After last Thursdays Monkeyfilter London Meetup, I’m pleased to say that Mothninja has posted her myriad photographs of the evening. Just pop along to her Flickr page for the pics in all their glory. See! amusing faces. See! the beginnings of a double chin. Sadly though, you’ll also see from Mothninja’s later photos that her… Continue reading Monkey Meetup Photographs
Month: August 2006
Hello Monkeys
Last night I went to meet someone I’ve been communicating with over the Internet. I went to meet them in a small pub down a narrow back alleyway. No-one knew where I was, or when I was due home. I could well have disappeared, leaving only a blurry unflattering picture of me at a party,… Continue reading Hello Monkeys
Welcome, Reader Mairi
Last night, Mairi let slip the terrifying news that she reads this blog. I suddenly feel, not violated exactly, but different. Of course, anyone can read this, and I have a readership which is close to the high millions (in cosmic terms), but I live with Mairi, and we share the great journey that is… Continue reading Welcome, Reader Mairi
Garden Drapes – Exterior Decor?
We’re having a couple of problems with Shuggie in the garden. It would be nice to able to leave him down there on his own for a while. Not while we’re out of course, or in the rain or anything, just to let him potter around in the garden, minding his own (and doing his)… Continue reading Garden Drapes – Exterior Decor?
Shuggie Has It In For His Paw
He’s done it again! He got a grass seed in his paw. Now this isn’t normally a problem, because we just hold him down, snip away the fur, and get it out with tweezers, if it isn’t actually stuck in him too much. But not this time, oh no. This time the seed got right… Continue reading Shuggie Has It In For His Paw
Weekend Frolics In A Pub And The Rain
After being off sick on Friday (same symptoms as the others, it turns out) Saturday was a fresh start. Did my usual pottering around, did the washing up and put the washing on while listening to, and shouting at, Any Questions, took the dog up to Tooting Bec Common for a frolic in his new… Continue reading Weekend Frolics In A Pub And The Rain
Saturday: The Journey Home
Up early, hit the road at 1030, got home at 1930. What a great holiday in Seahouses – I got a bit of a tan, enjoyed some great British scenery, Shug won’t recover for days. All together now… It’s been a long road Getting from there to here It’s been a long time But my… Continue reading Saturday: The Journey Home
Friday: Final Fling
Another blistering start at about 10, with Mairi rising for a Full Swedish (Massage), to nicely compliment the Full English (breakfast) I had earlier in the week. A quick walk for Shug in the dunes, asking him nicely not to eat sand or drink seawater, then we nipped up to Bamburgh Castle, which was the… Continue reading Friday: Final Fling
Thursday: In Brief
Brief entry today. Better weather. Walked Shug on beach. He rubbed his face in a dead crab, drank sea water, burrowed in stinky seaweed, and then later vomited what looked like a litre of water on the floor. Fun for all. In the afternoon, we drove to Berwick-on-Tweed, walked round the ramparts of the old… Continue reading Thursday: In Brief
Wednesday: A Nice Change From A Heatwave
A day whose general demeanour can be summed up with the phrase “Torrential horizontal rain and gale force winds”. Nonetheless, John ventured out to fetch Craster kippers for breakfast, which we ate with buttered brown bread and poached eggs (“Eggs again, Matthew?”. A voice.), while watching Thunderbirds (the one with the oil refinery hidden in… Continue reading Wednesday: A Nice Change From A Heatwave