The weeks trickle by . It's February , when every day seems to last thirtysix hours and all desire for hearty soup has waned , everything is brown and I can't imagine ever taking off my polo neck jumpers again ... do they make polo neck nighties ?
Still , there is some consolation in the fact that almost anything at all can cheer one up instantly . As I came home the other day in the drizzle , a shambling , redfaced drunk bellowed a compliment after me , "Woahhh ! Lekkerrrrrrrrrrrr ding !! " and then fell flat in a heap , burbling appreciatively , making me grin all the way home .
I survived a talk about town development in Leeuwarden , while sitting behind a middle-aged man who seemed to subscribe to the theory that baldness could be staved off by vigorous and constant scalp massage .... and was rewarded by a short video about local events in the '50s . The clothes ! The hats !
I had lunch with two dear friends who always amuse and can window shop to perfection .
It snowed and I've got a photo to prove it , though it was shortlived and no one needed these .
Celebrity Bake Off has begun and , last night , Joanna Lumley was at her giraffe-like best .
I seem to be able to do press ups , much to my astonishment ( and no small pride ) .
And best of all , I bought and used a C.D. player cleaning disc and Lorraine Hunt is restored to her full glory this afternoon .
8 comments:
Wow! That's an impressive list of positive appreciations and smile-inducing things. He called you Yummy! if I remember my faint residue of Dutch correctly?
Perhaps that's what I need to lift my February blues, then. A drunk calling me "Yummy" in slurred Dutch! 'cause honestly, I read your whole post, and there are all sorts of happy-making things in it, but that's the image that really sticks. Although the push-ups are impressive as well. Go you! ;-)
No wonder you're being noticed in the street - the power of the press-up is clearly shining through.
Ah, me. If only chattaranga would come a little more easily to me...
they don't sound like small mercies to me: they sound brilliant!
I like to think that a man has to be drunk before he can truly be honest. So ker-ching!
Just hold onto the idea, however unlikely it seems today, that Spring will eventually come......
What a good read on a freezing prairie afternoon!
I think it is great that Winter brings you such appreciation of things. It seems to have the opposite effect on me. I just go further and further down in my doldrums.....
However...some television shows can pull me up: The Walking Dead. The Americans. The Vikings....
'Sall good! As for polo necked nightwear, what a fab idea.
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