Zaph Camden

@zaphcamden

Powered by coffee, pizza and forest bathing. Prefers eclectic moderation to intense fandom. Sharing my life with my Groupie 💕 Þetta Reddast! 🇮🇸

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Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· 11d

For various reasons, July has been quite the month. Hoping August restores the laid back atmosphere that I thrive in.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· 15d

Not again… #ZaphAndGroupiesSurrealLife

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· 19d

Indeed, and here’s Groupie looking for our shield.

Groupie (a young woman in glasses) points to a giant pin badge with the Scottish flag on it, at a display commemorating the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· 20d

No, says Groupie, and she knows first hand.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· 22d

Groupie would approve.

Groupie and Alice Cooper smile for the camera in a press conference style setting.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· 24d

Look…can you see, on my sundial, just around 01.00? After two months, it’s the return of astronomical twilight. And dark skies 🌌

A digital sundial app with a 24 hour ring coloured in various colours to indicate day (yellow) moon above the horizon (white) and various shades of twilight (darker blues)
The darkest blue around 01.00 indicates a short period of astronomical twilight. Note there is no black for full night, we don’t get that this far north in summer!
Also shown below the ring are sunrise and sunset times.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jul 13

On the way to work today. The surreal never ends. #ZaphAndGroupiesSurrealLife

A teddy bear sitting on a pedestrian crossing control.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jul 13

Week 29 then. Groupie reminds me (and my photo app confirms) it was this week last year when we went to Iceland. Thinking of all the fun we had in Reykjavik, Isafjorður, Akueyri & Seydisfjorður (and a short stop off in Torshavn on the way up) Lovely lovely days. 🇮🇸

A sign for Vok Baths in the Icelandic countryside.

A crowd of people beside the Goðafoss waterfall in the north of Iceland.

An Icelandic horse in a country setting.

The Hallgrimskirkja church in Reykjavik on a cloudy summer day.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jul 12

There are times when I find this all quite overwhelming. Now is such a time. Never mind, tomorrow we start Week 29 of the year and until then, enjoy this picture of a friendly crow.

A crow sits on a wall overlooking trees in the city.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jul 11

Zaph & Groupie & Groupie’s cousin, having had a fun time in Montrose.

Three people smile at the camera, two women (Groupie and her cousin) either side of a man (Zaph)

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jul 10

“That’ll do nicely, sir. And would you like to rub my tits too?”

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jul 7

Very happy birthday greetings to Groupie, without whom the world would be a lot less colourful. 💕

A woman poses on stage in a theatre, wearing fitness gear. A caption “Starring Groupie Jonsdottir” and four stars are overlaid onto the photo.

A woman in glasses and pigtails smiles for the camera. She wears a white t-shirt celebrating International Yoga Day.

A woman smiles posing beside some balloons in pastel colours celebrating Women In Mind. Shewears a bright orange top.

A woman looks menacing for the camera wearing a riot face shield and holding a weapon in a wreck it room.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jul 5

Webby the spider plant has grown up so well that the windowsill is probably too small a home. So have been clearing space on a sideboard and this shall be Webby’s new home from now on.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jul 3

Oh, you have the Fitbit too? I‘ve taken pity on the AI and started telling it my work hours each week (which often change). We also had a discussion on music…

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jul 2

They have a special beer dedicated to Sæunn and while we were in Iceland last summer we had some of it. 🍻

A man holds up a glass of beer in the Icelandic countryside.

A woman poses with a glass of beer beside a bus in the Icelandic countryside.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jul 1

Last time we were there was at a silent disco…

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 29

I was playing around with AI (yes, I know, I know) and came up with some anime-type shots of me and Groupie. My colleagues at work think this makes me look like some kind of “tech baddie” and I actually want to use this for my annual profile picture refresh across all platforms.

A man with a shaved head and headphones sits on public transport. The picture is in an anime style.

A young woman stands on a carpet in front of a sign saying WOMEN IN MIND. The picture is in an anime style.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 29

As Groupie would say, again and again…

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 28

Groupie’s latest workshop adventure; having a go at sashiko hitomezashi sewing.

A piece of fabric with decorative, geometric stitches on a wooden table.

A close up of the stitching. The pattern is of triangles with a line coming out of the base.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 23

Friluftsliv on a Tuesday morning, fairly easy in these conditions though.

A grassy plain with some trees in the distance under a broken cloudy sky.

Weather details for the Northfield/Mastrick North area, showing current conditions of 200, partly cloudy.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 21

This whole AI fitness coach thing is getting even more surreal than an episode of #ZaphAndGroupiesSurrealLife. We’re actually talking about music now.

A chat window with Google’s fitness coach Ai and the discussion veers off to music.

Google AI gives its opinion on She Sells Sanctuary and Sunglasses At Night.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 21

It is #InternationalDayOfYoga today. We know this because we have t-shirts that say so. Groupie does a bit of yoga and she was given them at an event yesterday.

A male/female couple smile for the camera wearing identical t-shirts celebrating International Yoga Day on June 21.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 21

So Groupie found this in a box of knick-knacks. I wonder how many pesetas went through this little thing down the years?

A brown leather purse featuring three footballers and the words ESPANA MUNDIAL 82, referencing the 1982 World Cup.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 19

Gemini mood collage; a month of birthday cake, Groupie immortalising her dance aerobics instructor in wool, seeing Toyah in conversation, and of course there’s that little football tournament taking place…

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 17

Groupie’s latest adventure; a dance workout class to musical showtunes. In a real theatre. ON STAGE. She loved it 🥰 Announcer voice: “Miss Groupie Jonsdottir is now appearing in Zaph And Groupie’s Surreal Life at His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen.”

A young woman in pigtails and fitness gear poses for the camera on stage in a theatre.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 15

First day of the first moon of summer 2026. (At least for us people north of the equator)

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 14

🎵 I love the flower girl… 🎶 Here she is with a flower crown with lights in it, because of course nothing is conventional about Groupie 😊

A young woman in glasses and pigtails smiles at the camera. She wears a flower crown with LED lights in it

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 14

My new t-shirt Groupie bought for me from Doric Studios. Showcasing a particularly famous local landmark 😊

A man wearing a grey t-shirt featuring the Northfields Tower transmitter mast in Aberdeen, featuring its height given as 213 feet. The design features a UFO and a depiction of the moon.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 13

Good god.

Zaph Camden@zaphcamden· Jun 12

I’ve always thought of Groupie as being like “Björk in glasses”. Imagine my surprise when I learned Björk actually acted in a film playing a woman who was going blind…and of course wore glasses. She looked lovely. Clearly Groupie and Björk are cousins from different families 😊