It was cloudy and rainy today so we did our jigsaw from 1978 that included Upper Volta, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and the USSR and watched Whitechapel. We scored 5.5 on the Guardian Weekend quiz. Bah.
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Thyme Flies
Another >13kWh day; our best day ever. Admin1 is reading Disgrace by Jussi Adler-Olson. Admin2 is reading Solo by William Boyd. We are watching Fortitude. We scored 6 on the Guardian Weekend quiz. Ho hum.
Halo sunshine
Admin1 is reading The Affinities by Robert Charles Wilson.
We scored 9 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
BaBee Blue
On the splendid bush up the road.
Admin1 is reading seveneves by Neal Stephenson (867pp) and Admin2 is reading Heartstone by CJ Sansom (729pp). We scored 8 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
Critter of the Day: Frog again
Admin1 is reading The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu. Admin2 is reading Crack Down by Val MacDermid (I agree with Admin1). We scored 5 on the Guardian Weekend quiz. Aaaaarrrrgggghhhh!
Dish of the Day: Meat Pudding
A new addition to our repertoire but quite tasty.
Admin2 is reading Heat Wave by Penelope Lively, a novel in which all the characters work in the publishing industry, and which uses the same time-switching tricks as Station Eleven, but concerning a divorce rather than a global apocalyse.
We scored 8.5 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
May the Fourth Be With You
Another fine tulip.
Admin1 is watching Continuum, series 3.
We scored a shameful 5 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
Dew-bespangled Lawn
Our sunniest april day so far: >10.4kWh.
Admin1 is reading The Straw Men by Michael Marshall.
We scored 9 on the Guardian Weekend quiz
Cloud of the Day: Cumulus mediocris
Admin1 has filter fun.
Admin1 is reading Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. Admin2 is reading Lamentation by CJ Sansom. We watched Predestination and scored 7 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
Flowers of the Day: Water marigolds
Brightening the pond on a cloudy day.
Admin1 is reading Soul Music by Terry Pratchett. Admin2 is reading Sovereign by CJ Sansom, which is more interesting than you’d expect for a novel about a Tudor (yawn) lawyer (double yawn).
We scored 9 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
First Magnolia of Spring
Admin1 is rewatching Fringe. Admin2 is reading The Blood of Angels by Michael Marshall. We scored 6 on the Guardian Weekend Quiz
Sun and Rain
Admin1 is reading Jingo by Terry Pratchett. Admin2 is reading The Last Temptation by Val McDermid. We scored 7 in the Guardian Weekend quiz. Could be worse.
Kofi na yini: Ethiopia Yirgacheffe Kochere Kore Natural: fruity.
Flower of the Day: Tulip
First tulips of spring.
We watched The Imitation Game which was inimitable.
Admin1 is reading Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett. Admin2 is reading Beneath the Bleeding by Val McDermid.
We scored 8 in the Guardian Weekend Quiz.
Time Varying Light Sources
It’s Pi Day.
Admin1 was inspired by this page in Atmospheric Optics to photograph our fairy lights while waving the camera around. This is a composite of 3 of them.
Admin1 is reading Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett RIP.
We scored 9.5 on the Guardian Weekend Quiz.
Let’s Go Fly a Kite up to the Highest Height
Admin1 is reading The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (and what a terrific novel it was) and Admin2 is reading Before I Go to Sleep by SJ Watson (and forgot it the next day). We scored 9 on the Guardian Weekend quiz.
Weather Today: Snowy and Blowy
A good day for soup!
Admin1 is rewatching The Tunnel and reading Version 43 by Philip Palmer. Admin2 is reading The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson (winner of Man Booker prize and allegedly funny: funny, my tuchis!). We scored 7 on the Guardian Weekend quiz when we finally got around to it after many distractions.
The Moon, Mars and Venus
Mars is blushing at the sight of the naked love goddess and the moon is hiding her face in a cloud.
Admin1 is reading Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter (gruesome and full of soap-opera histrionics). Admin2 is reading Sejanus by David Wishart (Chandleresque and full of Ancient Roman politics).
We scored 8 on the Guardian Weekend quiz. Better than last week.
Eat Your Heart Out
Our heart-shaped Valentine cake got eaten before it could be photographed and the leftovers got turned into an unrepeatable trifle with leftover blood orange jelly and leftover Pancake Day cream.
Admin2 is reading The Mermaids Singing by Val McDermid.
We scored 4 in the Guardian Weekend quiz. Boo!
Kite in Flight
We scored 10 on the Guardian Weekend quiz which we had to do online because there was no mag in our Guardian.
Kaffe af/av dagen: Bottega Milanese la Classica: coffeeish.
FeBerry
January was sunnier than last year, and the 31st was our best solar panel January day ever, with almost 1.5kWh.
Admin1 is reading The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker, Admin2 is reading In Milton Lumky Territory by Philip K Dick, the best book ever about the problems involved in sourcing wives and typewriters.
We scored 10 in the Guardian Weekend quiz.
Crescent Moon
Admin1 is reading Dead Girl Walking by Chris (aka Christopher) Brookmyre. Admin2 is re-reading The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick. Most of the action in the film we saw last night seems to have been a prequel to the novel.
We scored 11 in the Guardian Weekend quiz, which was better than last week.
Dark Skies and Light Snow
But no photo. Venus and Mercury are hiding in the trees, Lovejoy is still a blob, and the snow is slushy and patchy. Admin1 has been reading The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh (creepy) and Fatal Frost by James Henry (feeble plot and boring characters). We are watching The Fall series 2, which is somewhat uncomfortable viewing (“Why are you watching this, you fucking pervert?”). We scored 7 in the Guardian Weekend quiz.