Spring is just around the corner, right?

[jadesfire]

You know, the next person to tell me that Britain has a temperate climate is going to get a ding alongside the earhole.

*shakes water out of brain*

Good lord, it's wet this morning. white_hart, did you get caught in it? I was seriously contemplating going back for my snorkel.

As you might be able to tell, I'm starting to come out of my post-holiday funk and feel like posting and chatting and generally resuming something close to my general posting schedule, i.e. frequent, verbose and random. This is being helped by new fandom enthusiasm (I'm crushing hard on Criminal Minds right now and cannot wait to watch the next episode, knowing that I've still got 1 1/2 series to catch up on \o/ Expect more soon...) and a vague sense that I know where my current WIP wants to go.

Also, general_jinjur, who is of the awesome, has done it again and started a project that pushes every one of my fan-buttons. Last time it was amplificathon. This time it's in_a_name



All characters in any fandom who share a name are eligible for this appellathon. Prompts will open on 26th January, and posting of fanworks (of any kind whatsoever) will be March 20-29th. There's a wiki here to help you with inspiration, and full details of what on earth I'm talking about are here. I had said I'd only participate in 3 challenges this year, but this is the kind of thing I've been interested in for a while, so I might have to add one more to the list...

Also, don't forget that_other_show



People are starting to talk over there, so do head in and see what's going on!

And because I love teasing you, and I know you love them



I hope these people didn't mind our taking a picture of their door...



The Berbers build terraces into the sides of the mountain for farming. They grow most kinds of fruit trees, as well as maize and some vegetable crops. It's a hard life, although our guide assured us that life in the next valley - where they're snowed in for 5 months a year and have to take in provision by mule - is much harder.



Fruit stalls and Orange Juice Sellers fill the main square by day. The shape and size of the carts is regulated by law, so that they are 'authentically traditional. We were advised that tourists probably shouldn't drink the orange juice, as the sellers use the same water all day for rinsing their glasses!

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[in-the-bottle.livejournal.com]

We were advised that tourists probably shouldn't drink the orange juice, as the sellers use the same water all day for rinsing their glasses!

Easy solution to this problem: be the first customer. ;)

And seriously, I really wouldn't mind moving to Britain now. 36C today and so freakin' hot and dry that the skin on my hand's cracking. :(

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

Heh. that assumes they changed the water from the day before...

Oh hon, that's just unbearable. I am grateful we don't get that kind of thing...

[in-the-bottle.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming they might want to bring the bucket home or store it at the end of the day so it doesn't get stolen, so logically, they would've empty it before putting it away... logically.

Tuesday? It went up to 41C. Stepped out of the office for lunch and it was like... you know how you preheat your oven before baking/cooking, you open it and this wall of heat hits you in the face? It's exactly like that.