The most important news of today is that it is #midsummer and in #Orkney we will have 18 and a half hours of daylight today. Sunrise at 0358 and sunset 2229. 🌞

Doing calculations re holiday apartment and how much £ I owe my friends in Germany. It looks like an 11+ set question: A, C and D go on holiday together. The flat they book costs £750 but falls through so they end up in another flat, costing £690. A gets a £50 reduction and additionally the people>

OO. Have just seen a hummingbird hawk moth!

It does feels bit cooler out here than it did yesterday also, my lavender is full of bees. #SneezyTowers

@levparikian.bsky.social @glennyrodge.bsky.social and @mooseallain.bsky.social walk into a bar together. You can make up your own punchline.

The #catpest has also had enough.

I have just eaten this. It tastes a LOT better than it looks. #GoodLunch

Cleobulina (6th century BC) was an ancient Greek poet. Plutarch says that she was a companion of the pre-Socratic philosopher Thales of Miletus, though according to Diogenes Laertius she was his mother. She must have been active at the beginning of the 6th century BC. #CelebratingWomen

#OverOnMumsnet, someone's plonker husband has just pointed out that six months today is Christmas day. Wonder when Waitrose slots open.

Have just made gazpacho. Now in the fridge, chillin'.

26.5C in #SneezyTowers. Yesterday it was 25C. I'm extremely glad it's due to be cooler tomorrow.

A huge win for Willesden and all high streets! I've proudly led on this campaign along with Brent Council. We were tired of the proliferation of gambling shops. GIAs are a good step forward but I will continue to campaign to end Aim To Permit. www.mylondon.news/news/north-l...

Good morning Wulferhampton have a terrific Thursday you Trump tormenting twonks

That thing when you realise you're sitting around hoping it will get cooler and in fact, it's getting warmer. #that

it's always cute when Americans are like "LOL. Europe. we put aircon in ancient buildings ALL THE TIME it's easy." then you look and they mean sticking window units in some wooden buildings younger than my wardrobe.

You should just see the mountain of ironing I've got to do. Not today, though: once it cools down a bit.

Amazon really don't do themselves any favours, do they? I was looking for a collective noun (parliament of fowls).

There's a flock of sparrows out the back, holding a meeting. cheepcheepcheepCHEEPCHEEPCHEEPCHEEPcheepcheep

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"On St John’s Eve the bonfires are lit at the cross-roads... in order to counteract the power of the Trolls and other evil spirits, who are believed to be abroad that night" (Frazer) 🎨 John Bauer #WyrdWednesday

Anyone in Glasgow area have a spare room to rent?

Looking forward no end to Tuesday next week: 21C and rain. Sounds delicious.

Still 25C in my house lads. I slept most of the arvo and have that slightly stunned feeling you get when you wake up at the wrong time of day.

And coloured. Cover for Woodwosing by @taliskimberley.bsky.social , coming soon.

People, I am begging you, if you have air con in your flat please PUT IT ON YOUR DATING PROFILE.

Lasted less than two hours at volunteering job, owing to heat. Came home. Opened front door and an icy blast hit me. Yes, that's what 25C feels like when its 35C outside. I'm staying put until Friday.

Never did I think I would see a cure for sickle cell in my lifetime. A friend of mine in fifth grade died from this disease. My parents kept me home from the funeral because they thought I was too young to handle it. Modern science is a miracle. www.wafb.com/2026/06/23/n...

And this morning the Shed is a chalk stack on the edge of a familiar coast, staring forever out to sea...

Still Life with Pomegranate and Pears, 1890 https://botfrens.com/collections/43/contents/12928

#Lingule #1529 "gaineamh": 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🏆 lingule.xyz

I am watching the kickyball and the way things are going, Ghana will be down to eight players by half time.

Good grief, it's nearly 20.00. Still baking out there.

Rafael Romero Barros, Still life with oranges, 1863

Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/

We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.

There's a thread on FB with people telling stories about their pet blackbirds. NB these are mostly wild blackbirds, but people have fed them and they've become pets with names, bringing their whole families in. My mother had one that followed her into the house one day when she was late feeding it.

The Strait of Warm Ooze is the first monument you can smell before you see.

Waiters to be fined for asking if your food is ok unless you are between courses. ‘Optional’ service charges banned. Few people have the hide not to pay them. Smoking on pub and restaurant terraces can get in the bin. No dogs in cafes or pubs.

This is the main thing I wish people understood. I don’t care if your dog normally exercises itself into a panting slobbering frothing mess running until it barely has legs left. Usually, that works to cool them. In heatwaves it doesn’t.

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

Good morning. I have just put the washing machine on. Am post- visitor (two) and also post-holiday. It had better not rain.

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Monet believed every color contained its opposite. He’d pair pinks with greens, yellows with violets—as though light could be perfectly balanced.

Goodnight from James Ashton, finding it somewhat sinister that his grandfather has a crowbar nicknamed ’ghost-maker’ in the shed. Goodnight from Florence May, still puzzling on the ash-ridding marriage omens of rings and what might be the ears of a bear. Goodnight from Hookland.

Someone just called the reflecting pool the "strait of warm ooze" and now my friends, I am dead.

Goodnight. 🖼️ Riddaren Rider, John Bauer, 1914.

I promised you a book cover for Hookland Fragments Volume One at Midsummer and here it is:

Let’s check in on how Jared and Ivanka’s luxury Albanian resort is doing…

"Honestly, I don't know where to fucking start" 📸: @number10cat.bsky.social