: Currently reading: Compost by Charles Dowding 📚A short book on how to make good compost. It draws …
: Currently reading: The Ancient Guide to Modern Life by Natalie Haynes 📚 Started this after listening …
: Listening to Test Match Special. England playing Sri Lanka at the Oval. Sri Lanka just lost their …
: Finished reading: The Notebook by Roland Allen 📚. A good read for anyone who loves using a paper …
: Currently reading: Thinking on Paper by V.a. Howard 📚as a follow on from The Notebook.
: Currently reading: The Notebook by Roland Allen 📚. I couldn’t resist this. The reviews are …
: Fox in the garden this afternoon about 4:30pm.
: Saw a fox wandering around the cul-de-sac where I live. It was still daylight. I watched it explore …
: I’m tempted to set my pronouns as me/mine. What do you think, give in to temptation? 😂
: Currently reading: An Almost Impossible Thing by FIONA. DAVISON 📚
: Bees are busy in the garden 🌱
: The bees love the borage, although they appear to be rather camera shy. 🌱🤣
: This is far better than I expected. They’ve thrived on neglect, mostly. 🌱
: I have never seen a sunflower this colour before. It seems happy growing in the garden. 🌱
: Beginning to see some signs of growth in the garden. Funny how plants from the same sowing respond …
: Finished painting the fence yesterday 😀🌱
: Painting the garden fence. Taken almost one and a half hours to do the top half of this panel. …
: After wondering whether to join Mastodon for a long time, I’ve taken the plunge. I’m …
: More bulbs coming into flower 🌱
: The first iris reticulata to flower. Spotted today. Lots more to come too. 🌱
: Blimey! Got home from visiting my sister for a few days and found a note from one of the candidates …
: After watching the video by @manton I’ve created a reading list and added books by importing …
: Currently reading: Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss 📚
: Want to read: How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell 📚
: Want to read: Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud 📚
: I’m wondering if autumn has arrived. We had a lovely warm Easter and today was overcast and …
: Jedi cat: open the door, human. 📷😂
: 📷 I made this at the start of the year. ‘Be Curious’ is my word for the year.
: Finished reading: A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs 17) by Jacqueline Winspear 📚 I have read all the …
: Currently reading: A Sunlit Weapon (Maisie Dobbs 17) by Jacqueline Winspear 📚
: Finished reading: The Late Scholar by Jill Paton Walsh 📚
: Currently reading: The Late Scholar by Jill Paton Walsh 📚
: Finished reading: The Attenbury Emeralds by Jill Paton Walsh 📚
: Long shadows on the early morning walk 🌞📷
: Follow the URL in the photo to find out who puts things like this on their boxes. 📷 😂
: Currently reading: The Attenbury Emeralds by Jill Paton Walsh 📚
: Finished reading: Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy L. Sayers 📚
: Want to read: The Power of the Pencil by Guy Field 📚
: Currently reading: Thrones, Dominations by Dorothy L. Sayers 📚
: Finished reading: Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers 📚
: Most tolerant cats we’ve ever had… 📷
: The Høvel pencil sharpener 📝✏️📷
: Morning sunshine in Sussex 📷
: Currently reading: Busman’s Honeymoon by Dorothy L. Sayers 📚
: No, I don’t need my dressing gown just now 😂📷
: You weren’t reading the paper, were you?
: I’ve just rec’d a poll card for the local elections in May. Usually there are 5 or 6 …
: Wintery precipitation! Probably means summer is almost here 😂📷
: If I sit still for three seconds for my portrait, can I have some tuna?
: What’s happening in the world?
: Summertime is here, clocks went forward an hour. This magnolia is thriving on neglect by the …
: Funny how, although I’m semi-retired, I still read books on productivity. I’ve recently …
: Boing! I am surprised these survived my gardening exploits 🤣
: Spring has sprung! The Magnolia is looking wonderful today. Not a cloud in the sky.
: Last Six Nations Rugby this weekend: France beat England 25-13. A hard fought match. The pundits …
: More Six Nations Rugby: Ireland beat Scotland 26-5. Ireland dominated from the start. No matter what …
: Six Nations Rugby: Italy beat Wales 22-21. Italy’s first win in the competition since 2016, …
: What a month it's been so far. A couple of weeks ago I had an appointment with my GP to talk about the result of my recent blood …
: First post in a long time by me. I’m testing posting from Drafts. Hope it works 😎
: Three Postcrossing postcards arrived in today’s post. They’re from Finland, France and …
: Catching up with some old Sketchnote Army Podcasts. Listened to the @Patrickrhone episode, which …
: Cat lovers might like this: …
: Have a thought for the books you read: …
: Attributing quotes … Recently saw a couple of quotes without any attribution, so I looked them up on the internet. The …
: Something to think about from Execupundit.com: A Subject Worthy of More Discussion in the Workplace
: Catching up with articles in yesterday’s Observer I found this interesting: From fan mail to …
: Testing posting to Micro.blog from Drafts
: Interesting article in The Observer today: Ronnie Wood - Art saved my life
: I read this article in the London Review of Books yesterday. I describes the author’s …
: On 14 April 2019, an article in The Observer’s new review section on Ian McEwan said: That …
: Saw this on Twitter: This is why it is important to #write a #diary I found this diary in our loft …
: An idea from Tim Ferris' interview of Neil Gaiman: “I’m giving myself permission to write or …
: Struggling to find something to blog about each day on my business blog. I’d hoped to have …
: Read “The American Agent” by Jacqueline Winspear over the past couple of days. I haven’t been so …
: If you want to hear Austin Kleon talking with a couple of British podcasters have a listen to He …
: I’m not putting up links to Amazon for Austin Kleon’s book, Keep Going, as I’d …
: If all my posts seem to be the same, it’s because I’m following the advice inAustin …
: I’m attempting to follow Austin Kleon’s advice on what to share here.
: Did it again. Reflecting on an earlier meeting, I had an interesting thought and instead of writing …
: My wife tells me that there are hamsters that have known nothing but Brexit… She’s …
: Review Studio Neat Mark One pens In May 2018, I subscribed to the Studio Neat Kickstarter campaign for the Mark One pen. I selected …
: Oh! Dear! What can the matter be? The matter is the UK’s “decision” to leave the EU. Note, please, that the UK is not leaving Europe. …
: A goal is a dream with a deadline.
: Review of Wild Fire by Ann Cleeves This book was published recently. It is the last book in the Shetland series. Previous books have …
: Review of A Wrinkle in Time by Madelaine L’Engle I can’t remember why I bought this book. It was probably prompted by something I read. It’s …
: Latest subscription box from Nero’s Notes arrived today. A lovely Poach My Lobster notebook, …
: The Cutty Sark looked quite dramatic yesterday.
: Serendipity In the past week, I have come across two magazines in a newsagent. The finds have been …
: Make an enemy of Envy Good advice from Austin Kleon.
: The Inside Out Revolution I read “The Inside Out Revolution” by Michael Neill over the weekend. I was surprised …
: Testing Irco for posting a photo.
: Latest Pocket Subscription from Nero’s Notes. What a great selection of goodies.
: Is this a cure for my stationery addiction? Or a sign of it? 😉
: On 31 August 2018, HMRC published an update to VAT Notice 731: Cash accounting scheme to replace the …
: On 4 September 2018, HMRC published new guidance for organisations that are not VAT registered on …
: Latest subscription box from Nero’s Notes. A complete fun letter writing kit.
: Here, maybe, is a photo I was attempting to show to @stulennon.
: Adding a photo using iOS app caused a problem last time. Trying again. Has it worked?
: Still testing. I thought I’d try a photo of the last subscription box I got from Nero’s …
: Hello, I’m having a look around and playing with this to get to know it better.