On This Day #OTD, July 7th 2013. Kimberley Walsh in #Leeds city centre at the 'Sky Ride' family cycling event. @kimberleyjwalsh.bsky.social

My simple home-made lunch: a fish finger butty. Nom!

A spot of summery lunch

Nachos and beer in Brewery Wharf Tavern, Leeds, UK. It's what Tuesday lunchtimes we're made for!

Nice bit of setting sun ray action over #Leeds just now.

A summery breakfast: Smashed avocado (avocado, fried chillis, fried garlic, salt, pepper) and poached eggs, on lightly toasted San Francisco-style sourdough bread.

I was recently asked "what are your best feelings?" Well, the arrival of a parcel containing new Calvins is definitely on the list.

A great night out last night, but I'm definitely in need of my bacon & egg butty now!

Coffee in the summery sunshine outside 212 bar, Leeds. Happy weekend everybody!

Throwback Thursday #TBT. His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Leeds in June 2012. I had to stand in the rain for 2 hours to get this shot - well worth it in the end ☺️

An advantage of being uninterested in the footy is that I can take photos of folks who are interested in it.

In Brewery Wharf Tavern #Leeds enjoying an evening Staropramen by the river

Now I feel old! the Little Johnny and Mary who raised their hands and said "Please Miss" in school in countless jokes are now in their late 70s. Where did all the years go, eh?

This afternoon's batch of home-made Pilau Rice (or "Plausible Rice", according to my spell-checker)

A (rather late) spot of breakfast to get the day off to a good start

Messing-around with rim lighting this afternoon. A lot harder than I thought it would be!

Far too wet for my daily 10.5km walk, so having a coffee & donut morning at home instead.

Tucking into a superb lunchtime pizza at Brewery Wharf Tavern, #Leeds. Tasty! 😋

When an informal technical test shot turns out to be a much better photo than I was expecting.

Bloomin' 'ot in #Leeds at this time

A leisurely coffee at 212 bar, Brewery Place, Leeds. Pleasantly warm today.

Warm, dry and sunny here in #Leeds, so having a salad for tea out on the balcony.

A Boeing 737 Max 8-200 out of Leeds Bradford Airport, passing above my Brewery Wharf flat a few minutes ago on its way to Poznan.

Milk & cookies to nibble while I'm watching an episode of Ally McBeal

It's wet and 'orrible outside, so I'm out for a Peroni or two in a Harold Wilson-style raincoat. Cheers!

Remarkable: I've been retired for nine years, but Saturday still feels like Saturday 😊. Anyhoo, here's the view looking north out of the window of my #Leeds flat a few minutes ago. Happy weekend everybody!

Admiring the newly-planted flora outside 212 bar, #Leeds

Chefs' Superfluous Preposition Watch, May 14th. "We shred the Romaine Lettuce down ..." (Chef preparing a Caesar Salad)

My tea: roasted chicken breast fillet with a home-made chunky Stilton, Onion and Parsley sauce, served on a bed of Conchiglie Pasta, washed down with a bottle of Old Speckled Hen ale. Sauce: Stilton Onions Butter Plain flour Fresh parsley Black Pepper

Barbecue in the sunshine at Bridge End Social, Leeds. Superb! 😋

Thank god it's Thursday! #retired 🌞

Throwback Thursday #TBT. TUC May Day rally & speeches in Leeds, April 2023. @vickyblake.bsky.social @richardburgon.bsky.social @cllrasgharkhan.bsky.social @tuc.org.uk

Prepping my breakfast: Cumberland Sausages Smoked Back Bacon Tomato (for grilling) Heinz Baked Beans (salt and Chipotle Chilli Flakes added during heating) Oyster Mushrooms Shitake Mushrooms Duck Eggs Black Pudding Bread (to be fried) Tomato Ketchup

Lots of passenger jet activity over my Leeds flat this afternoon. A Jet2 Boeing 737 on its way from Leeds Bradford Airport to Budapest.

A dish of home-made raita to go with this evening's fabulous home-made chicken curry and equally fabulous home-made pilau rice. Nom! 😊

Well that's a new one on me - a horizontal rainbow (2:30pm BST today, looking roughly north-east from Brewery Wharf, Leeds, UK)

My early evening meal: home-made Leek & Potato Soup

A few too many Peronis last night. Still, this'll sort me out.

Quote of the week from the Sky News presenter just now: "Does D'Artagnan have living ancestors?"

Really good photo shoot this afternoon with a photogenic young lady who did an excellent "serene" look.

*Assess "In the mili-durry we call it a PBSM - a pretty basic spelling mistake"

Aaah - we're getting to that time of year where retailers remind us that ex sounds like eggs - just in case we'd forgotten.

Amongst all the rowdiness, laughter and jollity in a bar last night, I managed - eventually - to get a decent portrait photo of the guy who's emigrating soon.

Just seen a Facebook post from one friend to another, "Remembering all the holidays in grease". Reminds me of the time a colleague was arranging a departmental evening out to go and see "... the musical Greece".

First attempt at Italian-Style Meatballs. Just resting, then they'll be portioned-up, cooled, a few refrigerated, a few frozen. Then I'll be making an Italian-style tomato sauce to go with them tomorrow 😊

Having a go at making Italian-style Meatballs this afternoon. Never tried this before. So far so good.

"You cannot underline how important this is." TV News commentator I shall add this to my collection, along with "You're pushing at a closed door", "The proof is in the pudding", "anti-ballistic missiles" and "It's a two-horse argument".

First lunch on the balcony this year! (Home-made Chilli Con Carne with plain white rice and crème fraîche)

Setting off to 212 bar, #Leeds, shortly, for a Peroni or two.

Out for a few drinks with the neighbours last night, so in need of a goodly breakfast: Fried Pork Sausages and Scrambled Eggs (eggs, butter, creme fraiche, parsley, salt, pepper) on lightly-toasted buttered Pain De Campagne with grilled Vittoria Cherry Tomatoes on the vine.