Archive for November, 2005
Friday, November 25th, 2005
First Outing for Birthday Scarf
Wednesday 23 November saw the first outing of Satyalila’s birthday scarf – appropriately enough on her 40 and a halfth birthday!
The scarf, a gift in kit form (ie wool and needles!) from Judith and Dave, was knitted up by Satyalila’s friends and family during her 40th birthday party with almost everyone present knitting (or dropping….) [...]
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Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
Visitors to the Garret Hermitage
Satyalila has been delighted to welcome a number of visitors to the Garret Hermitage. So far only one has had to be forcibly ejected! A small mouse, name of Millie (or possibly Miller) took up residence behind the fridge until lured into a humane mouse transporter by the irresistible smell of peanut butter! [...]
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Friday, November 4th, 2005
Intruder Attempts Break In At Garret Hermitage Shock!
Satyalila was reading in bed at 11.30 last night when she heard footsteps on the stairs. Usually such noises terminate in a jangle of keys at Paul’s door (on the next landing down) but this time they didn’t… The steps continued up to the metre-square landing outside Satyalila’s door and heavy breathing could be [...]
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Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
From The Garret Hermitage
Reeling, a bit, at the prospect of not going back to the shop for three weeks as the Doctor has signed me off with “nervous exhaustion”… It will be almost the end of November by then and the middle of christmas (retail-wise)… Aargh! But actually still so flaky I’ve spent most of [...]
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2005
Another Puzzle
i had spent years already
in doing edges
those neat pieces that line up
so well. that sense of achievement
and something quickly coming together.
i’d sorted them
so carefully. they fitted
together beautifully and
i was beginning to be
pleased. the frame is there
it’s just the filling in
to be done, so i began
on the blue. and i worked
on [...]