Such cold, dreary winter days…

I just fed the dogs and have sat down here to write a post. The cockatoos are finished for the day and flying around the yard. We are on the flight path to the mountain but it is too cold up there now so they tend to stop and sleep at night in trees around here. 

They visit our bird bath each night for a long drink of water. I really enjoy watching them.  

Mr P is in Canada visiting family for awhile yet so it’s just me and the two dogs, Ollie and Peannie (Peanut) and the two cats, Grizzy and Pickles. 

I spent the afternoon editing some fungi photos I’ve taken over the last year or so. We have a fungi folder to share at our next photo club meeting. Everyone and their brother is out taking photos of fungi in Tasmania every year from autumn into winter. The more rain the more fungi. I’ll share them here.

I had my book group meeting last week. Only a couple of us didn’t care for A Little Trickery by Rosamund Pike. I am surprised so many really enjoyed it. Sometimes I just don’t get it. I was bored to tears with it but it absolutely has a following so who knows what I missed. Not that it matters. I’ve started a very short novella by Robert Louis Stevenson called Oglala. I love the imagery on this little novella. I’m coming up on half way through it. 

Olalla is a Gothic novella by Robert Louis Stevenson about a wounded British army officer who recovers in the isolated home of a noble Spanish family. He falls in love with the mysterious and intelligent Oglala, but gradually discovers that her family is burdened by a dark hereditary curse that threatens both their future and his own.  It has psychological tension, romance and horror. The story explores themes of inherited evil, self-control, fate and the struggle between human instinct and moral choice.

I am enjoying it so far. I chose it because it has been on my Kindle for ages and though I don’t remember downloading this book I thought I’d read some of the back log of kindle books. I remember at one time I did download quite a few old classic books as they are free. So I have a stockpile of them.

The book I’m listening to in the evenings while working on my puzzles is the new one by David Sedaris.  It is called The Land and its People. I’m reading this as David Sedaris is coming to the Theatre Royal again in January to discuss this latest book of his.  He makes me laugh like no other author. He has such a wit and such ridiculously funny stories. I have enjoyed his older books that include so much of his family. But several of his family members have passed away so he has moved on a bit. His parents are both gone and two of his sisters passed away. He is so good at going through his day and then writing about what happened during that day that just makes you laugh. I really like him. 

Well, that is all that is happening around here. As you can see not a lot is happening. There is a book launch coming up at the end of the week that should be interesting. More on that later. 

Have a good week everyone.  

Question of the week:   What type of books make you really laugh. Or do you just not read funny books? Lol.