girlofprey

Continuing the clear out of my bedroom, went through my wardrobe today. Got rid of a lot of stuff I was only keeping because it was still in good condition or for sentimental reasons. Or stuff that never really fit, and I only kept it to remind myself I looked nice in it so I should get a bigger version one day. Anyway. Realised I could keep my old leather biker jacket, which is a 14, if I didn't try to zip it up and just wore it like a cardigan. Also managed to get into a size 12 skirt (!) somehow - the button was pulling at the buttonhole, but I could breathe in it, and mum said I should keep it, it looked fine. Don't know if I will - still not sure where I'll wear it and I'm a little concerned about being able to sit down in it, but. It was a surprise nonetheless. Meanwhile a size 12 coat I kept from some reason didn't fit me at all anymore. Whatever, clothes sizes.

The saddest part was probably trying to figure out what to do with my uncle's old leather jacket. He died before I was born - killed himself at 20 - but he and my dad were really close growing up. My sister used to wear the leather jacket around, and after she stopped I took it, even though I never wore it. It's just hanging in the back of my wardrobe now, with one of his old denim shirts. I forgot I had it, and it seems a shame that it's just hanging around doing nothing when it still looks wearable. But it seems a shame to get rid of it too. I asked my dad, and he looked sad, but said yeah I could give it to charity, there was no point hanging on to it. Then my mum suggested we keep it for one of the boys when they grow up, which is a nicer option. Who knows if they'll want it, but black leather jackets never really go out of style. We might box it up and put it in the loft, or something.

Anyway. After that I tried on a couple of hats that are just sitting around my bedroom, just as a formality or last interaction before I gave them away I thought. But then I realised I look pretty good in them. I look like a gangster in the fedora, and an adventurer in the Indiana Jones hat. So now I'm keeping them. I might become a hat person. Mostly I just need to find a place for them where they won't gather dust again.

Here's some happy news: I was reading a Nature magazine yesterday (I get some free because I joined the RSPB), and apparently Deustche Bank (which I assume is an actual bank) are predicting that within 2 years solar power will be so cheap it will be uneconomical for countries to still use conventional sources like fossil fuels. So climate change might have one less thing egging it on. If it's true it makes the current argument about fracking look even more ridiculous, but eh. Fingers crossed.

We had a storm last night (which I suppose is somewhat related), and the crossroads at the end of my street flooded, as it frequently does, and apparently the hospital where my mum works flooded. It's in a bit of a dip behind the town centre, and mum said water was running down the walls from the upper street level entrance. I'm a little worried about the Hospice where I volunteer - they had a terrible flood a few years ago, and they couldn't use a bunch of their rooms until they raised some money and got them refurbished. Their building's also in a dip, and the last time there was a storm you could see where all the water had washed soil from the gardens down to the front entrance, although it didn't flood. Apparently after the big flood they had some new features put in place to stop it happening again, but. We've all heard that before. Fingers crossed, again, I guess.

Mere months after Australia elected a conservative Prime Minister, their government is trying to get rid of some of their ancient forests. Never heard of that before.

Why do fascists hate trees so much?