Off To Pick Up A Few Fish,

on my way out,

 I noticed that the rhododendrons in the garden of Foxgrove Lodge,

 were putting on a good show,

 I popped into Kingfisheries to pick up a few small fish,

nothing special, just a few guppies, (Poecilia reticulata), harlequin fish, (Trigonostigma heteromorpha), neon tetras, (Paracheirodon innesi), and a few others, I must mention we now have 2 panda catfish, (Corydoras panda), they are so cute, all low maintenance,

 Diana was at work, so a meal by myself,

 starting with a prawn cocktail,

 followed by a chicken korma and a butter chicken with rice, I did not have a dessert, I was too full! I spent the evening listening to music and reading,

 I am now up to page 117 in the book Lanark by Alasdair Gray, the prologue now finished and the start of book 1, later Diana called so off to the bus stop, feet up for a coffee and a chat and we were off to bed.

We Were Out Of Water,

for our marine aquarium,

 so off to the shop past the church, but first,

 a look into the town hall, as an exhibition was being held there,

 by the Beckenham Photographic Society, what a treat, so many stunning photographs, it put my humble efforts to shame!

 on to the bus stop, The Cosy Kitchen now up and running, I called into Kingfisheries Aquarium and picked up the RO water we use to top up the aquarium and home I went,

 in the evening a sherry,

 followed by my evening meal and a few glasses of red,

as I read a few more chapters of Lanark by Alasdair Gray, whilst listening to music,

towards midnight Diana called, so a walk to the bus stop, returning home it was feet up for a coffee and for us next we were off to bed.

Diana Did Not Have To Go To Work,

until late in the afternoon,

 so we spent the day pottering around the flat, after Diana left it was time for my evening meal, and to start a new book, so first a sherry,

 followed by a glass or three of red wine, 

and my meal for tonight? a slice of pumpernickel bread, topped with tuna, cucumber and tomatoes which then had a frozen lemon grated over the top of it, an apple for dessert, then time to listen to music and read, and my book for the evening,

Lanark by Alasdair Gray, 

as the back cover says, 'A Life In 4 Books', so I started with book 3, which is the first of the 4 books, 4 chapters in and I was quite enjoying the read, it was widely praised in the UK, and even received a good write up in the New York Times, the reviewer, John Crowley, finishes the review with this statement, 'it should be given every chance to reach those readers - for there will surely be some, and not all of them Scots - to whom it will be, for a short time or a lifetime, the one book they would not do without' praise indeed, towards midnight Diana arrived home, we watched a little cable television, then for us we were off to bed.

I Decided To Do A Little Maintenance,

on the aquarium,

 starting with a clean of the protein skimmer, and then the insides of the glass, I then had some really good news, a few months ago I started getting a pain in my left upper leg, eventually bad enough that it woke me up at night, so a few days ago I went to the doctors, where I was given an examination and with a printed out form told to to go straight away to the local hospital to have my upper leg X-rayed and a number of blood samples taken, results in 10 days, to say I was worried was an understatement, but 3 days later, today, I had a call form the doctor, nothing untoward was found, it seems that a number of nerves have decided for no apparent reason to make themselves felt, the x-rays and blood work showed no abnormalities, thank heavens for that! I have a rub jelly that hopefully will take care of the ache,

 so to celebrate it was off to the local supermarket,

where I stocked up with,

 several boxes of wine,

 in the evening it was time for a read,

 and a glass of sherry,

 for tonight's meal, a turkey salad, 

 'Cheers!',

 I then took a couple of photographs of the box fish, who has settled down really well, looking at me,

and side view,

 and here he is waiting for a feed,

between the regal tang and the flame angel,

 I continued reading Unlikely Stories, Mostly, but I have to admit I got a bit bogged down with Logopandocy, for a thesis of Alasdair Gray's work here is one by Bruce Graham Charlton MBBS, I decided to take a break from Alasdair Gray, and started another short story which I will make a separate post about, just after midnight Diana called to say she was on the bus home, so off to the bus stop, and in no time we were back home, where I gave her the good news about myself from the doctor, we had a quick nightcap and then for us we were off to bed.