Monday, May 23, 2016

Monday

Starting to warm up again, into the 80s by mid week, 74F right now.

Wednesday plays night deposit.

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Sunday

Jackie did the honors here with Holly yesterday while I was in Long Island, but I'm back today :)

Warm and a bit sticky, 69F.

The tale of the Widow Richardson.

Friday, May 20, 2016

Friday off

A lovely day for a walk: sunny, breezy and 69F.

Then it's back to pack everything up for the prom at Jackie's school this evening- guess who the photographer is? ;)

Shadow plays checkers.

Thursday, May 19, 2016

Thursday's 2nd walk

Just doing the short loop this afternoon as Holly has already had a walk from Rye into Port Chester at lunchtime to pick up my car from having an oil change and being inspected.

Warm and pleasant, 70F.

Wednesday and Shadow hit the road.

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Wednesday

Very similar to yesterday, just a bit more humid, 65F.

(Slightly odd woman on the bridge)

Shadow meets his dead wife.

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Tuesday

A bit late due to a visit to the Bronx this afternoon.

Mostly still and overcast, 64F.

Shadow sees his wife's body at the funeral home.

Monday, May 16, 2016

Monday

Very windy but still nice and sunny, 64F.

Shadow accepts a job.

Sunday, May 15, 2016

Sunday

Cooler and overcast, 56F, with just a spot of rain too.

Shadow gets a job offer.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Saturday

Still nice- filtered sunshine,a light breeze and 69F.

New book: American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Shadow goes to see the warden in his last week in jail.

Friday, May 13, 2016

Friday off

Overcast and very sticky (I wish I'd worn shorts), 63F, and it smells like rain.

Finished Fool about 1 1/2 miles ago, very good :) Now listening to a nice classical playlist on Google Play before I go home and choose a new book.

Thursday, May 12, 2016

Thursday

Snuck out for a lunchtime walk as it's so lovely: sunny and 72F with a gentle breeze.

The conquering Cordelia arrives.

Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Wednesday

Warmer and lovely today, 73F :)

The French march on London.

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Tuesday

Another nice day, a little cooler, 62F, but still very pleasant :)

Pocket reveals to Regan that they are cousins.

Monday, May 9, 2016

Monday

It's turned into a lovely day, 71F and just a bit sticky.

We learn the truth of Pocket's royal conception.

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Sunny Sunday!

Finally! Sunshine! A lovely afternoon, sunny, breezy and 58F :)

Gloucester learns of his bastard son's perfidy.

Saturday, May 7, 2016

Soggy Saturday

More rain this morning, though we have a bit of a respite right now, 52F.

Cornwall tries the crown on for size.

Friday, May 6, 2016

Friday

Back from my sojourn to Long Island to check out the wedding I'm shooting in a couple of weeks.

Cool and damp, 49F.

Pocket: "The state of villainy in this castle is rubbish!"

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Thursday

Cool and breezy, 54F, but at least it's not raining :)

Pocket bewitches another sister.

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Wet Wednesday

Raining gently and 49F.

Good thing this new phone is waterproof ;)

Pocket meets with the bastard.

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Tuesday

A little later than usual as I got back from Fanwood (taking pictures at Arbor Day) to find the church sewers backed up. Thankfully the sewer guys cleared them fairly easily, but we shall have to do something to stop this happening again.

Cool and damp, 52F, though not actually raining.

Pocket's arrival at the White Tower.

Monday, May 2, 2016

Monday

Cool and damp, 4iF. Holly and I have snuck out for a lunchtime walk while it's not actually raining ;)

Pocket tries to raise old Lears spirits.

Sunday, May 1, 2016

Sunday

A bit grey and damp, 47F.

I found an app that resizes pictures very nearly, so hopefully there should be no trouble posting this :)

Pocket bewitches Goneril.

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Saturday




A lovely day, sunny and 60F :)

First picture on this blog with the new phone, a MotoG3.

Pocket and Kent meet three odd witches.

Note- Had to post this from home because the picture file from the 13MP camera in the new phone was 9.1MB! Too big for Blogger to handle as an email. I shall have to see if another camera app will produce files of a size it can handle.

Friday, April 29, 2016

Friday (off?)

Funeral this morning, and a wedding rehearsal this afternoon.

Cool and a bit gray, 54F.

Pocket meets up with the disgraced Kent.

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Thursday

Cool and a bit overcast, 54F.

More of Pocket's childhood in Dogsnogging.

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Wednesday

Sunny and breezy, 58F.

Lear asks his daughters to profess their love for him.

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Tuesday

Rainy and humid, 57F.

The story of Pocket's upbringing at the Abbey.

Monday, April 25, 2016

Monday

A tad cooler, 64F, and a bit overcast, but pleasant enough.

On the phone with Colin, but then more Fool.

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Sunday

A bit cooler, 58F, and breezy, but still very pleasant :)

A new book in honor of the Bard's birthday yesterday- Fool by Christopher Moore, read by Euan Morton. It's King Lear told from the perspective of his fool, Pocket.

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Saturday

Happy St George's Day, and happy birthday Mr Shakespeare!

A very nice day for a walk in the woods... Mostly blue sky with a few puffy clouds, a light wind and 64F :)

It must be the weather, but I have seen at least half a dozen snakes on the trails in the last week- 3 of them today! They've all slithered off quickly at my approach, but I don't remember seeing this many any of the previous years we've been coming here.

Music as I'm between books-
Yellow Submarine
The Beatles
Revolver

Friday, April 22, 2016

Friday off

Warmer again, 73F, but with a nice breeze and high clouds filtering the sunshine.

Coda 3, third person.

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Thursday

Another pleasant day, feels a tad cooler with the breeze, 68F.

Redshirts coda 2.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Warm Wednesday

Another nice one- warm, 64F, and sunny and spring-like :)

More of the coda, Nick confronts the characters he's killed off.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Tuesday

Another nice one, a little cooler, 65F, but still very pleasant :)

Into the coda at the end of Redshirts, the writer talking to the internet.

Monday, April 18, 2016

Monday

Beautiful day, 76F with a light breeze, I even put shorts on :)

Back to the future- did the switch work?

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Sunday

Another lovely day, 61F and sunny and I almost wish I'd worn shorts :)

The kids did an awesome job with Morning Prayer this morning, and I've nipped or with Holly before I have to go back for the Interfaith Conference.

More doubles and meeting the show's head writer.

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Saturday

Another nice day, sunny and 61F :)

The away team has fun meeting their doubles.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Friday

Lovely day for a walk: 56F and sunny with s nice breeze and blue skies, balmy describes it very well :)

An away team back to the past to change the narrative.

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Thursday

A very pleasant afternoon- no wind to speak of, a blue sky, sunshine, and 57F :)

Another away team, and another tense moment.

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Wednesday

A nice afternoon to walk off a staff lunch at Tandoori, 53F.

A TV show?

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Tuesday

Kinda gray and overcast, 45F, but at least the rain seems to have stopped ;)

Another away team.

Monday, April 11, 2016

Monday

A bit later than usual, but it's still quite nice out... 57F, partly cloudy with light winds.

Dahl gets the skinny on the officers and the magic box.

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Sunny Sunday

A nice afternoon, made better by the fact that Crisp decided to join us today :)

Sunny, breezy and 43F.

Saturday, April 9, 2016

Soggy Saturday

Back in the woods as Holly was starting to look seriously depressed and was showing no sign of the limp. So... short loop today with no tennis ball and we'll see what happens.

Cool and wet, it's not sure whether to rain or sleet, so it alternates between the two, 37F.

Away teams and killer robots.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Wednesday

Lunchtime walk today as I have to get Crisp ready later so we can go to the Scholar's Dinner :)

Cool and breezy, but sunny and mostly clear too, 39F.

The new ensigns get acclimated to the ship.

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Tuesday

From a very cold morning (22F) it's turned into a nice day, 38F and sunny.

Finished the Haden's Documentary and so am on to a new book- another John Scalzi also read by Wil Wheaton... "Redshirts", a sci-fi parody on Star Trek and the short life-span of the extra members of an away team.

Monday, April 4, 2016

Wet!

Pissing down and quite raw, 37F. Posting this from the car at the end of our walk.

25 years of Haden's.

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Sunday

Cool and very windy! 37F and we had horizontal snow first thing this morning :)

Just s quick walk around the short loop before we head to the city and The Crucible... it's had some very interesting reviews so I can't wait!

More Haden's Documentary: the development of the personal transport.

Saturday, April 2, 2016

Slightly Soggy Saturday

Rain last night and this morning, but we have a respite now, in fact we're getting occasional glimpses of sunshine, 50F.

More Hadens Documentary.

Friday, April 1, 2016

And we're back...

... probably earlier than we should be, but we're just doing the short loop and I didn't bring a tennis ball.

Warn and a bit humid, 74F with sunshine and a nice breeze.

Finished "Lock In" (very good), now listening to the included "Haden's Documentary".