Memorandum Monday enters the year of the monkey

A big wave to you all on the start of the Chinese year of the monkey – disappointingly there are no public celebrations of this in Edinburgh – when I lived in Auckland there was a fabulous lantern festival in a park near where I worked.

As I settled down to watch the rugby on Saturday I had a small hope that my new thing for the weekend would be watching Scotland beat England for the first time – but it was not to be.  I did enjoy the rugby though, in particular the hard fought draw between Ireland and Wales on Sunday.

So my new thing to share is actually from just after I posted last week – my new glasses

the frames are a purple / green ‘watercolour’ effect.  They are very light and fit well and there was no adjustment in the seeing – in the past I have sometimes had a bit of adjustment to distance and angle for reading and the computer screen.

Hope you all have a great week

6 words story–wish

2 variants on the same WISH – joining Miriam’s 6 word image and words story meme

Snap in a spin

So many lovely snap sets from everyone - I'm really enjoying seeing all the different ideas and finding sets to use.  I missed a good set over the weekend - I realised that on my walk I had passed 4 different lost gloves placed onto railings - but I had not photographed any and did not have the energy to retrace my walk to get them all.  Since then I haven't seen a single abandoned glove but when I do I will take a photo!

This week I went for a set of spirals made with different materials - can yo tell what they are?

a danish pastry; felted rose; snail shell; wire decoration on a cheese knife

Monday memorandum on a wet and wild morning

Do you remember seeing the recurring prank in comic books when someone rang a doorbell and then ran away?  It was usually naughty boys that did it to torment their neighbours.

Well, I did that twice last week – pause for shocked gasp.

But there was a good reason.

My parents have the flu and put themselves in quarantine.  I delivered some supplies and treats to their door.  I put the bag on their doorstep, rang the bell and ran away. 

Pause for smile and reminder that context is everything.

And the first snowdrops in my garden – with plenty of other green shoots behind promising more colour soon.

Waving to everyone and hoping the first week of February is good to you.  I’m off to collect my new glasses now.