The pain kicks in...

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It was just before 6...

And the last day of February...

The view from the office this morning...

I'd worked through the heel pain yesterday at the gym and got to the point where I was walking kind of normally...

But, last night, the pain really kicked in again...

So, up early this morning as I just couldn't sleep...

First World problems I know but, owyah!

Scenes...

Luna seen to...

...and some measure of work done...

End of the month...

A new can in the kitchen...

Scrambled egg breakfast...

..and the next CD Box...

No 49, from Saxton to Schoenberg...

The sextet version of Verkaerte Nacht - plus a string trio...

Pretty sure this is a re-issue...

...in DG's 20th Century series...

Enjoyed it second last thing this evening...

While Anne was out at her mum's, I switched the back room round a bit...

...and researched and installed a new sound card driver in the laptop...

Better but still not flawless...

I hate computers...

Then, Anne was off to see Hearts beat Aberdeen 1-0. Meanwhile, Queens went down at home for the second week running, this time to Peterhead, the team directly below them, 2-0, clinging on to the last play off place but need to turn their recent form around somehow...

A squirrel...

..was joined by a magpie at the feeding station..

...while I enjoyed the latest Paul McCartney documentary - his music in the 70's...

I was a big fan of Wings in the early to mid 70s. "Silly Love Songs" was possibly their last good thing. By then they were more successful than the Beatles. But then Lennon was murdered and the Beatles PR machine kicked in. Now the Mop Tops are, of course, unassailable.

The film was ok...

Anne arrived home, triumphant and prepped a top dish of tasty pasta, accompanied by a Chilean Pinot Noir...

"Father Brown", "Death in Paradise", football highlights, Schoenberg and a "Chicago PD", took us to bedtime...

At which point the pain was kicking in badly again...

I messaged the guys to advise I might not make tomorrow's rehearsal.. 

Highlight of the Day: Any time where the pain receded a little...

Today's New Music:

A year ago today, the portions were larger...

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Friday...

Roaming cat...

I was not roaming - another case of the old Plantar Fasciitis when I arose - agony in my heel...

Half past six...

...and Luna wanted some food (mind you, she always wants some food, no matter the time or the last time she got some food)...

Who was I to argue?

Some downloading of new things (23) and choosing the next CD Box CD - No 49, from Rubrra to Satie...

A 3CD set of the latter - played by Aldo Ciccolini...

His renditions were the first I ever owned of Mr Satie's music (my take on Satie's piano music is one of my top selling releases on Bandcamp - No 4 based on Turnover, No 7 based on Sales and No 6 based on Downloads)...

An inspiration, but I doubt I'll listen to all three CDs in the set...

There's a further box with another 2CDs in it, which I don't have...

Just a coffee for breakfast, as I was going to be out for lunch...

Took Anne to her Zumba class then, to the gym for me, despite the heel pain...

Reduced my speed on the treadmill by 10% but also actually managed a couple of minutes of running and even stayed on for double the time...

...and out, almost walking normally...

The beast was leaving the gym...

Home for some work re the new downloads...

At 11:25, back out and walking almost normally down the hill, the new Neal Morse soundtracking my trip...

A bus to Haymarket to meet up with Dr Prog at Rustom...

We decided on the 3 course business lunch, with pints of Cobra...

We were first in...

... but, within 15 minutes, the place was packed...

We discussed music in general and, in particular, the Yes/Jon Anderson situation - the Doc reimbursing me re my outlay on our tix for Mr A in September...

Tasty food enjoyed, although extremely small portions...

Unpictured starters comprised just 2 mushroom pakora for the doc and two small pieces of tandoori chicken for me...

We both opted for the Chicken Karahi as a main, served in what would normally be side dish size dishes, plus naan for me, pilau rice for Phil...

...and a single scoop of ice cream each for dessert...

Not a patch on the lunch Anne and I enjoyed exactly a year ago today at the, now sadly closed, Mustapha's Dera...

Then Phil was off to do some swimming, not sure if that was wise, post a curry lunch and pint of lager but, hey ho...

Meanwhile, I walked to the West End and got a tram down Leith, a proposed meet up with Gaz and Bernie having been cancelled...

Another Telegraph headline was concocted on the tram...

In that Leith, I hit paydirt in the fifth of six shops visited, The Bethany Christian Trust, on the corner of the Leith Dockers street, before heading back over to Haymarket for a No 12 and a 26 to the top of the hill and a walk down, home...

I'd been away for 4hrs 45 mins...

Let the ripping and listening begin...

Someone had obviously ditched (part of) their prog collection...

I had none of these already, apart from old, pre remastering issues of the Gentle Giant LPs...

I had not heard of Mirodor but took a chance and it proved to have been the correct decision...

The two GG sets upped the ante a bit on the outlay but. were still just £5 each...

This evening, I enjoyed all four, post some tomatoes and toast, while watching TV with Anne and Luna...

Augsburg beat Koln FC 2-0, including a last kick of the ball from just past halfway into an empty goalmouth goal after the Koln goalie was ordered up the pitch to try and get a last minute equaliser from a corner... 

Luna was not demanding any more food...

...as the fifth of six episodes of "Astrid" rounded off the day...

The pain in my foot had now reached its highest intensity of the day, even having taken copious painkillers..

And so, off to bed at 10:30...

Highlight of the Day: Lunch with Dr Prog...

Today's New Music: