I was rather late to bed last night. Before
going to bed I wanted to tally up the money from last night’s astro club
meeting. No matter how I counted the money, I was exactly twenty four quid
short. After what seemed like hours of frustration, I got up to make myself a
cup of coffee. As I got up, I noticed a bowl of coins by my side that I’d put there
to count later. And in that bowl was exactly twenty four quid. Oh how I laughed
when I finally got to bed shortly after 2am.
And despite a very late night, I was still up
and about shortly after 8am. With ‘er indoors TM off on a
candle-related beano, I was left to my own devices for the day. I started off
with the weekly weigh-in. And again, I can’t say I’m sure exactly how much
weight I’ve lost. By moving the scales to various points on the kitchen floor I
can vary the readings by over four pounds. So I took an average reading and it
looks like I’ve lost another two pounds this week.
I then went up to the bank to pay the astro
club’s money in. Nat West look to be having something of a re-build: the place
wasn’t what it once was. But the staff were a lot more helpful that the last
time I went in, so I shall be grateful for small mercies. I then went shopping
for some canvases for Badger Original Landscapes (did I mention I’m doing it commercially?). It certainly pays to
shop around: the same thing was available in three different shops; prices
varied by up to five pounds.
I came home with five blank canvases. I
wonder how long it will take to shift those? And once home I had a go at doing
a painting. Something with yellows and browns and contact paper and coming out
of the circle. I’m not entirely happy with the result; but then I never am.
Whilst I was painting, “My Boy TM ” came home with a
beach-casting fishing set he’d got from
the market. He was rather anxious about the shed: apparently there’s been a
spate of robberies from sheds in some of the nearby roads. Fortunately we were
OK: sometimes it helps not having rear access (oo-er!).
I then realised I’d used the last of my
tear-off palates. So I wandered back up to town to get some more. More expense
– but as its business related it might be tax-deductible. I wonder how
tax-deductible works?
I then watched a couple of episodes of “The Joy of Painting” over lunch. That
counted as research. And then I syphoned the beer from the bucket into the
pressure barrel. Hopefully it will be ready for Christmas. I had a sip whilst
syphoning: it tastes very much of liquorice. But I remember last year’s having
a similar taste at the barrelling stage.
And then with beer barrelled and paintings
painted I set about the ironing. There was quite a lot of it. About two hour’s
worth. That kept me out of mischief for much of the afternoon.
I then had a bit of a fiddle about with Badger Original Landscapes. I’ve put the links
at the tops of the pages where they are immediately obvious; rather than at the
bottom. And I’ve put up a page of paintings that are currently available for
sale. It might be easier for people to choose from a selection rather than
having to muck about planning out one from scratch.
‘er indoors TM eventually
returned home from flogging candles, and after a quick sossige sandwich (who
says I can’t cook!), Jose drove us round to Chris’ house. We played Top
Trumps with the nutritional values on the crisps, and once I’d realised I had
the same crisps as Jose and couldn’t possibly beat him, we settled down to
watch films. “Minority Report” and “I, Robot”. Both excellent
films: I can’t believe I’ve not seen them before, and I can only wonder how
many other good films I’ve missed.
And I’ll close
today with some bad news. Regular readers may recall that a few months ago
there was uncertainty about the future of one of the highlights of my year:
Teston Kite Festival. The word is that the festival planned for June 2012 has
been cancelled. There will only be one Teston Kite Festival next year, and that
will be on the weekend of 11-12 August 2012….
No comments:
Post a Comment