It is taking longer than I had imagined to tame all the notifications that my new phone is sending by default to my watch (thank you Android transfer tool for ignoring all my old settings). The latest in a looong series is below.
The watch never tells me app has sent this.
The watch never tells me app has sent this.
December 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
It is taking longer than I had imagined to tame all the notifications that my new phone is sending by default to my watch (thank you Android transfer tool for ignoring all my old settings). The latest in a looong series is below.
The watch never tells me app has sent this.
The watch never tells me app has sent this.
Christmas has arrived in the village
December 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Christmas has arrived in the village
You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
The subject line from the latest piece of spam from LinkedIn.
Yes, of course people will want to employ a "no experience tutor" to help improve their child's grades.
Yes, of course people will want to employ a "no experience tutor" to help improve their child's grades.
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The subject line from the latest piece of spam from LinkedIn.
Yes, of course people will want to employ a "no experience tutor" to help improve their child's grades.
Yes, of course people will want to employ a "no experience tutor" to help improve their child's grades.
Every so often FB reminds me of the more enjoyable aspects working at my former employer, and some of the absolutely delightful people I met while there.
December 6, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Every so often FB reminds me of the more enjoyable aspects working at my former employer, and some of the absolutely delightful people I met while there.
It'll be this scene all over again.
December 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It'll be this scene all over again.
This is from my village. It is almost worthy of @hookland.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This is from my village. It is almost worthy of @hookland.bsky.social
My eyes hurt.
And I survived London 2012.
And I survived London 2012.
November 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
My eyes hurt.
And I survived London 2012.
And I survived London 2012.
Also, going back to poke at travel companies' website now gets this.
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Also, going back to poke at travel companies' website now gets this.
And who amongst us has not wished for this superpower?
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
And who amongst us has not wished for this superpower?
Drive to Cumbria for funeral tomorrow. Horrid drive. It has briefly stopped raining.
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Drive to Cumbria for funeral tomorrow. Horrid drive. It has briefly stopped raining.
Tomorrow's task should be putting guttering on the new shed, putting down another paving slab and installing the water butt on it. However, I think the weather gods have decreed otherwise.
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Tomorrow's task should be putting guttering on the new shed, putting down another paving slab and installing the water butt on it. However, I think the weather gods have decreed otherwise.
I had to deal with workmen today. This meant I ended up in the gym at 2am trying to tire myself out as my brain was stressed by their imminent arrival and not letting me sleep. While they were here it was very stressful. But the old shed has been demolished & a new shed base has appeared.
November 3, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I had to deal with workmen today. This meant I ended up in the gym at 2am trying to tire myself out as my brain was stressed by their imminent arrival and not letting me sleep. While they were here it was very stressful. But the old shed has been demolished & a new shed base has appeared.
They are very much "on brand" today
November 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
They are very much "on brand" today
BTW, what is my cat doing in your office?
October 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
BTW, what is my cat doing in your office?
Well I'm a bit stumped by that one, but I'll bid on the Cosquer Auk.
October 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Well I'm a bit stumped by that one, but I'll bid on the Cosquer Auk.
"It says here that No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than woman's..... yet the young triffids had already inflitrated every home". #GirlsOwnCC
September 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"It says here that No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than woman's..... yet the young triffids had already inflitrated every home". #GirlsOwnCC
Behold the magnifiscent wonder that was Green Shield House, and its stamps....
September 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Behold the magnifiscent wonder that was Green Shield House, and its stamps....