I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Apr 8th 2026 (Medium), in 05:37 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com I'm getting better. This is probably my best medium result so far.

I've worked in/around the mental health world for many years. It's been my job to teach the nuances of it to qualified medics. I'm very much aware that there are literally thousands of way in which symptoms of a mental health disorder can manifest. To my knowledge, 'merchandise' isn't one of them.

I've known a few people in my life who were/are bipolar. They were absolute sweethearts. If they found themselves in a manic phase, they became extreme versions of themselves. Those around them were usually able to prevent the worst outcomes of their behaviour. Kanye's excuse is weird.

A lot of people claim to hate leylandii hedges but they make by far the best garden display shelving. #SundayPixEggs

It's my mother's birthday today, and it occurs to me that it's been a while since I told one of my favourite stories about her - how she became the world's best hacker.

Cripes, Dave is a bit gassy. #beans #ukstorm

Patrick Stewart was in front of me in the queue at Alders department store in Leeds (which has long since closed down). And previously, the lead singer of Stereo MCs in a bakers in Lambeth. My parents queued behind John Snow, C4 news, in a French bakery. Why do famous people line up so much?!

I've been missing from Bluesky for a long while simply because MIL broke her hip and that's meant a lot of errands for me. She's recovering well. Hello 👋

If you see this, puh-leeeeze post a picture from whatever device you're using, with no explanation.

This, and all the replies, are true, no notes.

I needed to read this today.

I have been so slow to realise that my husband is given the credit for planning, designing, and overseeing all the building and reno work we have ever done in 29 years of marriage because he is more confident with a drill or a flatpack or tube of wood glue, when actually it was all me. Nobody knows.

Trying to use up creme fraiche by making my porridge with it this morning. Top tip: Don't, unless you like a pool of oil on your cereal 🤢

Pitch an unnecessary sequel Planespotting

I've got Alexa playing me birdsong. I ran out of bird names to ask her to play so she says "why not ask me for Dick Sizzle?" PARDON?

Stats for International Women's Day that really make you think. #IWD

My family, finishing the nightmarish Rosetta Stone jigsaw which took us 18 months, including frustration breaks. I have shared this shot on here before but today is #SundayPixStone

#CluesBySam - Mar 8th 2026 (Hard) Less than 19 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 I've been doing this for a week and I am getting better at it with practice! I think Sunday is a hard one and Monday is the easiest one.

The remaining stones of Knaresborough castle, now closed to visitors and at risk of falling with no funding to hold it up. That stack on the right worries me, I wouldn't take the path below it on a windy day! #SundayPixStone

I solved today's Eightile in 300 seconds! Which is ALL the seconds available, by the skin of my teeth! 😌🥵 🟫🟥🟩 🟫🟥🟨🟩 🟫🟥🟨🟩🟧 🟫🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦 🟫🟩🟪🟧🟨🟥🟦 🟫🟥🟧🟨🟩🟦🟪⬜ eightile.com

I took this in Bourton on the Water I think. #SundayPixNavigation

The riverside in Kirkby Stephen, North Yorkshire. There are lots of lovely walks from this town. #SundayPixNavigation

The guy who just attacked Sombr on stage at #TheBrits - did his shirt say "Sombr is a homewrecker"? Dunno what to make of that. Real or staged?

Watching Dara O'Briain's "Wonders of the Moon" and whilst I AM enjoying it, I am also seething slightly and the blinkered male perspective. "Ancient people seemed to really need a calendar to count the phases of the moon. I can't imagine why!" Duh. Half the population will tell you.

Funky trunk #SundayPixTrees

One of my favourite autumn shots #SundayPixTrees

Any cooks on here with advice, please? I tried making candied rhubarb. It went wrong because when I boiled the sugar syrup I couldn't get the temperature to rise above 105°C. Despite boiling it for 20+ minutes at this temp, I couldn't get it to rise any higher. Tips extremely welcome! #baking

#ows732 🔎 5/5 (00:38) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🔥 streak: 6 onewordsearch.com New best time for me

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

I've always felt it was odd that Andrew got divorced and over the decades to follow there was never any coverage of him having a new girlfriend. Or any scoops on his love life. The only royal in whom Fleet Street had no interest. It always felt like a coverup, but of what, we couldn't guess.

🧠 Quiz of the Day - Feb 19 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟩 Score: 10/10 Think you can do better? quizoftheday.co.uk I don't manage this very often 😊

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Advertise your accent with a gif (30 years on, I think I've lost this accent tbh)

Apparently if you merely "feel rather tired" and have a tightness in your chest, you should go to a&e. No joke, that's enough to indicate you might be having a heart attack. Perhaps you knew this, but I didn't. Astonishing.

Roses are red #SundayPixRed

The cinema in Malton, Ryedale NYorks, where we spent a rainy afternoon on holiday once. The screen had about 12 seats, total. It was charming. #SundayPixRed

GO Tea-Tray Man!! #SkeletonBob

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I don't know whose fault it is, but I seem to have taken up crafting in 2026. Done an embroidery (my first since primary school) and now I'm trying to learn crochet from a book, but it's tricky. Plans to decoupage things are forming in my mind. I've spotted a rag rug kit in a drawer. Who even am I.

Post a banger not in English youtu.be/CCF1_jI8Prk?...

If Epstien was being manipulated by Rusky agents then they must be rubbing their hands with glee at our current PM and govt getting into choppy waters. Divide and conquer. Sigh.

We got an apple tv subscription for Christmas. Their adaptation of Asimov's Foundation with Lee Pace is glorious. This version makes Asimov's genius sing, without the off-putting sexism of the original text. Also we loved the dark humour and excitement of Slow Horses. Now loving For All Mankind 👌🚀

I *love* Taylor Swift. I also love how she's incorporated every single guest she was with on Graham's show including Graham himself in this video for Opalite. Watch till the end, this is brilliant. She's brilliant ❤️ youtu.be/1FVF-9KQiPo?...

Searching my photos for #SundayPixBeginnings, I realise it's easier to document the end of something rather than the beginning. It's not easy to recognise when something starts! Here I was choosing a violin to buy, having not played one for decades. Now I'm in a band, and this is how it started.

It's taken me 3 hours to spot my rather appropriate typo.

Spam call. Good afternoon ma'am how are you today? Me: Where did you get my number? Spammer: feeble reply Me: Take me off your list and don't call me again please. Spammer: Yes of course ma'am. Don't be nice. Don't engage in greetings. Still, don't be rude. Be direct. That's what I find works.

I've just hurd Curling referred to as "Scottish Granite Floor-Darts" and that's going to stick in my head. #WinterOlympics

What I want to know is, who looks at Mandleson mooching about in pants, or Andrew kneeling on the floor over a woman etc and thinks "I should get my camera out and preserve this moment for the photo album"? Who is the photographer and what were they planning?