Poppy does sleep in odd places..

I have these in metal..

A colleague in Rhode Island just sent me this. It's the sun. This is how bad the Canadian Fires are..

Hydration break.

Treating BBQ sausages with the respect they deserve.

Yes. Just got home from our little festival site now. Though there was a spider.

It's looking survivable.

Actual footage of 'fantastic Reform activists' en route to Clacton.

Did I mention I bought the biggest umbrella in the world?

So I bought a huge dried out dusty bulb at a garden centre in 2023. I knew it was a lily, but not much else. This is its second year of flowering. It's about 5 feet tall and smells like the most expensive perfume in the world. I wonder which lily it is? #gardening.

They closed the top of our road a few days ago and it's bliss. No cars. Every now again one comes up to see if it's really closed. A village wag added to the sign..

That's better summer. The BBQ on for the third evening in a row.

That's me all set for the next water fight. Locked and loaded.

That's better, pig.

Well that's a good start to the day. Being reversed into as we pulled into the garden centre...

Rainbow alert. Red three, rainbow alert. Take necessary measures.

I think I may be the only person who likes the new Ferrari. It's very 1970s Rollerball.

Tinsel says it's hot enough thank you.

Jesus:

The basil army in the greenhouse is doing well. All this is from one pot from Tesco a couple of months ago. And we've already had basil pesto a few times.

We turned our fireplace into shelves. I hope geek Bluesky will approve of my ornaments.

We should nuke it from orbit, just to be sure..

Anyone lost a carriage?

Did something happen up North?

Cat stand off. They've been like this for ten minutes. Poppy won't move and neither will Tinsel.

Great fun.

Bath is very nice isn't it.

I don't often like pictures of me, but I like this one of me and L.

Angry octopus wants to fight you. (Homage).