Mim, aka Ming, 1994(?) – 2008

Another big aftershock this morning. 5.5 – big enough to shake half the CDs off their shelf, but no damage. George, as usual, slept through it while MrPloppy and I cowered under the doorway. I’ve had a very constructive weekend, for a change. Managed to get a whole load of little jobs done that have…

I got some really interesting responses to yesterday’s entry – maybe I should be philosophical more often… However this entry is not going to be at all philosophical. Instead, it’s going to feature movies and chocolate 🙂 “Chick Flicks” had its inaugural movie night last night. We went to see Mad Hot Ballroom, which is…

Bookcrossing is all about giving away books, right? Then how come over the last three days I’ve managed to give away seven books, but acquire twelve? On Saturday, we had a bookcrossing picnic in the botanic gardens. Quite a few people who’d said they’d be there weren’t (probably because the weather has been so iffy…

On Route 101, somewhere between Santa Cruz and Ventura Amazingly, we achieved our aim of being up by 5 am and on the road by 6 (or 6ish, at least). Having left too early for breakfast, our first stop was a little roadside cafe in an old railway caboose for necessary driver caffeination. Very cute….

For my second image of the day I decided to try my hand at some scanner art. An interesting experiment:

Lytteltonwitch mentioned this morning that she was going back to the bead shop to get more string, which was my mission for the day as well, so we arranged to meet in town (after a very quick dash on my part to have my shower and get to the bus stop on time). At the…