Miscellany

Sometimes, during the week, there's something which catches my eye, perhaps a single picture, or a quirky view, a funny poem, anything at all really, which tickles my fancy but is not necessarily meaty enough to make a satisfying post.

So, methinks, what's wrong with bunging several things into the same post and calling it 'Miscellany'?

Early on, after the snow had gone, I found that the snowdrops, which had been

hiding since Christmas, had freed themselves from the icy constraints.

There are now three clumps proudly displaying their

pretty bells, the first harbingers of Spring.

Running my bath this morning,

I found that a spider had crawled up the drainpipe

during the night, only to find itself trapped in the bath.

Poor thing.

All that effort deserved better than just being flushed back

down again; So I took some toilet paper, slipped it under

the spider, which instantly clung to it, spun a few

silken strands and thanked me prettily, before

I opened the window and gently set it

on to the windowsill, there

to take its chance.

Dog Walkers' Convention.

Does anybody realize how hard it is to get six dogs to stand

still long enough to have their picture taken?

The one with the nose under the tail of the one in front is

actually a girl; there's no morals anywhere nowadays.

Even the girls are at it.

We had a sunny day this week,

ending in a pretty, particoloured, cotton wool sky.

The days are getting longer,

at a quarter to five today,

dusk was only an idea,

half-formed.

And to end today's medley,
I shall share with you what Beloved said,
when he came into my study and found me at my blog.

"awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock,
from a cheap and chippy chopper,
on a big black blo(ck)g"

When I stopped laughing, he explained

that this is a line in

Gilbert and Sullivan's

comic opera

'The Mikado'

describing the victim's state of mind seconds before the chopper chops.

P.S. 

What has caught your eye, what has tickled your fancy ? Do tell.


P.P.S. (added after reading the first three comments)


I would be happy for you to use the idea on your own blogs. I also meant to ask what has caught your eye in YOUR week.