Month: September 2016

Murder At The Leopard*

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There’s no Spin today as the studio is closed for Staff Training.  So walk down to the station with Dad and the panther, aiming to catch the train to my gym so can lift some weights.  When we arrive, all the trains have been cancelled due to a fault on the line.  So trudge home, despondent.

“Ah, you can come out for a walk with me,” Mum says, grinning, when I arrive home.  “Five minutes.”

Mum has got me a Present: a rainbow-leopard-print top.  Can never have enough rainbow leopard print clothes.  So I put it on – see attached photo.

We go for a walk with Mum’s tennis partner and her Labrador.  It is a hardcore walk: over an hour across fields and so on.  Am exhausted when we return, but has been nice going for a proper country walk with an actual dog person.  

Achievements of the day:

1.  Walk to and from station – 20 minutes.  See my silver Standard Poodle chum and we have a cuddle.  He is so soft and fluffy.

2.  Walk around fields with Mum, Mum’s tennis partner and Labrador: 60 minutes.

3.  Body Scan meditation but can’t sleep.

4.  Double walk around the block: 30 minutes.

5.  Sit in the garden in the sunshine with Mum and the fluffy monster.

Now am back in bed writing this and sipping a Diet Coke.  Had better have a bath before supper but am exhausted after all that walking.

Happy Friday everyone!
*2012.  By R.M. Vassari.  Murder mystery novel set in 13th century Sicily.

Death Is A Silent Room*

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Sitting up in bed.  Have completed all the day’s activities.  Have a bit of a cold and headache and nausea.  The panther is curled at the bottom of my bed, dozing, head resting on his front paws.  It’s sunny outside: it’s been a nice day for walks and so on.

Achievements of the day:

1.  Push self hard at Spin – see attached outfit photo.

2.  Wash self and Spin clothes and hang them outside to dry in the sunshine.

3.  Watch The Bruce Partington Plans with Dad.

4.  Double walk around the block – 30 minutes.

5.  Body scan meditation but can’t sleep.

6.  Walk up to the cows.  They’re in the second field.  Here they are:


See a jay up at the cows so that’s good.  He doesn’t stop for a photo, sadly: taking off from the grass in a flash of peach, blue and black.

Soon it will be suppertime.  Am going to talk to Mum and see if can do anything to help.

Happy Thursday everyone!
*1965.  By Jay Bennett.  Detective fiction novel.

The Murderer Is A Fox*

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Really can’t be bothered to walk up to the cows, I think as I take the first few steps down the road.  Am wearing my pyjama bottoms, secret support pink vest top and a pink adidas zip-up sweater.  It’s been a gorgeous sunny day but now at 4.10pm the sky is grey.  Hauling myself down the road, zipping my sweater up, I trudge beside the panther.

Suddenly there’s a flash of orange: it’s a fox crossing the road in front of me.  Scampering across the road, he disappears into a nearby garden.  When I reach the garden I look for him but he’s vanished.  Still: that was worth leaving the house to see, I think.  Looking up, I see a flock of Canada geese fly overhead – long necks stretched out.

The cows are in the second field when I get there.  Here they are:


Other achievements of the day include:

1.  Work hard at Spin, averaging 80% effort.  Show you:


Spin outfit is in the attached photo.

2.  Wash self and Spin clothes and hang them out in the garden to dry.

3.  Double walk around the block: 30 minutes.

4.  Accompany Mum to the garden centre and then back to the farm to buy vegetables.

5.  “Show them the pond”, Mum says.  Here it is:


We’re expecting some dinosaurs to visit – that’s why there are horsetails for them to eat.

6.  Body Scan meditation but don’t sleep.

7.  Walk up to the cows and back – 40 minutes.

8.  Brush the fluffy monster, removing the grass seeds from his mane.

9.  Paint nails last night.  Show you:


Happy Wednesday everyone!
*1945.  By Ellery Queen.  Mystery novel set in the imaginary town of Wrightsville, USA.

In Search Of The Okapi*

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The female okapi is right up by the fence, eating.  Am able to snap a couple of photos of her.  Can see her black tongue.  Look how beautiful she is:


Am at the Zoo with Mum and a friend and her mum and baby.  The panther stares at the okapi – no doubt thinking what a good lunch she’d make for him.

We see the giraffes:


And the lions in their new enclosure:


And spend some time watching the penguins:


Now am back at the parentals, writing this sitting up in bed.  The panther lies next to me, head resting on his front paws, eyes closed.

Other achievements of the day include:

1.  Push self hard at Spin – see attached outfit photo.

2.  Wash self and Spin clothes and hang them outside to dry.

3.  Spend most of the day walking around the Zoo.

4.  Cuddle the fluffy monster.

5.  Body scan meditation but can’t sleep.

Am exhausted after the day’s exertions.  Am going to read my book and wait for supper.

Happy Tuesday everyone!
*1904.  By Ernest Glanville.  Lost race adventure novel: “Cave-dwelling demon women encountered in Africa.”

The Adventure Of The Devil’s Foot*

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It’s all very well it being sunny now, I think, looking out of the window at the blue sky.  Have just dragged myself into the village and back (40 minutes) and got caught in a shower.  Ah well.  

The fluffy monster has come in for the evening and is resting on a chair.  Just look at his fluffiness:


Achievements of the day:

1.  Walk to gym (15 minutes).

2.  Bump into my trainer at the gym who helps me load 150kg onto the leg press.  Do 4 sets.  Also do 4 sets of everything else.  See attached gym outfit photo.

3.  Catch train to parentals.

4.  Watch The Devil’s Foot with Dad.

5.  Do Body Scan with the fluffy monster but can’t sleep.

6.  Walk into village and back (40 minutes) even though don’t feel like it.

7.  Wash self.

8.  Cuddle and photograph the world’s best fluffy monster.

Now am snuggled up with the panther under my furry blanket on the sofa.  We are waiting for supper.  The weather has turned cold but we’re not allowed the heating on as, according to Dad, it’s still summer.

Happy Monday everyone!
*1910.  By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes story published in the collection His Last Bow.

Murder In The Wind*

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Outside in the garden, the wind rustles through the leaves.  It’s 3.03pm.  Have done my Body Scan meditation a couple of times but can’t sleep.  Have a Headache so am working my way through a pint of lemon squash in case am dehydrated.  

Am back at the flat for the night to fend for self in The Wild.  Sitting up in bed, I sip my drink.  Through my net curtains, can see that the sky is blue and the sun is shining.  Soon am going to walk up to the park to see the lemurs, coatis and kookaburras.  

The panther stretches out next to me.  There’s plenty of room for him here in the king size bed, but he rests his head on my shoulder and breathes into my face.  His breath smells of rotting meat.

Achievements of the day include:

1.  Push self hard at Spin whilst wearing New Shorts – see attached photo.

2.  Wash self, hair and Spin clothes and hang them outside to dry.  Hope parentals will bring them inside if it starts raining.

3.  Make cottage cheese, spinach and avocado salad for lunch once am at the flat.  Eat it.

4.  Body Scan meditation but can’t sleep.

Now will walk up to the park – 45 minutes – around the park to see the animals and home – another 45 minutes.  Am looking forward to an Early Night.  Tomorrow will go to my gym and lift some weights…

Happy Sunday everyone!
*1956.  By John D. MacDonald.  “A group of people are isolated in a house by a hurricane.  A murder and the suspicions which follow tear the group apart.”

Walking Into Murder*

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Am sitting up in bed, my pillows turned round to make a throne-back behind me.  The panther stretches out next to me, along the length of my body.  His tail dangles over the end of the bed.

Am just back from a walk into the village and back (40 minutes) and have returned to bed to write this.  It’s 4.31pm.  The parentals have been out all day and so has the fluffy monster, although he popped in to stuff down some lunch before returning to his patrolling.

Am exhausted and have a headache.  Have taken a Nurofen and am drinking some water, in case am dehydrated, although don’t see how I can be as drink water all the time. Anyway – here are today’s achievements:

1.  Work really hard at Spin – see graph.  Average effort is 80%.  Pleased with self:


Spin outfit photo with The Boss is attached.

2.  Make and consume The Omelette for lunch.

3.  Wash self and Spin clothes and hang them outside to dry in the sunshine.

4.  Double walk around the block: 30 minutes.

5.  Body Scan meditation and rest but can’t sleep.

6.  Read a chapter of Three Sisters, Three Queens.

7.  Walk into village and back: 40 minutes.

The Times today is all full of articles about how-good-for-you-walking-is, so ought to be in peak mental and physical condition by now, rather than collapsed in bed with headache.  Ah well: KBO – Keep Buggering On…

Happy Saturday everyone!
*2010.  By Joan Dahr Lambert.  Book 1 in the Professor Laura Morland mystery series.

The Adventure Of The Six Napoleons*

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When I arrive at the cows, three of the calves are right up by the fence.  Show you:


I say hello to them.  By my side, the panther stares at them with amber eyes, no doubt thinking about how tasty they’d be.

It’s 17 degrees when we set off for the cows but the sun is strong and it feels warmer.  Am wearing my sleepwear and a fleece of Mum’s tied round my waist, in case I get cold.

Now am back in my bedroom.  The panther lies on the floor, dozing after our walk.  His eyes are closed and his head rests on his front paws.

Am drinking a Diet Coke with a slice of lime.

Achievements of the day:

1.  Work hard at Spin – see attached outfit photo.

2.  Wash self and Spin clothes and hang them outside to dry in the sunshine.

3.  Watch The Six Napoleons.

4.  Walk into the village with Dad after lunch to buy lemon squash and milk.  Carry them home: 40 minutes.

5.  Body Scan and rest but don’t sleep.

6.  Continue reading Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory.  Am enjoying it.

7.  Walk up to the cows and back – 40 minutes – as mentioned earlier.

8.  Watch the fluffy monster climb up and down a tree.  Clever fluffy monster.

Right: must bring clothes in from the garden and see if Mum needs any help making supper.

Happy Friday everyone!
*1904.  By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. One of thirteen stories in the cycle collected as The Return Of Sherlock Holmes.

The Man With The Twisted Lip*

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It’s 5.17pm and I’m sitting up in bed writing this, because I can with the new wifi extension.  The panther is lying next to me, his head resting on my thighs.  Stroking his head, I look back over the day’s events.

1.  Push self hard at Spin – see attached outfit photo.

2.  Wash self and Spin clothes and hang them outside to dry.  Although have to bring them in when it starts raining.

3.  Take Dad on double-walk-round-the-block: 40 minutes due to an interruption…

4.  …encounter the fluffy monster sauntering down the road away from us.  Pick him up, whisper “lunch” into his furry ear, carry him home, feed him, return to Dad and the walk.

5.  Watch The Man With The Twisted Lip with Dad.  It’s one of my favourite Sherlock Holmes stories.  Urge you to read it, if you’ve never done so.

6.  Body scan meditation and sleep.

7.  Walk up to the cows with Mum – 45 minutes.  They’re in the first field.  Show you:


Am exhausted from all the walking and have a headache for some reason.  On the plus side, have just had a cuddle with my fluffy monster.

Happy Thursday everyone!
*1891.  By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock Holmes detective story first published in the Strand magazine.  Conan Doyle ranked it sixteenth in his list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories.  It’s the sixth of the twelve stories collected as The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes.

The Starlight Barking*

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It’s 4.31pm.  Mum has just returned home and we’re sitting on the terrace, soaking up the remains of the sunshine.  The fluffy monster was here with us, but as I crawl along the ground to snap a photo of him, he saunters off into the hedge and has now disappeared.  

The panther lies on the floor at my feet, head resting on his front paws, eyes closed.  Every so often he twitches an ear.  Perhaps he’s dreaming.

A blue tit perches on the fat ball feeder, pecking at a fat ball, head bobbing up and down.

Mum is reading Times 2 and eating vegetable soup out of a cup with a spoon.  Two doors away, a dog starts barking and other dogs further away join in in response.  Wonder what they are telling each other.  A helicopter roars as it passes overhead.

Achievements of the day:

1.  Push self hard at Spin – see attached outfit photo.

2.  Wash self and Spin clothes and hang them outside to dry in the sunshine.

3.  Watch The Abbey Grange with Dad.

4.  Walk to the village and back with Dad – 40 minutes.

5.  Do Body Scan meditation a couple of times and rest but can’t sleep.

6.  Walk double circuit of the block – 30 minutes.

Our pair of collared doves are sitting together on the top of the swinging bench.  They’re so pretty. Now a robin has landed on the fat ball feeder and pecks at a ball.

Happy Wednesday everyone!
*1967.  By Dodie Smith.  Sequel to The Hundred and One Dalmatians.  Children’s fiction novel.