It's a wonderworld out there

The last few days. Brilliant sun, mists, frosts, autumn colours, crescent moon. Gorgeous.
So I've not been here much but mostly out there.
I've actually overslept through some of the best bits which is typical. But not this bit :)* And Barney has been laid low with a cold (note; he's learnt - not the hard way but thorough native intelligence - not to suggest it might be any kind of 'flu) and has needed soup and liquids to soothe a sore throat. So I've spent quite a lot of time observing wonderfulness while nipping here and there and being late for things (no change there but not too late for this) in between soup serving and sleep.
Now I'm cooking and blogging.

Some time later after a wrestling match with the computer (mouse suddenly died for no battery related reason - I wonder if the Vista monster is becoming unstable) I'm back.
The wonderfulness during the day is being balanced out by the extreme cold at night. All very natural at this time of year but my feet are freezing and I'd like to tuck them into a warm bed so I'll make this short :)

One of the cats is becoming antisocial in some of its housekeeping habits. There was a wet patch and a ripped up newspaper on the sitting room floor this morning and something nasty in the bathroom a few days ago. The cats are now being banished from the warm inside of the house to the kitchen and utility area, at night. This seems harsh but so does pooh underfoot first thing in the morning. As Eldest used to say when he was about five and wanted us to give in about something, "it's your choice". I don't know where he got this idea!

Here be woods. No dragons as far as I know but lots of birds singing. And the sun!!!
We've got a gig tomorrow night. Me and the concertina player had a practice last night which was very enjoyable for us but makes me wonder if tomorrow will be enjoyable for the gig. Still they're a tennis club and past experience reminds us that they are fit, energetic, noisy and cheerful. I'm sure they won't notice a few bum notes! They'll be much too busy:)
And if you want a really good moon, Waitrose has one in the car park. Well, not exactly in the car park, more sort of above and a bit to the left. Just behind the third tree in the centre. Oddly enough there was another one up on Greenham Common tonight but it wouldn't keep still. All my photos of it were blurred.
And so to bed. Goodnight. Have a lovely weekend and I hope the sun shines on you too :)


*I used a free download of Photomatix (which blends exposures to get the out of this world brightness in the shadowed areas)...it comes with a watermark which I roughly cloned out - you can see some blobby bits here and there as a result:). Photomatix is definitely on my Christmas list this year :)

Clearing up

Sundays night's moon:)

Today I did some clearing up.
I cleared up some vegetable juice and some fruity bread and then I cleared up some cheese and some bread. I found the best way to clear up all the breads and the cheese was to toast it. Though it seemed a bit too urgent to toast the Roquefort. However, the Camembert and the Gruyere toasted away beautifully.
I've cleared up quite a lot of the wine already but I ought to clear up a bit more tonight.
The lemonade is a bit of a problem though and the six fruit squashes. If anyone wants to help clear those up I'd be grateful. Barney's doing well with the beer.
And we both worked hard on the beef burgers last night. Later we will deal with the boiled beef and carrots and dumplings and potatoes:)

Oh, I think we'll have the place ship shape in no time.