Of new cutlery I bought a load Also crockery: Wedgwood and Spode Through the woods going home I tripped over a gnome Sadly dropping a fork in the road

"Jackdaw" Moon 27th May 2026 #jackdaw #moon #matlock #canon750d

Good morning 🌅

Just out of interest, when was the last time you bought an appliance (with the exception of a vacuum cleaner) that had a cord long enough for you to use it without an extension lead?

My first visit to Saltdean Lido Vs today's visit. There is a general feeling that the world is going from bad to worse, so it's heartening to see somethings do improve and decline can be reversed. A fabulous family swim in a beautiful pool this morning.

These took a while to design. I lost my dad eighteen months ago and Father's Day felt like a tough job this year. I got there by thinking about what he gave me. www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/fathers-day-...

Oh we so feel you.... Midsummer by Albert Joseph Moore, image credit: Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum , CC BY-NC-ND via @artukdotorg.bsky.social #IceColdInArt #ArtSky #Art artuk.org/discover/art...

It’s really frightening.

Geriatric peonies staying strong, setting an example with their noble resilience.

TL;DR It’s hot as all fuck. Skip the dog walk. You have my permission. Signed, Your friendly neighbourhood veterinary surgeon.

Sounds delicious and 'you will need to alter your strategy' makes me feel like a military general.

Anyone want 2 tickets to go to this at 2pm? www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/exhibi...

The Irish Yew (Taxus baccata L. Fastigiata) at Florence Court last weekend. All the Irish Yews that currently grow around the world are descendants of this tree. 🌳 #ThickTrunkTuesday #TreesOnTuesday #TuesdayTrees #Botany #Nature #NationalTrust #Fermanagh

Pick a Bond villain from the pictures you already have on your phone.

@imcmillan.bsky.social @brianbilston.bsky.social @iralightman.bsky.social Going to listen in the bright light of the garden (I wrote to Sebastian Coe around 2010 suggesting he revive the Poetry Olympiad. His reply politely sprinted away from the ideaq

My first entry for #Wildflowershow is this stunning swathe of Thrift, looking dazzling on Chesil Beach this week. Despite the appalling weather that day (a biting wind and heavy downpours of rain) these gorgeous flowers provided some much needed floral sunshine to a bleak day. 🌸 #wildflowerhour

The Hedges and ex-Hedges of Stapleford. Caught in the act of removing it, without permission, in nesting season. Shame On You.

Heartbreaking scene from the famous 'Cat Hamlet' where all the characters come in, go out, want to be let back in, then go out again which is why it takes Hamlet forever to make his mind up what to do about Claudius, while Ophelia naps through everything, even her own death.

Remember not to leave your House Dalek out in direct sunlight during a heatwave. #DoctorWho #SalvadorDalek

So, a quick story. I have been at @comicpalooza.bsky.social, been swamped with long lines almost the entire weekend so far, and there was this very nice gentleman named Jin (not sure of the spelling). He came the first day and said he was bringing books the next day to get signed. 1/

Just tomorrow left.

Gloria Caulfield, a real estate executive, at the University of Central Florida. When the students booed, she said, “We’ve got a bipolar topic here, I see.” Not seen 'bipolar' used like that before. Echoes of misuse of 'schizophrenia' and not, I would suggest, to be encouraged.

Some cooling rain for a hot day. 🎧🌧️🎧 Episode 67 - May rain after daybreak (42 mins) The birds sing in nearby gardens, waiting. Then the rain starts and stops and starts again. As it lands, it lights up the garden, in sound. > radiolento.podbean.com/e/may-rain-a... <

A fable: richardparkin.co.uk/fables/?tb-p...

A week tomorrow… On Sunday May 31st Cartoon County is going to takeover all the stalls in Brighton Open Market - come an meet more than two dozen cartoonists, comic makers and artists

At last! A paperback edition of all the poems from The Hypnotiser - the poems that kicked off our YouTube channel ‘Kids’ Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen’ . Watch the vids: read the poems!

First I thought there was one…

of all the things Google has done recently, what pisses me off the most is that they’ve removed postcodes when you look a place up in maps

Temperatures are rising over the Bank Holiday weekend and libraries are here as 'cool spaces' to help those who struggle to find shelter. The growth in 'cool spaces' is inspired by the 'warm spaces' project led by @warmwelcomeuk.bsky.social. www.librariesconnected.org.uk/news/public-...

I am an ARTIST and a POET

It is no exaggeration to say York's Centre for Lifelong Learning changed my life. A creative writing course led by @sophiecoulombeau.bsky.social has resulted in novels published, new friends, and later this year, I very much hope, a PhD. It's such a loss.

A hot day down #WyverlaneNR @derbyswildlife.bsky.social the “coos” cooling off in the margins of the main pool creating improved habitat @belperbirder.bsky.social @willowglass12.bsky.social #usualsuspects Lapwing BHGs family party of Treecreeper Sedge Reed Blackcap Chiffchaff #Derbyshirebirds

Today: an EIGHTEEN-PAGE form to fill in so i can use £50 of my research allowance to register for a conference.

In a few weeks I'll be running a half-marathon down the North Sea coast. DON'T WORRY I DON'T WANT YOUR MONEY. It's just made me think about this thread I posted last summer. Which might give you some ideas, should you have any spare change in your pocket.

A real classic.

Introduce yourself with ten numbers 8,032 365 235 99.94 158 501 333 376 104 16.43

My wife crocheted a great tit costume for herself in order to do this, and that’s probably one of the reasons why we’re married www.gsmd.ac.uk/whats-on/bir...

This year marks ten years since I wrote Why Do Birds Suddenly Disappear? Today marks eight years since it was published. It’s the story of my return to the world of birds after thirty years away, and I remain extremely fond of it.

Sometimes the best thing to do with heirlooms is use them. Take the train set out of the box and let your grandkids play with it. Use the fine china. It might break. Let the doll’s lace dress get dirty. Not all value comes from being untouched for eternity.

📍Loci: A 'Wirksworth state of mind' - a real hidden gem:

A Path to Justice — A cartoon by Nick Anderson

Good morning 🌅

There’s been a lot of love for my #Blackburn designs. I’m an illustrator based in Manchester but I’m Blackburn born and bred. Have a look gailmyerscough.co.uk/hometown

I'm nervous about this, not least because *every single time* I had a condition dismissed as psychosomatic, it turned out to be physical & fixable. Job coaching isn't going to do jack if what you need is surgery.

#WorldBeeDay Episode 165 - Up in the hills of mid Wales (36 mins) 🎧 radiolento.podbean.com/e/165-up-in-... 🎧 A rich soundscape from beside a trickling stream in Wales. Fill your ears with the sound of this place. Visiting bees, noisy pheasants, a cockerel, bright birdsong all around.