Hilary

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Dog & cat owning nana. 🐩 🐈‍⬛ Reposts not necessarily endorsement *Be careful what you wish for, you may get it*

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Hilary@hilarym· 21d

Morning j, morning ORCestra☕️ Have a safe journey and a lovely time in/around Naples. Loved the chaotic & noisy traffic in Naples, and pizza, and the ancient sites Braving Wednesday walk today, despite 24° feels like 27° Plenty of 🌳 so hopefully ok River walk yesterday yielded baby moorhen - aww HAGD

Hilary@hilarym· 22d

Ha! Somebody just posted this! Coincidence, or what?😳 (and whoever thought that was a good ad? *Keep Away From Babies & Children* and all that)

Twins in a pushchair behind a sheet of thin plastic
Advert says
Good things are twice as good in Cellophane
😳

Hilary@hilarym· 23d

Damn this informality! There I was getting all An Officer and A Gentleman 🤣🤣🤣

Richard Gere in poster from An Office and A Gentleman

Hilary@hilarym· 24d

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness

Trevor & Simon “Swing Your Pants”
(BBC Children’s TV from a looooong time ago)

Hilary@hilarym· 24d

Morning Rob, morning everyone ☕️ Cloudy with a fresher feel this morning, and last night was the first in ages where I didn’t have the fan going all night. Things may be improving 🎉 No news, so have some pics of Stan Have a grand Sunday, whatever you are doing

This group of 4 pics is all of Stanley, Maine coon x ragdoll, black with grey underfur and white toes and bib. His greatest talent is sleeping, though he is strong on purring too. This pic is a typical pose, with his paws over his eyes

Hilary@hilarym· 26d

Morning Cathy, morning everyone ☕️ POETS day and 🎶 School’s Out For Summer🎶🌞 At least the kids’ enjoyment won’t be dampened by rain Our beloved riverside walk has reopened. It was so lovely being able to enjoy it yesterday. Have a good day everyone, and a splendid weekend

A footpath in the bottom rh corner runs beside a gently flowing river, which has trees lining the far bank and shading the water

Footpath on LH side running beside a barely-visible river. This pic looks the other direction from the other one

Hilary@hilarym· 28d

Morning Caroline, morning all ☕️ Orcs seem a bit slow today-hopefully it means everyone had a decent sleep? I did Old colleague of OH is passing thro’ today, so it’ll be nice to see him. Meet @ the pub @ 5 - 🤞won’t be impacted by ⚽️ but 🤷‍♀️. Will at least break up boring heatwave routine Excuse this ⬇️

Pic of Starmer. Description of his going to football final then returning to hand over to Burnham
Second post says “They’re gonna give him one of those perfect days like before you have the dog put down”

Hilary@hilarym· Jul 11

Morning Cathy, morning everyone ☕️ Envious of those with cooler temperatures. We’re peaking at 31 today and tomorrow. 🥵 Have developed our coping strategy but starting to resent the loss of freedom Good news is that the shady river walk will reopen next week. The cygnets will be nearly grown! HAGD

This group of 4 pics is just various shots of our scorching-enforced dog walk. Plenty of trees, so we can almost walk the whole perimeter in shade. The town beacon sits near the centre. Last lit for QE II 60th celebrations, I think. Maybe for KC III coronation? I wasn’t very invested in that

Hilary@hilarym· Jul 9

Scenes from a railway restoration site. Track, platform and building with signal equipment

White picket fence behind which is the tail end of a wagon and a volunteer working up a ladder restoring a building

Red signal, white picket fence and railway building in typical dull yellow and green livery

Hilary@hilarym· Jul 9

Morning M, morning all☕️ Really bad (not) sleeping night. Fitbit recorded 2hrs48🙄 (Yet another)quiet day for me. Lovely day yesterday, though the temp was just about the limit for walking. Nice meal out - perhaps that affected my sleep? OH on museum duty today, so will watch women’s🏏 1st ever test?

Hilary@hilarym· Jul 8

Morning Cathy, morning all ☕️ 8 July 2026 means the dog is 6 years old and I have been married 54 years 😳 How did that happen? Somebody who’s been wed that long must be really old - but I’m not! Eating out tonight The heatwave continues but is bearable. We’re doing the group walk - slowly! HAGD all

A couple with a small white dog pictured in unspectacular green country, on a nice summer day

Hilary@hilarym· Jul 2

Morning Cathy, morning everyone ☕️ Cooling pillows and wool mattress topper arrived yesterday and were deployed for last night’s sleep. Result? Bliss! Very comfortable, with not a trace of nighttime stickiness. 🤞that’s still the case if we have 20° nights again. Lazy day today - good book HAGD all

The hedgerows are full of butterflies and dragonflies. This peacock posed nicely

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 27

In my school kit!

Old primary school pic in black & white, with a bit of sepia creeping in. It’s me aged ?6 or 7, in a gymslip (remember them?), a hand knitted jumper, a crumple-collared blouse. Couple of badges, I think the round one is The Sooty Club, and the other is a Robin, which was a comic, I think

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 27

Morning M, morning everyone ☕️🍦 I wonder when it will comfortable sleeping temperature again? OH is at the museum this morning, so the dog and I will try to find a cool walk. I so wish Wessex Water weren’t doing essential work which has put the river walk off limits till mid July A big miss 😕 HAGD

A white hollyhock which has managed to grow out of nothing on an asphalt path, against a red brick wall

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 25

My first stereo vinyl purchase 🙄

LP cover. Blood sweat & Tears 2nd album
Graphic is band members in brown indistinct fuzz with white background & 2 trees

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 25

Hattie endorses the wrung out flannel on the head approach

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 25

Yes - your system works on the same principle Stan enjoys the breeze

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 25

Good morning M, morning all☕️🍦 Sweaty??? Surely not? 😉 Come on ORCs - we can do this! Just today to get through and the worst of the extremes will be over. At least we’re getting more skilled at finding little fixes to help us through. Will we remember them for next time? Test cricket to help today

Fluffy cat stretched out asleep in comfort beside water& ice-filled tower fan.

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 23

Tweet from Cameron from 4/5/15 about stability & strength with him or chaos with Ed Miliband

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 21

Then they all stopped up, showed off their machines, ate ice cream, drank beer, and basically had a great time!

Not a keep, but I don’t know what it is. Lovely summer sky

This is an interesting bit of kit - for mobile engine work? Somebody might know?

Group of participants enjoying well-earned ice creams!

An amusing sight. An authentically dusty looking crate of Coca Cola strapped to a vehicle 🙂

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 21

Then the convoy appeared & took over

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 21

I thought @jim09ea63.bsky.social would have loved it - or perhaps he was here??? Pics and a vid. Please excuse the dozy alt text, which mostly says “a military vehicle - don’t know what” 🙄

Memorabilia - mannequin in military uniform, flag, tin helmets

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 14

Morning odbof, morning Sunday ORChestra ☕️ Another lovely start to the day. I heard the birds tuning up for the dawn chorus - 4.05. Self-inflicted interrupted sleep as I turned over sometime after 2.30, so listened to the Scotland match 😳 It wasn’t a relaxing listen 🙄 Hence I’ve just woken. Tsk HAGD

Yesterday’s walking route. Barley in the foreground, patchwork hedges and fields and a beautiful blue summer sky

Similar to previous picture as we walked a path edging a barley field

Dorset countryside, just outside Dorchester. Barley in the foreground. Patchwork fields and hedges/trees. Blue sky

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 11

Morning Cathy, morning ORCs ☕️ Gonna be a wet one if the forecasts are right. Dry now though We escaped rain y’day, though there were some of the darkest clouds I’ve ever seen closing in before the end of our walk We were intrigued by a (we thought) passenger plane, flying way too low & slow See ALT

This one seemed to be overhead for many minutes. We worried it might be in trouble

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 10

Cartoon titled The Pedants Revolt.
Noble on horseback says “I’d expected there to be less of you”
Revolting peasants respond “Fewer!”

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 10

Morning Ben, morning all ☕️ Sorry sleep is eluding you. I’m bucking the trend & sleeping well. What a joy Wednesday walk. 🤞we dodge the forecast showers. Optician appt was mixed. Very pleasant new young man but considerable deterioration in sight & eye health. Ageing? Pah! Enjoy World Cup Eve 🙄 😉 🤣

A view across a former gravel pit, now flooded to give leisure lakes. Scrubby grass in the foreground, a spindly young tree, and wide views to lightly wooded land. Blue sky

View of a recently flooded part of today’s walking route. Clay-y puddle, reaching up to a wire fence/posts. Clump of grass in the foreground & wide country views beyond the fence

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 2

Snake Oil Salesman (racist division)

Farage as snake oil salesman, depicted in Wild West style sepia coloured poster

Hilary@hilarym· Jun 1

Morning Cathy, morning everyone ☕️ Monday again June again - how did that happen? Forecast is for it to be damp rather than flaming … I finally finished Precipice by Robert Harris yesterday. What a story! Madness! And we complain about current politicians A steam engine for you 🙂 Enjoy today

A steam engine and trailer on exhibit as part of the 2026 Hardy Festival

Hilary@hilarym· May 30

and here’s the boy Eugene Isn’t he a stunner?

Hilary@hilarym· May 29

Growing cygnets. Still eight, all seem to be thriving There were 3 new families of ducklings yesterday but they were all too quick for decent photos