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Same as I ever was. Tea, talking. You know. Now even more easily distracted. I’ve got half-grown kids, cats and a garden I pretend is ‘wild’. Doing a bit of headteaching now.
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About a year ago I caused an accident with one of those poles you open velux with. A glass lampshade shattered. The Cat witnessed this once-in-a-lifetime disaster. Just used the pole again after *months*. Can’t find the Cat.

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

Some sweet-smelling May blossom for you. Mix with heady lilacs for maximum effect

submitted 18 hours ago • 2 comments

Because some days you just have to file under “bloody stupid”, huff some lilac and move on.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I have been sitting under a tree smelling the flowers, much like Ferdinand. I loved that book when I was little.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

As the twilight lengthens, the garden is full of the scent of bluebells, lilac and hawthorn blossom. All the blue flowers glow and this is *the best* time of year.

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

A study by this cheeto scientist has confirmed the reason why humans evolved opposable thumbs

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

Forgot I rescued a dicentra at the end of last year. Look what I discovered in the garden today! 💗

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

A word we hear too often at the moment is “deal”. When we could say treaty, accord, agreement, concord, pact… Let’s all use our Tier 2 vocabulary!

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Really really enjoyed tonight’s Doctor Who. Unsettling. #nospoilers

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Two tiny red chairs close together in the vastness of St Peter’s. The *vastness*. Who wouldn’t feel small, humble and engulfed by the weight of history? (Entirely rhetorical question. I know who)

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

The icy moon Dione. With Saturn behind.

submitted 6 days ago • 12 comments

The popemobile being used now for the pope’s coffin has suddenly made me very sad. Why this is more moving than ceremony I don’t know.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

A colleague thought I’d had a tough week so bought me something called a “cruffin”. Have you seen these things? They’re huge! And neutron-star dense. Probably should only eat a twelfth at a time. Also delicious.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Orange twirl Easter Egg ☺️

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

The pub where I worked I. The 90s served a caramel apple cheesecake. I’ve tried to reproduce it so many times and never got close to the texture, the mouthfeel, the *density*. Sigh.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Race across the world is honestly some of my favourite telly. I’m especially loving the brothers who are seeing the sights and have been told not to be pompous 😊

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Watching Race across the World and listening to the young fella not being comfortable about showing his feelings because of “traditional roles”. The boychild, age 12: “That’s called toxic masculinity, mate” *glows with parental pride*

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

The Cat is refusing to go outside at night any more (too cold, too scary) so we’ve caved and got a litter tray. I’m not a fan of litter trays but on the plus side it gives me somewhere to put the Reform leaflets.

submitted 8 days ago • 2 comments

Start of term anxiety kicking in. A bit better for being in the building today quietly by myself though. At least I know it’s all still standing.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments