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After my exam yesterday (which wasn’t too horrible, but I don’t think I did as well as I could have), I decided to have a nice relaxing afternoon (sensibly, I’d taken the whole day off work), so I walked to a cafe and had a very nice lunch, then went to Jelly Park, where I’d…

Last night I suggested to MrPloppy that we should go to Trattorie for breakfast this morning, so I could drop off the books rarsberry and the others had left her on Christmas Eve in the OCZ (I don’t like visiting the OCZ without eating in the cafe – seeing as it’s a place of business…

I’m really not doing well at keeping my diary up to date, am I? I just don’t seem to have had the time or energy lately… or possibly it’s just that I keep getting distracted by other things. Anyway, been a busy week or so. The end of the year is fast approaching, which signals…

I promised myself I wouldn’t just take photos for this project, but would force myself to dust off my art supplies, and despite my total lack of confidence in my abilities, put the result on public display. So here’s my first attempt, the product of a pleasant few minutes sitting in the garden. I’m not…

(Note the cat stocking lytteltonwitch sent us from the UK, hanging in pride of place on the fireplace. I keep hinting to MrPloppy that stockings should always contain chocolates by Christmas morning…) New to the tree this year: I bought this one when I was supposed to be buying an ornament for the BC Ornament…

Another contribution to the convention arrived today: a box of books from Sherlockfan in Wellington. She wanted to come to the convention, but couldn’t make it, so she sent some books to be released on her behalf instead. It was an interesting mix of books she sent: A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters…