Darling, let's survive till it's summer

[sovay]

For Valentine's Day, rushthatspeaks and I hung out on the talkie window in lieu of having a car and spatch and I went out in the freezing sunset before we lost the light on the slope of the hill we now live on. I photographed moss, sunset, lichen and snow, and he took a picture of me after dinner.



I love the moss that roofs the neighbors' garage. Autolycus in the summer watched the Bird Theater it attracted.



Bracken in miniature in the last of the light.



Taken from Tesla Avenue, which is at a right angle to Edison.



We found some of yesterday's snow! It matched the lichen.



After the walk, after dinner.

Rob has a sinus infection and has been self-medicating with the television comedies of David Croft. So far Hi-de-Hi! (1980–88) has introduced me to some of the most disastrous public speaking since the Market Snodsbury prize-giving, Oh, Doctor Beeching! (1995–97) through the transitive properties of filk earwormed me with music-hall, and I can't believe no one has ever informed me that You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–93) contains, in addition to some surprisingly sharp politics, a fabulous butch. As of the latest episode, she's joined a new golf club, the old one having been stuffy about her plus-fours: "Much younger set. They don't mind girls in the bar, chaps can wear suede shoes, and you don't have to be a gentile."

Comments

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, nice photos!

And, heh, I'm very fond of Hi-de-hi! It's surprisingly bleak at times for such a daft comedy set in a holiday camp. (Have you seen the clip with the pantomime horse yet?)

in addition to some surprisingly sharp politics, a fabulous butch.

Gifs of Cissy! I was a little too young for Hi-de-Hi the first time round, though we did see some, and I for whatever reason had no use for Oh, Doctor Beeching - a pale copy of the first two, to my teenaged mind, but we watched You Rang M'Lord? all together when I was growing up and Cissy was one of the people I wanted to grow up to be. (I didn't, in any way, but I loved her regardless. And, loooking back, I do like how she is unquestionably by far the best of the Meldrums.) Anyway, gifs of this kind of thing are so rare I never even look for them on tumblr, so I appreciated the link!

The David Croft comedy we watched and loved the most, though, remains 'Allo 'Allo, so in return for the gifs, I add to your collection of medication, the Gateau from the Chateau. XD ETA: Oh, and I have no matches from ep 1 (introducing Lt Gruber, who I suppose is Cissy's predecessor in many ways, bless him.)

[asakiyume]

I love the angle of your photos, love the long, late light! The grapevine looking a little different in the two photos, the sparkles on *something* in the Tesla-Edison streets photo.

And it's always, always good to see your face. ... The photos of Cissy (I guess the character's name is?) are excellent! She looks lively, fun.

[movingfinger]

Now I crave P. G. Wodehouse golf stories, but about a semipro-level butch in plus-fours who has Seen Things on the course and anchors the bar.

[gwynnega]

a fabulous butch

Her monocle is awesome.

[vass]

You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–93) contains, in addition to some surprisingly sharp politics, a fabulous butch.

Huh. I think this might just be the inspiration for Opera Australia's character design for Prince Orlofsky in their English language production of Die Fledermaus back in the 90s, set in jazz age New York. (Alas, I couldn't find a video or a photo online, but there was definitely a monocle involved, and the same general look.)