Colin Pidgeon
@baldypidge
Fiscal nerd. Catching flies. Views not those of my employer.
Interesting initiatives pop up all over the place. I came across this one on Facebook. It is simply a marvellous thing to see happening, so I simply had to share it.
Yes indeed. 40C would be unbearable for us. Around 24C today, but with an onshore breeze that made it very pleasant.
My hometown has the first Lidl pub in the world due to the way our alcohol licensing laws work. I bought this shirt especially for my first visit, which happened tonight 🍻 #toiletselfie #lidlpub
Mrs P and another young Pigeon away in Donegal having adventures. The house feels even emptier.
2 young Pidgeons off on adventures. One hiking the Cumbria Way, the other on Christian mission to Nyírbátor, Hungary. The house feels a bit empty.
Leavers' Garden Party at the school with Lily and Mrs P today. It has been a rock road but she has come through it more or less unscathed. Facial hair went blue in solidarity with her. 🟦🟦🟦
Today's #poem is an old one from 2020. It will soon need to be updated to XXL. #FatManPoem Lockdowns ended. But the spreading belly never did...
Priscilla Queen of the Desert at the Grand Opera House, Belfast tonight. What a show!
This is what recovery from Covid-induced ME looks like. After a trip to England, a game of bowling and dinner out for a birthday, an evening spent making paper. Drying here are small sheets of paper made from pulped life drawings and sketches made years ago.
Water lilies starting to bloom at Oxford Island, the southern edge of Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.
Finn is taking after his big sisters, showing a fondness for art materials.
This is a little wannabe #haiku I wrote a couple of years ago. I shared it on X and was quite heavily trolled. X is a toilet. This is a nicer space.
I have not written any #poetry for a while. Today's prompt is 'paranoia' which I couldn't ignore because I immediately thought of a rhyme. "Sequoia Tree" by szeke is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
We've had a decent week or two health and mood wise. Evenings like this are special.
Nice Life if Brian reference spotted by Lily. Courtesy of the excreable Daily Star, no less.
Today the Northern Ireland Tin Snails 2CV owners club run out to Ballygowan Marina bumped into some friends from the Austin owners' club