I’m convinced I just have to find the right way of looking at it and this picture will make complete sense. The woman’s clothes, hat, and bag are exactly like my maternal grandmother’s. Maybe it is my grandmother, in that world over there where I grew up in Buckinghamshire?

searching for the absence of trees

Best job not actually on today’s list: licking all the spoons and bowls because @abrinsky.bsky.social decided to bake 😋

just sending a shed appreciation message

Marvellous thread, including links in comments 😍

(art) installation

Pugh Pugh Barney McGrew Cuthbert Dibble Grubb

I stalled, months ago, on completing this large zipped bag, but handstitching lots of purple binding to soft, orange fabric turned out to be exactly the soothing project this week needed.

oh, that’s smaller than I expected

Four views of a red kite

Florence, taunting the thatcher’s dog

Engineer visit 1: ✅ Engineer visit 2: some prep required Engineer visit 3: not until this afternoon

Should all good civilized countries follow example, and every 4 years should eat their prime ministers?

We’re switching to an air source heat pump. We’re almost out of heating oil so the job is being prioritised, which is brilliant, but also means we’ve had 3 engineer visits arranged since 3pm today, all of them happening tomorrow. It’s a sudden cascade of Unexpected Stuff We Need To Deal With 🤯

Slightly increase a band Bismuth Zeppelin

balancing chicken

Zebedee, never not being a weirdo

lovely crinkly bits

Neigh, not a curlew #absolutehorses

swarmed by swallows

This one hits hard. Our GP surgery now has a touchscreen to check in and receive instructions about where to go 😢

today I learned (via @lrb.co.uk)

Even the old boy will chase a cat

They’ve escaped containment

A very barky day

This is now a worm-only timeline

overtaken by traffic lights

Oh! Oh? It’s possible I’m still doing my eye tests wrong 🙈 The smartest thing I’ve done about all this, though, is train my optometrist to ask ‘which do you prefer’ not ‘which is best’. That stops me feeling overwhelmed and thinking I need to crack the secret code and get top marks.

A change of scale, and a reminder of how much I love doing tiny, neat work.

Can’t stop staring at these 😍

All of my album is orange

over and over

Oh, now this sounds cool. Admirable. Pragmatic. Rather the opposite of a thread I was just reading about loss of imagination and empathy.

annual bluebell breakfast

not the bluebells

Me: It’s just a supermarket chilli, how hot can it be? 🌶️: 😈🔥 Me: 🥵🧯

Things we found: mad skies and a @binty.bint van Things we did not find: the first trig point

ooooh, making notes…

not on Broadway

Once upon a time (it was November) a large ball of yarn languished in a charity shop in a basket marked £1 per ball. I saw that it was wool, a suitable colour, and sufficient (350g) for a pattern I’ve been wanting to knit, so I took it home with me.

the sheep are laughing on the inside

If it’s sunny, Florence will be taking us for a walk

better for horses

Millie doesn’t like me

Genuinely one of the coolest things I've ever seen a cultural venue post

The slides in this thread are marvellous 🤩

What would you save?

trembling but not barking

Back door open. Pied wagtails running around on IMPORTANT BUSINESS. About to bake rhubarb cake. [insert punchline]

A better dawn