First half marathon in a while done. No races this year but aiming for another Greek marathon next year.

Time for the Vampire Lestat

You have impeccable taste

Let's see what folks think

Had an interview today. Think it went well but won't hear for a fortnight. So we have wine and a wonderful homemade pizza. And yes I commit war crimes.

While the models chug away the yogurt will get made.

First gym session in months done. Been hesitant to go back but enjoyed it.

Hope everyone is having a loafly Friday afternoon.

Hey guys it's ya boy and it's time to do an unboxing

Oh to have such impeccable vibes

Today's office birdwatch is a pair of goldfinch going to town on the dandelions. Another reason to take part in #nomowmay is the birds have a lot more food

Moving my home office to the conservatory was a great but distracting idea.

Tea for me please. I'll bring fresh bread if folks want it with butter or toasted.

Gwin a pitsa i dathlu'r etholiad, ac am dyfodol braf am Gymru. Wine and pizza to celebrate the election, and for a brighter futures for Wales.

Anyhoo while the UK is again having midlife political crisis, it's time to strain the yoghurt I made overnight.

And voted in the Senedd Elections.

Free book win today. The Laws of Hywel Dda (Hywel the Good) of Deheubarth, a medieval Welsh king who codified Welsh laws. Including the standard for what qualifies as a good cat, and its value. #Wales #medieval

Lords and Ladies (Arum maculatum) or cuckoo pint, which goes with the Welsh, Pidyn y Gog or Cuckoo's Dick. This one has a lot of folklore, in a lot of England it was thought that adders ate the berries to get their venom. In Cambridge bringing it into the house brought tuberculosis.

Lesser celandine (Ficaria verna). In Welsh it's Llygaid Ebrill or April's Eyes as a sign of spring, and was used in parts of Wales as the marker for when to start sowing. Another name was pilewort as the tubers look like piles, and were thought to be useful as a ward against and cure for it.

Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta), in Welsh: Clychau'r Gog (cuckoo bell), Croeso Haf (Summer's Welcome) and Glas y Llwyn (Blue of the Thicket). Found in ancient woodland in the UK, and a spring tourist attraction. The native species is protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act.

I have become a yogurt girly. I am okay with this part of my thirties.

That said I do live in a pretty part of the world.

Mild case of extensor tendonitis so no running or climbing for me for a few days but can go on silly little mental health walks because my Garmin has made me a human tamagochi.

Pomegranate, like me, is such a dramatic fruit to deal with.

Sunday is sponsored by whey bread.

And a peregrine overhead. Absolutely love my garden.

Not bad for a minute recording song in the garden.

While @rspb.bsky.social #biggardenbirdwatch isn't a competition, getting a kingfisher scoping out my pond within the first five minutes feels like I'm winning 😉 Also you can tell the initial scramble for my phone when it turned up photo

Experimenting with stuffed crust. I beheld the extent of infinity and it was disappointed with me. Turns out that was not enough pineapple on the pizza.

Missing this view right now while it's cold and wet in Wales and I'm about to start work.