Check out its asymmetrical eyes.
We scored 10.5 on the GWQ.
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Sunshine
A somewhat inaccurate rainbow on the road. The temperature reached 25.0 °C today.
Admin1 is reading The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds.
Things You Don’t Often See
A bomb disposal car with a wolf in the passenger seat. I thought there was a model soldier on the dashboard but looking closer it’s probably the driver in the distance, dashing into Greggs for some ammunition.
Admin2 is reading Raven Black by Anne Cleeves.
Leap Day
It was 20 years ago today
That Admin2 got down on knees to say
‘Will you marry me, yea or nay?’
And Admin1 said ‘Er…OK.’
Rubbish!
OMG just heard the exit poll.
Admin2 is reading The Ashes of London by Andrew Taylor. Admin1 is reading The Flood by Kristina Ohlsson. Disasters all round. Admin2 also went to Quantum Physics in the Macro World but had to leave at an indeterminate moment because Admin1 was locked out and couldn’t tunnel in.
Belling the Cat
This random neighbourhood cat has more bells than you can shake a stick at.
Admin2 has been reading How to Be Both by Ali Smith.
Hiding in the Wood
The grinning idiot on the right should watch out for those sinister characters on the left.
Admin1 is reading Rune and Admin2 has been reading Bryant & May: London’s Glory, both by Christopher Fowler.
Ginger Snap
Titan and Ganymede being friendly for once…
Admin2 is reading The Disappeared by Ali Harper, distinguished by the protagonist having the same name as Admin2 and the action being centred on the street where she once lived.
Blooming Colourful
Admin2 found this fine collection of fake flowers while out leafletting. Admin1 is rewatching Fringe and reading The Disappeared by Ali Harper, which had a preposterous plot but was made immensely readable by being set in all the parts of Leeds — and even the same streets — where we both used to live (Hyde Park, Woodhouse, Burley Park etc). Admin2 tried reading The Quaker by Liam McIlvanney but couldn’t get into it, and is now reading Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor; shape-shifting aliens invade Lagos.
Meet Grimly Darkwood
This is Grimly Darkwood, author of The Shop on Peculiar Hill, a rollicking good read for children everywhere [will this do?]
Admin1 is reading Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson. Admin2 is reading Shatter by Michael Robotham, which was disturbing but compulsive.
A Boring Person
Drilling on the petrol station forecourt.
Admin2 is reading The Whisperer by Karin Fossum.
St David’s Day Daffodils
We had Welsh rarebit for lunch in honour of Admin1’s Cymraeg heritage.
Admin1 is reading Ruin Beach by Kate Rhodes. Admin2 watched Made in Dagenham.
Up the Pole
High up in the communications industry.
Admin1 is rereading The Blinded Man by Arne Dahl.
Coffee of the day: Costa Rica Don Alfonso Aquires Estate
Channelling Cassandra Darke
Admin2 tried to pose as the nasty old woman on the cover of Cassandra Darke by Posy Simmons, which we have both been reading and enjoying.
Drawing the Line
Roadworkers marking the zebra crossing. The flaming sword is so noisy that we could hear it half a km away.
Admin1 is reading Lethal White by Robert Galbraith. Admin2 is reading London Rules by Mick Herron.
We scored 11 on the GWQ.
Not a Good Advertisement
To be fair, I remember this car looking good in the olden days.
Admin1 is reading Touch by Claire North.
Kaffee des Tages: Lidl Deluxe Uganda Erussi which is OK.
Christmas Lights
Bloke round corner continues his traditional tasteless display. Most of the neighbouring houses have started competing but he still wins.
Admin2 is reading What Dark Clouds Hide by Anne Holt.
A Horse with No Name
A pink pony on the pavement.
Admin1 is reading What Dark Clouds Hide by Anne Holt. Admin2 is reading Post Mortem by Kate London, a compelling Line of Duty-like story of an internal police investigation.
Reflecting
Walls and fences reflected in a car.
Admin1 is reading Munich by Robert Harris, a somewhat plodding factionalisation of the Munich Conference in the run-up to WWII. Admin2 is reading The Cutting Crew by Steve Mosby. We scored 7 on the GWQ.
Happy Birthday Guida
Pigs in blankets, parkin, lots of rockets and fountains and a great big multi-shot thingumajig. Fun for all the family and all the local family was there.
HallowEEEEEn
People up the road getting into the… er… spirit.
Admin1 is reading Austral by Paul McAuley.
OOOOOOps
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
Admin2 is reading Irene by Pierre Lemaitre, which was fearsome.
The Unlucky Lottery
Some people just can’t win.
Admin1 is reading Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Admin2 is once again trying to read Shark by Will Self: Gravity’s Rainbow meets Finnegans Wake and goes on an epic drug-fuelled ramble for a 466-page … paragraph. We are watching Dicte and drinking Sumatran Organic & Fairtrade.
Take Five
Admin2 found a fiver on a wall and took note.
Admin1 is reading Before the Fall by Noah Hawley, writer of the Fargo TV series; well-written and engrossing. Admin2 is reading Buried Lies by Kristina Ohlsson which was endless.
Cafe de jour: White Dwarf: honeyed and citrussy.
A Game of Risk
The Red Army triumphs!
We scored 7 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.