This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays. — Douglas Adams
I read this Douglas Adams’ quote recently and had something of an “aha” moment.
Thursday — not the start of the week when I’m energetic and ticking things off lists like there’s no tomorrow, and not quite the end, when I can convince myself that what’s left on the list can wait until next week. A day of shuffling ideas rather than giving any of them form.
Today is more Thursday-ish than usual since my time has been rather pleasantly bent out of its usual shape by last week’s impromptu trip to Melbourne.
But, to quote from Douglas Adams again:
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
Zimmerbitch 
Another Adams fan here 🙂
Thursdays are a non-event here too. The only day of the week that has nothing to commend it.
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Waaay back in the dark ages when I first started work, we used to get paid on a Thursday. I totally had the hang of the day then.
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That I can totally understand. Payday was often thursday in the UK too. It ensured that the money came home and not straight to the friday-night pub sessions.
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In our case it meant we went to work on a Friday with hang-overs 😬
To be fair, I was a teenager with relatively few commitments.
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I love the Douglas Adam’s quotes Su. I need to take them to heart – as in, it’s ok the reshuffle and rest some. And maybe that will get me where I need to be. I think I’ll garden….. ❤
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I’m glad you like them Hannah. I think the garden is a place where many of us are meant to be.
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That last quote works for me 🙂
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That last one: Story of my life! 😉
But now, that photo: I can’t get over it – such beauty, such style, such ‘everything’ – makes me wanna weep for its impact! Are there REALLY still people about writing with a ‘plume’? For many, many years, I kept my fountain pen with a golden, wide point and I bought tons of purple coloured ink cartridges. Now that I think of it (as I did often over the past years), I still wonder WHERE has it gone, my beloved, deep blue and quite expensive fountain pen?! Lost, left, put somewhere safe, never to be found again? I don’t know. Maybe I’ll find it when we will move back to Switzerland sometime in the future.
So many feelings in one photo, the mug with the heart, the cahier with photos of flowers, the mood, the magazines in a blurry background – magic!
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I’m so glad you like the image, and I hope you find your pen one day.
I would be lost without a good pen; it’s something I am quite obsessive about. This one is a Rotring art pen — not paticularly expensive, but nice to write with. It’s the latest in a succession of such pens and is approaching the end of its useful life. I am starting to look at replacements — and very keen to find one that has a reservoir, rather than needing cartridges, especially as Rotring only seem to make black and blue cartridges these days and I so want to use beautiful coloured inks again.
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I wish you success in your search – I know exactly what you mean….. And you know, WHO is writing in purple, or green, or a rich green, nowadays?! Who is writing at all, anyway…. Yep, I do too!
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I noticed in Melbourne last week that a beautiful shop which has been selling pens for years is closing down. So sad.
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I hear you about those cartridges, Su. I have a Lamy pen and they also offer reservoir cartridges there days!! You can handle them just like fountain pens and if you buy two or three of these special cartridges you can also change colour. 😊
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I have just been to the Lamy website — I think I’m in love.
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Hehe! 😄
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Lovely still life. Fab notebook. Do you keep a diary then? I have a garden notebook in which I jot down plants I like, want, can never have… There is something about writing things down. The OH says I am a list obsessive 😅
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Thank you Jude.
I’m a list obsessive too. If it’s not written down these days, it tends not to happen.
I don’t keep a diary as such; but have a series of these blank notebooks for different things. One is a kind of journal of ideas and observations, another is for craft projects and I have one for recipes. The latter two are recent acquisitions. I am trying to be more precise in how I do things so that I can replicate them, and so I generate less waste.
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I have several garden notebooks. I need to consolidate as I tend to repeat myself! Maybe I will treat myself to a nice new one.
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I know that feeling. I read somewhere about someone who uses one notebook and indexes it with bits of different coloured/patterned washi tape. I briefly tried it but got hung up on indexing the index, and the bits of tape kept falling off 😂😂
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Great quote! Very applicable to my life also.
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I’m glad you like it Deb. I think it speaks to a lot of us.
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That is such a beautifully composed photo, Su. I very much appreciate a good notebook and pen. I find it hard to take the time to actually write all the things I would like to write, though. Seems to be too much going on. Since I work Tuesday and Wednesday, Thursday is always a day either to run errands and/or just relax, so I like it. It’s also the day I participate in Thursday Doors, so that’s always fun. Right now I am watching today’s stage of the Tour de France, so I am loving it and the heat wave has taken a break overnight. All good.
Really like the last quote.
janet
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Thank you Janet. I’m glad to hear the temperatures have dropped a bit. 🙂
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Me, too!! As our bedroom is on the second floor on the west side in our kitchen and living room are on the west side, it can get more than a bit hot in the afternoon and evening.
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Aaagh. I sympathise. My office is upper floor west-facing too and it’s unbearably hot on summer afternoons.
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It gets warm enough when the air-conditioner is working, but until they get the new unit in, it’s just going to be hot! Yesterday the heat index was over 100 and it was about 95 in the house. That’s a bit warm.
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That’s an understatement 😬
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Such a wonderful quote that truly makes total sense. Some of my best decisions are those that made them for me. You know? Stacks of books, a mug, a pen…..such a great image, Su. Happy Thursday to you.
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Thanks so much Lois.
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Great quotes. Never heard of Adams before!
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He wrote The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy amongst other things, and has absolute cult status amongst Brits and others with a British sense of humour.
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I know the book—but never read it!
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It was originally a radio play for the BBC I think, which spawned the book, a TV series and a movie.
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He also wrote Last Chance to See, a non-fiction about animals close to extinction, which moved me to action like no other. Worth a look! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Chance_to_See
But others are so right, your photo is lovely and both those quotes are favorites of mine!
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Very true; and a really important work. I read somewhere that Adams considered it his best work. Stephen Fry did a follow-up TV programme a few years ago.
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Iwatched it. It was great!
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I love a nice notebook, and pen, but my writing is so poor these days….. love your Still Life
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Thank you Sue. My handwriting has never been particularly legible — exacerbated by being a “leftie” constantly berated for it at school. I find though, that I still think more clearly with pen and paper than on a computer screen.
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Great reflections on the odd day of the week, Su. I like the two quotes, especially the last one.
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Words from a man truly at peace with himself.
Leslie
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oops, I wrote my comment above in response to someone else I think.
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Love your composition and colours in this, Su. Assume the mug is from a local-to-you artist? About the photos in your journal… printed yourself via computer? Looks very interesting!
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Thank you. Yes, the mug was bought from a couple of local ceramic artists, years ago. I loved the work they were doing at that time and have several mugs and bowls. That one is my favourite.
The images are heavily edited photos I’m thinking of printing onto fabric transfer paper to use in collage. I stuck them in the journal as a reminder.
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Oooo, collage sounds interesting! Will you keep us posted?
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Hear hear! Douglas Adams is definitely a gem & a genius!
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I call it “work like hell to make Friday deadlines” day:).
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Nice final quote.
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Glad you like it
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Love Douglas Adams, love the quotes and love your beautiful still life! It shows all the things I love – a notebook, a pen, a stylish pair of glasses, a cup of tea/coffee?, photos you can touch (!) and inspiration sources (those magazines). 😄 xxx
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Sarah, I too had – at one time – a Lamy cartridge fountain pen…. another one to look for once I’ll find the time for stuff like that!!!! And I loved the fact that I could change colours, they had that lovely rich purple, a very satisfying deep green and a gorgeous blue…. Funnily enough I still have cartridges ‘flying’ about but not the pens.
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I know! The colours are really amazing, right? I’ve tried out other inks as well but so far haven’t found anything better. I think handlettering is becoming a new trend in the artsy world and I’m so glad about it too. My handwriting needs much improvement though before I start including it in my art. 😄
I really hope you’ll find all your pens – I’ve found one of my lost ones in June: a very happy moment. 😊
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I’m so glad you like it. I love having time to collect my thoughts (and my inspirations). xxxx
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re Douglas Adams: It might be interesting to know more about him – as here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams
His book/film really IS something…! And he has tons of great quotes. Well worth dipping into a bit more.
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