Erm - still more stuff?

[impulsereader]

Sorry, my life is very scattered these days.

First off - two Sherlock fics which are also love letters to London: Sorrowful Angels by Aderyn http://archiveofourown.org/works/441719 and A Miracle on Baker Street by kizzia http://kizzia.livejournal.com/49393.html. Tributes to this beautiful city are so wonderful to find - and to find them in Sherlock fic is doubly wonderful.

Still no mattress. Grrr. The reason this is most upsetting is that I seem to have begun to equate 'getting back to normal' with having the darn mattress. My brain is refusing to focus on the fact that life is otherwise pretty steady and normal, and it should now be getting round to the business of writing and doing other normal things (plus slowly finding wonderful and lovely things to decorate) until the darn mattress shows up.

I do now have a teeny tiny crockpot. I'm not really sure why other than it was on clearance and it is yellow. It is adorable (though not possibly the yellow I imagined), I just don't really understand what I'm meant to cook in it. We shall see, I suppose.

And because I now know how thanks to the always wonderful quarryquest who is diligently working on mapping out the locations for John and Sherlock's dash through London on the heels (wheels?) of the taxi in Pink - even through bronchitis (and for whom I'm meant to be writing fluffy pieces about Mycroft and his teddy bear hot water bottle whilst I instead angst over my mattress) - here are some pictures from my visit to the botanic garden this weekend. :-)

See? I told you it was 'stuff'.

Sydney Golden Wattle - isn't he just straight-up a member of the Drones?



Oh, yeah, that's me in there too. I did a couple where I was all 'live long and prosper', but this was a better picture of the sign. :-)











And now please get in line for your strudel - because the strudel, Madam, is lovely today.

Comments

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

"Sydney Golden Wattle - isn't he just straight-up a member of the Drones?"

ROFL! Yes he is!

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

And he is of the Pea Family - which I hadn't even noticed before...

[azriona.livejournal.com]

If the tiny crock pot can only hold about a cup or two of stuff, and has no temperature gauge or on/off switch, what you have is not precisely a crock pot but a warming pot. It's very useful for parties where you have a sauce that needs to remain warm for guests (I have two, because I always ended up needing two when we threw parties). They're excellent for hot fudge or dipping sauces.

Love the flower pics. :)

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :-)

It does have an off/low/high dial. It is, however, still tiny, so I think it would be very useful for parties and keeping things warm. That's an excellent tip.

I must admit that right now the best part is it's bright yellow and is like a tiny nu Dalek. Possibly I shouldn't plug it in...

[pargoletta.livejournal.com]

I hate it when companies do things like hold mattresses hostage. The one thing they're in business to do, sell and deliver mattresses, and they can't do it competently. UPS pulls shit like this, too, which is why I try to avoid them if at all possible.

[kizzia.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the rec my dear!
I'm so sorry about your mattress. I shall cross my fingers that it comes soon. I love your photo's although I read the bottom one as stolen strudel and then I thought of Douglas and Martin and the Passenger Derby!

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

I will freely admit that the only reason I'm taking a picture of signs which instruct me to line up for strudel is as a tribute to the joy which is Cabin Pressure. I'm listening to it serially in my car - have been for almost a month now. It does not get old. :-) And soon (hopefully) I will have a new series!

[kizzia.livejournal.com]

Me too! You also bought the box set then :) I was listening to Ghadansk (which I can't spell) last night actually . I particularly love it as an ep for the slightly ridiculous reason that I used to play the bassoon!

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

You have now officially been cast as Madame Szyszko-Bohusz in my personal CP head canon. :-) CP lends itself to the ridiculous - quite admirably. :)

[kizzia.livejournal.com]

I was listening to Johanesburg on the way home tonight. I've spent most of the evening making random animal noises at the dog :)