So yes, now with the actual marking done and just the technical details of an overly-technical approach to uploading marks and grades to a database (which really wastes the time of far too many people to outweigh the 'benefits', so-called), one already feels a lightening of the load.
Well, a different load approaches. Packing up an office of thirteen years for a start; determining what needs to be sent to Tokyo for work and living purposes and what gets stored here (and where)...it will actually be a rather busy two or three months.
...which is why it is nice to stop and smell the roses...
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| Soft focus |
...particularly because the rose bush out the back is about to give us its best... and after a dormant winter/spring period (sort of, the climate is not strictly seasonal here), the frangipanis are on the way back.
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| Raindrops on petals |
And I'm very grateful for that.
Now excuse me please, I must be packing.
[Camera : Canon EOS60D, 28-80mm, 5.38am]
