Hugo 5/5/13 - 5/7/26 💔

The delicious slow roast tomatoes, goats cheese & mint salad from @nigella.bsky.social's Express. This time I got the tomatoes right, the new Neff oven is a bit different to my old gas one 😂

Rather enjoying Two Weeks in August (iPlayer) - it's like the bastard British offspring of This Life and The White Lotus, set in Greece.

Tickets booked to see this chunky Welsh bender when he comes to Cambridge in October. www.reddit.com/r/gay_irl/s/...

Pigeon in the kitchen - it's Hugo's fault. He's fussy & is now only drinking from a bowl on the patio. It's popular with thirsty pigeons, and my return from hanging out washing caused this one to fly up from the bowl and into the house!

Ominous dark skies over the college on our morning walk this morning. Got a load on, so pleased to report that it's brightened up since, there's enough blue to make a sailor a pair of trousers.

What can I say? A night with Orville Peck most certainly didn't disappoint. Great band, an accomplished showman, and that amazing voice in the intimate Roundhouse. Just 👌👌👌

Orville Peck at the Roundhouse this evening 😃😃😃 should be a good night, he's meant to be great live & it's a good venue. Twickets has tickets if you're interested.

Spinach, Goat's cheese, moonblush tomatoes, and mint salad 👌 Tho may have slightly overcooked the cherry toms this time 😂

This was in my Google feed, so I've brought it here for you to enjoy. No, I don't know why either. amzn.eu/d/0h0Al0wF

Getting a tip run in whilst the temperature's bearable 🌞 🌞 🌞 Rarely wear gloves, but sometimes it's sensible and these go with the butch tradie vibe 😉🤣 Hammered the nails down so the lengths now sit snugly on top of each other and I can fit more wood my boot 👌

This evening, or tomorrow on iPlayer if 10.40pm is a little late for you. Madge's Confessions II juggernt continues it's relentless rollout 🤣

This is just brilliant from Tom Read Wilson. Enjoy! www.instagram.com/reel/DaAbD0y...

This morning vs now. Annual vet check in between. Few things picked up, slight heart murmur & lump on his front elbow that I was need to decide whether they're worth investigating. He's been moistened & is laying in front of the fan. Dogs can't sweat, so I'm using physics to keep him cool 🤣

Quote this with a song you have on repeat etc. youtu.be/Z93KdVfpyMM?...

I had eggs that needed using, so despite it being 30°C, tonight's tea is a frittata. Or my interpretation of one anyway.

Drain me like one of your reflecting pools 😉🤣

May have got the quantities of the lentils slightly wrong for my daal. Remind me next time that 300g of split peas and 600g of red lentils is more than enough. I soaked 500g and 1kg today 😬🤣 My giant pan was needed in the end, sadly doesn't work on the induction hob, so dug out my old two-ring 😉

Fancied something Norwegian, but didn't have any that nice nutty cheese so opted for this instead. I'm about five minutes in and someone's been murdered. With the exception of Borgen, it happens in every Scandi series - the whole place seems about as safe as Midsomer 🤣

Should have taken a pic before most of it was demolished. Think it was a winner 😉👌 @nigella.bsky.social's ginger & walnut carrot cake. Recipe 👇 should you wish to make one, and I firmly encourage you to 🤤🤤🤤 www.nigella.com/recipes/ging...

I swear I've no idea how the kitchen ends up looking like this every time I bake 🤣

Super Dorothy vibrant against a blue sky.

Not long now until his shows at the Roundhouse 🤠🤠🤠 www.instagram.com/reel/DZnRxMR...

I'm addicted to dill pickles 🥒 😂 Always liked gherkin in burgers, but never bought 🥒. They weren't something we had in the house growing up, so didn't think to buy them 🤷, but threw caution to the wind last week and now can't stop 🤣 Hit me up with you gherkin & dill pickle recommendations 🥒🥒🥒

Upgrade your bedroom with this built in cuck seat 🤣

Wiltshire wheat - not quite as easy as the Insta tutorial suggested - but I'll persevere as I do enjoy a different angle 😂

I'm now a signed up member of the maptap.gg community 😂 www.maptap.gg June 15 98🎯 99🎯 98🎯 95🏆 97🔥 Final score: 969

Gone west to see friends

Madge and Graham 26th June 📢📢📢 BBC One - Madonna & Graham share.google/IrxzDJfqTTOz...

If you're not watching the Swedish weather commentary, you should. Trust me, you'll see why. www.instagram.com/reel/DZXohYr...

Schitts Creek is on iPlayer 📢📢📢

Quick squirt and a wipe in the hall. Hugo may be getting on, but he can still fling slobber on the walls. The ones with pieces of biscuit are the worst, spot-welded like cornflakes to a left cereal bowl 🤣

Morning bluesky 👋 Need something to get me going today. Do you want to plunge or shall I?

If you've not made these, you should! 🤤🤤🤤

And so to bed. Yes, he's still damp, and no, I didn't plump the pillows.

Hugo decided he wanted to go to Eddington & around the lake. Further than we usually do now, but I agreed as a treat. He loves paddling so I let him go down to the stream. 🧵 #1

IYK, have a good one today 😉

When you're watching a sitcom, and recognise the guy holding the Tees Transporter Bridge 🤣

New headliner announced for the Freedom 250 concert

Finished Half Man yesterday evening. Hard hitting, in more ways than one.

Today I shall be mostly listening to the News Quiz, the Toksvig years. The news may not be current, but the brilliant comedy hasn't dated. Jeremy Hardy has caused me to spit my coffee more than once. Its all on Spotify, series 60 - 88. Pure perfection.

Morning bluesky 👋 A self-seeded oriental poppy bringing joy this morning.

Morning bluesky 👋 The Tradescantia 'nanouk' I bought a month or so ago seems to like my kitchen, so much it's decided to flower. With the morning sun from behind the leaves are just 👌 😍

Nosy neighbours wanted to see what I was up this morning

V&A are bang on the money today with this, their contribution to Red Hot & Blue - a Cole Porter tribute album that raised funds & awareness for HIV/AIDS in 1990. youtu.be/IyWArxIbn7w?...

That looks a little better! Cleared the ivy and other debris from my hidden dell. Last pic is when I built it in 2012 - it's been engulfed by the wisteria, laburnum & indigofera 😂 which was the idea & now provides a cool, shady place to sit.

Not sure I can be bothered to close my ring in this heat 🤷

Who will tickle my taste buds? Saw these in Tesco this morning and I'm a sucker for a new flavour so since they're currently two for £3 here they are 🤣 Hoping for lots of rhubarb in the 1st one. Bottles chilling in fridge, will report back.

Delightful, yet weird. That's the clematis for you. Happy bank holiday weekend to those who celebrate 🤣