For the week that's in it, movie night is ...

If you shave your eyebrows off, you can never be surprised ...try it😮

Too hot to sit in front of a computer today, so gone cycling instead

The afternoon heat is slowing work down today

New editions of The Upstairs Cat Series, Doctor Vantastic Series, and two new titles, will be available later this year. Watch this space for details.

Spanish Galleon's visit to Ireland

The Deaths of Guner Zoon Comedy sci-fi adventure by Steve Downes Is now available from Waterstones www.waterstones.com/book/the-dea... #books #scifi #comedy *adult humour

is working on a new children's book ... early days, blank page so far :)

Managed to salvage a few spuds and pointed cabbage from the caterpillar attack in the mixed beds. (old punks never die, they just get veg gardens)

The Deaths of Guner Zoon Comedy sci-fi adventure by Steve Downes Is now available from Waterstones www.waterstones.com/book/the-dea... #books #scifi #comedy *adult humour

old punks never die, they just get veg gardens

Recent re-visit to Slane Castle (a Neo-Gothic Georgian house) on the banks of the river Boyne

Cleared another patch of the veg garden, onions are disappointing (soil too compact), but some nice baby potatoes for supper (where do I get one of those peppered steak trees?)

(pretend I said something interesting here, it's too hot to think)

Having moaned about the rain for 6 months, it's now too hot to work in the veg garden ... oh the irony (like goldy and bronzey, but made of iron)

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The Fyre & Stone series by Steve Downes Publisher: BLKDOG Publishing Crime / Thriller novels, are now available from Waterstones www.waterstones.com/book/fyre-an... www.waterstones.com/book/fyre-an... @waterstones.bsky.social

busy as a ....

Just finished the cheese ... it's a 'no cheese' house, luckily I was planning a trip to the Moon anyway.

The Fyre & Stone Series by Steve Downes Two men in Victorian Dublin hunt down brutal killers, masked in ghosts and shadows. www.amazon.com/dp/B0C8S1XSB... Series link for Books 1 & 2, paperback, audio, and Kindle, available where all good books are sold.

The Fyre & Stone Series by Steve Downes Two men in Victorian Dublin hunt down brutal killers, masked in ghosts and shadows. www.amazon.com/dp/B0C8S1XSB... Series link for Books 1 & 2, paperback, audio, and Kindle, available where all good books are sold.

First spud mini harvest of the season

'you're going to do what in you're next book, Steve?!'

It's International Swallow a Horseshoe Day ...if you're taking part, remember not to accidently swallow the whole horse🐎

My bee -keeping Neighbour removing a queen from a swarm that had invaded another neighbour's house

June 9th and hail storm in the garden ... climate change anyone

My wife's latest cake creation, it was secreted from the house before I could eat it ...

Enjoyed the Stewart Lee gig last night in Cork Opera House, great gig, great venue

5 Years, 3 Novels, 230,000 words, finally the Fyre & Stone series is complete. Editing starts asap on book 3.

If anyone asks, this is where I wrote the Fyre & Stone books

5 Years, 3 Novels, 230,000 words, finally the Fyre & Stone series is complete. Editing starts asap on book 3.

If anyone asks, this is where I wrote the Fyre & Stone books

Coolbanagher, Church, Co. Laois. Early Church/Monastic site, dating back to the c.9th Century. Featuring Romanesque arches and surrounded by C.18 graves. A nearby castle of the same name was demolished recently, many locals believe it could have been saved.

insomnia ...if it wasn't for my collection of singing potatoes I think I'd go mad

Here is the QR Code for my Insta Writing / Arts / History account ...

Another chapter closer to the end of the series ... won't be long now

Another chapter closer to the end of the series ... won't be long now

It's been a terrible growing season, largely due to the months of rain we've had, but first harvest of kale is ready to go

15 years ago today ... I still miss that hat

The gate of Shaen House c.1810, a neogothic style entrance way to a Victorian Mansion (now used as a nursing home)

finished 1,636 in fantasy football challenge, out of 1.2 million players, a complete and utter false sense of achievement, but I'll take it for a Monday

From a recent visit to Split, outdoor opera

Be yourself .... everyone else is taken

Maximilian's Tower, Lokrum Island, Croatia. Construction was started in 1806 by the French army during Napoleon's occupation of the region to defend coastal access. The structure was later expanded and completed around 1835 by the Austrians, who gave it its final star-shaped circular layout.

The Deaths of Guner Zoon is now available on Kindle A Comedy Sci-fi adventure set in Steve Downes’s MACE Universe *not for younger readers www.amazon.com/dp/B0H1WBR9HB www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H1WBR9HB reviews welcomed