saturday: noise and trees

It is impossible to sleep in at the household of Nic and Kate. I am usually awoken by one of three members of the animal world:

1. the hardies screeching their lungs out at 6:17am, the same time every day in winter. In summer it will no doubt be 5:17am.

2. Panda trying to get her paw in the space between our bedroom door and the parquet floor. Result: scratching and mewling noises that make me want to drown her in the pool. Cats are only friendly when they are starving.

3. Howard (renamed Howlie due to his penchant for throwing his head back and howling at the sunrise) and Chloe squealing and throwing themselves at our bedroom window.

Three grumpy-inducing options that were simultaneously going full tilt this morning.

But this morning nothing could keep the smile off my face, not even the cacophonous mixture of Spaniel, cat and hadeda. Things are finally working out with the Hub's job (a great source of anxiety for the last few weeks) and last night I ate a Moroccan meal and had the following conversation with the Hub:

K: "I think I'm going to order the veg tagine."
Hub: "Is that the gelatinous thingie?" *makes a brick-like outline with his hands*
K: "No, that's a TERRINE!" *screeches with laughter for 2 full minutes*

Man I love him.

To make your Saturday even better, look at these trees outlined by giant white canvases by Myoung Ho Lee from the Yossi Milo Gallery.