A Most Magical Day
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izmeinaAt last it's payback for the disgusting and awful week since last Tuesday. It's so true that blessed are those who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed
And last week was well and truly on steroids.
December had started with unusually mild weather -almost cold at times and the odd drop of rain and wind. So everyone sort of got caught off guard thinking that this strangeness would continue
Thanks to the astronomy almanac had long ago noticed that the solstice and full moon would be on the same day - well sort of. Full moon was Tuesday 21st and the solstice on Wednesday.
Had the dates and times all checked out and figured that since the sunset and moonrise were only five minutes apart that the best place to go would be the one with 360 degree views. That is Memorial Hill in Fremantle. So the traditional beach solstice sunset could happily wait for Wednesday
But the weather had other plans. Tuesday was clammy and cloudy and there was simply no point in going all the way to Freo for a 90% no show.
Wednesday was even worse. Ickier, stickier and infinitely hotter and more humid and cloudy of course. Was totally miserable, zonked and drained. Once again it was cloudy so no beach sunset just a slink to the Lair to snooze and sulk and feel generably miserable
Due to the clouds didn't even get a decent score on the solar panel inverter - a pissy 3 something kilowatts rather than the usual 5.5 expected at this time of year
It just got creepier and clammier and by Saturday had the worst of all possible worlds. A humid 33 is far more miserable and uncomfortable than a hot dry 39. But Christmas we got an icky sticky 39.5
Izzie is a bit of a Grinch when it comes to Christmas. It's not just the commercialism but the big pretend with the snowflakes, reindeer and Santa shit that it is the middle of winter when everyone is sweltering. A sad bunch of South Brits are the Anglo Aussies
Can happily overlook Christmas if we get our summer solstice picnic by the beach along with the same little ritual on New Year's Eve. But this year the long awaited solstice and full moon rise were totally ruined by the sucky Singapore weather
So instead of being recharged the batteries were totally drained
Funny - did do the solstice thing last year but managed to be all neurotic and the the hot water pipes sprung a leak. Christmas was hot but not humid and the following week's weather was gorgeous
Luckily by the night time it had gotten very very windy so the humidity had gone. The wild easterlies meant that it would be hot and dry the next day but hot and dry is infinitely better than hot and wet. The highlight of the day was snoozing outside in the tent at Petunia's place with the winds blowing and the slightly less than full moon shining in the tent window
Civilized weather finally returned on Tuesday. Wednesday included a visit to the Secret Garden cafe after work - the last working day of the year.
Had resurrected an old week to a page A5 diary from 2005 to recycle for next year. Had only written one or two entries so it's perfectly reusable
Decided to list the 20 or something things from the 101 list that we want to get ticked off next year. The creatures that totally sabotaged this years' grand plans are now long gone so there's no more excuses for delays and dilly dallying
Visited the Cybershop where exactly one year ago we bought the gorgeous Big Mac. Really should have a birthday party for the Precioussss. Got all nostalgic and sad to see that the lovely cafe two doors down with the plane trees and lovely garden had been a horrid Thai restaurant since May. Still missing the place. Had such grand plans for it to be the 2010 nano cafe.
Followed that by a visit to an Indian restaurant for lunch. Decided that it would be an interesting mission to try vegetarian thali in ten different restaurants. It is the ultimate lucky dip dish. There was no spinach dish but as usual a totally delicious dahl. Must really learn to cook this stuff properly at the Lair as it really is so dirt cheap and we got plenty of ghee and yellow split peas in the pantry
Had to return some library books in another suburb. Due back tomorrow but got other plans for the last day of the year. This suburb has lots of nice cafes including one that provided the major plot point for a certain story in November. So figured that as it would be seriously unauspicious to bring a certain tarot deck to Petunia's place tomorrow evening and certainly not to work the next morning, it would be better to do the honours and take the first peek today
And that is just what the Izzie did. We can see why the Tarotforum folks reckon that the Victorian Romantic deck is even creepier than the Bohemian gothic.
Since it is going to be next years' nano random plot generator, decided that today in the cafe would be a perfect place for a first peek. Also came up with the idea of running two stories using this deck and the good old dark grimoire. Randomly drawing one and then using the corresponding cards for the other and then seeing which deck produces the best plot possibilities
Been filling in dates for all the various projects and figured that Tuesday 1st February is the perfect day to start dealing the deck ;)
It was lovely to have a non neurotic productive day with lots of nostalgia and inspiration
Even did a quick blitz of the kitchen bench tops this evening. Always a good idea to start new year's resolutions a few days early
Tomorrow apart from picnicking and browsing book stores will be spent filling in dates and deadlines in that 2005 diary.
20 goals should be enough to keep a serpent busy.
And last week was well and truly on steroids.
December had started with unusually mild weather -almost cold at times and the odd drop of rain and wind. So everyone sort of got caught off guard thinking that this strangeness would continue
Thanks to the astronomy almanac had long ago noticed that the solstice and full moon would be on the same day - well sort of. Full moon was Tuesday 21st and the solstice on Wednesday.
Had the dates and times all checked out and figured that since the sunset and moonrise were only five minutes apart that the best place to go would be the one with 360 degree views. That is Memorial Hill in Fremantle. So the traditional beach solstice sunset could happily wait for Wednesday
But the weather had other plans. Tuesday was clammy and cloudy and there was simply no point in going all the way to Freo for a 90% no show.
Wednesday was even worse. Ickier, stickier and infinitely hotter and more humid and cloudy of course. Was totally miserable, zonked and drained. Once again it was cloudy so no beach sunset just a slink to the Lair to snooze and sulk and feel generably miserable
Due to the clouds didn't even get a decent score on the solar panel inverter - a pissy 3 something kilowatts rather than the usual 5.5 expected at this time of year
It just got creepier and clammier and by Saturday had the worst of all possible worlds. A humid 33 is far more miserable and uncomfortable than a hot dry 39. But Christmas we got an icky sticky 39.5
Izzie is a bit of a Grinch when it comes to Christmas. It's not just the commercialism but the big pretend with the snowflakes, reindeer and Santa shit that it is the middle of winter when everyone is sweltering. A sad bunch of South Brits are the Anglo Aussies
Can happily overlook Christmas if we get our summer solstice picnic by the beach along with the same little ritual on New Year's Eve. But this year the long awaited solstice and full moon rise were totally ruined by the sucky Singapore weather
So instead of being recharged the batteries were totally drained
Funny - did do the solstice thing last year but managed to be all neurotic and the the hot water pipes sprung a leak. Christmas was hot but not humid and the following week's weather was gorgeous
Luckily by the night time it had gotten very very windy so the humidity had gone. The wild easterlies meant that it would be hot and dry the next day but hot and dry is infinitely better than hot and wet. The highlight of the day was snoozing outside in the tent at Petunia's place with the winds blowing and the slightly less than full moon shining in the tent window
Civilized weather finally returned on Tuesday. Wednesday included a visit to the Secret Garden cafe after work - the last working day of the year.
Had resurrected an old week to a page A5 diary from 2005 to recycle for next year. Had only written one or two entries so it's perfectly reusable
Decided to list the 20 or something things from the 101 list that we want to get ticked off next year. The creatures that totally sabotaged this years' grand plans are now long gone so there's no more excuses for delays and dilly dallying
Visited the Cybershop where exactly one year ago we bought the gorgeous Big Mac. Really should have a birthday party for the Precioussss. Got all nostalgic and sad to see that the lovely cafe two doors down with the plane trees and lovely garden had been a horrid Thai restaurant since May. Still missing the place. Had such grand plans for it to be the 2010 nano cafe.
Followed that by a visit to an Indian restaurant for lunch. Decided that it would be an interesting mission to try vegetarian thali in ten different restaurants. It is the ultimate lucky dip dish. There was no spinach dish but as usual a totally delicious dahl. Must really learn to cook this stuff properly at the Lair as it really is so dirt cheap and we got plenty of ghee and yellow split peas in the pantry
Had to return some library books in another suburb. Due back tomorrow but got other plans for the last day of the year. This suburb has lots of nice cafes including one that provided the major plot point for a certain story in November. So figured that as it would be seriously unauspicious to bring a certain tarot deck to Petunia's place tomorrow evening and certainly not to work the next morning, it would be better to do the honours and take the first peek today
And that is just what the Izzie did. We can see why the Tarotforum folks reckon that the Victorian Romantic deck is even creepier than the Bohemian gothic.
Since it is going to be next years' nano random plot generator, decided that today in the cafe would be a perfect place for a first peek. Also came up with the idea of running two stories using this deck and the good old dark grimoire. Randomly drawing one and then using the corresponding cards for the other and then seeing which deck produces the best plot possibilities
Been filling in dates for all the various projects and figured that Tuesday 1st February is the perfect day to start dealing the deck ;)
It was lovely to have a non neurotic productive day with lots of nostalgia and inspiration
Even did a quick blitz of the kitchen bench tops this evening. Always a good idea to start new year's resolutions a few days early
Tomorrow apart from picnicking and browsing book stores will be spent filling in dates and deadlines in that 2005 diary.
20 goals should be enough to keep a serpent busy.
