Little Pixie

Here`s a pic of Xiao-Xiao looking at the field on Boxing Day.

Thanks for asking. We`re expected the field behind the garden to flood again on Saturday ; so far, we`ve been extremely lucky and have only needed to use the flood wall/floodgate/pumps/ once, and then it was only 10cm on the other side of the wall. It`s pelting down now but I think the bulk of the rain has gone to the North of us - I feel so sorry for the people affected. Apologies for not posting much this Month - I`ve got a stupid infected big toe and have spent the past 4 weeks on ever-doubling-doses of antibiotics. it`s such a little thing but sooo painful, and I`ve been sleeping ( and whining ) a lot. I`ll get to my Best of 2015 picks and fill in my book list in January - I reached 200, whee ! Best Wishes and Happy New Year to all !

Sweet ! Though not the fleas.

Me too - it`s just lovely.

I hope Jasper`s okay with his stay in a guesthouse. Have you Skyped him while you`ve been away ?

You need to save energy where you can. I`m so behind with my reviews - I think I`m going to go to a rating system and just do reviews for the books which I`d recommend to someone else.

I`m glad you liked it too ; I felt like I was getting an extra episode with the previous inspector played by Ben Miller. I`m waiting for the next book to appear at a cheapie price.

Aww. I`ve got the next 3 in the series now ( after reading Book 1, Bruno Chief of Police ) - I`m looking forward to reading them next year.

Arrow 4 x 06 Chatty Cathy. Felicity`s Mum`s back ! And she`s meeting Cap`n Lance ! I can hear the dulcet tones of Barry White already. At the end, I thought Oliver was reading a book, but it looked more like a Journal - is topless journalling a thing now ?! " Dear Diary. My abs looked really good today...."

I`ve got a few of his early books but not that one. Have you tried using Google Books to type in the last couple of lines which you do have, and seeing if you can get those lines in situ ?

Impressive !

Are you off with flu ?

That`s filmed near I went to university - have you had the college ep yet ?

The river`s now out of the garden ; there was about 10cm of water, but the flood wall worked and the house is all dry - hurray !

New route for your Postie ? Grr - it`s rotten when books go missing.

On the plus side, being near a river means lots of lovely wildlife. And it`s safer for the cat ; she has a large play area.

No, it was a Cultural reference - I don`t know what Charlie Brown says in Dutch ?! There were rats about 15 years ago, when we had the worst flooding ( but that was in the area next to us - it was still scary enough though. ). We`ve now flooded up to the garden, and there are increasingly large puddles appearing. Gardens either side are all flooded and their pumps need to work fulltime, but ours is just going intermittently.

Have you read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance ?

My mind is boggled.

Thanks - I`ve just ordered Hourglass - it looks lovely.

I read it a while back and was disappointed that he never wrote any more whodunnits.

Free atm - The Red House Mystery- AA Milne - excellent whodunnit.

Hope you like it ! Flood drama. And if my apple trees don`t make it, I shall be saying rats.

Good grief ! He`s obviously just big boned. And well covered. What`s your furry family members name, Kylie ?

Rats - flooding on the way for Wednesday - the flood gate will have to go up here and my 3 new apple trees have only just been planted - boo !