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todayiamadaisyI was thinking of doing a daily entry in November, just like I used to back in the good old days, and now here we are in the second week and I haven't even done my monthly book entry. So much for that idea.
Anyway: a general catch-up.
How long has it been since I did a proper entry? I have an outraged note that I saw Christmas decorations in the shops back in September. It seems a bit late to complain about that now.
In October, Woolworths was doing a giveaway of tat with groceries, only it wasn't tat at all: it was packets of seeds in little biodegradable pots. I ended up with little pots of chamomile, kale and tomatoes, and they are all doing very well. The tomato plants are actually doing better than the special organic tomato seeds I planted around the same time.
I have always wanted to make a gingerbread house, and yesterday I found a box of gingerbread house cutters, all you could ever need for walls and windows and a roof. And they all fit inside an A5-sized box, so it's not going to be a huge house. More of a gingerbread cottage, which is just the right size eating for a small household.
October books read
October was an odd reading month. I started and stopped several books and couldn't settle into them. The two I did finish I didn't really enjoy, and now I am marooned slowly reading something that I want to like more than I do.
* A Pocketful of Crows - Joanne M. Harris (2017) ★ ★
A modern fairy tale about the doomed love affair between a Faerie and a mortal. It's beautifully written and the cover is gorgeous, but it wasn't really for me.
* The Blue Salt Road - Joanne M. Harris (2018) ★ ★
A folktale about a selkie who is tricked into marrying a mortal woman and forced to become a whaler for a living. As an object, the book is beautiful; as a story, I found it underwhelming.
Anyway: a general catch-up.
How long has it been since I did a proper entry? I have an outraged note that I saw Christmas decorations in the shops back in September. It seems a bit late to complain about that now.
In October, Woolworths was doing a giveaway of tat with groceries, only it wasn't tat at all: it was packets of seeds in little biodegradable pots. I ended up with little pots of chamomile, kale and tomatoes, and they are all doing very well. The tomato plants are actually doing better than the special organic tomato seeds I planted around the same time.
I have always wanted to make a gingerbread house, and yesterday I found a box of gingerbread house cutters, all you could ever need for walls and windows and a roof. And they all fit inside an A5-sized box, so it's not going to be a huge house. More of a gingerbread cottage, which is just the right size eating for a small household.
October books read
October was an odd reading month. I started and stopped several books and couldn't settle into them. The two I did finish I didn't really enjoy, and now I am marooned slowly reading something that I want to like more than I do.
* A Pocketful of Crows - Joanne M. Harris (2017) ★ ★
A modern fairy tale about the doomed love affair between a Faerie and a mortal. It's beautifully written and the cover is gorgeous, but it wasn't really for me.
* The Blue Salt Road - Joanne M. Harris (2018) ★ ★
A folktale about a selkie who is tricked into marrying a mortal woman and forced to become a whaler for a living. As an object, the book is beautiful; as a story, I found it underwhelming.