My world is pink

Monday, 5 December 2005 05:46 am
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Ooh, stretch-yawn-wriggle. Nice to be back home in my little cabin, after five days housesitting. Back with my own gorgeous computer, full of the Boys and other joys... Although to be fair its been a beautiful weekend, the sky has been clear, the sun has been out ... which means that its been -37C according to the gauge down the hill. But I've also been car-sitting, keeping my bum warm on heated leather and being way too excited about using the autostart.

Maybe I should start at the beginning with that one. When it gets really cold, if you have to leave your car outside, you plug it in. Really. There's a little electric plug at the front of the car, and you attach your extension cord, and you plug it in to the electricity socket that if you're lucky you have outside your house or office or where ever. At the other end, inside the engine, it heats up what are basically little electric blankets wrapping up various important bits. Ten minutes before you need to drive it, you go outside and start the engine and leave it to heat up properly. Yes, this is why the city is covered in what is known as "ice fog" - frozen exhaust fumes. If you're very posh you don't have to venture into the nasty cold and then stand around like a frozen eejit while the engine rouses itself, you use an autostart - ie. you go to some window overlooking your car's parking space, and you press a little button on a little gadget, and your car starts. All by itself! Alright, obviously not, cos you've just used the gadget, but that's what it feels like! I am not posh, so this is still weird to me, and makes me giggle. Yeah, well, you should have seen my face the first winter I was here, and I realised that not only do people leave their car doors unlocked, they leave the engines on and the keys in the ignition, and then go off shopping! And get this - the cars hardly ever get stolen! I'm effectively from Manchester - I locked one car and had a security system installed, and the bloody thing was stolen after the thieves came back three times for it. So you can imagine how I gibbered for days when I had to abandon my car with the engine running and the doors unlocked that first winter...

Anyway, I borrowed a digital camera from the library this weekend, and thought I'd share some of the results. I give you - my world today:


Sunrise - just before 11.00am


Around 2.00pm - the Museum - award winning design, folks, what does it make you think of..?):


Across the snow


Pink twigs!


2.30pm - where the icefog comes from...


Sunset - around 2.30pm


And finally - the soft blue - around 3.30pm


And in other news... well, there isn't any really. But I'm planning on either JJD or a Pros ep, so be prepared for further rambling.

Date: Friday, 9 December 2005 09:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] metabolick.livejournal.com
Behold the results of our collaboration. Whaddya think?

Date: Friday, 9 December 2005 09:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Oh this is fab! I'm so very impressed! A genius Christmas-Pros icon, well done you! I hope you use it lots so that I see it around : )

Date: Friday, 9 December 2005 09:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Actually, nope, I gotta continue the gush. I love the idea of the lads singing carols in the first place - so not them that it's absolutely just right!

Date: Friday, 9 December 2005 11:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] metabolick.livejournal.com
Yes, it is a pretty funny notion, innit?

Now all I need is an appropriate screencap of Cowley to complete the picture. Any ideas which episode might contain one?

Date: Friday, 9 December 2005 11:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Oh of course... *is much amused* hmmn, will have to think!

Date: Sunday, 11 December 2005 03:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Okay - maybe too late, but I found a couple from The Rack. Might be a bit grainy though, they ain't brilliant quality...

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Let me know, I can keep looking if these don't work!

Still not found those paintbrushes either, but I'm not giving up!

Date: Sunday, 11 December 2005 07:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] metabolick.livejournal.com
Oh, you rock! Thanks so much for the Cowley pic! I think the icon is complete now.

As for the paintbrushes,according to "Professional Insight" (I just got my copy and it's a must for a serious Pros fan, I might add), we see Ray's flat in the following eps: DIAG,Fall Girl,The Female Factor, A Hiding To Nothing, Hunter/Hunted, Involvement, The Rack, When The Heat Cools Off, Wild Justice, and You'll Be All Right.

I haven't had a chance to check each of these, but that narrows the search down. Have fun!

Date: Sunday, 11 December 2005 09:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] byslantedlight.livejournal.com
Oh this is fab - yes, it is now the perfect christmas icon. *g*

I haven't had a chance to check each of these, but that narrows the search down. Have fun!
Excellent, thank you! I will just have to and check all over again... I'm saving up for a copy of Professional Insight too, sounds very useful!

Hold Your Breath, Sunshine


A ship is safe in the harbour - but that's not what ships are for.

~o~

I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. (Sarah Williams)

~o~

Could've.
Should've.
Would've.
Didn't. Didn't. Didn't.

~o~

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