shark_hat | (no subject)

I have been away, and then ill, and then had a parental visit. So here is a list instead of a post.
Edinburgh in spring: magnolias, daffodils, dueling coaltits on Calton Hill, hot chocolate with melted chocolate at the bottom of the cup and not gritty bits of cocoa, views from Dean Bridge, improv in a cellar on the Royal Mile, only buying two books in Transreal, black pudding for breakfast and oysters for supper, a proper rock garden that you have to climb around in, and still plenty of things left to do next time... Not so happy about getting some virus and not being able to do anything on the last morning, then feeling sick and dizzy all the way back in the train and continuing to do so for some days. V. dull.
That being so, the parent and I haven't been all that busy; got the garden started off well (flowering: aubretia, blue violets, white violets, cuckooflower, violas, wallflowers, primroses, forget-me-nots, oh, and dandelions) and had a nice walk and shopping trip round Skipton yesterday. (I got an adjustable spanner.)
I have a niggling feeling I've forgotten something for this month's booklist during the enforced off-LJ time. Ah well, doesn't much matter.