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Beautiful day. Chilly, but sunny. L had to work, unfortunately, but Sherlock and I had breakfast with him before he left (both of us, perhaps cruelly, still in our pyjamas...). Got the flat tidied (because if this isn't done on a daily basis, it devolves into complete chaos almost immediately) and then we went to get some plants. Not, as Sherlock would've preferred, all the plants they had, but possibly still too many.
Highlights include a blueberry bush in a pot (which I'm told we should get a few berries from late this year but which should do much better next year), tomato seeds, two roses, delphiniums, and sweet peas. And nasturtium seeds. And some other things. Also extremely small gardening gloves for Sherlock with bugs printed all over them. He showed them to everyone at the allotment...and then took them off and put them aside so they wouldn't get dirty.
We planted things and positioned and repositioned the blueberry bush and dug enormous holes for the roses to fill with compost and things roses like. Late in the afternoon, an amazingly handsome man pulled up on a motorbike and became the talk of the allotments by kissing me and then shortly afterwards taking his top off... All in all, quite a good day.
No reason. Just because I liked them. More about them here.
Beautiful day. Chilly, but sunny. L had to work, unfortunately, but Sherlock and I had breakfast with him before he left (both of us, perhaps cruelly, still in our pyjamas...). Got the flat tidied (because if this isn't done on a daily basis, it devolves into complete chaos almost immediately) and then we went to get some plants. Not, as Sherlock would've preferred, all the plants they had, but possibly still too many.
Highlights include a blueberry bush in a pot (which I'm told we should get a few berries from late this year but which should do much better next year), tomato seeds, two roses, delphiniums, and sweet peas. And nasturtium seeds. And some other things. Also extremely small gardening gloves for Sherlock with bugs printed all over them. He showed them to everyone at the allotment...and then took them off and put them aside so they wouldn't get dirty.
We planted things and positioned and repositioned the blueberry bush and dug enormous holes for the roses to fill with compost and things roses like. Late in the afternoon, an amazingly handsome man pulled up on a motorbike and became the talk of the allotments by kissing me and then shortly afterwards taking his top off... All in all, quite a good day.
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Sounds like a really good day. The allotment must be coming along wonderfully :-)
an amazingly handsome man pulled up on a motorbike and became the talk of the allotments by kissing me and then shortly afterwards taking his top off.
This story definitely needs more details...
It sounds like a wonderful day John, I'm glad you all had fun :-)
You want to be careful about fraternising with amazingly handsome men though I hear they can get you in all sorts of trouble ;-)
Who was he? I'll give him what for...if only I'd got there earlier!
It does all sort of look...like we have good intentions. And slightly like no-man's land. But mainly good intentions :)
Being in your pyjamas isn't cruel. Still being in bed is cruel. Especially not in your pyjamas...
they can get you in all sorts of trouble
Absolutely true! Worth it though.
Nameless - I think it's coming along really well! As for details...I think one of the older women there took a picture; maybe I can get her to send it to you. ;)
L - good intentions, a blueberry, and an increasingly deep hole...
Ah, all right. I'll keep that in mind for next time...
I'm just glad you enjoy it - and Sherlock and Mycroft, too. Although SHerlock wants to take the degus...not sure that's a good idea.
He's been fantastically well behaved this weekend. Even went to bed without complaint because he wants to know if the chicks have dared to hatch at school tomorrow.
Yeah, I think they'd enjoy it, but I'm afraid we'd never see them again. I do really enjoy it - thank you. :)
I know, I'm glad, but also...waiting for the other shoe to drop? A bit. Maybe he's just growing up though. He's getting much better at polite questions to strangers vs demands for information, too. Everyone he's met over there loves him.
I think we're just in a stage where what he wants to do and what he can/is allowed to do are meshing well. Very soon he'll be wanting to do more things he's not allowed/isn't old enough. Bit of a rollercoaster, I guess.
...just seen the biting incident... That truly was bizarre.
True. I hope his class gets to see the eggs hatch.
me too.
And I hope when Mycroft is allowed to get his own bike and things SHerlock doesn't literally explode with pent up rage at not being old enough.
(for anyone who does ever get bitten...we can do UV photography for bruising below skin nowadays, and a bite is as good as a fingerprint, evidence-wise ;) )
I think literal explosion is a real possibility.
And the biting was...yeah. Bizarre.
its not like he has small teeth is it ;-)
Biting incident?
I was just thinking that I was very impressed by how beautifully Sherlock behaved when the two of you were under the weather.
Also, those fish look far more like glass sculpture than real creatures.
RR - one of Liverpool's strikers bit a Chelsea defender on the arm in a match today, but the ref didn't see, so he didn't get sent off. Then he scored the equaliser almost 7 mins into overtime. It was a truly bizarre sight, seeing a grown man bite another grown man, in front of the tv cameras and crowd...
!?!
Bizarre is right!
Not much will happen. He might get fined, banned for a bunch of games. The club might punish him as well. He really won't care much.
:/
That doesn't seem right. I mean, it's an assault. Couldn't there be criminal charges--or a civil case for damages?
There could be, but there never is. There have been far, far worse incidents than this on the pitch and nothing ever seems to come of them.
No court cases?!?! How un-American. :D
Can't think of any. Generally what happens on the pitch stays on the pitch.
I think the only time I've seen things go to court is for alleged offences like racial abuse. Physical violence just seem to get dealt with (or not) by the FA.
Suarez has tweeted that he's apologised to Ivanovic, and had the apology accepted. But even so... the FA have to act, surely?
John - there are photos? Ooh.
It sounds almost like ice hockey! (Only hockey players are more likely to lose their teeth than bite each other, or so I am given to understand... )
Nameless - Cantona got community service...but that was for his infamous kick on a fan, not another player. Close as I can think of.
Since I'm still awake...
I hope the eggs haven't hatched over the weekend! Have a good day at school, Sherlock!
(I dunno, L, I've been thinking about it and--we expect toddlers to learn not to bite, adults really should be held to at least that standard, don't you think?)
What I think and what the law allows are two completely different things. Not having seen the injury I can only guess that it would probably come under common assault. But with the victim being very unlikely to want to press charges, there's nothing the law can do.
There are times when I'm glad I'm not a football fan. Watched a reasonable, but not overly exciting MotoGP race last night, with an extremely Spanish result.
Hope that you make great strides of progress at work today L, that your chicks hatch when you can all watch them Sherlock, and that you have a quiet day in which you can get things done at your own rate J. As for me, it's budget season, so I'm off to shoot a brace of budgets (at least I think that's what I'm supposed to do with them.)
I'm off to meetings with drugs and gangs. Less fun than that sounds.
Have a good one, everybody.
I hope your meeting is over Greg or if not that you have a good strong coffee to get you through :-)
Oh, I didn't mean you could do anything, it's just...biting! We hold even pet owners responsible if their animals haven't been taught better. :/
Hope you've survived your meeting, which is hopefully well over by now.
Just out of my meetings. One sharing intelligence with drugs and gangs, one on new mental health guidelines.
Have escaped to find one DC gone home sick, one arrest not made and Jo's sent me the pictures.
The day's going well then ;-)
Sorry maybe not the day to Joke. I hope you're ok.
Here's hoping the day picks up for you, L. (Perhaps with a break for coffee with someone special? :))
Not ideal then... How are you? Can I do...anything?
I'm okay. And very busy, so afraid you won't get the opportunity to do anything, although I'm sure it would've been nice.
There's worse things to be than busy I suppose.
The pictures aren't as...bad isn't the right word, but I can't think of the right one, as they might've been.
How's your day?
Not bad. Sort of...peculiar. I saw Dr E earlier. She asked me how it felt to be living a normal life, and I laughed, but I suppose she's right. I mean, in comparison to my life before, at least.
If say that depended on your definition of normal.
I would say more people have been doctors in war zones than been nanny and bodyguard to two kids whilst planning on marrying their same sex partner.
But equally more people are probably living with their partner and kids in London than serving in the military in a foreign country at war.
Yeah. Just depends how you look at it. Like most things.
I'm glad the pictures weren't as bad as they could've been.
you should go, with John and the Boys, with your head held high and a smile on your face and show them the pictures while talking very loudly about the fact that you're rather proud that photos of you are deemed worthy of exhibition. hopefully the sad bastard will be somewhere around seeing you not give a fuck because you have a bloody awesome life now that he can't effect.
Then you should go home curl up under a duvet with your family and let them give you chocolate, coffee, shoulder rubs and generally look after you for being so wonderful!
(obviously you should just do what you want to really :-) )
L - good? I mean that sounds like it could be a lot worse really, although I suppose I don't know since I haven't seen most of what he took.
'this photographer's a lying manipulative bastard'
He should have it tattooed on his forehead.
He should have it tattooed on his forehead.
He has it tattooed on his soul. And maybe no one else can see it unless they get too close, but he has to look at it every day.
I doubt it REReader I think you give him way too much credit as a decent person. If he did see it he wouldn't keep doing it.
I give him no credit at all. If he understood what he was looking at, he'd change.
I think he's fairly proud of his ability to manipulate.
Sherlock, I'm definitely going to be off work on Wednesday. Can I come to art class again?
I just noticed I get rather sweary on the subject of Bryan so please let me apologise for using such language on your blogs guys.
I hope your afternoon has been productive Greg and that yours has been fun John :-)
Yes! You and John should both come!
Brilliant, thank you.
Can you be very kind and get three packs of pancakes out of the freezer? And get John to help you stir up the meat that's marinating?
I'm leaving! I'm not coming back for two days!
Danger, are those fish doing something naughty in your picture?
Yay time off, very much deserved, enjoy :-D
And well earned, too! Enjoy. :)
Pancakes removed, meat stirred. And... they might be.
you're wonderful and brilliant and I love you very much. And thank you for my roses, they're beautiful :)
I love you too :) Sherlock helped me pick them out. Very glad you like them and that you get a couple of days off now.
They're completely lovely. And smell divine.
Thanks Sherlock, for helping John.
I'm glad I get a few days off too.
I wanted to pick blue ones but the shop didn't have any. Are there blue roses?
If I remember correctly, SHerlock, than you can put white roses in a vase with blue ink in the water and they turn blue after some time. I have some foggy memories of doing that as I kid but I'm not sure if it were roses or other flowers.
Not naturally, but there are some that are genetically modified to be sort of blue. They're not very bright blue though.
These ones are lovely. Red's better than blue anyway. Arsenal play in red ;)
I want to dye roses.
What team is blue?
Man city and they'll be very blue this evening ;)
Are they the ones Lestrade doesn't like?
It could be Chelsea Sherlock that Lestrade doesn't like, they are in London and play in blue :-)
Chelsea, and Spurs have a bit of blue - and Man City too! Plenty of terrible teams play in Blue, Sherlock.
Sadly a few - like Man U - also dare to wear red!
If the game carries on as it is, in about an hour Giggs will have as many league titles as Arsenal...
C'mon you Reds :-)
How are the eggs doing, Sherlock?
Also...because it's Earth Day today, the morning news was talking about living walls, and I thought you might be interested in them--some people call them vertical gardens.
I used to like you, Nameless.
Aww, Lestrade, you say the sweetest things, you old smoothie :-)
*dances*
Who are you calling old...
Would middle-aged smoothie honestly have been better? :-p
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