There’s….wet stuff coming from the sky? (Thrilled it’s raining substantially for the first time in ages and at the temperature dropping below brain melting levels. Was starting to wonder if I had any Discworld trolls in my family tree😅)

I encountered this lonely bauble in a scraggly park lilac bush. I didn’t manage to catch the accompanying robin that came flying out from behind it in the picture (not even joking.)

I love how these are a little like clouds, with some imagination, you can see all sorts of shapes in them. I’m sure these brambles briefly felt very smug about themselves before the clematis said: ‘Hold my beer.’

I spotted these and it took me a minute to realise there’s probably a tree stump under there….somewhere.

Some accidental puns only apply to very arcane overlaps of languages and proximity to niche hobbies 😆

Pictured: a small slice of Netherlandish ‘jungle’ with an office building cameo. Not pictured but just out of view: two parking lots and a very big blue box (IKEA building)

Look what’s immediately next in my feed 😆

I made soda muffins and they’re actually sort of ok? The texture is better than I expected and they’re only a little bit blobby because soda bread waits for no one. Still trying to decide whether I’m Nordic-adjacent enough to appreciate the caraway, though 😅

I found a lovely arts-and-crafts-y/Amsterdam school-ish oak paperweight once that I use as a pattern weight for fabric. Then, last year, I found these what originally were some stain samples. They are solid oak and all I had to do was unstaple them from their folksy connecting rope and fit a handle.

I used to think storks were near-mythical creatures. There was the whole baby-delivery thing and I never really saw them in the wild. Now they just randomly stand around between apartment buildings impersonating lawn flamingos….

Please enjoy this absolute top quality bird photography of what may be a kingfisher or a feral budgie. You’re welcome!