The house is in a bit of a turmoil - it is being sorted and Andrews bits and pieces fitted in. I am still ill with this wretched cold/flu/unknown bug which is about to decimate the world? who knows. It will get worse if we have to get builders in when Adam has done his architectural plans, then we shall have to go into a holiday cottage.
Just received two overdue birthday presents from Andrew and Tom. Tom's is a book on folklore and Andrew's a framed photo of the three females he has to put up with. Good thing though it is not my night to cook, not till Tuesday.
I was a bit sad as we looked at the jumble of stuff in the attic room, it will still keep half its jumble but the other half of the room will have the double bed and wardrobe for all the stray grandchildren that come and go. Some of my stuff has gone into storage and I think so has the small Edwardian nursing chair which always gave me pleasure when I looked at it.. The chinoiserie style chair which I have clung to over many years, broken on one side and completely useless except as decoration is still up there.
It's Pangolin Day today, we are eating them too fast poor creatures, it breaks your heart. Not in this country but in others. Did you see that wonderful piece of video of the whale swallowing a man, luckily the man got spat out again fairly unharmed, so Jonah I believe you got swallowed by that whale but as for divine intervention well that was just a story, the whale just found you inedible!
I wonder why we don't taste good to whales. Perhaps it is the wet suit that puts them off.
ReplyDeleteYou are having a busy life.
Yes it is definitely busy round here, though I am not participating as it is not my stuff. The thing is whales can't eat humans because their throat is not big enough and then of course there is the whole digestion problem Andrew.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear that you still aren't feeling well. Hope you recover soon.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard about Pangolins and so I learned something new again from you today, Thelma. :)
Pangolins are scaly creatures, not terribly pretty, but they are poached from the wild Ellen.
DeleteI had to look up 'pangolin.' It doesn't appear that one would provide much of a meal, but I suppose in my sheltered life I've not had to scrounge for protein. By the same token, the idea of eating squirrels, or frogs, or even clams and oysters is rather off-putting. I suppose I am as near to being a vegetarian as one can be and not go the whole route.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like one more species being greedily exploited.
Renovating, building, sorting and packing up things is highly disruptive! The results may be an improvement but the process is tiresome.
If your weather is as cold and wet as ours I should think that's a factor in your lingering cold/flu. A bit of sunshine warmth wouldn't go amiss.
Well it is sunny this morning Sharon but we had a very disruptive evening;) I sat on the bed to take my BP as I was seeing the nurse today and suddenly all the smoke alarms went off. We could all smell smoke but could not see the fire. Three fire engines later (and the chief), someone else had also smelt smoke and phoned for them, no answer to where the fire was. The firemen eventually sourced it to next door's newly lit fire, it had percolated through the old fireplaces in our basement from next door and also on the other side of the same house. End of drama and firemen up and down the stairs with their search machines, talk about ghostly fires!
DeleteThe pangolin continues to be persecuted like so many other creatures before. I believe that the pangolin scales frequently end up as ingredients in Chinese medicine and that is a key factor in their demise.
ReplyDeleteSad that. The Chinese have a lot to answer for in their use of native medicines Neil.
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