Archive for October, 2007

Weekend in pictures - cats and cake

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Eight weeks to Christmas and the perfect time to bake the cake. Here it is just before going in the oven:

Christmas cake, ready for oven

And here it is three and a half hours later:

Christmas cake, cooked

Special mention should go to Jura for assistance with the cake tin liner:

Cat in cake tin liner

And here’s the two of them getting their extra hour of sleep:

Sleeping cats

Sleeping cats

I want one

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Now who wouldn’t want a Chumby?

Chumby

Plug it in in your living room, kitchen, wherever, and get your latest emails, facebook updates, news, etc. on a wee screen the size of a mug.

Crinkle-cut clouds

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Crinkly cloud formation above the school, as seen from my office this afternoon:

cloud

cloud close-up

Now I really want some Pringles.

Weekend in pictures

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Norwegian pancakes and chicken casserole in the rain:

rain on window

Norwegian pancakes

rainy-day food

And a walk on Sunday night:

Berneray harbour

Tolkien

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Finally I’ve made an electronic copy of my undergrad dissertation, ten years after submission: JRR Tolkien and the Definition of Literature, typos preserved. It’s a large PDF (3.3 MB).

Harvest moon

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Harvest moon, as seen rising behind Harris last week - Bays Loch, blackhouses and a couple of buoys in the foreground:

harvest moon

Weekend in pictures

Monday, October 1st, 2007

From a bike ride to the beach in the late summer sun:

towards Quay

silver buoy

Pabbay

way home