100 Days of Happiness 2020 - Day 12 and 13 - Movies and Detectors

Not just late but a whole day late... and sleepy now, so all I want to do is go to bed!

Yesterday - Day 12 (Friday)
Went with a friend to see Little Women at the (independent) most-local cinema, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Yes, saccharine-sweet, but that's Little Women for you. Beautifully done. Very impressed with Hermione too, who I've not seen since her Potter days! Also got to use part of the gift-card that my brother sent me for the cinema for Christmas. He's very good at thoughtful gifts! *g*

Today - Day 13 (Saturday)
Well first off - it's Saturday. *g*
Second off - it's always cool going to the library to sort out our book club books. And they were preparing outside for the town snowdrop festival next weekend, which was fun. And I treated myself to breakfast at a local (independent) cafe, which has the best cinnamon rolls, and good coffee, and also organic sourdough bread for sale. Yeay.
Third off - met up with someone in the village who's really interested in helping with the food saving, so that of course was a happy! Also turned out that she had a metal detector, and had gone out doing it a few years ago!
Fourth off: I went detecting in my friend's big garden (dodging around the snowdrops, which are a happy in themselves *g*). Found a couple of old interesting iron things (though I've no idea what they're off, so not that interesting. Not that old either - we're not talking Roman here. But still - I found stuff! Very different from landlord's garden too, this one was clean down there! Lots still to do though and she said I can come over any time and just get on with it... *vbg* Also, as I walked over I was accosted by a bloke asking about detecting, and if I'd found anything, and chatting about when he used to do it thirty years ago (he didn't look that old!). Huh - that never happens! *g*
And then the moon was looking gorgeous as I walked home!
Fifth off - The Voice, always cheerful and happy.

And now bed, and quite looking forward to being holed up in the storm tomorrow, doing cosy things like Reading Room and catching up on emails and lj and... cosy stuff. *g*

100 Days of Happiness 2020 - Day 14 - Weather!

I have to admit that wild and woolly weather makes me happy - though I'm saying that as someone who's not been flooded out or lost their roof or anything... The wind this morning reminded me of being on the Isle of Man though - fab and blustery... okay, probably more than blustery, but still...

I did a quick sweep of the garden this morning to make sure that everything was tied down, and going past the bush in the first pic, with its creamy white flowers and amazingly beautiful scent made me happy! I remember it from last year, when I'd just moved in - it smells so gorgeous. And the view's not bad down there either... *vbg* The second pic is my view outside for much of today... *g*

About half an hour ago the rain started coming down again - and harder, and harder, until I thought surely that's hail - and yup! I couldn't open the door right away, cos that's the direction it was coming down in, but just as it was easing up I did - and if you look carefully in that second last pic, you can see hailstones bouncing around. In the very last pic - that smooth patch, just under the car? That's water gushing as I've never seen it do before into the drain!

Earlier this morning, too, I was sitting quietly when I heard a bit of a rumble - thought it was a truck or tractor... caught a flash out of the corner of my eye, but thought it was just my eyes... and then DOOOOM! - thunder! No more after that, but that one was a belter... *g*

And then at one point late this afternoon, there was even a slice of blue sky hanging around for a wee while (I ducked out fast for a quick walk!). Mostly, though, I've been cosy inside doing laundry, and making beetroot coconnut soup (yummy!) and catching up on bits of tidying and chores, and thinking that I should do dusting and hoovering and stuff, and then getting distracted... *g* Hope you've all been having a good day!