Lovely walk through Stonehenge landscape. Was going to to sit on these rocks and enjoy the view, but they turned out to be sheep.

This is your* brain** on Ofsted. (*my **resting heart rate) The peaks are Sunday/Monday when the possible call is looming. The next few days are safe. The black line is the last point this year where I could have got the call.

And at Number 1, for the 9th year running, we have:

At number 2 [New Entry] (Big love to all the curly kids who worry their hair will never look good)

Did it. Committed to the bit like a proper theatre kid. 💅

You know what else helps? Very fancy macarons from Mr Bird in recognition of a Very Bad Week

Bold of you to assume I was in bed and not slumped on the sofa till 4am

*school sleepover face*

I hate this sort of thing. Cutesy nonsense.

I took this last night with zero expectations of it coming out (long exposure with wobbly hands) but look! The plough is all there, just sitting above the washing line!

Midsummer mead

Happy solstice everyone! The sun has set and we’ll see it again soon ☀️😍

The houseplants are on their holidays. I like to make sure they have some outdoors time in the summer. Plant enrichment.

Sometimes Arbor’s reporting just seems mean

For a moment, genuinely thought this was bad AI with a weird spelling mistake.

@99thredballoon.bsky.social SO TEMPTED.

After many years of trying I have peonies! And not just 1 flower! It helps that the Boychild doesn’t play rugby in the garden any more…

Look at this gothic beauty.

The frog just showed up. I think she lives under the holly tree and enjoys the slugs. But I have made her this, to make up for the disturbance

Ice cream cake! My first ever and it worked! Tahini blondie base, 2 layers of ice cream sandwiched with caramel sauce. Topped with frozen butterscotch angel delight and Crunchie rocks.

Felt a sudden urge to smash the patriarchy through the medium of this flavoured ethanol abomination.

Right. This messy bastard is Moldovan Woodpile Cake. Pancakes, cherries, sweetened sour cream, cocoa. A joy.

Look at these bad boys

According to the ancient laws laid down by our ancestors, I am posting a pic of the rainbow I saw. In real life it had 4 echoes.

@99thredballoon.bsky.social I don’t know where the gothic garden is going to be yet, but I knew I had to get this beauty for it.

First time this year! Heard, not seen

Some sunny evening pics that deserve scratch’n’sniff

Jurassic Spring. The magnolia (the world’s first flowers most resembled magnolia flowers) in bloom in the Jurassic Garden, and new fronds on the palms. Tree fern still asleep.

Garden bluebells in evening light when they are positively glowy.

I’m not generally very girlie in my dress, decor, style. I save it all up for the garden.