birdbath in the morning light
As far as the studies go, I now have only 4 ticks outstanding on that induction checklist (albeit, some pretty important ones like getting my student ID!), and I hope to be a fully paid up student by the end of Tuesday. I now have all my study guides for this semester and they also kindly sent me some chamomile flowers and some Dandelion Root (roasted).. hmm not intended for a cup of tea I suspect!
A propos of nothing, I've been making very full use of skype this week (talking to people via the world wide web), chatting to people in Australia, New York, Fulham, Japan and Mexico, all for free (if you discount the monthly cost to each party of broadband internet) and sometimes with two way video chat. The crowning moment had to be the three-way conference call (sadly no video) with RPC in Fulham and L&RRK in NY. Forget about how we all coped before the invention of the mobile phone! What about life before VOIP and IM? Our grandchildren will stare wide-eyed, when we describe this "old" world to them. "What? Do you mean you weren't able to see the other person when you spoke to them on the phone? How weird?!" Sigh.. I feel old already ;)
pony trek in the lane
Walking off a big Sunday lunch
3 comments:
Roasted dandelion root?
There's a place in Fukuoka that does spectacular roasted daffodil bulbs, but I'm not familiar with dandelion root.
This post made me all natsukashii for the English countryside on those frosty crisp mornings where you can see your breath and everything is tinged with a little icy crust. This natsukashisa was heightened by the fact that I just spent an hour with a snowshovel clearing about a foot of snow from the sidewalk and driveway of my house. O, for the temperate climes of Blighty!
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