'Red sky at morning a shepherds warning'. If this old adage is true we must be in for a spectacular storm later today.
Back at home the sparrow hawk is sitting on the stone wall outside 'The Fonts' cabin. For the last three or four days the carefully tended bird feeders have remained untouched. All the smaller birds have sensibly decamped elsewhere for the duration of the sparrow hawks visit. The hawk is looking happy and well fed which may not be what the local vole population wants to hear.
A group of girl students are saying a tearful goodbye outside Starbucks. Two of them are off to Edinburgh airport on their way back to Toronto. The others have exams next week. The left behind ones are 'vocal' in expressing the unfairness of the exam timetable. The back of the girls airport cab is packed solid with more cases than you'd think possible.
The tree is up in the snug. It won't be moving even though it's unhelpfully pointed out that I've positioned it so the curtains won't close. The tree has already started to disgorge pine needles and the star on top requires 'work' to remedy the list it developed immediately after I put the step ladders back in the garage. It is supposed to be an eight footer but it gets impractically close to the ceiling beams which tells me it's closer to nine. We seem to have lost several boxes of baubles but they will undoubtedly reappear , as they always do, when I start to take the thing down.
We go into town for a pre-dinner walk. There is a peculiar emptiness to the place that tells you everyone is recharging their batteries ( and their wallets ) before the Christmas blow out. There are a few students sitting at tables outside the local bars but they have that killjoy ' I would have another drink but I've got a Particle Physics paper tomorrow ' air to them.
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What a beautiful sky, even if ominous. I was taught that same saying as "red sky in the morning, sailors take warning," and I think I believe it. Your link finally prompted me to try and figure out what was wrong with the Calibri font, and the amazing thing is that the switch to Calibri actually was a DEI recommendation, as a sans serif font is easier on people with visual problems. Calibri is pretty standard at law firms, and I'd always thought of it as just a nice clean font that looks more modern than Times New Roman.
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The red sky here yesterday morning proved the rhyme, and it's still raging outside today. Love your tree and enjoyed the font party vid... and have been a fan of Mari Boine for some time - I love that festive wedding clip. YAM xx
A dusting of sticky snow here in DC this morning. Thanks for the delightful moments in your corner of the world.
The first two pictures are beauties. The typeface link was fun; I've always been fond of Century Gothic.
The typeface article is hilarious. I vote for sans serif regardless of font…not to be confused with “The Font” who I’m sure wants to keep her feet. The article on the decline of Russian railroads is unfortunate for the rurals in the Urals and beyond. It’s a lifeline for them. However, if its decline furthers collapse of the Russian economy, then my hope is that it happens sooner rather than later for Ukraine’s sake. As for negotiations discussed in the Substack link, the USA should adopt a policy of “never send a realtor to do a diplomat’s job”.
Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. Red sky at night, sailors take fright. I'm a pessimist at heart.
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