Barchester Chronicles, seedlings and drawing

Since I'm taking an enforced reluctant few days off from knitting, in the hope it will, along with exercising, ice and Advil, help calm my shoulder down, I'm needing to take my mind off it and find interesting things to occupy myself that don't involve using my hands.

So I've been watching movies, and yesterday was a marathon of the best ever TV production of

Great cast, seven episodes, horses, carriages,  interiors, costumes, wonderfully funny Trollope. I have a lot of his novels on my Kindle, and he's one of the most entertaining writers. 

The casting, from Alan Rickman as Slope, Nigel Hawthorne as the Archdeacon,  to Geraldine MacEwan as Mrs Proudie, Donald Pleasence as the Warden, his daughter Angela playing the Warden's daughter, and on and on. All star production, and true to the original novels it's adapted from.

If you haven't seen it, it's on YouTube, and read Trollope anyway, anything, he's unfailing.

Meanwhile a few seeds I saved from Misfits Roma plum tomatoes last year are germinating.

And if you're interested in drawing, here's a great diagram, with credit,  showing the proportions of the head in profile. I found it while searching for a movie. It's amazing into what a small area of our heads our facial features really fit. Say that again fast.

You could try your hand at a head drawing just from this information.

Yesterday's walk greeted the little rabbit, now surrounded by grass, not garbage like the city dump.

I take some credit here for my campaign to get it cleaned up, the current or maybe past, residents just throwing stuff over the fence instead of dumpstering it. 

Management responded, took away all the floor tiles, plastic fencing, drop cloths, rusted barbecues, and other debris, and restored it to an area where the landscapers can get in to mow again and where grass will return. 

And they've sternly informed the residents that this isn't acceptable. It's only in the last few years this has been happening . As of now it's staying clear, yay. It's a lovely greenway to walk again.

I walk there daily because it's shady in summer, sheltered from wind in winter. I wonder if the residents seeing me pass think I'm observing for the Board!

And here's an odd thing

A sun dial set up in the shade. I wonder if they realize it's a time keeper. Not  counting just the sunny hours, not counting any hours at all.

Happy day everyone, and let's keep finding bits of joy where we can. They add up.

Germination!

The Roma tomatoes have sprouted! This morning no sign, this afternoon a cast of thousands. The excitement is uncontained.

These were old seeds, not sure how they'd do. But,  as you see, they were undaunted.

 

Now to keep them alive. Damping off is the next challenge. But meanwhile I'm happy.