Seen And Heard
Apr. 9th, 2022 11:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloOn my way to the recycling centre with an armful of flattened cardboard boxes, I saw a child-sized chair sitting outside a front door. Wrtten on the back was "Oscar's Naughty Chair" I hope it's not actually used as an instrument of punishment and the superscription is jokey- in which case its rather cute.
Oscar is a popular name these days- both for boys and pets. I'd like to think that, having been under a cloud because of Oscar Wilde it's now fashionable for exactly the same reason.
A man at the tip- about my age- said "there must be a better way of passing Saturday mornings." I recognised this as a friendly remark and not an invitation to debate so I agreed but actually I love going to the tip- so much going on, so much satisfaction in getting rid of one's junk.
It's a beautiful morning. The previous owners left us a whirligig clothes dryer. Putting it up was a bit like wrestling an octopus. It won the first two rounds but I won the bout. It can be seen in the picture below.
Oscar is a popular name these days- both for boys and pets. I'd like to think that, having been under a cloud because of Oscar Wilde it's now fashionable for exactly the same reason.
A man at the tip- about my age- said "there must be a better way of passing Saturday mornings." I recognised this as a friendly remark and not an invitation to debate so I agreed but actually I love going to the tip- so much going on, so much satisfaction in getting rid of one's junk.
It's a beautiful morning. The previous owners left us a whirligig clothes dryer. Putting it up was a bit like wrestling an octopus. It won the first two rounds but I won the bout. It can be seen in the picture below.
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Date: 2022-04-09 04:21 pm (UTC)How's your mum reacting to all this?
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Date: 2022-04-10 12:14 pm (UTC)We moved when we did because she no longer recognized her surroundings- and the there no longer seemed any point in keeping her at the farm.