on 'being in a beautiful place makes life better'

so thrift-a-life/ bookpilled has escaped the united states of america for the estatos unidos mexicanos.  'being in a beautiful place makes life better' he opines from the rooftop communal area of his colonia (seemingly surrounded with razor wire). he's at the end of his third month of being elsewhere and he is taking stock/ getting reflective. it is heartening to see his escape from the rat race going so well. 

horsemouth is up early (but at a more decent time - closer to 7am (respectable) than 5.30 am (a bit weird unless for work)). he's just watched daisy the dog (a sort of collie thing, 14 years old) do a patrol of the property. he is looking across at the chickenwire himself and his brother put up  (the better to keep the chickens in) - so far no escapes.

today is a rainy grey day (yup pretty much solid black clouds all today and grey ones tomorrow says bbc weather). in a bit the watering of the tomatoes and cucumbers in the greenhouse (the plants outside in the plant pots may not need it). it is a beautiful place where his parents live and they have made it more beautiful still. 

yesterday horsemouth did a zoom meeting regarding decarbonisation of the social housing stock. he is keen to get things moving forward into the actual work and out of the negotiating the consortium agreement  doldrums it has become becalmed in. hopefully they are there. 

for horsemouth it is important to get back to the work and to do the useful things. he is feeling grief at his father's death. this is a prosaic and yet profound thing in the landscape beneath the surface of daily life there is an organisation of sickness and death. the country is an ageing country and the proportion of this increases.  last night his brother cooked dinner - some kind of shepherd's pie (with a vegetarian version for horsemouth) and most tasty it was.  his brother and his wife go back to the world sunday morning. horsemouth will have to miss the management committee meeting monday (he may try and write something for it, that would be a useful task). 

today zoom beers with howard maybe.