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Fun bit of pond dipping today - tadpoles aplenty and even this wolf spider carrying her egg sack - when the eggs hatch the hatchlings are carried on her back - one of the few examples of arachnid maternal care 🕷️

My cat enjoying some Brat Summer - esp the wink at the end, cheeky boy! 😉 🎶

Great trip to an RSPB nature reserve today. They used to be a common sight I’m told, but today was the first time in my life I saw a newt swimming in a pond! 🐸

A few close up plant pics from my recent hols.

Lovely insects and flowers in my garden on this beautiful sunny day #spring #UK

Spring blossom is the best 🌺

Every spring primroses in lots of pretty colours sprout from nowhere in my garden. I love this mauve yellow and white combo because I dont see it often in nature 🌸

Happy to have ma fringe back 💇‍♀️

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I love seeing the spring flowers pop up. Whats the plural of crocus? #crocs #carpetOfFlowers #spring

Today was the day I threw my first ever shanghai 🎯

#RedKite in flight

Snowdrops

Moon over buildings pt 2

Drink it in the morning Drink it when its hot Tea will make you happy Even if you’re not So if there’s a disaster My advice would be To go and put the kettle on and have…..

Moon over buildings

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In the good old days of twitter I was able to keep my feed professional and testing related. I don’t post about politics or non-work stuff. Then my feed just became full of that sorta stuff. A 🧵

This ends well don’t worry - this morning a passer by helped me save this poor Robin that had been caught in plastic netting. 🥺 After a fair bit of snipping (with electric trimmers!) we got the last snags off and it flew happily to the nearest tree. #birds #wildlife

Spotted this common crow - why does it have a white underwing?

Beautiful baby velvet foot 🍄‍🟫 #fungiFriends

Saw this lovely birds nest today - wonder if anyone will come visit this spring 🐦

What types of cloud are these #fullMoon #spookyOoky

So - been followed by the same user under 4 different accounts in past 24 hours. That’s a bot, right? Feeling a bit like the shine is wearing off Bluesky atm…

Robin won’t let the snow stop her 🎶

I’m wrapping up warm this weekend having cancelled plans due to snow. So got a few hours to kick the tyres and experiment with a new tool. Any recommendations for free AI in automated software testing related stuff worth checking out?

To all those people who will still be typing 2024 for the next 3 months

Done my annual “wheel of future” goal setting exercise. First time ever none of my goals are work/career focussed and I’m not mad about it. youtu.be/8KkKuTCFvzI?...

Saw this fallen nest on a walk today. What a marvel that a bird made this!

Christmas eve walk. Beautiful summery winter day ❄️

#AdventOfMushroomPics day 24 - wavy stem and beautiful gils

#AdventOfMushroomPics day 22 the absolutely beautiful scarlet elf cup 🍄

#AdventOfMushroomPics day 22 #FungiFriends

My #cats are the floofiest floofers 😹 youtu.be/1IbwYIYQnA4?...

#AdventOfMushroomPics Day 21 #FungiFriends

#AdventOfMushroomPics day 20 #FungiFriends

Note to self - make sure you look at all those “what we did in 2024” data points and collate the meaningful so-whats to put on your cv if you ever get round to updating it! E.g. we did x and it saved y days in 2024.