Tuesday

It was dark by the time I arrived home this evening so I didn't get to go with Pearl and S on the walk down to B's, or to see Holly and Dolly in the daylight, or to see D's hedge not looking scary.

It's not often that I don't see daylight at one end of the day or other at Latimers, but I was running errands this afternoon (doctor, chemist, Coles) and they just ate up the time. I'm not used to being this busy - and while it's okay once in a while, I'm glad I don't live like this!

Latimers by night.

S seemed to cope okay on her own - although one isn't ever really on their own with all of the Latimers furries around, especially Pearl who never strays far from your side.

Pearl had a much more rested night last night - which we're all grateful for, but we're also glad that she's such a good watch dog - although when we arrived home on Sunday after the Markets, she didn't even come out to greet us as she was fast asleep on the couch. Perhaps she knows the car ... although that's not any excuse for not coming out! Or even barking a greeting!

S had a beef casserole in the oven by the time I arrived home tonight and it smelled (and tasted) fantastic. She did it with mashed potato and beans (in case Maggie, eater of green things, was around) and was thinking about following it with a tart tartin (the SMH had a recipe in today's edition) but was also thinking of apple pie - and luckily I had intercepted the latter thought and picked one up with the shopping! Yum. I'm not sure what we're having tomorrow night - it's usually something fresh from the butcher - but I'm off on an M errand run again so may be too late to catch him. Ah well, maybe I could interest S in a pizza - we haven't had one in a while and they smelled wonderful as I passed the pizza place on the way out of the shopping centre this evening (just as well I didn't give in and get one!).

It was quite cool again this evening and it didn't take me long to follow S's lead and change into flannelette (and if flannelette is a material which imitates flannel, why don't they just use flannel? And does flannel come from flannel flowers? Ah so many questions, so little time.)

Tinker at sunset.

The MasterChef crew are still in Italy but they have moved from Rome to Florence. For reasons unknown, Andy was missing from the small crowd watching Mindy (who already has one) and Alice (who really does seem to have cornered the market on Brains’ style glasses ... you remember Brains - from The Thinderbirds!) battle it out for an(other) Immunity Pin. There was much talk of missing ingredients - artichokes and onions - from Alice's and Mindy's mains, but it was the cooking of their respective rabbits that separated the contenders. And tonight’s winner is ... Alice! It will be interesting to see if she and Mindy are the Captains for tonight’s Teams challenge. (Hmmmm ... from the comments I have stopped myself from making - well, I made them and then deleted same - I am still cranky about last week's teams challenge and double elimination casualties.)

It would be really interesting to know how the furries decide where they will be throughout the evening. Pearl sat next to me on the couch as we watched MasterChef and Beazley sat on S’s lap. Maggie's is still doing her “I want to be alone” down-the-back sitting in her chair routine, and Tinker didn't come in until afterwards. With the amount of television that some of those furries are watching, I’m starting to wonder if we need to sign them in as “guests” on the Ratings box - and whether we would give their age (is that needed?) in human or furries years. It’s just as well we haven,t done that yet though as we didn't get the channel changed tonight before Being Lara Bingle came on! We don't want that show getting any ratings from us!