Ruth

Yeah that's right

I leap to goo feasting very easily but I am not having a fun time in my brain ATM.

An insect bouncer checks the ID of a caterpillar. The ID shows a butterfly. The caterpillar smiles enthusiastically showing his braces.

Almost annoyingly clever Tommy Siegel cartoon.

I normally resist buying new new but I feel my habit of random Vinted jeans doesn't result in anything very flattering.

I think if my first performance review of new job isn't totally disastrous I could check out the M&S jeans section...

If I ever get married I'm lobbying for it to be the communion hymn then

YouTube video by Chet Valley Hymns and Songs Bread of the World, in Mercy Broken (Tune: Rendez à Dieu - 2vv) [with lyrics for congregations]

Nice communion hymn today
youtu.be/bW1p90vPf58?...

Church storeroom chic

She's always watching

I'm out of words here

want to follow the news but can't bear thinking about ordinary Iranians, who've been stuck under such an oppressive regime for so long, who maybe got a flicker of hope, briefly, a few months ago, then watched in horror as their friends and relatives got killed by the state, and now this, unspeakable

FIVE! A delightful little honey-coloured long haired dachshund emerged from under a table to join the conversation.

*four

Gone to a cafe after church and there's now three dogs howling at each other in a loop.

Every Lent hymn has fundamentally the same tune.

Little (secondhand but unworn) treat to celebrate a new contract.

I know people have ethical concerns about real fur but, as invasive species with no natural predators, muppets have to be culled regularly or they can be very damaging to local ecosystems.

I wasn't old enough to be wearing bootcut jeans when they were last popular but now I find myself strangely drawn to hunting down a pair (all my current jeans are very wide leg).

Thank you!

(James said it was "not my best joke")

Cancelled for referring to Iran's Interim Leadership Council as the "supplyatollah"

When I had the pre-op for my thyroid operation they asked "any thyroid problems?"

I know at least three of you know about Japan, don't be shy!

@ralucahippie.bsky.social have put the Martisor on the mouse as a scarf

Why did the Nikkei 225 never really recover after its big crash?

It's notably worse when I'm anywhere sunny though, for reasons I have no idea about.

I was a very formal child and still have to be reminded, pushing 30, that I can call my best school friend's mum by her first name rather than Mrs X. But she IS Mrs X to me!

Yes I quite like when they call me Miss

Sorry that sounds quite ominous - yes I normally do! Even when I'm just in a London premier inn for work