18th Feb 2010

The snow was falling thick and fast when I went to work this morning. As I walked down the road the street lights cast large whirling snowflake shadows onto the ground like a thermal of insects dancing in the evening air. It’s hard to describe, but it was strangely absorbing walking in and out of the shadows into the light of this ghostly swarm.

9th March 2010
Sorry for not doing anything for so long. It’s been a busy week or so with the dog and having a replacement window put in that now lets me walk out of the living room into the yard. Looking forward to doing that in summer or having the door open and letting the smell of herbs like rosemary, sage and thyme waft in on warm dusky evenings. A week after the guy did it all and left the room is not back in order though. I think the highlight last night was one of the curtain pole brackets coming out of the wall and tearing down a huge amount of plaster.

I took some photos of the dog in the garden Sunday and a little video. The sun was shining through the cold and the sky was a sharp blue, like a bluebell through a perfect sheet of crystal. Definitely a spring day and lots more to come I hope. Robbie just gets better and better. He can go all night without any accidents, he doesn’t bark too much and he has a great playful nature. He is definitely a clever dog and already sits up and begs (on his own accord) and fetches things back and walks on the lead without much problem. Not so bright the other day mind when he finally learnt that ice is often fragile and water in pond under ice is very cold and silly dogs can get wet. Still dried him as best as I could, with my scarf and then he ran around wearing it.

Over the weekend watched the movie ‘9’ which was a bit strange and quietly enjoyable although after ‘Avatar’ everything is bound to be a little flat for a while. It’s about little sacking creatures that inherit the world from humans although to be honest they look more like escapees from a knitting circle. Good to see they spared no expense on special effects.

I heard on the news that Sony is launching a mainstream 3D television in June. But I wonder how may time we can all play the lets change the telly game? Despite the advances (and lets face it they are good,) we need to begin making things that last maybe a little longer or are maybe more upgradeable.

I can’t believe it is March so soon and that the snowdrops are out and the daffodils are close behind. Despite a few warm days the average temperature is still cold and I want it to warm up some more. I am enjoying the lighter mornings and evenings though.