A Bug's Life

Yesterday was a wedding in a church in Barton, very old, with 14th century wall paintings and thick stone walls which made it very cool on the sunny afternoon. The reception was at the nearby Madingley Hall, a beautiful venue, it was lovely to spend a few hours chilling and chatting and mingling in the 'Capability' Brown garden. I did not get terribly drunk and do anything embarrassing as it was my line manager's wedding, though I did dance a fair bit in the evening and am a little sore today.

I'm mostly on the sofa today, spodding, reading Cerebus (Latter Days - I had been wanting him to a) shut and b) get on with things and we have just had a revelatory moment. The next section is in minute type, though.), maybe a DVD later. I have managed to feed the neighbour's fish (but walking up stairs too slowly for the pedometer to notice) and harvest some of their delicious runner beans, so sweet and flavourful.

I went to the cinema on Monday for Wadjda and The World's End, a coming of age story and one about recapturing lost youth. I am definitely of the right certain age to appreciate the latter, guys turning 40 and going back to their old village to repeat an epic pub crawl. Very funny. And on Wednesday there was a Flamenco concert at the Botanic Gardens, a lovely venue, and I would have wandered around it some more if I weren't laden with deckchairs and picnic.

Next week is currently quiet socially, but people are coming on Wednesday and Thursday to fix the kitchen plasterboard and rebuild cupboards and plumb in the dishwasher. It will be great to be able to put the plastic crates'o'stuff back into cupboards and out of the downstairs room.

Me: have made plans with London Gigging Buddy and have tickets for something in Sep, Oct and Nov which are nice to look forward to.

Small hamster: has inherited big hamster's vertical wheel as well as his own flying saucer running dish, and he loves it very much.

And I've just overheard a passing cyclist (we get a couple of seconds of conversation as they swoop by) saying "I am a knight of the realm" in ringing tones. I wonder what he said before and afterwards?

Also - GIP: I seem to have acquired rather a lot of hair.