Cats and dogs

I give thanks for a trip to the pictures...in a mini theatre in the next little seaside town (no extra clues needed there for Liz I'm sure), £5.50 a seat and only £1 for tea in a cup and saucer! The film was OK, making sanitized family fun out of a moving but darker true story, but what fascinated me was that though they managed to find a good actor for the lead, despite all the trained cat doubles they had in the wings, it was only the real cat who could reproduce some of his particular traits, so he ended up playing himself a lot of the time. All doting owners think their pets are special I'm sure, and even sceptical science has started to reveal how much more 'like us' other animals are however, just like 'us' there are always going to be some who are brighter, more aware...or capable of communicating their awareness (this is where the lingering academic in me wants to add a proper bracketed reference or two, but here's an intellectually undemanding internet link instead
http://www.classicfm.com/composers/bach/news/goldfish-can-recognise-classical-music/ )

I give thanks for how relaxed going out in the evening usually is round here, the rowdiest thing last night being big waves crashing on the beach. For thinking (as usual) I must do this more often...even though I hardly ever do because, of course, it's so much nicer doing it with other people. For coming home and attempting to muster the ingredients for instant trifle but, finding no cream or ready made custard, pouring advocaat over fruit in jelly and sponge instead. Alcohol is not my specialised subject as you know but I get the impression brandy is a bit stronger than sherry...

I give thanks for squeezing my earplugs in especially snugly. I'm not adverse to a bit of a tinkle now and then but a neighbour has installed a tinny windchime in one of the gardens below - I suspect the woman with high pitched voice and matching terrier. I give thanks when I had a dog, though he was quite small and cute (cocker spaniel) he had a deep toned big dog bark...and when I had a wind chime it was very large, made of bamboo...and indoors!

I give thanks for a warm bun for breakfast, and some leftover roasted pepper pasta with salad and garlic bread for a late lunch...eaten with my fingers cos when you live by yourself you can! For a long strenuous stint as an ice warrior in between, the freezer being reclaimed, the contents surviving unscathed in their carefully constructed insulated nest...and the motor starting up straight away when I switched it back on. Phew!

For a knuckle gnawing race finish and a new flying Finn on top of the podium (I've mentioned my prediliction before I'm sure) For receiving the preview of the marketing details for my flat. It looks very nice to me...but I guess I'm probably biased. For the heavy rain being mercifully brief as I've done enough water bearing for today...