Gary makes sure there's no funny business with the knives, Brian and Nigel cover the exit -Barbara is sitting on my feet
Saturday, May 28
Mealtimes
Gary makes sure there's no funny business with the knives, Brian and Nigel cover the exit -Barbara is sitting on my feet
Friday, May 27
being held under strict surveillance
I'm under house arrest - will smuggle out messages when I've finished the tunnel
Friday, May 20
cat polisher
Two weeks ago the toothless cat had starey fur that was a bit sticky-feeling and off-putting and she also really really wanted a lot of hugs - so gave her a rub down with a slightly damp towel like it was a gigantic mother's tongue and put in a bit of regular brushwork with a soft rubber brush ... she's come up all lovely and shiny.
I'm hoping that the owners are going to be ok with this new shiny cat when they come home because maybe they like sticky cats and they might just think that I've broken her
I'm hoping that the owners are going to be ok with this new shiny cat when they come home because maybe they like sticky cats and they might just think that I've broken her
Monday, May 16
On Friday we said goodbye
to our friend Simon,
he hadn't been that keen on music* so there were no hymns or any kind of singing, instead we told stories about him that made us laugh because he was the funniest man in the world, he saved butterflies and kept a supply of food plants in his garden for distressed caterpillars and he would chase people up the street with the litter they'd dropped and wave it in their face - which sometimes got them angry and he had collections of bits of old motorbikes and interesting bicycles and big mechanical pencil sharpeners and his yard was full of the bee hives that he'd made because he kept rescuing bee swarms - once he inadvertently upset one of the hives and made a bee so angry that it chased him inside and upstairs and managed to follow him into his bedroom to sting him.
we'll miss him
*He went to a concert once - the Rolling Stones - and slept through it
he hadn't been that keen on music* so there were no hymns or any kind of singing, instead we told stories about him that made us laugh because he was the funniest man in the world, he saved butterflies and kept a supply of food plants in his garden for distressed caterpillars and he would chase people up the street with the litter they'd dropped and wave it in their face - which sometimes got them angry and he had collections of bits of old motorbikes and interesting bicycles and big mechanical pencil sharpeners and his yard was full of the bee hives that he'd made because he kept rescuing bee swarms - once he inadvertently upset one of the hives and made a bee so angry that it chased him inside and upstairs and managed to follow him into his bedroom to sting him.
we'll miss him
*He went to a concert once - the Rolling Stones - and slept through it
Tuesday, May 10
The other cat is perched by my ear
she purrs constantly - a rumble accompanied by the wobbly creaky-squeakiness - like an old fashioned pusher lawnmower
Saturday, May 7
I left my jacket on the sofa
when I came downstairs this morning it had been turned into a cat's nest and one arm was covered in sicked up hairballs
I read until cross-eyed then walked out across Highbury Fields which were teeming with frisbee-playing youth. I should've been happy in the sun and the smokey barbeque air but an enormous gloom has descended.
I read until cross-eyed then walked out across Highbury Fields which were teeming with frisbee-playing youth. I should've been happy in the sun and the smokey barbeque air but an enormous gloom has descended.
Friday, May 6
the man came home
but today I had to return to London - another cat sit and a study binge before exams.
I am looking after a pair of rescued cats, one of them is already sitting in an alert position in my half-unpacked suitcase, the girl cat has neither teeth nor tail and talks incessantly - naturally I am already very fond of them.
We're in Highbury which is quite posh and appears to be a lesbian hotspot
I am looking after a pair of rescued cats, one of them is already sitting in an alert position in my half-unpacked suitcase, the girl cat has neither teeth nor tail and talks incessantly - naturally I am already very fond of them.
We're in Highbury which is quite posh and appears to be a lesbian hotspot
Thursday, May 5
The man is on his way home
the man is on his way home
the man is on his way home
from switzerland where he has been visiting these exact same ants
An Irish Sisterhood Practise their Defence Skills from Ammonite Films on Vimeo.
last year I wrote a post about the man going out to film a woman and her dogs who'd discovered bioluminescent worms in their french garden
the bioluminescence film is now ready and can be seen on english television on monday - here's a clip http://bbc.in/1Oecrz0
the man is on his way home
from switzerland where he has been visiting these exact same ants
An Irish Sisterhood Practise their Defence Skills from Ammonite Films on Vimeo.
in other news
last year I wrote a post about the man going out to film a woman and her dogs who'd discovered bioluminescent worms in their french garden
the bioluminescence film is now ready and can be seen on english television on monday - here's a clip http://bbc.in/1Oecrz0
Tuesday, May 3
Monday, May 2
Too much going on
exams next week - scary
houseboat study continues - great
a death - tragic
home - messy
weather - changeable/British
friends - brilliant-but-not-enough-time
end of first school year - emptiness looms
job-hunting - grim