It’s Oh So Quiet…

 All day rain today. Nell the Poo and I got very wet whilst out on our walk, which just about made it to 45 minutes in length before we both got a bit fed up and headed back to the car. I was wearing my recently acquired long length wax jacket and Nell was wearing her red coat. I left Nell to steam in the car whilst I popped into B & M to purchase three sacks of cat litter, some batteries, some matches and some fire lighters. There were no fire lighters, so I bought Nell a new rope toy instead, which is more than she deserves AND will be rubbish at lighting a fire.

Back home, I did a bit of writing, including a letter to my first cousin once removed. We’ve been corresponding via good old fashioned letters for over a year now and it’s been a delight. It’s sad that letter writing is going out of fashion. It always makes me feel a bit Jane Austen when I put pen to paper and I often think I ought to write to more people because receiving a letter in the post is such a nice thing. 

After lunch, I decided it was too cold in the house so I lit the first fire of Autumn. Nell approved…

I even dug out the wood stove fan from under the kitchen sink and it’s circulating the warm air around the house very nicely. I do have to tidy up the kitchen sink cupboards though because it looks like a pair of raccoons have been having a party in there. 

In other news, I have received an invitation to do some basic barista training on Thursday. Do I take up the offer? I don’t drink coffee and the smell sometimes makes me feel nauseous. Machines that hiss and produce a lot of pressurised steam cause me great startlement. I remember my Gran cooking beetroot in a pressure cooker which always put me on edge. Anyway, I’ve got a day left to decide. 

All in all, it’s been a quiet day. No bad thing, eh?