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nineveh_ukI badly want to make a 1920s style evening frock out of this fabric. One of those straightish hanging from the shoulders tunic things, with a slip underneath. That said, I really ought not to be buying fabric at the moment; sewing is displacement activity that distracts me from important things like writing, and, at the moment, packing.
A week today I shall be moving to Oxford. Help! I fear I shall be spending this weekend in the office frantically tidying up. I feel as if I am being repeatedly hit in the face with a spade. Yes as I panic about the amount of stuff I have to do before I leave, it occurs to me that as I leave it, I finally have some nice things to say about Cambridge. So for once I shall say them.
- The climate. Oh! Those glorious summers. Yes, I know it's global warming, but they haven't been having weather like that in Leeds. And anyone who complains about the cold east wind in Cambridge has never lived on even a small hill.
- That in certain months of the year locally-grown asparagus and strawberries form the basics of a cheap meal.
- The Haunted Bookshop. All your Chalet School needs fulfilled. Also Galloway and Porter, which sells off damaged stock from publishers. I shall miss them both; my purse won't.
- Friends, some colleagues and not others.
- The fast train to London and going to the theatre after work. Fortunately there’s a fast train from Oxford to London, too.
- My walk to work. Not only do I not have a car (though I can drive), I don’t have a bike. I therefore have a 25 minute walk twice a day, and it is beautiful. I go past the Botanic Gardens, where I am still entranced by mistletoe (we don’t have it in the north) and where the wildlife provides endless entertainment. Which leads me to,
- The urban wildlife. No doubt there are places in Canada and Norway where elk and bear roam the streets (and don't have rabies). However whilst I’ve only ever seen one hedgehog and one fox in all my years here, I have also seen deer, kingfishers, followed the progress of many a duckling and moorhen chick (like little black pom-poms), identified the furry beastie swimming in the drained college swimming pool as a watervole, spotted a swimming grass snake on a hot day walking home, and last week, a hare on my way back from the supermarket (no it was not a rabbit). Not a bad haul.
- The University Library. It’s horrible inside; fortunately it allows borrowing.
A week today I shall be moving to Oxford. Help! I fear I shall be spending this weekend in the office frantically tidying up. I feel as if I am being repeatedly hit in the face with a spade. Yes as I panic about the amount of stuff I have to do before I leave, it occurs to me that as I leave it, I finally have some nice things to say about Cambridge. So for once I shall say them.
- The climate. Oh! Those glorious summers. Yes, I know it's global warming, but they haven't been having weather like that in Leeds. And anyone who complains about the cold east wind in Cambridge has never lived on even a small hill.
- That in certain months of the year locally-grown asparagus and strawberries form the basics of a cheap meal.
- The Haunted Bookshop. All your Chalet School needs fulfilled. Also Galloway and Porter, which sells off damaged stock from publishers. I shall miss them both; my purse won't.
- Friends, some colleagues and not others.
- The fast train to London and going to the theatre after work. Fortunately there’s a fast train from Oxford to London, too.
- My walk to work. Not only do I not have a car (though I can drive), I don’t have a bike. I therefore have a 25 minute walk twice a day, and it is beautiful. I go past the Botanic Gardens, where I am still entranced by mistletoe (we don’t have it in the north) and where the wildlife provides endless entertainment. Which leads me to,
- The urban wildlife. No doubt there are places in Canada and Norway where elk and bear roam the streets (and don't have rabies). However whilst I’ve only ever seen one hedgehog and one fox in all my years here, I have also seen deer, kingfishers, followed the progress of many a duckling and moorhen chick (like little black pom-poms), identified the furry beastie swimming in the drained college swimming pool as a watervole, spotted a swimming grass snake on a hot day walking home, and last week, a hare on my way back from the supermarket (no it was not a rabbit). Not a bad haul.
- The University Library. It’s horrible inside; fortunately it allows borrowing.
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Date: 2007-02-18 04:49 pm (UTC)