WTF-Beta

I used to like the artistic skating though it has become lots of triple jumps and spins.
Missed most of it this time!

I just can't get enthusiastic for any of it, and I feel as it's The Olympics I ought to.
Seen bits of skiing, shooting, and then there's the curling .
Not even the jumping or ice hockey. None of it.
Am I getting old, or is it because they're wrapped up in five layers and it seems impersonal?
It's been more like watching darts, or snooker.

A brown creeper!
I had to search, anticipating some toilet humour, instead got lots of running shoes

Lovely forest birds, ours is called a treecreeper and looks identical to me. Usually shy, always seems to favour the hidden side of a tree.

Jon I'm sending you to sit on the naughty stairs, you naughty boy

Interesting, but Putin is clearly the most dangerous person on the planet, covertly and openly killing opposition to his megalomania.

@wtg
Thanks, Nero Wolfe looks interesting; copyright-banned over here but the archive link works.

I'm currently watching House (MD) starring Hugh Lawrie.
On series 2 episode 4. So that's 26 out of 176 seen.
It's 20 years old and is fresh to rewatch.

Incidentally in the first series he is shown in his home with a Sohmer piano. Laurie does play well of course.

If they aren't busy then next time I'll ask for a peek inside for more data!

Yes it was lower to the ground. I suppose a wealthy family could have had it made.

Btw, it played, no makers name, not for sale. Notes written on the keys.

I came across this in a sofa showroom as a prop, would this have been made for a child?

Durand-Brager

These I love and would buy, the sea, sky, and a cutter. Imagine them on walls around your dining table.

Reds here are cute with their ear tufts.
Bit of a generalisation but our Greys are pests

I think Audi call it Dark Green?

It was minus 3 here early yesterday morning, and our 9 month old border collie was sat in an inch of snow crunching the thick ice off the top of our bird bath

This short video brought a smile
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1DE9uX2PnD/

I'd love to see a red in our garden, we're on the border of grey/red populations and have neither.
What squirrels are local to you?

Ok.

Regarding a car...
You really need a car?
Sucks the money out of your bank account. If that money helps towards your property, might be worth considering taking taxis...

Can you afford a small freehold house? Asking as I don't know the US market.

Flats in UK can be a pain.
Even when bought they now are often at the mercy of costly building maintenance firms, and even have extra floors added by builders.
And multiple neighbours.
The fewer the better.

Checking my books you're correct, its Sarah.
Of the three books I have on Cornish, perhaps the best is 'The Quintessential Cornish' by Mcmanners & Wales which includes intimate family subjects, for example this

Looking forward to others sharing, there's so much art I don't know

I nearly bought these two sketches last year on first sight. Fool & his money...
Went back for them the next week and they'd gone