I was just bending over a tomb in Holmesfield this lunchtime (as you do), trying to read the small print:
when suddenly, this:
Oh! Let my sudden doom
A warning be to all;
E’en while thou bendest o’er my tomb
Thou may’st as quickly fall
Perhaps unsurprisingly, I rapidly unbendedeth before I as quickly fell. No-one likes that sort of warning from 161 years ago. I was quite shaken and needed a beer at the pub next door.
I like Google Now. It’s full of useful information like how long it takes me to go home. But then, it has been a bit weird too, from time to time.
There was suddenly another weird moment today as well.
I have no idea what the Unknown place in question is, or why I would want to go there. But recognising the general area in which the Unknown place is, I think I’ll give it a miss.
UPDATE:
Ah, zooming in, it’s a bit of field behind a hedge, next to a farm building, near a motorway.
Right, well, that clears everything up then.
Not.
…although time seems to be going impossibly fast. I managed to upload some photos on the fast internet as well.
What it does mean for you guys (I’m afraid) is more quota photoage, and this one sums up the autumnal sunshine here quite nicely, I thought:
So yes, the weather here hasn’t been so bad.
Meanwhile, my kids were in the pool in Cape Town this morning. It was 7.6ºC here.
And so yes, after the subterfuge of the last couple of days, I find myself in Sheffield, attending to a little family business.
I walked into my parents’ house yesterday, “somewhat surprising” my mother who thought I was 6000 miles away. I’d totally recommend doing this to your parents at some point if you can. It’s fun.
And the cardiologist says she should make a full recovery.
There was time this afternoon for a quick walk in Sheffield’s Botanical Gardens. It’s not quite Kirstenbosch, but it is free and it has a million squirrels. Despite the onset of autumn, there is plenty of colour too. I’ll get some photos up soon.
Part two of two of the scheduled posts promised earlier in the week (and very deliberately popped into the evening shift). And this one seems kind of appropriate.
To be honest though, even if it wasn’t appropriate, it would still be a wonderful addition to the blog.
Normal service resumed tomorrow? “Probably”.