Friday Five....

1. What was the last song you heard?

Christopher Cross, "Curled Around the World".

2. What were the last two movies you saw?

Lord of the Rings TTT, ... I really don't recall. Can you tell I don't watch movies often?

3. What were the last three things you purchased?

Some flower bulbs for landscaping; patches for the knees of a pair of pants that just became 'weekend' pants; beef soup and a roll from the deli at work.

4. What four things do you need to do this weekend?

*eyes the weather* Plant the bulbs, if I won't drown while doing it. Some of the LJ-related documentation I'm working on. The laundry. Put together another bookcase for the library (or all three, but one is the goal).

5. Who are the last five people you talked to?

Scott; and my coworkers. I came straight home from work, and neither took nor made phone calls last night. Which four coworkers, I have no idea.

The beauty of a day.

The sky is a pale, flat, one-piece grey outside - no layering or folding of clouds, no ornamentation. Over the trees in the distance, a black bird flutters, large to be seen from here, and nearby a jay darts into one of the low trees just across the street. It is raining, steadily, light enough that you might miss it looking into the distance but heavily enough that you can see it when you try.

The pasture is wet, shades of brown and green; the trees and the moss are wet. It's utterly gorgeous, as it was yesterday when it was pouring rain.

Today is going to be a good day. And then it's the weekend. I'm on after-hours, but I've had only two calls this week, and neither involved a hairy code problem, which is a nice improvement. We've averaged 2-3 calls a week recently, so if I'm having an average week I should be able to get a fair bit done about the house this weekend.

Wish me luck either way. I'm off to see what else awaits today.

GORGEOUS day. Gorgeous, gorgeous.

Work today was stressful and high-activity, but it was also exceedingly productive, so that's good. And I got out early (because I got there early and it's been a verrrrrrrrrry long week, trust me), so I was able to stop at Costco before the after-hours duty started. Which means, um, that we have enough stuff to feed us through mid-April.... But, yeah. I "needed" the really good pot pies. And my fruit snacks. I probably did not need the large supply of cookies...oops.

Today has been gorgeous, more than living up to the start. It was pretty dark most of the morning and into early afternoon (it looked much earlier than it was, the clouds were that dark). Beautiful if you like rain, and storm-tossed trees. I do.

By four (when I left) it wasn't raining any more. Which is good; I left my umbrella in the office. Glad I have another one at home.... When I was coming out of Costco, the sun broke through the clouds, behind me, behind the building. The hills and the trees and everything was sun-touched, the green of new grass (or old grass; I think some of it just muddled through the weak winter we had) carpeting the undeveloped field, the still-dormant trees and evergreens, all sharply delineated, all touched in the warmth of evening sun....

...and behind them, the looming grey-on-grey of stormclouds under more generic clouds, the sky darkly brooding and unlit in contrast to the light of the landscape below it....

Gorgeous. Just gorgeous. Now as I look out the window, everything is softened, the colors muted and greyed - though the trees across the way are fairly pink despite that effect. The sky is mostly storm-grey, with hints of paler grey - in the distance anyway - yet it's not raining here now.

A chilly day. A pretty day. A good one.