Our day was, as L said, lovely. We were awakened at a semi-godly hour, and I got to stay in bed a bit longer while L and Sherlock did ill advised things with cheese on toast and calculated the speed of light, all before breakfast. Took Sherlock to school. He likes L going with us because he'll let Sherlock ride on his shoulders. It gives Sherlock a chance to see over garden walls and mimic L's hand gestures while L can't see. It's a good show.
Got home, had a semi-healthy breakfast, by which I mean that although it contained bacon, it didn't contain pancakes, and lay about on the couch for about an hour saying we should do something. Nice to have the time for that, for once.
Then a slightly chilly bike ride with random pub lunch - just pulled over and took a chance, as people did before the days of the internet. The food was good, but there were some people talking about Arsenal...in ways that L did not approve of. Thought we might have to leave early for a few minutes there...
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Don Blanding
My house in Honolulu town
is big and cool. The roof is brown.
It once was red, but now the sun
has faded it. The vines have run
in purple splendor everywhere.
They look so fine I do not care
to tear their gorgeous blossoms down
and paint the roof. I like it brown.
9 comments:
It can only be good for the world that you two like different sports, who knows what would happen if you went to a pub where someone was bad mouthing Arsenal and Federer ;-)
A nice relaxing day of just being is something everyone needs more of, I'm glad you enjoyed your rare opportunity to have one.
Some people don't have the sense they were born with.
And I shall be keeping my eye on Sherlock's hands next time he's on my shoulders!
Anonybob- surely no one would be that foolish!
L - I should take a video. It's seriously amusing to watch.
I seriously, seriously love that poem. A ridiculous amount.
It's like a watercolor painting. But with words.
I'm going to go be by myself for a while now. Thanks.
John, I am so jealous that you got to see Federer in person even if he did lose. I'm sure it was amazing!
Mycroft, if you're working on lasers, would you mind seeing what you can do as far as working light sabers go?
Sherlock, with a little negotiation, you might be able to keep the fog machine even if you have to lose the bats.
Greg, next time just send the cheese on toast my way. :)
ryo
Just a quick note to say that I'm loving your daily poetry posts, they're a fantastic idea. Have you heard of the riddle-poem 'I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail'? There's a trick to reading it so that it makes sense, although I only learned that there *was* a trick as an adult and as a child I just liked it as a piece of nonsense poetry.
PS - many congratulations to you & L! Wonderful news :)
Unlike a lot on here I'm not a great poetry fan (although I do have some 1st World War poetry) but this one I like a lot. I think it says a lot about my life.
Kate - thank you. It is indeed wonderful.
Kestrel - I'm really glad you like it. It's pretty simple, but it's one of my favourites.
Ryo - it was really brilliant, and it's not as if he played badly, so I wasn't too upset about the loss. He had some amazing shots.
Kate - Thank you. :) I hadn't seen that one before; I like it. In looking for the trick, I found this book, which presents it in a rather nice way: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/05/15/i-saw-a-peacock-tara-books/
SH - I'm glad. It always makes me happy when I can find ones that people like, even if they don't generally like poetry.
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