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Been easing myself back into reading with short stuff and working my way through smaller stuff on the bookshelf and the backlog. The list of bought, gifted or borrowed books is now down by 1. Good read by a wonderful author, would recommend. Next up is 'Treatises on Dust' by Timothy Jarvis

how it feels logging onto my little spreadsheet email job

there's a local kebab place whose website claims to have a PDF of the menu, but when you open the PDF it's just a single photo of a kebab and chips

After 7 years of faithful service - my little folding trolley has finally given in. Have hauled literal tonnes of briquettes, gas bottles, kerosene, diesel, shopping, rubbish, beers and assorted crap to and from the boat with it over the years.

Some more of the Italian delights from the Easter feast

Had a big Easter Sunday feed about 15 of us, I smoked a Picahna and made corn tortillas for my contribution but there was polish sour rye soup and a whole Italian spread too, plus kielbasa for cooking over the fire later. 11/10 mega feed

New toys arrived in the post. M43-OM Adapter ring so I can use older lenses on the Olympus, a vintage Zenit from Ukraine in the USSR days, and another diopter. 2 very quick test shots before work look very promising. The lens looks like it came out of the factory yesterday! Hail eBay.

semi-unsuccessful little outing with an infrared filter

4 different, but equally withering side-eyes because I have to sit at my dumb computer and work instead of hanging around in the grass with her

Correct. #USMilitaryOutOfShannon

Level up

Classic Ireland. Cracking Sun, clear blue sky and icy Baltic winds.

Birba (Rascal)

was sat out having a beer and decided to try a long exposure. Even though it's a portrait lens it's still pretty trippy.

Never know what you'll see on a walk to the shops round here

Wild Garlic is back

Albino looking crab spider(?) and some other macro bits. Olympus 45mm f1.8 / 30mm f/3.5 Macro

Happy April Fool's Day to all my fellow fools, óinseachs, amadáns, and eejits, we are the confused daughters of the witches that wouldn't learn 🩷

Made a picahna the weekend and now we're set for beef sandwiches for the next week

Mayfly is an upcoming horror game set on a narrowboat where peace and tranquility slowly descend into darkness #screenshotsaturday #madewithunity #unity3d #game #gamedev #indiedev #solodev #indiegame

Heading home at sunset

In progress painting. Trying to get into oils. It’s been great so far

A thread of interdimensional portals I've found on walks in the British countryside.

This is Bella and Hank. They have a commensal relationship in which Bella benefits and Hank neither benefits nor is harmed. 13/10 for both

when she says you have a Smallapeño