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Double trouble
The ultimate evidence that two separate hedgehogs come to feed:
Sharing a meal with a friend is one of life’s greatest pleasures:
Another hedgehog
We’ve started leaving leftover ferret biscuits out by the back door for the hedgehog. Sure enough a hedgehog came to feed tonight when all was quiet. But this is a different one; it’s smaller than yesterday’s:
Small creatures
The ferrets have been ‘helping’ me with the packing:
Meanwhile a hedgehog has been coming to eat the food we leave out for the neighbours’ cat:
One song to the style of another
I’ve been listening to these two albums recently:
Lucky Uke is a collection of rock classics played on ukeleles. The Bad Shepherds do punk classics adapted to the folk style. The latter is fronted by Ade Edmondson, one of my childhood heroes due to the genius that is Bottom. He hasn’t got a bad voice actually.
Radio 2
If I listen to the radio, it’s generally Radio 4. But I’ve been listening to Radio 2, due to it being left on for my in-laws’ budgie, and I’ve liked some of it. So I had it on in the car on Wednesday night and I listened to Mike Harding’s show. I loved it! I wouldn’t have expected that I’d like folk, roots and acoustic but apparently I do. I listened to some of The Radcliffe and Maconie Show afterwards which I also enjoyed. It was good to hear Noddy Holder on the radio, if only to hear a Wolves accent on the wireless. Decent music too.
Chris Addison
Went to see Chris Addison at The Junction last night. We sat right at the front, which was maybe a bit close as you had to look up at him and he was really tall. He was sharp and very fast. I was impressed enough by him that I’ll be seeking out The Thick of It. He’s just a few years older than I am so I identified with a lot of what he said. He looks so young though for nearly 39! He made plenty of jokes poking fun at the middle class, in which he counts himself, which I rather enjoyed. The main message I took from his act – and I quite like comedy with a message as long as it’s not too preachy – is that we do moan too much; there’s never been a better time to be alive.
A great white shark ate my leg
Amazing story:
Nigella Kitchen
I like watching Nigella on TV. I’m aware that she’s unbearably posh and her smiles are too forced and too many but there’s still something about the show that does make me more inclined to go and cook something. It could be the fantasy of having a kitchen like hers that keeps me tuning in. Last night’s episode contained some very odd recipe choices. Like Grasshopper Pie. Just looking at the recipe makes me feel a bit queasy. Then there was Spaghetti with Marmite, which as both a Marmite and pasta fan am sure is great but it’s not really what I want to my TV chefs to do. I want them to inspire me and teach me new things. I don’t want to hear about something that I’ve probably already seen in this:
Richard Herring’s Objective
I really like Richard Herring. This episode moved me to request that Mr W sport a Hitler moustache. He declined.