the weekend after the Friday

Norway derangement blip.
High speed train crashes in China.
Amy Winehouse.
Marsupial cull.
Quiet repair:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY1j3jDw4U0

Samuel Beckett:
Ever try. Ever fail. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.

Sun, heat and no rain

Well ,finally, we are getting 23 degrees Centigrade today after a week of highs in the low teens. Today is July 17. Some of the summer chores will need attending to. Second chance for grasshoppers which I have yet to see. I saw one with Gabrielle last summer.
Plenty of fat slugs on strawberries, radishes and even asparagus. If one is what one eats what is a slug.

Forearm forklift straps

Two days ago we move the queen size bed upstairs. The 2 straps are laid out in a X and the mattress put in the centre. The 2 amateur movers put their arms in the loops at the end of the straps and then place their palms on the mattress in a prayer like gesture and lift. It works. The box base is lighter but more awkward around corners as the rigid frame cannot flex. Mildly proud of ourselves and will indulge in further procrastination and much love to all. But will not volunteer as movers.