My offer of help with Picardy Place landscaping still stands. Here's what I've grown, with no budget, in the Arthur Street planter (find it on Google maps). It could be so nice...

Can you please make Leith Walk safer by removing these signs blocking the line of sight coming out of Balfour Street into traffic? Thank you!

Furthermore, extra obstacles/ line of sight 'challenges' for Leith Walk. @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social what is the thinking behind this?

Arthur Street planter update: We have nasturtiums! And some sedum about to flower. Can you spot the bee on the yellow flower? @leithcentralcc.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social #Leithlife #urbandgarden #Leith

IMPORTANT Arthur Street planter update: We have lily!

Watch the Golden Spurtle film now on freeview, yay! www.itv.com/watch/the-go... #worldchampionship #porridge #goldenspurtle @spurtle.bsky.social

The bling lily in the Arthur Street planter about to bloom! Any day now... Exciting.

#newprofilepic I've been cycling since I was wee, Feels so free! #happydays #cycling

📣 Leith Festival Gala Day is this Saturday. 📣 Hooray! leithfestival.com/events/ The programme looks amazing, pick up a copy around Leith, or from the Griffen Fitness shop window... #Leith #community #persevere @spurtle.bsky.social @edinburghminute.com

Howzat!? A bollard topper. Oh, yes it is... Spotted in Ripon, for @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social 😍🏏🛑

It's not-freezing-weather! To celebrate, my last newsletter for a wee while. Taking a tech break over summer (as much as is practical running a biz). #fitness #newsletter www.griffenfitness.com/campaigns/vi...

Quite excited that Paradigm Shift is opening around the corner from my studio. I've recently started sewing again... @edinburghminute.com @secretedinburgh.bsky.social

Thank you Jack. I'm RHS qualified & I'd love to do freelance for @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social planting Picardy Place. I can work on a low budget - all plants in Arthur St planter were free (or grown from seed). Seriously, how can I tender for work? @spurtle.bsky.social

Evidence of abseil earlier. 😬 Funds raised for @mndscotland.bsky.social

Arthur Street planter update: daffs may be gone, but kale has decided to flower, lily is nearly there & perseverance-in-a-tree, snapped off acer is regrowing. hooray! @leithcentralcc.bsky.social @jackrmcaldwell.bsky.social @secretedinburgh.bsky.social

Last night in Istanbul (not Constantinople). Had an amazing time, but looking forward to fresh clean air and water of auld reekie...

... and when the internet breaks, I'll still have a writing machine... Excited about his vintage typewriter impulsively purchased from St Colomba's Doocot, Leith Walk. #Leithlife #type #writer #typewriter

Arthur Street Planter update: Lots of lovely lush leaves as parts of the planter are warm and protected. 🌱🌿🍃 Photos of lillies, euphorbia and sedum. (find it on Google maps) #leithLife #urbangarden @spurtle.bsky.social @leithcentralcc.bsky.social @secretedinburgh.bsky.social

Pop-up poetry on Portobello Prom earlier. Bought an Orwell essay from @magpiebooks.bsky.social in the gazebo. Happy day!

This portrait of my favourite pop artist, Paolozzi makes me happy when I cycle past (on the new cycle path)... @wwctrustscot.bsky.social #Leithlife

this one?

Here's a photo of that photo! Good cycle route, happy days 😀🚴‍♂️🌞

Gorgeous morning on The Shore for Leith Connections launch. @spokes.org.uk @edinburghcouncil.bsky.social @edfoc.bsky.social @edi.bike @edinburghminute.com

Daffs dancing in the breeze... #Leithlife #urbangarden #Arthurstreetplanter @leithcentralcc.bsky.social

Arthur Street planter update: Spring has sprung, the daffs are up. It's a very windy site, so they're at all sorts of Leith Walk angles... #persevere #urbangarden #Leithlife

Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! Pick up your old-school print edition of Spurtleshire's important news, @spurtle.bsky.social from Griffen Fitness, Balfour Street.. #hyperlocal #nothyperbole #Edinburgh #Leithlife

Whilst the world was at war, today I tried ikebana for the first time. I recommend it. #zen

Seems like a good time to reread this... #reading #Orwell #dystopia

Thank you - she will always be loved 😍

Thank you, she was my constant companion for a dozen years. It feels very weird. I see her everywhere...