Tuesday, 22 April, 2024
Showing posts with label Cats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cats. Show all posts
It's Official! Back to the City We Go
Looks like our old pwscat will be on the movement. Life in the caravan down Llanrhidian Holiday Park has been good, but it's not ideal longish term for three adults, especially the travel time needed for work each day. And so, thankfully, we have finally found an available house available for rent until a buyer is found and the transaction is finalised. And so, this is officially our final week in the caravan. I wish I could enjoy it more, but I am back at the office to do the work of 'The Man' on Monday :(
Catweazel by Richard Carpenter
I really enjoyed watching this TV series in the 1979s. And rewarding it on Network DVD a fews years back. I'm also enjoying this novelisation and quirky illustrations. It takes me back to simpler times. Magical nostalgia at its best.
4/100
Wednesday, 03 April, 2024
It was another quiet day with just me and the pwscat. The writing for my GNS zine is going well, and ideas are unfolding fast.
I have also decided on the project that will replace the second edition of Avalon (postponed after May's visit to Glastonbury needed to be cancelled due to our housefire). More on this soon...
Day 3/100
Tuesday, 02 April, 2024
A really bad hayfever day, spent on my tod in the caravan as my wife returned to work this morning and my son has been working for a good couple of weeks now. I say on my tod, but I did have this little one's company. Though she was't too pleased with my constant sneeze and gave me a good old grumble everytime I sneezed.
As I will be publishing a previously unpublished short story by Guy N Smith in my tribute book to him, I designed a cover pic for the piece. The story concerns a dog who guides his owner through a treacherous swanp. I am quite pleased with the result:
Day 2/100 and a Laundry-time Meander
Monday, 01 April, 2024
Whilst staying at the caravan site, we doing our clothes washing in the landrette, the cycle lasting 30 minutes. With that in mind, we took a quick drive to the local pond on Cefn Bryn, Broadpool, catching the sunset there perfectly:
Returning to the campsite with a good 10 minutes to spare; we parked the car up outside the laundrette and crossed the road to photograph the sheep that were gathered near the roadside gate:
The sheep were very inquisitive and friendly and even allowed me to take a short video of them:
The Entrance to Llanrhidian Holiday Park |
Day 1/100
Sunday, 31 March, 2024
Peace
Sunday, 24 March, 2024
Peace. My favourite thing in the world right now.
We decided we needed a day away from the house today. And with beautiful sunshine being the order of the day, I enjoyed a nice little sit down outside the caravan in the afternoon :)
An early morning sesh
Friday, 22 March, 2024
The Soosh
Monday, 18 March, 2024
Work on clearing our belongs and taking fire, geat and smoke damaged items to the tip is progressing. There is not much catching my eye enough to take my mobile phone out of my pocket now and photograph the place, but these two images seemed worthy of capturing:
Sunset at our burnt house |
On the way back to the caravan, we stopped off at the layby near my old childhood home in Penclawdd and took these pics to share with you all:
Rest
Sunday, 17 March, 2024
Today, we are taking a break from the house for our health and sanity. Here's Fudge sleeping as I continue working on my next novel this morning. Remarkably, it's still on track to be published at the end of this month!
Moving On and Settling Down
Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
We have now moved into this trailer, which is located very close to my childhood home in Penclawdd:
Last Day in Mumbles
Tuesday, 12 March, 2024
This is our last day at the Mumbles Airbnb. We picked up the keys to cheaper accommodation today on the other side of the peninsula before heading to our house and clearing more of the damage to make it safer for the builders who start work there next week. Fudjcat has settled in nicely here, so I hope the upheaval tomorrow doesn't upset her again. We've transferred the last of our Japan savings (we have had to postpone most of this year's planned trips), so we can hopefully afford to stay at the caravan/trailer until we can move back into our home. This should help ease fudjcat's anxiety and let her settle for longer.
Loathe to post here without any pics, so here are some parting pics of Mumbles, all taken from the car as we drove to and from this particular let. These include some daytime shots of that strange scene I happened upon the other night. Onwards and upwards!
Nothing takes you out of your stressful situation better than putting yourself into someone else's. Continuing work on my 2025 novel, Familiar. |
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