Sunday pic spam.

[curiouswombat]

Only a few pictures this week. It has not been weather conducive to going out with the camera, really. We have had rain and gales for much of the week. As the wind blew up yet again on Friday afternoon I said to a work colleague "It's a very good day to not be on the boat." ('The Boat' is local parlance for our ferries back and forwards to the UK aka 'the adjacent island'!)

Then I remembered that my sister and brother-in-law were actually going to be on the boat that evening. It sailed as usual at 7.45pm (Text from sister - 'we must be mad...'). They finally docked at 1.15am (Text from sister 'worse crossing I've ever been on.') I was right - it was a very good day to not be on the boat.

Today is also a very good day to not be on the boat - there are pictures to show you why under the cut. Guess when sister and brother-in-law are returning? Their boat sails from Heysham at 2.am in the morning, and both are back at work at 8.30am tomorrow. But it was a trip they felt they had to do as B-i-l's older brother is terminally ill and, as D-d puts it, every time he manages another month without actually dying they have to go and see him for the last time again.

It is a day for comfort food, today - the sort of weather that gives me the urge to bake. I think it is the comfort aspect of it - even though I can, and occasionally do, bake all sorts of more exotic things, when it is this sort of day I bake scones. Well - I had to really - dougalsservant gave me some very, very nice strawberry jam for Christmas, and it goes so well with fresh scones! And S2C prefers cheeses scones - so I made him some whilst I was at it. I should have taken a picture of the ones we have just had with coffee - but I did take a picture of the ones that are left.

So - this week's pictures include


This first is a picture of the note S2C left on my laptop whilst I was up at Mum's yesterday. He is on his nights off, but was in need of a nap. Does it give anyone else the giggles?



At Sunday School this morning we were continuing with the story of David and Saul. I had a 4 year old helping me to bring a 7 year old up-to-date on 'the story so far', as she missed last week. He really had remembered at least something 'David killed a giant with a stone he threw'. Hurrah!

Today we looked at the opportunity David had to kill Saul when David was in the very cave that 'Saul went into to relieve himself' - but the simple version we use with the little ones actually says 'Saul went into the cave to wee'. It goes on to describe David's actions, Saul's reaction, and so on, but I am pretty sure that, by next week, the story of David so far will be 'David killed a giant with a stone he threw, and the King had a wee in a cave'.

After church I came home via the promenade, as I usually do - and took a few pictures just to illustrate why it's a good day to not be on the boat.





Yes - those are waves breaking up over the road further around the bay from where I was at the time - the road is about 20 - 30 feet above the usual high tide level at that point.

The camera focused more on the near posts and railings in that one - this is taken from a few feet further along, with less zoom and nothing between me and the far waves as I was closer to the sea wall. This is why the colours are a bit different in this.



Then I just turned as I was walking back to the car and tried to get a picture of one of the gulls - and was lucky, to be honest.



I actually have to drive up near the place where the waves are breaking over the road - so I stopped and took this, from the car.



The tiny pale patch top right is sky - all the rest of the blue-grey area is sea spray up higher than the frame of the picture.

Now for the scones - in the front is most of a round of cheese ones, behind are some made with craisins - because I like them, they needed eating up, and they go well with strawberry jam!



Totally unrelated, but I commented on azalaisdep's journal that a particular plot bunny would just have to wait in the queue - so as much for my own benefit as anything else, here is the current queue;

Part 2 of A Tale in the Hall of Fire - already 1,300 word written.

A story of the early days in Ithilien before Tindómë and Rumil are betrothed - already 4,250 words long and in its second chapter.

Chapter 18 of Access All Areas - both S2C and I feel we should go back and finish this and are now actively discussing the plot.

A story for the Tolkien Big Bang, due in July, which is likely to be about the preparations to leave Ithilien and sail West. It will be a minimum or 20,000 words long.

And a long time in the future, writing wise, the story of what happens when Tindómë tries to contact Spike using Radagast's 'window'. The first 1,300 words of this have been written for about 18 months.

And, in my head, there are even more. Although, just at the moment, I must dash off and write a drabble for Tolkien Weekly.

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[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Yes - it was certainly a sea to experience from the shore.

The scones are rather tasty, I must admit.