Recent books have included:
- a re-read of Bill Bryson's "Notes from a Small Island"
- Susan Cooper's "The Dark is Rising" (nearly finished)
- dipping into Des McHale's "Wit"
- likewise with AC Fox-Davies' "The Art of Heraldry"
- just started Christopher Priest's "The Affirmation"
- and I have been re-reading some of Saki's short stories.

Films have included:
- "The China Syndrome" on television
- "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" on DVD (along with various Fred and Ginger films).

I have taken the opportunity afforded by my convalescence to finish reading Raptor, by James Macdonald Lockhart. My mother in law GlassLady gave it to me as a birthday present earlier this year. The book covers the fifteen British bird of prey species, interweaving them with the life of the great naturalist William MacGillvray. It took me a little while to get into the book, but I am pleased that I persisted with it. Thank you, GlassLady.

I am, of course, reading several books in parallel; but I have now taken our new Folio Society copy of The Norse Myths, ed and trans Kevin Crossley-Holland, off the shelf. I have only read his introduction so far.

Others on the go include Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising (nope, never read it before) and The Knight in Medieval England, 1000 - 1400 by Peter Cross; and, just finished, The Natural History of Orkney by RJ Berry (part of my anniversary present to adaese earlier in the year.

Let's re-start the "three good things" posts:
- Bristol Water have agreed to refund the plumber's bill
- we keep finding a few more books to dispose of
- Genesis and Roger Taylor on TOTP 1982.

Three good things for Thursday:
- I had a better night's sleep last night
- TOTP 1982 is on TV later
- Poul Anderson's A Midsummer Tempest has arrived in the post.

Three good things for Saturday:
- I am reading "Churchill's Navy" (but why oh why print some pages in black on green?)
- I am drinking Kir
- there will be sweet potato pie for dinner.

Three good things for Saturday:
- we had lunch at the Salutation in Ham today
- I have read Jo Walton's "My Real Children"
- we had chicken curry, followed by blackberry and grape Eton Mess, for dinner.

And a fourth - I got a good night's sleep, and didn't wake up until 7.30!

Three good things for Tuesday:
- I have read "My family and other animals", which adaese bought for me in Oxford
- people keep liking my photographs :-)
- I have sold two books.

Three good things for Tuesday:
- I am, bit by bit, getting the decking clean
- there are some very shiny books on BBC4
- I am enjoying listening to XTC's music.

ETA: If you click on the picture, and then zoom in, you should be able to read most of the titles.

Three good things for Wednesday:
- I have new (2/hand) books on the north west passage and on the charge of the light brigade
- I started the Madeira cake that adaese made yesterday
- the sprinkler has a pleasantly hypnotic effect.

I have been doing these "three good things" posts for more than a month now (with, admittedly, a couple of days off). Should I continue?