Signs of life

The disappointment of our four koi carp disappearing has been slightly tempered for the girl child by the frogspawn blossoming into tadpoles.

I get the feeling she's going to spend a lot of time over the next few weeks watching them grow into frogs. It's nice to have a pond...

It's been pointed out to me that yesterday's blip made it look as though I work in a shoe shop. I don't. I should be so lucky.

In other news, I got my car back today. The cloud of blue smoke was indeed expensive, but it could have been much worse...