I love the Winter Olympics. It's all about the bonds of friendship and camaraderie forged in battle alongside the mutual love and respect we have for our opponents and fellow competitors. #WinterOlympics #MilanoCortina2026

@lisatea.bsky.social Happy birthday, beautiful. Hope it's an absolute smasher of a day. xx 💕🥰🎉

Celebrating Friday with some classic tunes

@caughtjester.bsky.social Happy birthday, Bruce! 🍻🎉🥳 Hope you've got a fabulous day ahead. But more importantly.... SHOW ME THE CAKE!!!!

Too much of today has been biscuit-free.

Children's books should have a list of characters at the start, along with suggested voices or accents. I don't want to get two-thirds of the way through a book I'm reading for my daughter before I discover that I should be doing a Scottish accent for one of the characters.

a drop of crimson punctures the shimmering veil a ruby in ice #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #EastCoastKin #haiku #birds #NaturePhotography

LOOK WHAT MY FABULOUS PAL, @1steviekilner.bsky.social GOT FOR ME!!!!!! I have adopted a sloth in Costa Rica. Meet Pistachio 😍❤️🦥 I'm tracking him on the fahlo app and it's completely wonderful! 🥰😁

By an amazing stroke of luck, we actually found more JWoDs in Pickfords House! We'd gone for the Dracula exhibit, but found so much more there. What a fabulous day. 😊🥰

A holiday. But it's just me, sitting watching doggies doing zoomies on the beach.

Work beckons. *switches from relaxed mode to serious mode*

I'm going to Derby soon to see some paintings by my favourite artist, Joseph Wright of Derby. But I've found out that some of my favourite Joseph Wright of Derby's are not currently in Derby because that there London has borrowed them.

Hubby is explaining the different origin stories of Skeletor to me, if you're wondering what couples find to talk about after 30+ years.

I can't help but think that a lot of the current news cycle could have been avoided if somebody had spent ten dollars on a "World's Best Boss" mug.

Going through some old stuff and found some autograph books of my Great Grandma and Grandma. I guess in a way it was a bit like the social media of the day. There's some interesting posts.

Not even slightly sorry.

I've got the window open to let the birdsong in, and I can hear church bells a-dinging in the distance.

Good morning. I have the whole day off to do with as I please. No chores. No errands. Scott is going to do the cooking. I started the day by sleeping in until 9am. 🙈 Next up - jigsaw!!!! 🧩🎉🥳

😂 That does sound a lot

I love this concept. 1) it's warmer indoors and, 2) it is safer because, a) you're away from the ICE thugs, and b) the footpaths/sidewalks are very dangerous because someone(?) has been icing them down for days! 🤣🤣 #FuckICE #AllPowerToThePeople ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

Excited news for Daniel Levitin fans. His new book "Music as Medicine" is now out on paperback and kindle. 🎉🥳🎶 amzn.eu/d/9zR07wF

COR!

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The cat cafe is opposite Waterstones. Let the record show that I did not enter the holy book shrine.

Ov bin to the cat cafe, ay I.

I recently made a claim on my personal insurance following a minor head injury. They paid me a lump sum. #LunchPun

Ugh. I need to leave the house in a mo, but I'd rather stay in with another cup of coffee. But people will be turning up to collect vans soon, and guess who has to get them all defrosted and ready to go.

We all know that January is a tough month, so here's a Beever being given his favourite cookie.

A Mars rover captured Earth, Jupiter and Venus together in one cosmic view in the Martian sky. That’s us… 225 million miles away 🤯

Friends of Oxguin. Message from Ida There will be a celebration of Graham's life, 12th January 2.30pm at Town Hall, Frome. Totally understand if you can't come, but if you can it would be lovely. There will be a chance to share funny or nice stories/memories of Graham.

There is a scientific theory that says that no two people see a colour the exact same way. They believe they are a pigment of our imagination.

The majority of Americans will not be able to identify Venezuela on this map 😂

I think when it snows, that's the universe's way of telling you to stay under the blankets and read a book. - Michael

Only Nature could get away with this ~ my favourite outrageous caterpillar, the spectacular Saturniidae (Marco Fisher)

Stop press:

Good morning. Just look at how delightful Robin Hood's Bay is right now.

Animal door knock

My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt

Free stamp licking service

If it's cold where you are, please help our wildlife. Putting out bird food can be life-saving - the challenge for birds is to make it through the night. Put out scraps for mammals, too, if you can, and don't forget water. Break the ice on a puddle or a pond, fill a saucer or dish with water.

I haven't got time for another coffee before I leave for work, and yet here we are.

There's a massive vacuum of global leadership in favour of rules-based order, waiting to be seized UK politics is currently mired with Dorothy's companions as leaders. Heartless Tin Man Farage, empty-headed scarecrow Badenoch, Starmer the cowardly lion and yapping but ultimately irrelevant Davey

A powerful message.

I didn't do much to stay connected with friends last year. Thankful to those precious souls who reached out a hand to me nonetheless. I am rich because I have good people. 🩷

My book year both began and ended with beautiful things. 🩷

Don't have to be in work until 11 but still had to leave the house early for a docs appointment at 8. Trying to convince myself that doesn't automatically mean I can have a mcmuffin.

“Hello, I would like to enquire about something called peas? Can we have some please? We’ve been very good ducklings….” Soon baby duck, soon you shall have all the peas. #ducklings

Oh sweet, gentle bed. Why must we be parted?

What a fantastic day! I've had morning coffee (and a mince pie) with @juliaann.bsky.social & an afternoon hot chocolate with @purebob.bsky.social who was gallant enough to drop what he was doing at a moment's notice and come and meet me. We met a stranger in need of a big hug, so she got two. 🤗

Aaaaaand ..... it's back to the kitchen, crying over chopped onions. It was lovely skipping it last weekend, but the freezer won't stay full by hope and magic. Today I'm making a spiced veg and lentil casserole in the slow cooker, and a quick cheat for the 2nd dish - pasta bolognese.