PinTailDrake of Ember

I keep having these days when I feel I am not getting much of anything done. Today I did get as far as hauling the vacuum cleaner upstairs again and swizzling up the most egregious of the dust bunnies. It still needs work, though. I pursued my hypothetical plot line for this story a bit further. I got the extra box of lights that don't go on the Christmas tree down from the attic and tested them, and then strung them up outside. They go around the railing on one side of the porch, up and over the door, and then down the other side, and then they wrap around the bush that sits on the left side of the porch. I wasn't quite tall enough to get them to the top of the door, so I had to go get the footstool. Now everything is nice and sparkly! It was just above freezing, and I went out in my t-shirt and bare feet because I couldn't be bothered. It only occurred to me when I was halfway into it that it was rather cold. But it's fun to enjoy the contrast of freezing my toes and then skipping into the warm house to get cozy.

Meanwhile, the Sparrowhawk was cooking some bratwurst and chopping up salad. We warmed up the potato soup, and he also steamed some broccoli. (For the sake of harmony with the Germanic theme, we should call it Spargelkohl, even though I think most Germans probably call it Brokkoli.) Potato soup and sausage made a nice hot meal after capering around in the dusk barefoot. The sun didn't rise today until after eight. Thus the darkness keeps nibbling away the edges of the light. Impudently, we string our little sparks up in its teeth.