Mundane News

[Reynard]

Anyways, luncheon calls. I has a hungry.

 

[Speicher]

I sometimes, perhaps once or twice a week, days when I do not feel like doing anything at all. Doing nothing is counter-productive.

Yesterday I felt like doing nothing, so I thought about something that needed doing, which might only take an hour or so.

The area at the side of the house needed tidying up and sweeping. So I did that and sorted the wood planks into ones of the same type. The planks left over from replacing the fence (about eight years ago) are now together, and other more ancient large pieces of wood (in the category of "might be useful one day") were put together and half of those are destined for the tip. It took about two hours, with a break for a hot drink.

After sweeping up, and rescuing some worms from the paved area, it does look much better. I felt a teensy bit better for achieving a small task.

What sort of task do you tackle, or not, when you are feeling discombobulated? No doubt there are times when you have zilch energy, and then it is okay to rest.

 

[Speicher]

I have no idea what the weather is going to do. I will venture outside, and repot some plants. That is something that I can stop if it starts raining cats and dogs.

Some good news, there is a new fabric shop opening in this small town. Not that I need any more fabric, but she sells haberdashery etc and some very unusual buttons.

 

[cookiemonster]

A hot 20 miler today. First time out on the bike this week.

Now chiling with one of the books ordered from Portobello Bookshop.

 

[woodbutchmaster]

There's an ember in remember.

So are there ten in December.

 

[fossyant]

A hot 20 miler today. First time out on the bike this week.

Now chiling with one of the books ordered from Portobello Bookshop.

Hot....checks location - ah OK

 

[Reynard]

Lunch down the hatch. Now I'm just having a bit of a bum park before chucking the panniers on Wiggy #2, the Chartres, and pedalling off into town. I need to take a few items to the post office and will pick up a few essentials in Tesco.

 

[Reynard]

What sort of task do you tackle, or not, when you are feeling discombobulated? No doubt there are times when you have zilch energy, and then it is okay to rest.

Cooking. Doesn't actually feel like work, and I find it rather relaxing.

When I'm having a plumpitty day, I will usually cook some comforting stodge.

 

[fossyant]

Two wood pigeons are snaffling the bird feed, not three feet from the shed window. They always turn up mid afternoon. They can't get the peanut feeders, that's reserved for the smaller birds, Sid, Sidney, Stan, Sally and Sinita the squirrels (we have a lot) and Micky the field mouse.

 

[Reynard]

The Turkish GP has just bitten the dust, gone the same way as the Canadian GP it was meant to replace.

It's been replaced by a second race in Austria.

 

[fossyant]

We had an escapee this morning.

I'd heard a thump, so got up and checked my son's room, couldn't see anything, but the cat's were doing zoomies.

Went down stairs about half an hour later and I could only count three. Hmm.... checked daughter's room, nope, son's room, nope, kitchen, nope. Hang on...

Looked out of the window, and Luna the grey ragdoll is mooching round the garden. Argh....

She'd squeezed out of my son's window, jumped on the conservatory roof, then must have jumped off (they usually get stuck at the roof as it's a big drop). She'd been wandering about for 30 minutes. Yikes.

They are house cats due to ragdolls having absolutely no road sense, but they do have a large cat run, so have access outside.

 

[fossyant]

Escapee caught in flight.

If you can spot her.

 

[biggs682]

The weekend has started 🍵

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Escapee caught in flight.

If you can spot her.

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Have you seen this one

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/chicago-cat-fleeing-fire-survives-5-storey-jump-walks-off-1.5427539

 

[Andy in Germany]

I sometimes, perhaps once or twice a week, days when I do not feel like doing anything at all. Doing nothing is counter-productive.

Yesterday I felt like doing nothing, so I thought about something that needed doing, which might only take an hour or so.

The area at the side of the house needed tidying up and sweeping. So I did that and sorted the wood planks into ones of the same type. The planks left over from replacing the fence (about eight years ago) are now together, and other more ancient large pieces of wood (in the category of "might be useful one day") were put together and half of those are destined for the tip. It took about two hours, with a break for a hot drink.

After sweeping up, and rescuing some worms from the paved area, it does look much better. I felt a teensy bit better for achieving a small task.

What sort of task do you tackle, or not, when you are feeling discombobulated? No doubt there are times when you have zilch energy, and then it is okay to rest.

Helping people do this is basically my job, for the reasons you described.

And I still have to stop myself vegetating at weekends.