Lily-dog does not like having her photo taken. In the year and a bit she’s been living with us, we’ve taken maybe half a dozen pictures of her that aren’t paparazzo shots of her bum in retreat.
Categorylife
The general parent category for most of the things I write about on here.
One of the more interesting Louisa-centric sub-categories is biodata (where I explore my personal history with graphs, maps and whatnot), and if you’re that way inclined, you can read about the wonderful felines and canines with whom I’ve shared my life too.
- @Scampering: thanks :) it's so hard to take photos of black cats – they're like mini black holes for absorbing light! i heart them though :) #
- Any ideas how to find a website-not-displaying bug when I can see it fine & browser test shots are fine too? Several reports of problems :( #
- @katethejuggler: good job we ordered from the fixed price menu last night ;) #
- Meh. #
- anyone in #bd10 interested in getting a @swillingtonfarm monthly meat box? they'll deliver to us honorary leodensians ;) http://is.gd/gkT6XE #
- @Scampering: oh no! dkes #
- @Scampering: oops, accidentally hit return there! i meant to type "does the cuteness make up for the loss?" #
Just found this photo of Carla on the camera card. I think it was taken last month when the world was sunny and lime green. She’s on the fence between our house and next door. She is a very beautiful old lady, isn’t she?
- "Enjoying" a succession of really powerful sneezes. I'm worried I'll burst something or exhale a lung. #
- Just could have made about 20 knob gags but didn't. I'm clearly growing in humour sophistication. #
- @wayneomac1977 hey! apologies for the pictures ;) life here is pretty ace. how's things with you? anyone else from ye olden days on twitter? #
- Walked for a mile in the woods on all sorts of wonky rocks & crazy inclines, then pulled a muscle in my calf taking my shoe off at home. #
- Possibly just sold a house. #
- @urbanwide: oh no, just an offer we've accepted. lots more fun and games to come…! are you guys still looking for your next place? #
- @Thehodge @101ofawolf thanks :) #
- Think the dog can develop cherry eye on demand in order to get out of having a bath. Tsk. #
- The taxi driver hot boxed me. #
- Been in York doing a Shakespeare/LAMDA course. I can think of better ways to use a Saturday but got some ideas out of it & had yum risotto. #
- @swillingtonfarm: We'd certainly be interested. Will it be strictly Leeds though? We're *just* over the Bradford border. #
- ? @LauraBlackwell: "quip quip" said twitter. "quip quip quip quip quip". #
- Went to Liverpool to have lunch with my dad & birthday girl mum yesterday. The city, esp the near the river, looked gorgeous in the sunshine #
- I bought cooked heart for the cats from the same stall in St Johns I used to use 12 yrs ago. The city's changed a lot, but not everywhere :) #
- @swirlyarts: actually that's the opposite of why i'm #yestoav Am sick of having to vote to stop the bad people getting their way ;) #
- @swirlyarts: (I mean I usually vote for the bad option so the worse one doesn't get in, rather than voting for my actual preferred choice) #
- @swirlyarts: but i agree, that usually is a good reason to do something :) #
- @LouiseEbrey: i would say don't use petrol but i guess you'd struggle to find public transport that isn't own by big business too… #
- Worried my Carla cat may have gone or be going deaf. If she hasn't/isn't, I'll be annoying her with a lot of loud sounds behind her head. #
- Bit anxious about not having voted yet… #
- @katethejuggler: i know i have until 10 but i think it's just a "there is something i have to do!" pang in my insane brain ;) #
- @katethejuggler: it's raining now – hurrah! i can hear the garden slurping it up. glad you made it home in time :) #
- @katethejuggler: yep, and filled the resulting space in my brain with fish'n'chips :) #
- @katethejuggler: nice, although i would have probably tried to work it as "phoney mania" just to increase the punnage ;) #
- @IdleSi: yep, i'm happy to see that too – especially as afaik there wasn't any campaigning done here for them. #
- @IdleSi: the greens in bradford were focusing on heaton; no resources to campaign here but ran to qualify for tv slot. Maybe next time… #
- .@johnleach bought himself a bouncy ball in bradford. the dog does not like that john has a bouncy ball which he is not sharing with her. #
- @strowger78: current verdict is she was a big fluffy faker, who just ignores me. she certainly does react to some sounds (ie food sounds). #
- @johnleach: as you're cooking dinner tonight, i'm glad it made you feel queasy & not peckish, esp as i haven't seen our neighbours recently. #
- Had bathroom floor fitted, went to Shipley Glen for walk, ate ice cream, came home, potted on many things, made sourdough bread. Good day :) #
- @katethejuggler: mmm simmered organs. (we haven't had a bath since we had our shower installed, is currently just a DIY storage hole) #
- Being reminded about childhood holidays today: @eatlikeagirl blogged about Bedruthan Steps (hols 1981-88) & @IdleSi's at Aira Force ('88-90) #
- Would love to visit both again at some point – think we're more likely to get to the Lakes than Cornwall though ;) #
- @tim_waters: i have been meaning to go to that for a year? two years? i'm so crap. glad to hear you had fun though :) #
- Dreamt I was going to buy a lame gift for a person who I don't know that well, but then changed my mind. Thanks for that excitement, brain. #
- @LauraBlackwell: @factory4wrkshop do courses in upholstery and furniture restoration #
- Homemade sourdough for lunch, then lovely dog walk through the woods in the sun and home to my new @comicnrrd comic – yay, good day! #
- Heard people at the bottom of the garden, scared it was scallies up to no good. Turned out to be neighbour bringing us gifts of fudge & jam! #
- @davidsmalley: has @lordsmalley got an invite too? #
- @Scampering: *jealous*. i'm going to try making our own next time pork is on offer – don't trust myself to not mess it up the first time ;) #
- @Scampering: haha, sounds like a fair trade to me. wonder what you have to leave out to get the other sock :) #
- Had fun at @strowger78 and @creosotethewife's bbq, even though Lily was a mardy one. Ate a wham bar on the way home. Good day. :) #
- @katethejuggler: very high weirdness potential. have fun! and obviously report back what has changed ;) #
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