Saturday, September 13, 2008

Housewarming in interesting times

Welcome to the new home.

As I write this, the sun's setting on a perfect Adelaide spring day and the jasmine and banksia roses have been coaxed into bloom by the warmth of the sun. As ever, the house needs vacuuming. The inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction has just been won by a novelist I'd never heard of till yesterday. There's more new chaos in the NSW government. Galveston is being washed away as we speak by a hurricane as big as Texas, there are elections coming up in the US and New Zealand, the US equivalent of Pauline Hanson has a realistic chance of becoming the most powerful person in the world, and any minute we might all be sucked into a black hole.

Time for a new blog. I'll go and open the champagne.

18 comments:

Anthony said...

"As I write this, the sun's setting on a perfect Adelaide spring day and the jasmine and banksia roses have been coaxed into bloom by the warmth of the sun. As ever, the house needs vacuuming. The inaugural Prime Minister's Literary Award..."

Ditto for Melbourne, although "perfect" might be stretching it given the strength of the north-nor'westerly. And in my garden this evening it's the scent jasmine and port wine magnolia, not jasmine and banksia.

Otherwise, am I the first to post a comment on the new blog? If so, let joy be unconfined! I'll take the rest of the week off to celebrate.

Kerryn Goldsworthy said...

Wow, that was quick! You are indeed the first, Anthony, and welcome. Don't mind me while I tweak the colours and fonts and pix and so on.

Elsewhere007 said...

Happy housewarming!

(I'm hung over already.)

Ampersand Duck said...

Phew, I'm glad you kept the 'Pavlov' bit for your handle. I don't know if I could have coped with calling you 'SLWC' or 'SL[e]W Cat'. Still, nice bit of spring-cleaning, I must say. Good on you. now I just have to work out how to change you on Bloglines.

lucy tartan said...

It was a great day for drying washing, today. I could use a drink of somthing bubbly.

lucy tartan said...

Frist typo!

ThirdCat said...

Here, I brought you a bottle of sparkling red. Fox Creek of course.

Kerryn Goldsworthy said...

Oh my. Awesome housewarming present there, 3C.

Sparkling red for all? I know there's a box of champers flutes somewhere in one of these tea chests.

Suse said...

I had wine at lunch time and another glass at dinner, so what the hell, I've have another for the road.

Happy housewarming PC!

ps. word verif is bkworm!

GS said...

Spring in definitely here - I put a bottle of rosé in the fridge today! Hope you like your new home, glad you kept the cats.

tigtog said...

Hey, nice new digs!

I'm already squiffy, so I'll just have the sparkling mineral water thanks.

Cheers to the Chat Feroce!

Barry Leiba said...

На здоровье!

And as to the sign: I have one on my ’fridge that says, “CHAT LUNATIQUE”. In my cat's case, I think it suits.

Penthe said...

Congrats on the new location. Yesterday was a perfect spring day here, and today is even better because the rain is bucketing down on the garden.

Pen (who has returned to her blog)

j-ster said...

Spring has sprung, out with the old and in with the more suitable. Congratulations on your move!

Anonymous said...

Got a horrible fright for a mo...then found the two most important words in English - "over here." And over there I shall.

Anonymous said...

Can I use your loo?

Kerryn Goldsworthy said...

In cyberspace no-one can hear you tinkle.

No, I can't believe I just said that either.

Unknown said...

I'm the person who shows up late, picks through what's left of the horses divers, and then proceeds to fall asleep on the lounge while the party still rages on...