29.10.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 12:43 pm by Sophie
… but I can’t think of any at the moment. Wandering through soggy woodland at Glenbranter with about 50 other people, and watching a rather truncated but very atmospheric production of “Macbeth”, performed by the Walking Theatre Company. Ooooh, it was spooky - so much so that one bloke fainted! And there was copious cheese and wine afterwards, so all in all, quite a good way to spend a wet Saturday night, really.
Culture. You can’t beat it.
PS: And until you’ve seen Lady Macbeth in lilac wellies, you haven’t lived!
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26.10.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:51 pm by Sophie
Shocked, I was. I had popped into Glasgow on Saturday to do a little shopping, remind myself what a city looked like and also to give blood.
Hmph.
Turns out that, having crossed the border, I am now considered to be a new donor (new? moi? with a left arm like a sodding pin cushion?) and all the blood I gave away in England counts for nuffin’, nada and zilch.
Pah.
Still, you get to snarfle down Tunnock’s Teacakes afterwards, so all is quite definitely forgiven …
In other news - BGD still obsessed by pasta (even in preference to lamb’s liver - bloody weird moggy).
And on Saturday, as we were ambling down Sauchiehall Street, there was an “Oxjam” event, featuring three peach-fuzzed lads whose guitars were plainly older than they were.
“Bloody hell,” I muttered darkly in the traditional manner of the over-40-something. “Do their mothers know they’re out?”
“More to the point,” said R, “do their midwives know they’re out?”
I was still giggling twenty minutes later.
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19.10.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:33 pm by Sophie
Spaghetti.
Not spaghetti sauce.
Actual cooked spaghetti. It’s like catnip to him!
He is plainly a moggy of Italian origin, like many Scots, and tomorrow I’m trying him with a nice Chianti and a tub of oregano.
Mind you, Garfield was ginger and loved pizza …
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15.10.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:33 pm by Sophie
So far today, the Benign Ginger Dictator has (a) tried to eat a tomato (b) developed an unhealthy obsession with a bunch of spring onions.
On Saturday, I made a fish pie and he showed not the slightest bit of interest.
Now, do we have the world’s first vegetarian feline, or just the maddest cat in Catland?
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10.10.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 12:50 pm by Sophie
So far, our foster kitten has learned how to open and close the vertical blinds in my office (it’s such a good game he could play it all day); unplugged the phone (a remarkable trick for a creature lacking in opposable thumbs); and purposefully wandered off with a heavy tape measure in his teeth, only to return a few minutes later and put it back where he found it. I think he was measuring his enormous tail for inclusion in the Guinness Book of Records, but who knows, with cats?
More news from the Benign Ginger Dictator soon …
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08.10.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:58 pm by Sophie
And I still haven’t got round to putting any photos on Flickr! Have been somewhat busy (a) having another fabulous seafood experience at the Loch Fyne Oyster Bar, where I was treated to dinner on Friday (plus a gobsmacking jaw-dropping night sky on the way back to Dunoon - hurrah for the lack of light pollution here!); (b) hearing the patter of tiny paws, as the lady who runs the local cat sanctuary took me at my word when I offered to help, and we are now fostering a four-month-old ginger-and-white male moggy, who has the most ridiculously large and fluffy tail - I think he’s breaking it in for a bigger cat - and (c) as the weather yesterday was glorious, we made the most of it and went tree-spotting at Benmore Botanic Garden. And I forgot my camera. D’oh. I keep hoping that all the fresh air and healthy(ish) living up here will improve my brain power, but no signs as yet!
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