Of all the things one wants to do on one's birthday, I doubt if opening Parliament and listening to a speech is high on the list, even if it does include a carriage ride and a tiara. My 77th included gin, smokes, flowers, and something nice to eat. #Justsaying
Ooh that was a bad night's sleep, for no particular reason. It's going to take me some time to come to properly this morning. The usual #morningcoffee will help.
Love the idea,thank you to Marina Hyde in the Guardian, that Trump slapped a pantyliner on his head because the very small plaster needed wasn’t BIG enough to inflame the Magatrons.
Football, tennis, golf, Olympics. There are some of us who don't care much about watching sport. It's no wonder that we're streaming instead of watching terrestrial TV. BBC/ITV need to rethink and make dedicated sports channels, leaving at least one other (w/out rubbish on it) available for us.
Surprised at just how cloudy it is this morning. Also surprised that the temperature, according to the weather app, is expected to shoot up this week. It would be nice… #morningcoffee
Newest neighbours down the lane below me have a very large, very clean,very shiny white behemoth with a number plate reminiscent of,but not quite the same as, James Bond, neither of which things impresses me. Also, my car is covered in mud all winter. They may learn. Devon lanes are muddy.
Went to farmers' market. Bought chicken, bread, bacon, a large plant, gin, and ordered cheese from @sparkleandbead.bsky.social, who actually sells jewellery. Trust me, it makes perfect sense.
So, it’s raining, which is good, because I don’t have to water the hanging basin but bad, because it was a toss up between sausages and garlic bread ,or salad. And I’m having salad. Dammit.
I overbought on limes, so am making lime marmalade. It has just occurred to me that I gave away/recycled loads of jam jars, and I am not sure I have more than one left.
Its absolutely glorious sitting outside in the sun. I nearly fell asleep, but a vole popped out to hoover some of the fallen bird food, so that kept me awake watching it. ☀️
The BBC is reporting the King's message about football with all due solemnity, as if it was some kind of command instead of, by the sound of it, a light-hearted comment. #SenseOfHumourFailure
I'm assuming that Gareth Southgate is now the best thing ever to happen to football, and any media suggestions that he should be tarred, feathered, and sacked were mere aberrations that never actually happened. #sardonic#morningcoffee.
