“Nice? It’s the only thing,” said the Water Rat solemnly as he leant forward for his stroke. “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing—absolute nothing—half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Simply messing,” he went on dreamily: “messing—about—in—boats; messing about in boats — or with boats. In or out of ’em, it doesn’t matter…”
Yesterday the weather was so nice that in the afternoon I simply “messed about”.
Achieving little things but in no particular order. Tinkering. Drifting from job to job in a gentle haze. Of course at feeding-out time I popped my brain back into ‘wild cat’ mode. But for those few hours it was nice to puddle about, just doing stuff.
I blame the sun.
Wonderful stuff – sunlight.
I hope you have a good day.
Today, I drive over to the farm of the man who sells my pork for me. He has just finished all his winter meetings with the chefs so I look forward to more info and ideas. I have no idea where I am going – hoping Aunty Google will help me.
Actually – Have a great day.
Love celi
WEATHER: Windy and sunny and warm.
Friday 01/26 0% / 0 in
Windy and becoming cloudy during the afternoon. High 52F. Winds S at 20 to 30 mph.
Friday Night 01/26 20% / 0 in
Overcast skies and windy. Slight chance of a rain shower. Low 39F. Winds SSW at 20 to 30 mph.
Sun
7:08 am 5:02 pm
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 68% visible 12:32 pm 1:52 am
The Kitchen's Garden 
22 responses to “SIMPLY MESSING”
You should see my smile . . . Water Rat was one of the first characters I ‘met’ when messing about trying to learn the ruddy English language as a migrant child . . . hope the meeting was productive . . . .
I love wind in the willows- it is so terribly English
Water Rat? I need to look that one up.
Wind in the willows
Cecilia, your post and pictures reminded me of “Whittington,” an Alan Armstrong novel based on the legend of Dick Whittington and his cat. I have such good memories from reading the book growing up. Your picture of the orange cat immediately reminded me of that. Your pictures are so lovely!