365 Photos - 1/365 (Water theme)

[byslantedlight]

Thank you fiorenza_a who suggested the theme of water for the first week of my 365 project (which is where I post at least one picture a day, for 365 days... *g*) Trouble is - it rained today, and I was going to go out, but actually... So not a very exciting first photo, but it is a photo! It's a start! In other news:

Reading - The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (for book group next Thursday.) I wasn't sure at first, but 100 pages in I'm happy to keep going and find out what happens. *g* It's set in the Congo, which makes me think maybe I should find one of those travel-the-world reading challenges, this year!

Fanfic
Meg Lewtan's Bird in a Gilded Cage beside my bed, but I've remembered what happens in general, and sort of stalled. Read the first story in O. Yardley's Septet zine last night (technically very early this morning!) - nice enough - and I may read the next one tonight, which is a sequel to Two Lovers. Except that I wasn't keen on Two Lovers, it sounded more like O. Yardley than our lads, imnsho, so I might skip it to the next story in the zine... We'll see. *g*

Writing
Erk - a bit of helpful research this morning, does that count?

Telly
Missed the beginning of Dickensian cos I was making fudge, but the rest was still good. Sherlock was a bit more good - anyone else watch?! If I'd thought about expecting something, that wouldn't have been it... *g*

How're you doing, this first day of 2016 (well, second I expect, by the time I hit post and you read this...)?

Comments

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year! It's still the 1st here! :)
The sun is just going down, and the temperature is dropping. It's been very cold at night, but not a cloud in the sky, so no snow.
Ever since we had our roof replaced, it hasn't rained a drop! *g*
Today, a neighbor came to ask if we could recommend the roofers, and we had to tell him to ask again after the next extended rain.

We are taking it easy today, eating birthday cake and enjoying a fire in the wood stove.
Only three more days, before school starts again.

We will watch Sherlock tonight!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

You have sun! We've still got rain - it's tapping on the windows, and there was wind gusting around again earlier too - brrr! I'm making a hot water bottle as I type! Not sure if I should wish rain to test your new roof out or not! Snow would be pretty though... I wish we'd have some down here, but I seem to have landed in another unsnowy part of the UK...

Oh, and happy birthday! I saw a birthday post for you and realised - hope you've had a lovely day! Relaxing with cake and a fire sounds pretty good, anyway. *g*

I can't believe there's only two more days here before work starts again - waaaah! I must write my Dialj story! Although I'm off to see Star Wars on Sunday, so looking forward to that... *g*

Oooh - Sherlock! *vbg* You'll have to let me know what you think!

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

We watched Star Wars yesterday! I won't say anything, since you haven't seen it.

I'm not a big fan of this version of Sherlock. The way it's filmed, with fast cuts and such, seems to trigger my migraines. 8)
But our daughter has been looking forward to the next episode for ages.
I'm prepared to look away, when needed. *g*
What did you think of it? I love spoilers, so no problem there!

I hope, your Dialj story will flow easily, and the weather will improve. At least, the days are already getting longer, though it sure doesn't seem like it.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ooh - you've seen Star Wars! *g* I've managed not to be spoiled so far, so thank you!

Rats about Sherlock triggering your migraines though - it can be quite flash-y, but I never thought of it as violent enough to affect vision/heads, that's no good... I liked this ep! It wasn't what I was expecting (a full-blown pure period story) but I suspect i shouldn't really have been expecting that, cos what BC said in interviews about not thinking it was a good idea to make a Victorian version, but seeing the script and going ohhhhh - yes! made him change his mind... *g* I don't think there's alot of flashing-bits in it, though perhaps some... if I'm thinking of the kind you mean...

I was thinking just this morning that the days were getting longer! I noticed that sunset was a minute later today than yesterday, and thought how that meant we'd have 7 minutes more daylight by the end of the week, and half an hour more by the end of the month... though sunrise is still oddly at the same time every day this week! But they're slo-o-o-wly beginning to stretch!

And now I think my hot water bottle is ready for tucking into my bed - alongside me, and perhaps five minutes of fic!

Happy birthday! Happy New Year! Happy everything in general! *g*

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

Thanks, and Happy First Night!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Happy First Night to you too!


(Sorry, couldn't resist... *vbg*)

[siskiou.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you couldn't resist! :)