I got a few things done today; not much, but a few.
I did the sewn bind-off on the back of the Polliwog. I then unpinned Gudrun’s
shawl from the spare-room bed, where it has been all this time, because I
needed the pins. And found a set of dp’s of the right size, for picking up the
sleeve stitches.
I ordered some garden things for this year’s front step – some trailing
fuchsia plants; some nasturtium seeds; and several different packets of quick-growing
salad leaves.
Archie came, and we got once around the garden. 2155 steps.
Life
I’m reading a recently-discovered Italian thriller. Recently-discovered
by me, that is. The latest in the series, in translation, was reviewed in this
week’s Sunday Times. I’ve forgotten the name of the book – I went back to the
first in the series – but the author is named Buonfiglio, which is lovely: Good
Son. It sounds nice, too. The language of the book is unbelievably simple,
almost as if it had been written as a textbook.
I get a New Yorker spin-off every morning, sometimes things which will
be in the next issue, more often not. Today there is a little piece making fun
of the Buckingham Palace statement about the Meghan and Harry show (which I
thought was masterful) and laughing at the Queen. That’s what I was afraid of.
Meghan will be pleased.
I’m glad they let the poor old Duke out of hospital. My mother had a
great devotion to the Royal family – I suppose she was about of an age
(slightly younger) to identify with George VI and Queen Elizabeth. I grew up
half-feeling that we had some sort of connection with them, while knowing
perfectly well that we didn’t.
We've had more snow. My seed packets are sitting forlornly waiting.
ReplyDeleteI too have seeds waiting for the Minnesota garden! Looks like I won’t be planting peas on St. Patrick’s Day (which I recently learned is their traditional day). About the mystery series — I often follow up on book recommendations from you, but I looked in vain for a “Buonfiglio” in the public library or on the (U.S.) Amazon. Did you mean someone called Kyril Buonfiglioli, whose books are described as a cross between Ian Fleming and P.G. Wodehouse? Sounds unlikely, but I requested the first in his 1970s series from the library, just in case. Keep reading and walking!
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