I dugged an hole

Sunday, 17 January 2010 03:16 am
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DSCN1751, originally uploaded by extemporanea.

Our back courtyard is currently making me think irresistibly of the random NPC peasant from one of[livejournal.com profile] egadfly's games lo these many years, if not decades, ago, who came up with the immortal pearl of syntax in my subject line after being pressganged into digging, IIRC, graves for the party after a particularly successful combat. (In fact, it may have been for the red herring fast courier guy who we accidentally killed after making him fall off his horse.) At any rate: holes. Lots of holes. Lots of deep, dangerous holes into which the cats peer with fascinated horror. (They're all very clingy at the moment, there's usually a full set within a 10m radius of the pink blobs. It's going to get worse tomorrow when the electrician starts cutting channels in the walls: up until now all the landscape-rearranging has been outside, which I think has been quite alarming enough for feline territorial urges).

In addition to the back, the Army of Reconstruction has ripped up the front patio. Before and After:



I have been forced to conclude that either Hobbit really is a ridiculously hyper-friendly people-cat, or he's a slut for the camera. Every time I try to take a photo, there he is.

Date: Sunday, 17 January 2010 02:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stringgeek.livejournal.com
I love the construction photos! And I am amused by Hobbit's desire to be immortalized on film.

Date: Sunday, 17 January 2010 03:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] extemporanea.livejournal.com
I am happy you are enjoying them ;>. I love watching other peoples' renovations take shape, so I suppose I'm flinging these progress reports out there in a spirit of reciprocity. There is also a certain component of being able to come back in a year and go "Oh gods I can't believe we lived through that it was awful!"

Hobbit is basically a slut. I have come to terms with this.

Date: Sunday, 17 January 2010 04:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stringgeek.livejournal.com
I've never made renovations myself, so I find them fascinating! (We did renovate our house a couple of times when I was little, but of course, it's a whole different experience when you're younger than 10).

I think you'll also come back in a year and a week and go, "I can't believe I EVER survived in a study that small".

As long as Hobbit saves his sluttiest behavior for you, it's all good. :-)

Date: Monday, 18 January 2010 12:48 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wolverine-nun.livejournal.com
K's response to these pictures, after some amazed staring, was "I can't see the nuts". Is there no visual record of this alleged seeding incident?

Date: Monday, 18 January 2010 12:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] extemporanea.livejournal.com
If you're talking about the Great Random Pecan Tree Sprout, I pulled them all up, except two which I lovingly transplanted into pots. I have one, Jo has the other. Remind me to show young K when next she visits.

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