The back of a cello, close up. Golden brown, with streaks (the grain of the wood). There is a horizontal seam that you can’t actually see except for the discrepancy in the grains where the two pieces of wood meet.
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A seed tray with flowerpots, photographed from above. No seedlings yet, just compost, and some marked ice lolly sticks so we know which one’s which.
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A pear tree bud, close up.
Daily pic no. 68
I‘m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things:
– Kākāpō
– Line of Sight
– Happy
– Trees
– Fish Doorbell
– Tube Game
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good lord
Watch the kākāpō webcam instead
sorrysorrysorrysorrysorry
I‘m on my nonsense again. This week’s Six Things:
– Kākāpō
– Line of Sight
– Happy
– Trees
– Fish Doorbell
– Tube Game
open.substack.com/pub/levparik...
Oh yeah, that too
Flashback to the “1 like = 1 imaginary bird” episode
A bubbling of white blackthorn blossom
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A screenshot from the game Stick cricket
#TheCricket
They’ve become common inland. And plumage varies quite a lot according to age – adults generally darkest but with that white patch around the beak, and younger birds often have quite extensive white patches.
It’s a cormorant.
A salad bowl, photographed from above. It is pink with white birds and green leaves. Salad therein (chicken and so forth). White salad servers.
Daily pic no. 66
Tree branches in darkness, Illuminated by full moon and street lights. An eerie sort of quality.
Daily pic no. 65
On which subject, I’ve just started rereading Decline &Fall, and I’d forgotten just how… startling some of the content is.
I love them, but I can’t control them
Lovely stuff. Good luck with the lottery.
I like to imagine that when Rik Mayall was born 68 years ago today, he leapt out of his mother with his eyebrows already waggling and bellowed sexual innuendos at nurses and doctors alike
Yeah it’s wonderful isn’t it?
Some might be. It takes between four and six weeks, I think (but depending on where they’re going to, of course - I’m in London, and the influx in southern England is usually first/second week of May, but there’s usually a handful of early arrivals starting mid-April or thereabouts.
A swift - flying sickle - against blue sky
Just 5,000,000 seconds* till the swifts get back
*give or take
This, like Episode 1, is a lovely chat which will probably send me down more internet rabbit holes than I have time for. No change there, then.
(It's an audio guest-driven version of Lev's Substack series, if that helps)
Thanks Adrian!
This is the way to see the world
excellent pidge content
IMMEDIATELY
"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.
Oh yes. Definitely.
