Nocturnal Perambulations

I'm getting a bit of a late start on my blogging today. I didn't wake up until almost 7 a.m. and then I did a couple of things to get the day going -- checked the garden cam, started some laundry, made coffee, unpacked the dishwasher. Anyway, I'm here now!

I woke up in the middle of the night and had a wander around the flat, which I occasionally do. It's not that anything is bothering me or that I can't sleep for any serious reason -- I usually just need a drink of water. While I was up I took these photos of the streetlights in the dining room, and the view out the window. I like the peacefulness of the house and neighborhood at night. Occasionally when I look out the window at the street I see a fox trotting along the pavement, but I didn't see one this time.

Remember how I just washed the windows a couple of months ago? Well, urban life has speckled them with grime once again. They look OK in daylight so it will be a while before I give them another cleaning. I have higher priorities.

Once again I've had a busy week and I've fallen behind on everything not work-related. I did manage to get my UK passport application mailed off, so hopefully I'll have my new passport in a couple of weeks. And I scheduled the delivery of our new couch on Oct. 2, and contracted with the council to pick up our old one on Sept. 29. (This is assuming Dave and I can get it out to the street!) For a couple of evenings in between, I suppose I'll be sitting on the floor next to Dave's recliner, like a pet.

I haven't mentioned it until now but the head of the Art Department at school has pulled together another faculty/staff/parent art show. You may remember I entered last year's, so she came to me a few weeks ago and asked if I wanted to enter a piece once again. Unfortunately I've been too busy to give much thought to my options, never mind get something printed and framed, so I took the easy route and submitted a photo I took back in 2014 and had already framed in the library. You can see it, along with the rest of the art show, in the video above -- mine is the "Mr. Scissor Hands" picture. (This one.)

Once again, I'm impressed by the creativity in our community. There are a lot of photographs this year, but also pottery, sculpture, painting and textile art. The video gives a general overview, and I conclude on perhaps my favorite piece, an embroidered picture of an Edwardian building where the artist lives.

Today I'm going to finish "City of Night" if it kills me. I'm just not able to read during the week and although I like this book I want it done.