The hazards of wildlife-watching

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So many times I have read or heard of people spilling their coffee over their keyboard, but so far I managed to avoid it – until a couple of days ago. I had just topped up my mug and settled back down at my desk to work. I picked up the mug to take a sip when I saw a butterfly on some bushes outside. I hastily put my mug down to grab the binoculars so I could get a closer look and try to identify it, but I wasn’t paying attention properly of course, I was looking out of the window as I tried to put the mug down. Consequently I only got the mug half on the coaster, which is quite a thick one as it’s a mosaic made by Little One years ago. Of course it tipped forward and emptied most of the contents all over my keyboard. Luckily I have a separate keyboard so the laptop itself was undamaged, and since the keyboard is in a sort of pull-out plastic tray that caught most of the liquid, saving the antique card table I’m using as a desk from all but a few splashes. I grabbed a towel to mop up the spill and my partner came to my rescue and disassembled the keyboard so I was able to wash off the coffee and let it dry thoroughly in the sun. And today it’s all reassembled and working again. And now I’ll be sure to pay more attention to what I’m doing! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2024.