Happy Thanksgiving...

[fajrdrako]

To all my American friends¹:


I like Thanksgiving. I like the psychological concept of being thankful. I am thankful for the following:

1. Living in a great apartment. I love my place. It's set up the way I want it, it has enough space for me, three budgies, many books, and a zillion comic books; it's friendly and bright. I've had fannish friends walk in for the first time and say, "You can tell a fan lives here." I like that. I love my tasteful fandom-du-jour decor in the bathroom. My decorative harp in the living room. My view of a maple tree outside the window.


2. Living in a great city. I might prefer London or New York for the theatre, or Italy for the art, and anywhere for the weather, but Ottawa is a lovely place to live: enough of a city to have whatever I need of libraries, bookstores, areas to walk, with decent public transport and a sense of history. Besides, I live right beside the prettiest canal in the world.


3. Living in a good country. Canada isn't exactly perfect, but it's got a lot of the right ideas.


4. Having enough to eat and a roof over my head. Basic.


5. My friends.


6. Fandom.


7. Books. Especially the world of slash. Especially Torchwood, Doctor Who, Dunnett novels, Bujold novels, The Professionals, The Lord of the Rings, and all those other joys.


8. The net, including LJ and the Dunnett mailing lists. They keep me sane when they don't drive me crazy.


9. Certain actors, writers, and artists. If you've been reading this LJ, you know their names.


10. Being who I am: human, female, Canadian, bisexual, a writer, a fan, a history-lover, a budgie-owner.

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¹ This picture was taken from this site.

Comments

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's a gorgeous little flower, and so pretty in the Maltese sunshine!

Here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/azurite/60397368/) is a picture I took myself of plumbago growing in one of the Maltese parks.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

That's lovely! Is it the same colour?

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I don't know what colour my plumbago is or will be because it hasn't flowered yet. All the plumbago I saw on Malta was blue - though possibly I saw the non-blue variety and didn't recognize it? Anyway, vast quantities of blue plumbago, so it was a surprise to see in wikipedia that it can be all sorts of colours.

[silverwhistle.livejournal.com]

Four of my triffids haven't flowered yet in my care, so I don't know yet what colours they will be. It's exciting!