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If there is one person on BlueSky whose posts will make you laugh out loud (because they’re genuinely hilarious and never negative), it’s @davidcavlovic.bsky.social Thanks DC.

Anyone else find that on waking up on haircut day, their hair looks as good as it ever has?

Anyone? I had a couple of lessons at school but parents couldn’t stand the practising and made me give up. A great loss to music.

Started the day feeling just a little festive - until I remembered the plan for today is to complete and submit my tax return. 🤨

Crikey - must have been mentioned in a group thing. Thank you so much to everyone who recently mentioned and/or followed me. 😍

Has everyone noticed? If Zelensky has to cave in to threats - Scylla and Charybdis - Ukraine loses massively, Russia is rewarded, and the US gets a gigantic financial and mineral pay-off.

Oops. I meant, are any BBC journalists suing Nr Trump for publicly calling them ‘corrupt’?

Literally (geddit?) a novel idea (geddit?). No need to page me etc.

When Sir Keir Starmer chats with the US president today, could he please correct Mr Trump that, contrary to his public statement, in fact the British people are ‘not’ angry with our BBC about ‘fake news’.

So lovely to watch creatures that are plodders on land nip into the water and become as graceful as you like. Great clip.

Anyone?

This weekend, let’s all do something nice for ourselves (e.g. breakfast in bed, a calm hour for reading/listening to music, a nature-watch walk), and then something nice for someone else.

Not best pleased that an extremely wealthy person aims to take from us Brits the TV licence fee that we pay.

A study in purple. Fed with liquid from our wormery.

Hedgehog bread rolls from a while back.

Sorry to hear that the US government has run out of money. But wait - I just thought of a solution. For info, the UK is shortly to declare a budget that will pick some fruit from the top of the tree.

My recipe for a dressing for salad, avocado, chickpeas etc: 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses 1 tablespoon agave syrup quarter tsp salt 1 tbsp mayo (vegan if required). Place in a small jar and shake like mad.

Blooming’ Amazon. Delivery ‘tomorrow’ and I didn’t give special instructions. While out today, advised package out for delivery, came back. Later the package was dumped on neighbour’s doorstep, courier didn’t knock the door or ring the bell. No way to complain directly to Amazon.

Should a president, acting alone, threaten a city, & ergo its population, with financial punishment if they elect a specific mayoral candidate?

Eventually it became common knowledge that ‘cochineal colouring’ is made from crushed insects. So now it’s still used, just name-changed to ‘carmine’. I checked. So I shan’t be eating the leftover eyeball hallowe’en fairy cakes.

If I were a flying witch (which actually I’m not), I’d want something more comfortable than a broomstick.

Random first attempt at witches’ frogpond cookies- and look, there are tadpoles.

If we have visits on Friday from our local #trickortreat people, hope they will be satisfied with satsumas, scary mini cupcakes (e.g. eyeballs, spiders), and witches’ frogpond cookies?

Does anyone else these days not only mend holes in their favourite socks, but *using a Bakelite mushroom*?

Any #halloween trick-or-treaters rolling up on Friday are likely to go away with a satsuma and a witches’ frogpond cookie. Eurgggh.

Nice offer- best get our reading specs on.

@racheldeering.bsky.social Didn’t know LW drew owls. Here’s a book from about 1904! Drawings & poems.

Fireworks nowadays start with Diwali & keep going nightly for around 3 weeks (to include Guy Fawkes) in these parts. Hettie is v scared & cowers in corners. About to try a calming device but not too hopeful. I really hate fireworks. End of!

Here’s a good typo - an arts group to which we belong is arranging its Christmas event and, thrillingly, we shall be offered mice pies. Defo one for the diary - may take #cat Hettie to eat mine.

Some really heartening news about developments in medical treatments. The only downside is that some of us have lost loved ones and friends to those conditions, and we (or I) can’t help but think ‘if only’. But it’s still great news.

In the UK, I believe it is an offence to use social media to libel someone by pronouncing that they are, or have been, committing serious crimes. Just saying.

This evening’s hoped for restaurant-quality dinner lost a few points. The apple, parsnip & chickpea fritters crumbled badly and looked dire (though tasted nice) - but the garlicky orzo with peas, red onion and lemon was worthy. Well I tried.

Warning: food complaint! Why would anyone want to serve nice crunchy toast or crusty bread slathered with a gooey topping to make the base soggy? Taking aim at bruschetta, creamy garlic mushrooms on toast/ciabatta & so on.

Taken 3w ago to confirm I still do ballet!

Anyone know this type? #fungifriends - found a site showing 248 types but couldn’t find a match.

Hettie’s favourites. It would be good if #CatsofBluesky could describe their preferred toys and save us a lot of bother. I’m pathetically grateful when Hettie plays with a new toy. 😺👍🏻

Pls open a bistro. I’ll come.

However did cats manage before cushions were invented? #CatsofBluesky

Found it!

Brown hare backlit by early morning sun anxiously watching signatures on the petition heading for 30,000. I'm sure you've signed the petition to protect hares from shooting in the breeding season, but any more family and friends to sign? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... #UKwildlife #mammals

These look lovely, and #Christmas is coming. Oops - have been trying to avoid that C word.

Ode to the FitBit (to tune of Santa Claus is Coming to Town, since #Christmas stuff is starting up in UK stores): It knows when you are sleeping, It knows when you’re awake. It knows if you have ‘over-trained’ So relax for goodness’ sake. (i.e. the plan for Sunday.)

Not usually a scam martial, but following the recent practice alert message to UK mobiles, scammers are sending emails asking whether people received the warning or not. Clicking an answer will lead to scamming.

It's been a really tough year for my little business. By far the lowest takings since I started it back in 2019. I've had so many loyal customers over the years, if you're one of them, THANK YOU! ❤️ Will soldier on and hope things pick up soon. 🤞🐦😊 www.carlbovis.com/shop-3

@savebutterflies.bsky.social Red Admiral alert on our yellow buddleia just now. Not for the first time!

I'M CRYING! I CAN'T BREATHE! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! BEST VIDEO EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How many times a day can a person rush up to their partner and say, ‘you won’t guess what they just did’? And we’re in the UK. 😲😧 @boldsea.bsky.social

Never came across this before.

Must be psychic. Yesterday I mentioned The Midnight Killer by Jez Pinfold, published on Tuesday, as doing well. As of today I find it’s Book of the Week for successful indie publisher @joffebooks.bsky.social ! And just 99p on Kindle (also in paperback). tinyurl.com/n6ksjn9t