Perpetually earwormed, easily amused 40-something. (There's a slightly more serious bio in my pinned posts, if you're really interested.) Follows locked to reduce spam, but I will usually approve requests. I don't usually follow people with blank profiles, excessive boosting or lots of politics. I much prefer to see a person's (anonymous or not) posts than lots of links. DMs open to people I follow only. Mid-Wales, UK. Languages: English, Cymraeg (Welsh), Gaeilge (Irish) Pronouns: She / Hi / Sí
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Last Notes npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I got to see this very interesting sky on the way. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/116/534/451/408/166/952/original/794916fda547e6f0.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik There, I've done by bit for choosing who I want to run Wales, and who I want to be working to. Let's hope the results run in the same line as the predictions (at least for one party.) npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik It's been a while, but I feel we could all do a bit of chicken-y emotional support. Please take a chicken and squish as needed. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/116/365/351/801/453/345/original/487d46fbfd0ff0da.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Have you made, or thought about making ginger cake after seeing a post on Mastodon / the wider fedi over the past couple of weeks? npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik #SilentSunday https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/116/034/853/627/629/971/original/c690948f2d1900d8.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I don't know who needs to hear this, but it's ok for you to channel your inner Tyke over the next few days. If you need to run around the place, screaming your head off and ignoring what anyone says to you, just do it. https://youtube.com/shorts/7jNSCP63aAc npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Right, please help yourself, and put your mug in the kitchen when done. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/769/621/844/353/740/original/16f1c7579bbf24b1.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/769/622/249/734/824/original/40b39b56637c51da.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I'll put the kettle on as well, if anyone wants a cuppa. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Anyone for a mince pie? npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik The Hallmark Christmas movie I want to see this year: He's the security guard for the Gävle Goat, charged with making sure it stays undamaged every day. She's a woman back in town for Christmas, after a disastrous year with only a broken heart to show for it, with one thing on her mind: to burn the goat down, and everything it stands for. Their eyes meet through a bundle of straw on a dark, snowy night. Will there be sparks this year? npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I thought I saw some UFOs going past the house just now - first some bright purple lights going slowly, close to the ground, then some bright red lights. But no, it's just the corgis from next door going for their evening constitutional, wearing fancy light up collars. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik WHAT?!?!?!? npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik The fancy roses are now flowering. Ok then. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/384/808/314/258/153/original/83bef07ba21d8be8.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/384/808/540/870/640/original/367cc3673d9c8076.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Had a stroll down to the cliff before dinner. I should do this more often. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/362/886/748/500/618/original/97742bfe0b078c58.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/362/886/944/647/954/original/4789a6d57ba41ee5.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/362/887/067/020/904/original/65c901e4c8ab2625.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/362/887/217/099/560/original/21dfa023d3e189d8.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I'm sorry, I don't think I can talk to such a standard class person as yourself. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I got an upgrade to first class for the first part of my journey. A lad has just come round taking orders for drinks like it's a restaurant. The tea comes in a tea pot with a proscribed cup. This is a fancier first class service than the one I took in the summer. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik My mottled jackdaw friend came back for a visit. (All photos taken through the conservatory window, hence some odd reflections to be seen.) https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/282/283/915/074/331/original/2b93a67b3b5c1f75.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/282/284/138/478/137/original/844cb452758d0b30.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/282/284/282/997/310/original/e062c5c0c55e91ea.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/282/284/443/493/463/original/3dbb91098baf4452.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Awwww, she's a beauty. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik This XKCD comic is rather pertinent for the current zeitgeist I feel. https://xkcd.com/1521/ https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/107/701/573/096/904/original/91516be019eca705.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik This interesting looking chap, a leucistic jackdaw (I think), has been visiting the past couple of days. The photo was taken through a window, which has enhanced the splodge levels (yes, that is the technical term), but you can see that there's a lot of white patches on the feathers. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/115/077/415/844/739/341/original/5d9ea4777bd1c655.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I don't want to alarm anyone, but I saw this earlier. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/989/479/128/236/688/original/b0f6d717da8bec48.png npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik My other big job for the afternoon. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/965/784/434/849/557/original/7bedcaab7c1e4ac5.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I've had a visitor this morning. Say hello to Yaya. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/845/224/569/734/817/original/090e8f4e20944b9f.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I was trying to decide what book to read next, and I was very tempted to go for something set in a very cold place. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Has anyone mentioned that it's a tad on the warm side lately? npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Here, have some honeysuckle. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/833/716/473/706/833/original/11296d8399f9a077.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik "If I just stand here really still, no-one will know that I'm trying to steal their chips." https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/830/747/688/814/393/original/12fb74c3b0061590.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I forgot to post this the other day. This is the Mary Rose - Henry VIII's warship that was sunk not far from Portsmouth, and raised in the early 1980s. There's an astonishingly huge number of artefacts on display as well as the ship itself. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/715/063/143/067/200/original/39f393740473099e.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik #SilentSunday https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/607/266/032/867/148/original/c07b1ccc4e751f7d.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik From the book I'm currently reading. #toot https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/444/624/757/462/858/original/e9958f9ac5c6e8ae.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik My knitting progress has been inspected. I think they approve, but it's hard to tell. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/110/800/434/082/936/original/80bbcb3c89154547.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik As luck would have it, I have two new companions to entertain me through the meeting. Thank you [@moonrabbit](https://sunny.garden/@moonrabbit ) https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/110/234/912/588/573/original/7b9632222af49400.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Let me count the ways in which I am looking forward to an all-afternoon meeting: npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik It always amuses me when looking at the list of features for new kettles, because they include totally mundane things that are found on almost every kettle as if they were a new and amazingly unique technology. A SWITCH SO THAT YOU CAN TURN THE KETTLE ON AND OFF. A CLEAR WINDOW GAUGE SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH WATER IS IN THE KETTLE. FASTER BOILING WITH LESS WATER. A SPOUT AND A HANDLE. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik It's been four days since I posted photos of the starlings, so here's a new one for you. I've got to get them in while I have the chance. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/071/462/964/062/199/original/66d45b4f44bd0ed8.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Don't suppose anyone here would be interested in a pair of unworn size 10 Dr Martens boots? I bought them a few years ago and never got round to wearing them (thanks pandemic), and now my style has changed. I think these are the women's fit, so a bit narrower in the foot. £75 + postage at cost. Boosts welcome. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/053/985/370/614/124/original/bdab1cfdfbcbf42d.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/053/985/477/003/786/original/b5f3ab9f11212f2a.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/053/985/572/635/448/original/bf8e2c358c320598.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/053/985/668/114/288/original/8a00e65184b48b7b.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik And there's more, because of course there is. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/049/035/614/479/681/original/2d157a3754b54b8c.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/049/035/999/817/247/original/bfcf1bf9186f1246.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/049/036/467/277/360/original/f5b054d794441d97.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/049/037/013/658/777/original/87f87adff589d73f.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik A sprinkling of starlings. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/048/903/560/914/262/original/5998f4a17cc759a0.mp4 npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik And in case you missed the other 9... https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/009/111/289/265/448/original/6dfce6b7c79430c7.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik In just over two weeks it'll be a year since I introduced the first emotional support chicken to the fediverse (see https://toot.wales/@sheepnik/112032995474093326), and now it's time to introduce you to the last of the current flock. Please allow me to introduce Ms Henfys Preseli to you all. (Nb, 'enfys' is the welsh word for rainbow, and also used as a first name, so it's not much of a jump to henfys.) https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/009/024/257/816/016/original/248b1b1b7bb94c4a.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/009/024/360/716/602/original/774954d5c66a1ad4.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/009/027/071/200/406/original/c75824c7f5854190.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I've spent probably longer than necessary making a new taskbar icon for Calibre (ebook management software), because I think the standard one that comes with it looks old fashioned. I'm not saying my new one is cutting edge design by any stretch, but I'm happy enough to have it on my taskbar. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/114/008/086/218/312/425/original/c9007cc105f0bd7f.png npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Shapes were thrown this evening. https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/113/924/285/613/788/398/original/c4e0af623e401c6e.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/113/924/286/590/896/648/original/1e8058278e879fde.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/113/924/288/049/285/622/original/80dca81e08b6c9a8.jpg https://toot.wales/system/media_attachments/files/113/924/289/340/547/012/original/4b6872333d07222d.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Can someone pick my next book for me please? I don't know what to read next. Or, can someone pick a number between 1 and 69, and I'll read whatever book that is in my to be read list. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik #SilentSunday https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/775/274/246/670/887/original/be29b49db1e2f85b.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik #ThursdayFiveList #TheIntro It's the start of a new year, and here's 5 tracks that open 5 albums in wonderful ways. 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I do not need an extra large label telling me that they're (supposedly) sustainably made. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Ok, for this chicken that I'm not knitting in the yarn I didn't buy today, what do you think I should do for the second tail piece? - carry on the colour pattern, so it'll go from orange to green to blue etc (I'll need to work out how much yarn the first piece needed, then wind that much off to work in reverse.) - try and make a second piece with the same colours (which'll mean winding off 'til I get to the purple again.) - start the second piece with the yarn as is (not matching at all.) https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/703/282/512/355/531/original/90858d653a9a9db0.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I would never be seduced by pastel rainbow coloured yarn at eye level when I'd gone looking for tart tins, oh no. Not me. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Any rumours you might hear about me buying more yarn today and starting a new emotional support chicken are blatently false. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik My big question for today is can I live without Marks & Spencers salt and vinegar chipsticks over the holidays, or do I need to face the insanity that is the tiny local food hall? npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Incidentally, I recently read "Bookworm" by Lucy Mangan, which is a memoir about being a keen reader as a child in the 1970s and 1980s, which I was (well, less so in the 70s), which is partly why I'm reading so many children's books at the moment. It's a fun read if you're into that kind of thing / are the same kind of age, and it's currently only 99p on Kobo (probably on Amazon too.) https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/419889/bookworm-by-lucy-mangan/9781784709228 npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I got bored of the book that I've been reading the past few days, so I think I'm going to give in and read a bunch of children's books for the next little while. I'm currently reading "Bridge to Terabithia", which I don't remember reading as a kid. Then I might move on to either Charlotte's Web or Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. I remember reading them both several times, but haven't read them for years. It'll be interesting to see what I remember of them. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik It's a day for learning things: just discovered that my work laptop has a little slidey cover for the camera, by accidentally sliding it over just before a meeting, and wondering why my display was grey. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Given how much time I spend looking at Outlook every day, I'm really quite surprised with myself that I've only today realised that there is an option to filter the display to just show unread emails. It's right there at the top of the screen too. I've just never noticed it or tried it. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I have finished my paid work for the day, and am now on to the really important stuff: providing a lap and scritches for the greater black land seal. https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/669/306/023/026/311/original/d59d9feefdd9584a.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I'm being treated to a constant stream of grey noise (imagine the hum of a distant motorway) by my left ear today. I don't know what I've done to deserve this. I hope it's not a sign of an impending bug or something. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik How about Mementomori.Social. Has a very active admin, and the character limit is 10,000. https://mementomori.social/about npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I was, of course, freezing my arse off for a reason. https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/618/280/482/666/909/original/5edcce57fca5303e.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/618/280/978/880/025/original/48374fc601f8e92b.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/618/281/493/287/181/original/6523d4184066d8d2.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/618/282/215/600/203/original/7216e9ffff255281.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I'm freezing my arse off, and keep thinking I should go home, but look at it! https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/618/060/172/168/297/original/c154ddd87cbc2d74.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I've made a very good discovery: the opening on my insulated travel cup that I use for coffee is big enough that I can dunk mini gingerbread men into my coffee through it. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik #SilentSunday https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/616/842/070/031/720/original/637fcd828318930e.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik it would have been hard to tell what it was otherwise. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I think the best thing I've seen today is some bloke being interviewed on the BBC on a piece about a sinkhole that opened up on a housing estate in Merthyr Tydfil. His words were: It's a big hole, it's a big, big hole. It's a big black hole." npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Every year Hartlepool Folk Festival puts on a concert based on something from the region - it might be legends, or something based in a local archive, but it will use a mix of local artists and music, plus people from outside the area. This year's was "Bold Miners: Spirit of '84", to mark 40 years since the Miners' Strike, which had a huge impact on the region. For the first time, they're making the concert available on Youtube, with a "premiere" from 8pm tonight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TiwBfAUnA4 npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik #SilentSunday https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/537/470/070/904/287/original/b3dfb8e01fc4b69c.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Today I got offered a chance to go to Edinburgh for a work-related meeting. In some ways it would be fun to go, because Edinburgh, but then I thought about the realities of it. A 6 and half hour train journey each way, in January, for a meeting that isn't at all necessary. It doesn't sound quite so attractive. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik How it's ending. https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/471/019/938/912/392/original/b7e55244b470cf66.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik How it started https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/471/008/719/700/603/original/78f0795edc6d1f97.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik BOOP THE SNOOT TO BRING YOU GOOD LUCK THIS MONDAY MORNING. https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/463/372/919/294/578/original/3817f90b864dd924.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik In other news, I got a notification yesterday that a parcel I was expecting had been delivered. The only problem was, the notification came about an hour and a half before the postie actually came to my door, and the door in the picture looked nothing like mine. It could be anywhere in town. I thought I'd wait and see what happens before trying to find it. Just a little while ago, I saw someone come to my door, then leave again without knocking. I opened the door, and there was my parcel 😁 npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I mentioned this morning that I'd been taking photos of flowers. Here's one of them. https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/437/150/615/550/678/original/b12388f943fbd67f.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Ok, I have a plan. I think that rather than messing about with the time change twice a year, the government should just pick one time and stick to it. But, not only that, they should provide every person with the funds to buy black out curtains (to deal with the very early summer sunrises), light boxes (for the uptick in S.A.D in the winter), and a year round supply of vitamin D (because it's so bloody grey all the time.) When I am benevolent dictator of the world... npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Ok, I'm going in. Please will someone send out a search party if I don't reappear in a month. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Ooof, I just bought and downloaded "A Suitable Boy" by Vikram Seth from Kobo, as it was only 99p. Now, I know it's a big book (I still have the hardback copy that I schlepped back from Galway when I was a student there - thank goodness I went by ferry, not flying) but putting it on my e-reader and seeing the page count being in the same league as my monthly average page read count really emphasised that point. I might save it for when I have a chunk of time off work so I can really focus on it. https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/413/254/299/315/547/original/63726de1c2d0c81d.png npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik In a shocking turn of events, I seem to have run out of cumin. This is not on. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I forced myself out for a walk, and was rewarded with this. https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/374/639/449/436/146/original/91f491fe0cf4fe7a.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Dear lovely people on Mastodon.social, please think about moving to another server, because the spam that's coming from there is getting ridiculous and I'm starting to consider blocking the entire thing. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I think there's something quite touching about the excitement for seeing and sharing pictures of the aurora. We know the science behind it, and we have the technology to recreate the effect in films etc, but we still run outside and stand watching in awe when it happens, and then we run back inside and share our pictures with people all over the world. The shared experience is a wider one than it used to be, but it is still a shared experience, wherever we are, and that is very cool. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik The Government Indemnity Scheme https://www.gov.uk/guidance/government-indemnity-scheme will cover the insurance etc for loans from national collections to local / regional museums. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik #SilentSunday https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/221/124/779/991/811/original/137425bc892542bb.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik the wedding was fine, as these things go. My brother and new sister-in-law seemed very happy, which is the main thing. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik A couple of months ago I was looking to replace some plates, and I was looking at vintage / second hand as I didn't need a full set. I saw some that reminded of the type you used to get in village halls and schools. The wedding reception is being held in a village hall, and the exact same plates are being used for the cakes. https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/176/966/388/451/101/original/0d65a787f36fb400.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Anyone for some new reading material? https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/176/509/357/141/377/original/246b4eb1f773d4a0.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik This cat was seriously considering gate-crashing the reception. https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/176/458/326/548/321/original/a4aa0a58fb2eff5f.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Part one done, now to not get lost in the fens. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Guess who is at the venue 20 minutes early... npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Suppose I ought to start getting ready for this wedding, given that it's in about an hour a quarter's time. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik This makes of think of this cartoon. https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/174/772/541/941/861/original/788cc5c58a37c9ef.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I have, ahem, liberated the last lonely milk jug from the hotel breakfast buffet so I can have a decent cup of tea with real milk in my room, instead of the weird tea like liquid I would otherwise have endured. I'm such a rebel. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Two documents, both alike in content, yet each badly formatted in their own distressing way. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I'm intrigued to know what was special about this rock. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Gosh, it's rather on the cool side in my office today (14.6°c when I first logged on.) Thank goodness for hoodies and fuzzy blankets. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I've been feeling decidedly meh today, so I dragged myself out for a walk after work. It was a pleasantly warm evening, and the prom and beach were abuzz with people out enjoying the sunshine. https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/092/144/959/262/341/original/fbc54f84c6b413c3.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/092/146/076/533/554/original/f4992cfb4a832c36.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/092/146/263/307/285/original/3a2cc6855a484de2.jpg https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/092/146/400/913/901/original/84015340ed2ec116.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Someone just went whizzing down my street (my house is on a hill), I think on a skateboard, with a wheeled suitcase on either side. I hope the person doesn't have to get the suitcases back up the hill the same way they came down. npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Much as I loved the sunset earlier, and the gentle warmth, I am looking forward to it being starling season in just a couple of months, and being down on or by the beach on a cold winter's afternoon. https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/052/991/121/528/086/original/ea242adcc410e4f2.jpg npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I'm intrigued by the bookbinding thing. Is it to do with paper sizes or is it something more? npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik Something in the book I'm reading reminded me of this. I think this is not the image I'm meant to have in my head right now. https://cdn.masto.host/tootwales/media_attachments/files/113/006/858/163/087/676/original/ca45d2047fb10d12.webp npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I swear there's probably a few unpacked boxes lurking here, and I've been in this house since 2008 🤣 A week is no time at all. Aberaeron is a nice little place indeed. I think the carnival might be on Monday, if you a fancy a change. When I used to play in the samba band, we'd often take part in the parade. There'd be a New Orleans style jazz band leading, which was always fun to hear. I'll drop some useful links for you: https://ceredigion.borrowbox.com & https://libbyapp.com/library/ceredigionuk npub1y9ldmajdrav6ze3ua4u7rjxxans3k4ged49th308lpavrny7pyuqrel4t2 Sheepnik I can't imagine why 😂 How goes the unpacking and settling in?