Itβs been over a week since it snowed. Everything lower down in the valley has completely melted but itβs still a different (cold!) world when you enter our garden.

Strictly Ballroom, 1992 - β β β Β½
Watched on Sunday January 22, 2023.
π΅ My Top weekly artists: Arte Dei Suonatori, Rachel Podger (18), Sleaford Mods (14), Kae Tempest (12), Golschmann, Columbia SO, Gould (9) & London Symphony Chorus, Leonard Bernstein & London Symphony Orchestra (5) via tweekly.fm
Spritzes and crosswords in the snow.

πΊ Inspector Morse : Deceived by Flight
De-icing again, still canβt get the car to the top of our drive.

Snowy morning
Ian Mason
Snowy morning
Location check in πΊ β Sonny Stores, Bristol
π Zoom in
π¦ π Time Machine
The Last Samurai, 2003 - β β β
Watched on Monday January 16, 2023.
π Sadly in Merthyr Retail Park
Sunday morning. I donβt usually let our cat sleep next to my desk - the shed hair becomes an annoyance π
This morning she persisted, probably because nobody else is up and the bedroom doors are shut. I gave up trying to discourage her. Wonβt be for long though π π€

π΅ My Top weekly artists: Jake Blount (63), The Animals (14), Raffaele Grimaldi (8), Anna Friederike Potengowski (1) & Anna Friederike Potengowski & Georg Wieland Wagner (1) via tweekly.fm
Finished reading: The Art of Just Sitting: Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of Shikantaza edited by John Daido Loori π
Finished reading: Ten Poems about Music: The Blue Album introduced by Cerys Matthews π
Additional fact from the book ππ΅ :
John Cage’s composition As Slow as Possible began being played in St Burchardi’s Church, Germany in 2001 and is scheduled to end in the year 2640.
π΅ My Top weekly artists: Jake Thackray (55), Fontaines D.C. (49), Slow Club (18), PJ Harvey (14) & Georges Brassens (13) via tweekly.fm
Bar 44, Clifton, Bristol. Excellent tapas π·

Location check in πΊ β The Quadrant, Clifton. Tribute πΊ
π Zoom in
Traffic delays and rainbows π

π£οΈ Motorwaying to Bristol to pick up my daughter and have a late lunch in Clifton.
π Tinkering with web design (again) πΈοΈ
Finished reading: On Connection by Kae Tempest π
Grey and rainy day in Aberdare βοΈ

π Preparing bread
β° Early morning Bank Holiday of course