Yesterday Chester was more out than in. To the extent we got a bit worried. But he returned, in the end. Phew!
I cooked a basic bubble n squeak for lunch. Steamed broccoli, and a b&s of onions, bacon, baked taters, tomato, mushroom and parsley, fried in butter, with a bit of salt n’ pepper, some balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
Delish!
I continue to fiddle with the art studio model. Today I’ve started painting the base.
Simple pleasures:
It’s funny, only very recently I was lamenting the disappearance of this very brand of ginger beer from all the shops that I visit. And, lo, what doth appear at our local Sainsbury’s?
I only need to paint the single course of bricks, and touch up the lower edges of the shed/studio, and this little project is done.
We have a guest kitten staying with us, at present. To see if he and Chester might get on. The little tyke has already scratched me up a bit! But on a second attempt at handling – Teresa lovingly cleaned the sleep from his eyes – he calmed down.
We even showed him to Chester. And at first Chester seemed unperturbed. Purring away. But in moving them rather closer, Chester started hissing again (he’d done so earlier, before even seeing the kitten!). Hmmm!?
We both had a Chicken Tikka Masala tonight, at The Hippodrome. I had a Shipyard Ale, Teresa had a latté.
A few more pics of the Art Studio, inc. some internal/through the window jobbies:
The hinges aren’t working as fully and freely as I’d like (I can’t fully close any of the doors!). But they do give a bit of travel. It’s kind of fun trying to take snaps through the various ‘windows’.
The above pics were taken when I went out to get a temporary litter-tray for the kitten (a paint roller tub, thingy), and spotted this quite picturesque view of the current workshop/shed. This is the structure I’ll be demolishing to make way for the Art Studio.
This poor wee mite is hiding away. We have him upstairs for the night. Tried to get him out, and familiarise him with the new litter tray. But he freaked out and ran amok! Hmmm!? Is it going to work out?