The ground is incredibly dry 👀

Exactly 👏👏👏

Of all the days to have meetings between 7 and 10pm 🤦‍♂️🤣 Still managed to catch the solar eclipse three ways: pinhole projection, projection through binoculars and lens flare 🤓☀️ #eclipse #solareclipse #science #nature

And in related news...hic 🍸😋

Is it just me, or is the still the unlikely result of a union between a Clanger and a Dalek?

This adventurous young robin has been following me around the garden over the last couple of evenings. Approaches to within 50cm and the backs off to a metre or two #birds #wildlife #nature

It doesn't exist yet. Working on it... 😋

It's not nitty gritty, but it is jam hot!

Woot

Hello hedgie 🦔🤩 #wildlife #nature #gardens #hedgehogs

B@&£@®d squirrel is scoffing my (hazel)nuts 🐿️🤬🤬🤬 #wildlife #nature #squirrels

Wonderful long weekend in the Brecon Beacons catching up with old friends, walking, eating, drinking and this cracking view. First time we've come back with more alcohol than we went with (and bonus of excellent local cheeses), courtesy of a most enjoyable local food fair in Crickhowell ! 😋🍷🫣😅

Bear absolutely loves his ice-block treats at any time, but especially now in the summer heat. 😋 Of course, now he's seen where they appear from, any time I'm near the freezer, or if he hears the freezer door open, he's there in 5 nanoseconds, investigating expectantly and enthusiastically 🫣🤣 #dogs

Your neck of the woods looks rather lively on lightningmaps.org at the moment. Best to keep your kite in the garage for a bit..

Well I guess that's how I like my toothbrushes 🤔🤷‍♂️

Mr Woody showing the youngster where good places to feed are #wildlife #nature #birds #woodpecker #GreaterSpottedWoodpecker

"So why do you need a couple of 1m lengths of rope and 4 carabiniers?" Sheepishly "For the car. I may have forgotten to order doors... 😳" "???! 👀" 🤣🤣🤣

And as well as baby birds, baby bunnies are appearing...and chancing their luck in the garden 😳🫣🐕 #nature #wildlife #gardens #rabbits

May I add a Manx Shearwater rescued from our distinctly non-coastal Warwickshire garden a few years back #SuperSeaBirdSunday

Hello young woody! First sighting of this year's newly fledged greater spotted woodpecker #nature #wildlife #birds #woodpecker

Ditto. Decorum isn't Bear's strongest suit 🐕🫣🤷‍♂️

The garden roses seem to have really appreciated last week's heat and sun 😎 Possibly the best show I've seen from them 😊 #gardens #roses #summer #flowers

Trying a new ice cream recipe: gianduja. Basically chocolate and roast hazelnut. Accidentally crashed three steps into one but I think I've recovered it ok 🤦‍♂️🤞 Will find out this evening, but if the cleanup scraps are anything to go by...yummm 😋

Same energy

Well there are some interesting* design choices in the new #GoogleHealth app which has just replaced the #Fitbit app. *terrible Having the main screen 2/3 empty, with no way to do anything about it, or add any more tracker info tiles, is frankly ludicrous. What were they thinking?

Jobs that require no labradors, part 37 🤷‍♂️🤣 I don't know if there's an ultra high pitch sound whenever I pump up the bike tyres, but whatever pump I use instantly brings Bear into the action, trying to bite the hose, body or handle 🙄😅

This is a useful (and unbiased) analysis from Prof Curtice which helps understand some of the changes

A squabble of squirrels. The owl nest box is currently home to 4, possibly 5 restless squirrels. Difficult to be sure in the blur of limbs, heads and tails #NotAnOwl

Deer stork*-ing is hare-raising... Wonderfully wildlife-filled dog walk yesterday *Yes, I know it's a heron, but deer heroning doesn't make sense 🤔😅 ** First time I've seen a white heron too. Didn't realise that it's a different species and not just a different colour to the more usual grey heron