Cat Under the Bridge Mural by Andy Dice Davies Little Herberts Nature Reserve Cheltenham, UK. Great story from the artist in the alt-text #CatStreetArt #MenWithCats

i think i'm in favour of this - clarity upfront on the total cost, though can see how stores which typically sell lower cost items in multiples (and thus charge the same to ship one item as ten) would find it makes their products look much dearer excellent summary as always from Cindy

Crépeybara #art #capybara #PancakeDay

*cheltenham man goes viral with social media post of #handmade steel towel rails with solid oak shelves* 12-50cm, £35-£55 including UK shipping, available on #etsy at customsawdustco.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

ruining the magic of product photography with a sneaky behind the scenes photo

WE'RE UNDER A YELLOW SNOW WARNING! (don't eat yellow snow)

@lucysiegle.bsky.social just caught your thing on river management - so refreshing to see solutions other than a chorus of variably informed voices angrily demanding dredging :)

i keep forgetting to Do Marketing would you like some #handmade steel & solid oak shelves to hold herbs & spices priced between £25-£35 including UK delivery? customsawdustco.etsy.com/uk/listing/4... Marketing. Smashed it.

"veteran greybeard, old man of the mountain, at 39 the only member of the squad born in the 1980s before skis or snow were invented" #WinterOlympics

The sky’s a weird colour, what’s happened

Self-employed folks are facing a big change in how they file tax info in the UK. "Making Tax Digital" will require millions to send data to HMRC via software made by private firms - instead of just using HMRC's website. There's lots of confusion and a scramble going on to find free apps that work.

been #welding some longer #handmade towel rails, these will eventually incorporate a solid oak shelf in the same style as the hand towel rail/shelf I already make

*crowbars in a Valentines Day marketing angle* did you know that people who wipe their bum get more Valentines cards than those who don't? customsawdustco.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

just seen luge riders have spiked gloves for faster flippering at launch and now I *really* want a go #WinterOlympics

#WinterOlympics downhill skiing starting on BBC2 now, and reminder to play web browser game "Skeal", just trust me, go in blind, have sound up

he's got a set of pipes on him hasn't he? #WinterOlympics

I love the Winter Olympics, there's a new kind of skiing I've never heard of and within 20 minutes I'll have learned what a flurn is in that sport and within 30 minutes I will provide detailed thoughts on why they're not landing their flurns.

I cannot express how much I adore an #Olympics opening ceremony. Any other time my appreciation for interpretive dance is the same as any other troglodyte, but this is fab And Vance got booed

#WinterOlympics opening ceremony on BBC2 at 18:30, UK folks

Etsy is testing labels in search that suggest higher quality/"craftsmanship". This appears to be the next step in highlighting listings that show greater seller skills or contribution, as Etsy has been talking about doing for over a year now. #EtsySellerNews Read more about Etsy's plans ⬇️

I'm at the "use scrap wood to build storage bins in which to store more scrap wood" stage of hoarding

insomnia again, so bored of this

For the evening scrollers. I’m trying a valentine card this year. marswasrubbish.etsy.com/listing/4452...

*opens mac to reveal spice racks stitched into lining* now discontinued, this is the first #handmade spice rack model I made and there's just one left for the knockdown price of £22.50 Inc UK delivery customsawdustco.etsy.com/listing/1849...

I am convinced I could be a champion Curler, despite having no evidence that this would actually be the case But my delusion is comforting

less than two days till Winter Olympics and #TeamGB inexplicably haven't yet called me up for the luge

final assembly of some more spice rack shelves another three of these are arriving in their new Hertfordshire home today

The genie “You can go back to meet your 16 year-old self, but you can only say three words” Me, arriving in 1995 “Buy Apple socks-“ Reappears now “-stocks! Damnit.” Sees I’m wearing socks with apples on them “motherfu-“

cat got spooked by a bit of poo stuck to his bum so zoomed laps round the house till it fell off hows your day going?

i make a lot of shelves & have various piles of shelves in various colours & stages of construction i need some shelves to store my shelves a build thread over the next week or so, possibly of interest to #handmade, #woodworking, #metalwork, #welding folk the plan: 🧵/1

I mistyped an email sign off as “all the bees” instead of “all the best”. I reckon I’m going to stick with it. I can’t think of anything negative that can possibly come of wishing someone all the bees.

insomnia again, just fabulous

when your cat dines on pet food too heavenly to be delivered by a mere man in a van it is delivered by Angels nice

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

As I'm spectacularly poor at marketing I forgot to point out I have a shop where you buy prints of these pictures and others. My apologies. I will learn from this. marswasrubbish.etsy.com

it's been a while since i've had stock of the longest of these shelves in white. Finally rectifying that today with final assembly of another batch customsawdustco.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

cat is enthralled by #winterwatch and has just launched himself at the telly in pursuit of a stoat

all my little hobby & craft feeds keep getting amazon affiliate link spam stuffed right up 'em kinda surprised brand new bunch-of-numbers accounts can push thousands of posts an hour without triggering something

clearly something's gone wobbly with the #etsy calculators - if anyone wants both a toilet roll holder & matching hand towel rail & isn't getting automatic 5% discount do shout & i'll try to find the button ps. plan to start making longer towel rails soon customsawdustco.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

insomnia again, fabulous

#winterwatch is back!

Welding up more spice shelves before the rain arrives

shameless self promotion, but just had another amazing review for these shelves and it makes my shriveled cynical heart sing with joy stock a little low again, if the weather is conducive to welding tomorrow will have more by end of week customsawdustco.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...

impotent fury I know, but it's enraging that Trump lived his entire life under the umbrella of safety NATO provided, and one of his last acts on earth is to piss all over those alliances which kept him safe

this is such a key point - @ladyhaja.bsky.social had a really good article i keep pointing people to called "it's nothing like a broken leg" i (bipolar etc) get grumpy with "it's good to talk / ask for help narrative" when that help doesn't exist or people don't want to talk through your psychosis

god even after he's dead it's going to take decades before anyone else trusts the US again isn't it? suffice to say I don't ship to the US

the reason this little git looks so #caturday smug is he separately convinced both me & my partner that he hadn't had breakfast this morning

Been ripping oak boards to final width for new spice shelves today #woodworking folks will note a table saw would be much quicker, but after witnessing someone lose a fight with a table saw years back I try to keep my distance

I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1765