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[ladymuck]

I meant to say, I remember you posting here about Bugonia which was one reason I wanted to watch it

Oh the shame of spelling it wrong, I didn't notice that when I posted. I'm going to blame autocorrect (or autoeffitup, as I like to call it).

[NickFitz]

^^ Begonia was a superb film. Absolutely bonkers. Saw that in the cinema. Never seen Sicario but I do have it downloaded.

I meant to say, I remember you posting here about Bugonia which was one reason I wanted to watch it

[NickFitz]

No signoff last night as I’d inadvertently let my laptop battery plummet to the point where it entered an enforced sleep

So for the record: there was more watery wildlife stuff on the box, but this finished early because of the Isle of Wight Festival. So in the evening, I watched the final episode of Legends. Excellent series

And later, I read more of A Canticle for Leibowitz, reaching the end of the first part - it was originally three stories in sci-fi magazines, set in the same world over the space of a few thousand years

This morning, it’s supposedly cloudy out but it’s very thin stuff, with the blue of the sky showing through in many areas. And the heatwave starts in earnest: already at 20°C, it’s expected to rise to 26°. The barometers are up some more at 1014/1022mB

And it is, of course, the Summer Solstice! So a very happy Solstice to all

[ladymuck]

Blue sky, high level wisps. Currently 19 degrees ('feels like' 21) with a high of 40 expected Barometer up to 1024 mBar.

Sunrise 04:44; Sunset 21:22 BST

Happy solstice!

Woke early, too hot. But I did get up to put the duvet cover in the WM so it would be done by the time I planned to get up. Managed to doze for a few hours. Cleaned the shower while having a shower (so much easier that way).

Now having a cuppa before I head down to see Mum. I've closed all the blinds so hopefully the flat won't be too roasting when I get back.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Dry.

Sunny.

Blue sky with wispy high cloud.

20.3 deg in here, 21.2 in the kitchen, 19 in the leanto, 17 in the saltinghouse.

1018 mBar, 30.06 in Hg, 763.6 Torr, 14.765 psi, (up from 1016 last night), 71% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 31st of March 2020: see above.

[WTFH]

Morning all

[ladymuck]

No second load of bed linen was laundered. The bed has just been made and the first load brought in.

Dinner came courtesy of Dishoom.

Televisual entertainment was provided by S13E1 & 2 of The Curse of Oak Island and S15E9 & 10 of The Repair Shop.

It's going to be a sticky night's sleep. Currently 21 degrees ('feels like' 24) and will only drop to 18 overnight.

[NickFitz]

Tea was brought to me from Popeyes (no apostrophe) Louisiana Chicken. Nice enough

No sign of any balloons yet. Maybe they just stay tethered on the park or something?

[ladymuck]

Hoovering has been done. A proper job with things being moved and the fluffy brush tool being used on the skirting boards. The floor also needs mopping but that won't get done today.

I'm too warm now.

First load of laundry done and out on the airers in the garden. In two minds whether to do the next load. There's a good chance the first lot will be dry by the time it's done but if it isn't then it's a logistical faff.

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

It’s a cloudy day, though there are blue gaps here and there. It’s also slightly less heatwavey at 21°C with an expected high of 23°. The barometers are finally getting with the programme, being up to 1007/1015mB. And the wind, presumably an important factor for the balloon festival down the road, will blow any balloonists that venture upwards directly towards us, so I should get a nice view of them drifting off towards Rutland

There’s no sign of any balloons right now though; I don’t know what goes on at these things, but I’d expect at least a few of them to aviate eventually

[ladymuck]

^^ Begonia was a superb film. Absolutely bonkers. Saw that in the cinema. Never seen Sicario but I do have it downloaded.



Morning all

Cloudy with flecks of grey but the sun is making a valiant attempt to break through. Very 'close' and humid feeling. Currently 23 degrees ('feels like' 25) with a high of 26 expected. Might rain later, might not. Barometer up to 1018 mBar.

Sunrise 04:44; Sunset 21:22 BST

The next solstice is tomorrow at 09:24 BST in London*

I have been to the farmers' market and bought much veg for HWMBO to do something with next week. The market is moving up the road for a little while as the council is doing pavement improvements around these parts (and very nice it looks, too).

Now to have a coffee before stripping the bed and commencing the laundering.


* Obvs the solstice isn't only in London; I meant the time I gave is for London

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday.

Damp.

Blue sky in parts.

Wanly sunny.

20.3 deg in here, 21.3 in the kitchen, 19.5 in the leanto.

1010 mBar, 29.83 in Hg, 757.6 Torr, 14.649 psi, (up from 1005 last night), 72% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 31st of March 2020 BR14 and NF popped in edgeways with Brillo popping in a lot.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the grey gloom/wan sunshine. Spotted a ?grass snake? basking on a wall in Henfaes Terrace. It seemed unconcerned about me looking at it & had a good smell to see what I was.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: noon o'clock news. Money Box investigating why Crapita are called Crapita. Probably followed by Dead Ringers. Forgot. <-.

Titans of the Cold War: Uncle Joe and Truman. Innresting to learn from this that the UK had nothing to do with the Berlin Airlift. . Despite actually contributing 25% of the effort, but there you go. Or mentioning that we were on our arses after the end of the war, and still feeding the Germans, which explained the way rationing increased following "Victory". .

Titans of the Cold War: Ike and Khrushchev.

Blaze: Ghost Ships: The SS Mont Blanc and the SS Imo, 1917: the largest non nuclear detonation at 2.9 kt.

Maigret S4 E13 "Maigret's Little Joke". EOS.

Jon Snow: alzheimer's: the 3 word thing: I can remember the 2nd (door) and the 3rd (rose) and have no idea whatsoever what the first word was. . Ho hum.

Blazian bollox: Hitler's Engineers. Hope it's more inneresting than his sex life and his women. . Shouldn't be difficult.

Thing about wargaming the Atlantic Uboat war.

[xoggoth]

Woodland volunteer thing this morning. Glad it's not sunny, at mo anyway.

[WTFH]

Morning all

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s major motion picture premiere was Bugonia (2025) in which an Internet-addled loser and his naturally addled cousin kidnap the CEO of a major corporation in the belief that she’s an alien from Andromeda exploiting the human race, and also killing bees. I enjoyed this one

After that, I remembered that there’s a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada out so I thought I’d rewatch a film in which Emily Blunt holds her own among a bunch of people who think they’re It: Sicario (2015). Brutal stuff, though one wonders if Paris Fashion Week is any better

Finally, Silo though I was surprised to discover I was only on E4 of S1 - they’ve crammed a lot into those first three!

Balloons will be coming up the road tomorrow, probably

Goodnight all