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[the_muppet]

Sorry I've not posted much lately. Here's a random list of things for you:


1) ceiling: Do you remember when my bathroom ceiling fell down last November? Well I've had that red sheet there ever since and I've been really lucky as it hasn't leaked. Until now. Very stormy here last night and this morning and I woke up to find water coming through the sheet. I've had to take the sheet down to dry it out and have spent most of the morning mopping up water and hoping it'll dry soon so the sheet can go back. What a waste of a day off work. This is how it looks right now and you can clearly see the water stains where it's still leaking.





2) paper legends: I fell a little behind with my Big Bang reading after a good start, but I'm doing well again now and have read about 20 of the stories so far. I'm hoping to get through a few more this weekend too. So if you're looking for amazing Merlin stories to read, then check out the masterlists over at paperlegends; you won't be disappointed =)

3) autumn: I'm so glad summer is finally over and autumn is here as I'm one of those (apparently) strange people who like the cold and the dark. Not the rain so much though, obviously (see above). I've also been making lots of casseroles and soups lately because 1) they're cheap 2) they can last for days and 3) they're delicious =) AND SPROUTS ARE BACK! Yes, I'm one of those (apparently) strange people who loves and adores sprouts.

4) photos: Just a few random photos for you from the last couple of weeks, as I really don't have anything else interesting to update with:

My beach a couple of weeks ago:


One of my best friends Rosie who I worked with, who has now left to go back to Uni in Brighton:


Peter and I went to Marwell Zoo a couple of weeks ago and for the first time EVER during one of our trips he bought me a present from the gift shop; he said he got it because I like Merlin so much:



Hope you're all doing okay ♥

Comments

[misswinterhill.livejournal.com]

OMG dragons! They're adorable! And I am so envious of your beach -- I'm about 200kms inland. I do have a lake, though, so I'm not exactly water deprived -- and I'm moving closer to it next month!

SPROUT SOUL MATE! I love them too! Have you read any Robert Rankin? In "Armageddon: The Musical", there's a talking time sprout that lives in Elvis's head. (For serious). I also like cool weather because I knit, and so I get to wear my knitting in cool weather more than I do in the summer here, because in the summer here I'm usually slobbing about and going OMG TOO HOT TO DO ANYTHING.

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

They're just these little plastic toys, but it was so unexpected and so sweet =)

I wish I went down there more (it's literally 5 minutes or less from my doorstep) but I'm such a sad little agrophobe-like person.

SPROUTS ARE LOVE, RIGHT?! I made another veggie casserole last night and put LOADS of sprouts in! Sprout soup isn't good though, which left me quite disappointed when I made that last winter. Still, sprouts are wonderful =)

The cold weather makes me happy in the way summer and sunshine makes other people happy.

♥

[misswinterhill.livejournal.com]

I've never tried sprout soup, but they're good in stirfry, too! I tried to grow my own one year, and failed (caterpillars, ugh), but I did notice that in the morning the plants could be black and dead-looking from the frost or snow (very light snow!) but they'd be bright and green and happy again in the afternoon!

I love the smell you get in cold weather, and that feeling of being all snuggled up in the warm while it's windy and sleeting outside :)

[the-muppet.livejournal.com]

It's good to know I'm not alone in my sprout love =)

I love a lot of things about autumn/winter, but particularly how it makes me feel =)