A plate of tiny little tentacles, lightly spiced and deep fried
That's a beautiful photo.
A place called Living Styles, but it was a clearance item which has now been discontinued. I got quite a bit of furniture and decor items from them which have all been really good, so worth a look at any way.
Step 1 in life admin day complete:
I have a desk
It is much more solid than I expected for the price, and a touch bigger than I was envisaging. It mostly went together easily too, with only a few bolts at the end which were tricky to position and in a place that didn't allow you to turn the allen key fully. I think I've only got three more bits of furniture to assemble now, the two bedside tables and a small shelf.
Edit: and I now have a working computer too! The important peripherals have all been installed: mouse, keyboard, speakers, and cat sleeping mat.
Yes, I have a few plants I'll be moving. My basic plan is to put in a native garden on the side and back on the left, which is the bit next to the outdoor area and where you look out from the lounge. Then have a herb and vegie garden on the side and back on the right, with a couple of citrus trees on the side. Keeping the centre section as grass.
That assumes the landlord approves, of course. But I can't see why they won't. I just need to actually get around to asking for permission, it's on the to do list. It should add value to the place for them, and it gives me a project to do with lots of physical work which will be good for me - and the cost of a gym membership will buy a lot of tubestock instead! If the landlord hates plants for some reason I'll just to the herb and vegie garden (which they are not allowed to say no to without a good reason) and probably put the citrus into some pots.
Miss Meow is finding her wooden climbing frame a touch high to jump on (and she shuns the little ladder designed to help). I've put a plastic container there to give her a step and she's happily using it now, which is good as that's the access to her food platform and the window hammock (which she is snoozing on in the morning sun right now). I've ordered a set of little steps as a more permanent solution.
Today's goals: life admin and getting the computer set up.
Edit: getting the computer set up has a bonus feature of letting me access the vacuum cleaner, which I put in a cupboard and then put the computer stuff in front of.
That's a bit mad. I went out with coat and beanie, although the beanie didn't last long and the coat was unzipped about half way.
I don't really mind the cold much when walking (although the icy drizzle yesterday was a bit much). It doesn't take much effort to warm up, it's really only when sitting around that the cold is a problem - or especially trying to do things like type with cold fingers. I've got very low heat tolerance though, once you get past the mid 20's I find it's getting unpleasant, by the 30's I just want to lie down and whimper.
We've almost reached 0 now (still feels -3.7^o^). Its now beautifully sunny with bright blue skies, so we're heading off on the morning walk.
I like to think of it as a blank canvas. Having seen some of the thistles and spikey things that grow as weeds around here I'd also consider lumpy lawn to be a big improvement.
A bowl of hot porridge with brown sugar and cream, please.
Succulent baby tentacles, with crisp and crunch little suckers. Also easy to win against in a fight for a croissant.