Chris Ó Conghaile

Did you know that a different woman was to play Sarah Jane, but Jon Pertwee had her sacked because she was taller than him?

Sh!!

Clearly not real daleks!

Not so scary today, eh?

Just when I thought we were safe....

A flying dalek? That's a nightmare too far.

Aye. Bring them on!

A red dalek deciding that today is not suitable for an invasion of Planet Earth.

Weather so dreich it can stop a dalek.

Love it! I didn't grow up in Scotland but discovering Rabbie's poetry has enhanced my life no end. x

More Rabbie, for Burns Nicht. So lovely.

...and thank you, with love & solidarity. x

It wasn't a typing mistake, Paul. I just can't add up.

Maths was never my best subject. It's actually Rabbie's 267th birthday. Now Westlin Winds was written as "Composed in August," and was a love poem for his fellow harvester Peggy Thompson.

A toast to Scotland's Bard. There'll be neeps, tatties & (vegan) haggis in our house the nicht.

Very nice photo. Rabbie gets around, doesn't he? Last time I saw him he was in Dumfries, with a seagull sitting on his head.

YouTube video by 76AMD Dick Gaughan - Now Westlin Winds

It's Rabbie Burns' 276th birthday. He grew up in a farming family but to make ends meet worked for Customs & Excise, where his interrogations were so fierce he became known as Third Degree Burns.*

This beautiful poem became Dick Gaughan's signature song.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ7o...

*joke

A dove of peace is sprayed in the face by a fascist hooligan. USA 2026.

They look utterly fab.

Too kind, my friend. x

Nor me, but he backed my maths book for me to stop me from getting a detention.

We could put together a joint exhibition, Ian x

That's very kind of you. Thanks very much.

What a great photo. Marvellous.

Thank you, and the same to you x

Brilliant. Well done.

Is this irony?

Ah. If there's a wrong end to a stick that's the end i usually clutch. Sorry, my friend.

Nah, Niamh. Spotify is an unethical company that carried adverts for Americans to join ICE right up to 1 January, when its contract with the US government expired. Time to get that bargepole out.

It's not your fault!

A tree by a loch, snapped through a car windscreen during a shower of rain, blurring the picture.

Soft rain today at Carlingwark Loch.

...and thank you. I'm currently re-reading Timequake, which is in my opinion an under-rated masterpiece.