Gilet, the vest a man can get.

Look where Portillo's Trousers have been this week...

This one is a Moritz Fiege Gründer Bier for my friend @devondympsy.bsky.social. Prost from Deutschland

My suntan after this past week of hot weather...

One of my favourite mixups... Banana & Butterscotch Rum with a creamy Coconut Liqueur. 🍹

Never knew that...

Stop...Negroni Time.

Had a lovely afternoon celebrating the birthday of one of my best mates... It was special not just cos it was a milestone birthday, but also because she is still here to tell the tale after her two heart attacks at the end of last year! ❤️

I'm off out to a birthday garden party thing. This is my donation to the celebration... ¡Hola! - which is a bit like a Spanish version of an Aperol Spritz. 🍊🍾

Clever... The first one's my favourite.

So, the main takeaway from all the replies to this is: If I ever make it there for a visit, I will mostly just be hanging around near the gents toilets. First one to say "no change there then" gets decked! 😀

Watching "Listed Britain" and Mr McCloud is giving us a tour of The Phil in Liverpool...what a building!! 😍

It's just dawned on me that today would have been my dad's 100th birthday. I mean, he was never gonna make it to that, but it would've been nice if he'd got a bit further than he actually did. Anyway, I'm not on a downer about it, but I am listening to one of his favourite songs.

Years ago we put googly eyes on a giant paperclip and stuck it to the wall. Now the blu tack has melted and the paperclip has grown ears and this is basically what Darwin was talking about. #NationalPaperclipDay

On one of my German exchange trips as a kid we were taken on a tour of a Bahlsen factory... You would think that a chocolate biscuit factory would smell lovely, wouldn't you. But I remember the aroma being just too overpowering and rather sickly. #NationalBiscuitDay

My #earworm for this morning...bet you can't guess why! 🙂 😀

Memories of travelling to Brizzle on the bus to see this lot, complete with their gold lamé suits! 🙂

No fucking chance...

Some of the ones I enjoyed from my SWISH #LibationTime... The standout surprise was the Key Lime Pie Mojito one because you could actually smell and taste the buttery biscuit base flavour! 👍

A top tune...👍

What a fantastic image! 😍

SWISH...because I am! 😀 Not tried this brand of spritzy type cocktails before, so let's see how I get on. 🍹🍸 #CockyCans #LibationTime

The journey back across the Shire has me all hot and bothered... So, that almost certainly means it's #LibationTime! 🍹🍸

Up at stupid o'clock to head across the Shire before it gets too hot... I mean, it's not like I was able to sleep at all last night anyway!

There's been a lot of talk on here over the past couple of days about people's favourite ice lollies etc.. For the record, my absolute favourite back in the day was definitely a Lolly Gobble Choc Bomb! 🙂

A mate bought me this little rechargeable fan for Christmas... And even on its lowest setting it actually works quite well. So, I thank her for her proactive purchasing skills!

Just spent 10 minutes outside instructing the gardener on his tasks for today...and that is more than enough of this heat for me! (and before you start, I am not a cruel mistress, I tried very hard to dissuade him from working here today, but he insisted on sticking with it. So there! 😝)

No way is that what it means! 😄

Looking forward to starting this on catch-up later... I missed it when they screened the play into cinemas, so I am glad they've adapted it for TV now.

Bought a pack of little baby muffins from Marksies yesterday (bottle top for scale) They have bits of caramelised hazelnuts on the outside, and inside there is a gooey salted caramel centre that tastes a bit like eating a treacle sponge... Now I just need them to make some in a proper size! 😋

Leavin' on a jet plane...

Kir Royalling in the garden...

Spritzing in the garden...

Aperolling in the garden...

Yippeee...

Apposite...

Tag yourself... Pathological Waste.

This...in spades. And then in some more spades, just to be sure!

I know what you're gonna say...

I think I must have (quite rightly) blocked this song out of my mind and therefore out of existence... But, someone on here has shoved it right back in there now, and I shall never forgive them for that. And nor should you! 🙂😀

Next up from @8sailbrewery.bsky.social is this Smoky Black Porter... It's been ages since I've had a beer with hints of ashtray, so I am looking forward to this one! 👍🍺 #BskyBeer

I mean...

Continuing with @8sailbrewery.bsky.social And this Strong Dark Ruby Mild is all those things! 👍🍺 #BskyBeer

Joining in somewhat vicariously with the @8sailbrewery.bsky.social May Fest today... Starting with this fruity little Damson Porter. 👍🍺 #BskyBeer

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I've just been added to a WhatsApp group called "Hen-tourage" Kill me now!! 🙈

🎶Round the Ole Oak Tree…🎶

In all the years I worked at Chelsea Flower Show, my favourite thing I saw there was nothing to do with plants... Instead it was (unsurprisingly) the time that a vintage train carriage made an appearance, complete with an old Devon railway poster! 🚂 🙂