It’s been a tough week with some highlights that have stopped me going totally mad.

Life

Last week we finally got around to planting some flowers in our front garden (after wrestling with a particularly vicious, spiky plant). The seeds are already shooting, showing yet again the miracle that is nature in Spring time.

Death

Sadly, one of our cats died this week. She probably had a stroke and her body stopped behaving properly. We’re still feeling quite sad about this – she was lovely companion, always loving human attention.

Optimism

I had lunch with Ashley Norris from Shiny Media during the week. We’ve emailed and spoken on the phone, and I’ve recently started writing for HDTV UK, so it was good to finally meet.

We talked about Shiny, and about Blue Fish, and about ideas, possible partnerships, the future. All very promising.

Pessimism

Though I try not to get downtrodden by my current job, some weeks it just gets to me. I hate the politics, the drudge of certain tasks, the chasing and administration. I’m also not close enough to the cause to simply carry on.

I’m working through what I need to do next.

Spring into Summer

In the Northern Hemisphere, summer is fast approaching. It’s also allegorical.
There are definite signs of life in much of what I’m doing, and I do think I’m approaching a summertime. Even so, there’s generally quite a lot of rain in the Spring.