He thought back to the day of his #investiture. Everything had seemed so bright, his whole life ahead of him. How had it come to this?! Sighing he wiped the blood from his hands with the torn shirt and... A knock at the door "Sir, everything OK in there?" Shit. No time to hide the corpse. #vss365

"what are you making?" "#Seafoam candy" He looked confused so she elaborated. "You know - hot sugar, throw in baking soda and let it cool" He rolled his eyes and tutted. " You mean honeycomb. You Americans never get it right" She'd hit him with the pan but that would spoil the batch... #vss365

Spoke too soon about it being a better day - jerked wheel to right to avoid being hit by a white van cutting the Corner on a junction and ripped the side trim off my rear passenger door on a tiny wall that sticks out by the road. Should have just let him hit me 🙁

I had a bad day yesterday (lack of sleep, hay fever and residual sadness) where I got nothing done and also had a big argument with my eldest about absolutely nothing. Today is better.

3 eggs today so all of my ladies are laying now! 🥚♥️🐔

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Grandad had stories - hitting walnuts shells full of black powder with a #hammer so it explodes, cooking bacon and eggs on the wiped fireman's shovel once the engine was up to pressure, backing his truck up to a cliff, setting charges and running, hoping rocks fell mostly onto the flat bed. #vss365

The teen sat in the sun with Grandpa. "But he turned up at SCHOOL!" The old man was reminded of his son's complaints at this age. The kid went on. "He was talking to Jo and trying to sound cool, it was SO EMBARRASSING!" With an inner smile, a hand gesture and whisper of memory he replied "Word"

Amy shrugged. “At least I’ve got that time #loop issue fixed.” “So your time machine works now?” Captain Eric said. She sighed. “Sort of? It can only travel one second per second, and only forwards.” “That’s just a clock.” Amy shrugged. “At least I’ve got that time loop issue fixed.” #vss365

"Why won't you listen? The #loop is getting shorter with each go round. I'm running out of time to change things!" He buried his face in his hands, felt the shift and spun to face the door as it opened A calming breath and then, perhaps a different track? "Lisa, there's no time to explain " #vss365

the phamtom #letter there when you're typing gone whn you post #vss365

The #letters swam before her eyes. She squinted myopically at the clock. How did it get that late?! If she went to bed now she could probably get in a couple of hours sleep before work. Yawning and rubbing her face, she was resolved, just one more chapter and she'd definitely head up. #vss365

Octavia E. Butler, 1998:

Over night, the #water rose. They retreated again, carrying everything they could for the third time in as many days. Still preferable to the boats they sometimes saw in the distance, decks full of restless skeletal figures, beckoning to the watchers. But they were running out of land. #vss365

This is tragically beautiful.

The house started to #sink after the funeral. Slow, steady as grief. Nothing seemed wrong with the ground. The priest they finally called knelt, ear to the floor. He said it was feeding. The old man had kept it away for years. Now nothing stood between the house and what the ground was owed. #vss365

As he leaves the room, she dives for TV remote, frantically pressing buttons.The volume #sinks to a less ear-splitting, more bearable volume and she leaps back to the armchair. He's back and is wielding lava in tea form. As he sits he tabs the volume back up. Her eye twitches. #vss365

First blue egg! Our little ladies are growing up!

Goodness me that was nail biting!

Sirens wail, calling emergency personnel to their vehicles and I run to the dogs. Trembling, yipping in fear, agitatedly hunting for hiding spots, until the eldest sits calmly in the middle of the room and raises her head to #sing along to the undulating call. Soon, they all join the chorus. #vss365

First man down - hubby had headed to bed but boys and I are still up waiting for the #ArtemisII crew to come home

Things don't look so bleak today - amazing what a full night's sleep does for you 😁 Now to decide do I forgo sleep tonight to watch the #ArtemisII splash down at 2am?

Some friendships are just meant to be. Currently, my teen is running around the neighbours garden in an elven cloak and a world war 1 helmet with a nerf gun, our neighbours son is stalking him with a bigger gun and inside out trousers. Laughing and shrieking ensues - Neurodiversity for the win!

Yesterday I learned, when the chickens are pootling round the garden, don't do anything sudden... I moved a chair and this feather-brain startled and flapped over the fence. He then couldn't figure out how to get back to his ladies so my grumpy teen had to execute a grab and throw maneuver...

I'm tired Chronic illness Reduced sleep Demanding teens General state of the world All over shadowed by the exhaustion of grief Let Stumpy in yesterday evening and waited a good 10 minutes for her to follow but finally the never-ending lack of tippy tappying in the garden percolated through

I just finished The knife of never letting go and OH MY GOD THAT ENDING! (Have to say the film, while not completely true to the book definitely gave a good showing...)

It's been 12 years since I #blindly followed him into the deep black. His eyes were so full of promise, twinkling like the distant stars that were our destination. The long sleep changed him somehow, the stars dimmed as we approached, until I found myself making landfall with a stranger. #vss365

Learnt a new word today - mulct : to fine/tax, or defraud/swindle

Over the Easter weekend the hubby and I watch Chaos Walking and I loved it so much I immediately sought out the trilogy it's based on. It arrived today and I am already racing through the first book. ♥️

She stood on the #bank gazing at the black turgid water crawling past, lost in memories of the fast, sun-drenched flow of her youth. Her attention shifted to the ever present clouds. Was that area paler? Was the cover finally thinning?As the ship's base emerged, she sagged back into apathy. #vss365

Whoa 🤯 The Moon, in full eclipse, with the #Artemis II Orion spacecraft. Part of the Moon and spacecraft are lit by Earthshine, and both Saturn and Mars are visible to the lower right. Incredible. Details: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

I am disgusted that the ink I put on a page means absolutely nothing as long as bombs keep falling while I entertain myself with clever arrangements of pitiful words that do nothing to stop a madman from destroying civilization and killing us all. #vss365 #ink

@wolftwinthomas.bsky.social trying to buy Necromancers Don't Read Toe Tags on Kindle but it says it isn't available to buy (probably because I am in Germany). Can't see it on the website - anywhere else I can get it?

The #ink began to smudge but she carried on writing increasingly frantically, purging her thoughts, expelling the words, draining the well of ideas. Every page, then walls and floor, covering and recovering every surface while, on the other side of the glass, the shapes in lab coats watched. #vss365

I have been struggling to put this into words but he has summarised my thoughts perfectly! #saynotoAI youtube.com/shorts/uc-nL...

Today's chicken lesson - if the chickens are loose in garden and you decide to bring tea and a sarnie out to eat in the sunshine, they WILL want your sandwich and WILL take an opportunity to try to drink your tea...

Sat sipping my tea by the open door, watching Stumpy pootle round the garden when this little marauder flew in sat on the pouffe for a moment or two, flew out and started picking dog hair off the dogs bed. He was then chased off with his booty by a feisty blue tit who proceeded to steal hair too

Today's my birthday and I'd like to share a new comic with you, it's called Marginalia. It's a love letter to all the weirdness of medieval manuscripts, and you can read it by unfolding a single sheet of paper! 1/5

Since the toilets on Orion are a continuing topic of fascination, here's a thread about space toilets. It's not just about function - toilets are symbolic and social too, and raise issues of privacy and intimacy. This image shows how to use the Apollo Fecal Containment Device. #ArtemisII 🧪

Really enjoying the #ArtemisII moon flyby ♥️

She stood tense, listening, in the shadows. She was #armed and prepared, nearly relaxed in her readiness but it was all for naught. Suddenly it's head raised and it sprang towards her. "AUNTIE LUCY'S HERE!!!" She thrust the heap of Easter eggs towards the stampeding toddlers in desperation. #vss365

My youngest just dashed downstairs in a state of agitation "I poured the last of my smarties into my hand and, of the 8 left FIVE WERE THE SAME COLOUR" He flashed said smarties at us before ramming them all in his mouth and yelled "I am the chosen one!" and ran off. Gotta love that Kid...

Also doing my part...

Donald Trump votes by mail. But this week, he signed an Executive Order so you can’t. Why? Because he is scared of your power, and he is scared of losing the midterms.

Our lovely old lady passed in the night. We knew our time with her was winding down but didn't expect it to happen so quickly (we were only discussing the first signs of doggy dementia the evening before). That patch of sunlight and my heart shall forever be hers.

Happy hot cross bun day!

Today I was using up gifted beautiful aubergines but sadly I roasted them and then tasted a little of eat before adding it to the blender to make Baba Ganoush but obviously missed one that was really bitter as it is completely inedible :(

Not sure she has collected enough cushions to fully recover from this morning's strenuous herding job...