees are blooming now.
The Japanese cherry was resplendent and it 'snowed' white petals a week ago.
My blue Cornflower is in flower and has been for 4 weeks.
The Cornflower 'Amethyst' (new arrival) is just starting but is small and will get bigger.
I have blue Veola's and white Veola's and trailing hanging baskets.
The Ciclumen is in full flower.
The Lithodora is just dying back.
The Lewisia Elise flowered for 2 weeks and will be back later in the summer.
...and the Petunia's are a little bit off.
Next year I will be planting many more hardy Perennials.
I have a source of good plants that are grown by my ex (Pool) doubles partner.
Our record was: entered 5 competitions, got to 5 finals and never won one.
Our excuse (for those long, arduous days where the whole competition was held in 1 day) is that we were always Franz Liszt by the time we got to the final.
I climbed a tree to show him but he just looked at me as if I were stupid. He's not wrong.
I showed him his part buried faeces and proceeded to bury it a bit better and he obliged. At least he is preferring to go todaloo outside.
He's extra wary of the obviously cat mangling cat flap mangler and doesn't use them. Any suggestions welcome. I have tried propping them open - fine, part open - no.
At least I can identify the hounds
I'm still learning.
I know my trees.
They look daft as brushes btw. Fun. They may never grow up
They have never trapped any cat bits since. Recently, one has decided it's better for a human to open the door. She holds the outer plastic frame (of the cat-flap) with one paw and repeatedly snaps it back with the other paw, making a loud noise. 5am this morning, snap,snap,snap....................
At least the decking is done so we can start sorting out the lawn as it got a bit of a beating with all the workmen doing doing the decking and ripping out dead/too close to the house trees and grinding stumps etc.
The older I get, the more the passing of the seasons, the plant lifecycle, even here in the city (albeit a leafy part), fills me with joy, but also deep regret, as it also marks my inexorable decline.