notes

This has been my first officially free day off, since I began the part time contract - so I had a clear out of my studio, literally my "creative space" to get things going again.  Organising and clearing.  Doing things I hadn't got round to, like changing a lightbulb, and swapping over a table lamp I've been meaning to.  Now there is much more space and light since I also got rid of a couple of pieces of furniture.  It was way too overcrowded in there!

Symbolic?

 

During the clearout I found birthday gifts from last year that were still wrapped up and fabrics from the quilt show in Birmingham, still in their bags!  Also this little stash of mini notebooks I have bought or been given.  

The top one came from Susan Green Books - it's tiny, but so cute.  I saw it a while ago, and when a colleague left work I bought one for him and one for me!  Hm, July was when I started this long run of work, and also Murphy came into our lives - he is taking up quite a bit of it ("that's some cat you've got there" my across the road neighbours have commented, the household next to that know him by name) - things just kind of went on hold.

A couple of weekends ago I was worried as Murphy was on the roof and looking down the chimney. Shouting and throwing stones and then cat biscuits would not distract him! After distraught phone calls, I managed to persuade N to go up and wire up the chimney pot opening.  The next morning we could still hear sounds like debris falling down the chimney and realised a bird must have got down, and would now be sealed in by the wire.  So N had to go back up again.  

(murph checks out a bag) 

Our neighbour came out to see what was going on, and offered to send a brush up his chimney, as we now deduced it was his flue not ours.  The brush came straight up, perhaps it had just been a mouse.  We'd just given up and gone back inside when there was a knock at the backdoor.  Our neighbour had found a starling in his fireplace.  I reckon it must have been stuck there for a few days as Murphy had been acting very strangely in the bedroom by the wall, miaowing - and then going up on the roof.  I think he was trying to tell us "there's a bird stuck in the chimney" - so although he was looking for it, he actually saved it's life!

I feel a bit rusty at blogkeeping - please forgive me and hope I can post a bit more regularly now.  Best go as Murphy is climbing on all surfaces, looking for some mischief!

 

Comments

[Bella Bheag]

Welcome back Caireen! Nice little stash of notebooks. I have a little stash of my own. I buy them to give to others and then decide to keep for myself - I'll never get through them all - but they are nice!x

[Pebbledash]

Murphy sounds such fun, a real character! It will be good to see you in this little space... And you're rminding me I need to continue with my tidy up!
Have a great day!
D x

[Susan]

It's great to see my little orange journal in its new home!

Murphy looks adorable.... and a handful!

Susan x

[Sue]

Hi Caireen, just popping in to say thanks for your comment, and straight away I notice your experience is similar to how mine often is - finding things tucked away, forgotten about! A nice surprise though. Murphy is cute! Best wishes, Sue