CHOKING HAZARD - No Small Parts
Brace yourselves: This is a self-indulgent dumping ground for my latest Star Trek fan art, so either nod & smile until you get to the end, or just click away now and wait until I post something...
View ArticleFrost and Fungi
Inspired by Melanie's latest Nature-Led mushroom free-for-all - and also because I had loads of photos to use up that didn't make the cut, and have nothing else ready to publish - here are some fungi...
View Article"Julian fingering Fanny's lip"*
1983 Bantam Books coverby Yvonne Gilbert It's almost the end of the year, so here are most of the things I've read, watched and listened to since my last update back in September. Unfortunately, I...
View ArticleThe Year of the Lazy Baggage*
* No. Not that one this time. It's IWeMeUs! That's right, We are the Lazy Baggage in question. I'm sure you can't have failed to notice a glut of lazyitis in the vicinity of Hexenhäusli Device this...
View ArticleIt's Arrived!
Yes, 2023 has arrived safely upon the shores of Great Britain, only slightly worse for wear after all those libations first in Australia (Dinah!) and then, most recently, The Netherlands. As per,...
View ArticleMoss Walk for Melanie
A moss island on the Madam's Lane bridge What with one thing or another (which I shall elaborate on in a future post), December passed by in a bit of a blur. This meant that I managed to forget about...
View ArticlePlease Hold...
Remember that scene in Jaws 2 in which Chief Brody is trying to convince Mayor Vaughn and the rest of the town council that the photograph retrieved from the missing divers' camera is of a shark?...
View ArticleArt Trek: Cybernetic implant set to SEXY MODE
It's not a toilet seat! It's a folded up robe, albeit with a collar that looks a lot like a toilet seat depending on one's frame of mind... Anyway, enough from the depths beyond the U-bend of Mago's...
View Article"... the gossip, and a Bertie update!"
As Jonasked so nicelydemanded, here is the gossip, and a Bitey Bertie update. Bertie first: He is willful, stubborn, hates being told off, bitey (still, but he's started to lose his baby teeth, so...
View ArticleHelp! I'm trapped in the Rubber Ducky Room!
And there's not a tin foil hat, nor baking parchment Sou'wester to be seen!
View ArticleArt Trek: The Andorian with the Rubber Ducky Room Tattoo
Well, it's Tuesday, and fortunately someone did make a delivery to the Rubber Ducky Room which means I was able to escape from there to bring you this: a double helping of Star Trek fan art!...
View ArticleThe Sky and the Moon
Just a reminder for The Nature-led Life's March photo submission request: The Sky and the Moon - as hosted by the delightful Melanie. I've emailed my photos in, but narrowing down the many, MANY...
View ArticleThe Infomaniac Garden Photos Event 2023 Primer
The House ofI N F O M A N I A CGarden Photos Event 2023 Hello, and welcome to this, the primer for this year's Infomaniac Garden Photos Event! As all the regulars and old hats will already know, the...
View ArticleThe Blob! (and other Unusual Suspects at Pensthorpe)
In an effort to get away from it all*, me and my sister Inexcuseable took a trip to Penisthorpe (as she likes to call it - and so now does her son, Count Podgekinson, 5!) yesterday. After an...
View ArticleBreaking the Circle
Enough moping around and using "all" (see previous post for barely any explanation whatsoever) as an excuse for not blogging. I am determined to, if not make a grand return, then at least dip our...
View ArticleIt's not all blue skies...
Eeek! It's been a week since my last post, so to stave off the non-blogging inertia, here are a load of photos that I've taken so far this month. Oh, and some new Kylie to listen to as you wade...
View ArticleLost in the Sunshine
Thank you for sharing your latest tune, Sophie.And how apt is its title for this sunny Bank Holiday weekend?! We thought we'd get in quick before the flurry of blog activity that is bound to occur on...
View ArticleTime for Cloverfield...
... Just not the one with the gigantic, people-squashing, city-destroying, monster.I am extremely pleased with how this sun-behind-a-dandelion-clock photo came out. Extremely.The clover field in...
View Article"Summer Hath Aroused" thoughts of the Infomaniac Garden Photos Event
Oof! Nearly fell back into the all consuming "All". Fortunately, the most recent questing tentacle from All turned out to be little more than a tendril, and is now* eating a cheese & coleslaw...
View ArticleSalt Rooks
So, there I was, minding my own business when I was accosted by a bunch of salt rooks! I mean, the very nerve. If they think their display of sharp-edged, cubic cuppery was going to intimidate me,...
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