Statue contemplating a mammoth skull
And a close up
TFW it's a lovely present but you don't know where you're going to keep it
@desirablecalamity
She/her, trainer, mum, coach, INFJ, owner of 0.01% of a Colin Dexter sculpture that doesn't exist yet. Nearly a black belt. Often found in libraries, museums, lecture theatres or churches. All views & art either my own or credited appropriately.
Statue contemplating a mammoth skull
And a close up
TFW it's a lovely present but you don't know where you're going to keep it
Window view from a TAP Air flight to Portugal for a conference
The view from this morning's #office
#lovemyjob โค๏ธ
Magnolias in flower around Oxford (clockwise from top left: Hertford College, High Street, Cricket Rd and Outram Rd)
Oxford's magnolias (even the ones tucked away behind hoardings) are putting on a show already
Oxford's Pitt Rivers museum, viewed from the Clore Gallery (1st floor)
The view from this morning's #office
#lovemyjob โค๏ธ
The memorial to Lionel Lockyer, (17th century quack and miracle cure merchant) Southwark Cathedral
Monday.
Borlotti beans and kale, in a sauce made from roasted butternut squash, garlic, and potato, served with bread and butter and a little grated cheddar
TFW you take your first bite of the meal you just made and think "I am *good* at this"
Dexter, a Western Hognosed snake
Dexter's starting the day off by being gratuitously cute
#snakesonsunday
Hodge, Southwark Cathedral's resident cat
Happy #Caturday from Hodge, the Southwark Cathedral cat
The Museum of Natural History, Oxford
The view from this morning's #office
#lovemyjob โค๏ธ
Aisle windows of a disused London church, now overgrown
St Dunstan-in-the-East going all-out gothic for #WindowsOnWednesday
Magdalen College tower, viewed from St Clements
Magdalen on a moody misty morning
Dinosaur!
College dining halls are so stuffy and forma...
The Clarendon Building (left), Bodleian Library (behind) and Sheldonian Theatre (right), Oxford
The view from this morning's #office
#lovemyjob โค๏ธ
The Ashmolean Museum's 'East meets West' gallery
The view from this afternoon's #office
#lovemyjob
Shakespeare's tomb, Southwark Cathedral
One must always ensure one's effigy is alluringly posed to appeal to future donors
LOVE
All you need is
Frogspawn! (And flag iris, plus a little duckweed)
One week of nightly serenades from pond, and we have our first frogspawn of the year ๐ธ
Screenshot of a confirmation of an Adult eye test appointment
That's... very specific. What are they going to make me look at?!
Trinity College Oxford, taken from Parks Road
The last of today's very welcome early evening sun sinking behind @trinityoxford.bsky.social
Oxford's beautiful Museum of Natural History
The view from this afternoon's #office
#lovemyjob โค๏ธ
Frogs!
They're back! ๐ธ
Goals for this week: stop typing 'composted' instead of 'composed'
Daffodils in Grandpont woods
Spring!
A broken tea mug
Actual disaster
An advertising board for Spratt's cat food which 'puts pussy into fine form!'
Well...
A Victorian private posting box on loan to the Watercress Line's Arlesford Station for #PostboxSaturday
The private posting box on loan to the Watercress Line's Arlesford Station for #PostboxSaturday
A Power BI report returning 666 rows of data ๐ค
Accidentally summoned the Spreadsheet of the Beast
The view from this morning's office - somewhat flooded, but that doesn't seem to be bothering the birds! (Sound on for some lovely birdsong)
A news article from 1905 talking about a new fad from Paris called 'yaghurt'
It'll never catch on...
Baby pickle plant with bonus! spiderwebs
Bought the tiniest little Pickle Plant* and some equally tiny little spider has decided to turn it into its home โค๏ธ
*Delosperma echinatum 'Bambino'