Fyn

small pert bird perches on wire fencing, black eye and bill, with feathers in shades of blue, purple, yellow & orange

Forget all the annoying stuff in the world for a few seconds and enjoy the natural beauty of Brazil’s Seven-coloured Tanager (Tangara fastuosa) Photo: Luiz Cavalcanti Damasceno

Try the bob and see what you think - it will be easy to grow out if you decide it's not for you, though I think it would look good. But it's your decision!

Yes, it was a bit. Maybe a couple of hundred. If that. Anyway they seemed to be having a good time shouting slogans and cheering.

London

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At least they didn't ask you what your toilet experience was...

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I think one of the British charities that has links to Ukraine and runs regular van trips would probably welcome it.

Looks great. I have a couple of Wentworth puzzles and love the idiosyncratic shapes. Have fun!

The volume power on small birds can be astonishing. They can absolutely blast it out sometimes.

Oh, no. So sorry to hear this. I always enjoyed the Dayve anecdotes, she was a lovely little character. I'm sorry for your loss.

Redecorating.
I am in paint
Steep'd in so far, that should I paint no more
Cleaning off were as tedious as going o'er.
My complexion beyond fair, palest ivory
Speckled as the autumn moon
My hair holds foretastes of winter's blasts
And my house scented with all the perfumes of B&Q.
#ShakespeareSunday

A lovely picture of both of you. Hope you have a great day today!

Hee hee. Got it. Boom boom.

Same.
To butter or not to butter, that is the question; whether 'tis nobler in the mind to use a different spread, or to take up butter knives against an early death, and butter it into submission.

Andrew Tate warned people to beware his ‘Shadow Fist’ and got humiliated into next year – 17 thumping comebacks To the world – briefly – of Andrew Tate, where the self-described misogynist and clown prince of the toxic manosphere appears to have got the hump with his many detractors around the globe. Mr Po-Tate...

The comments are gold 😂

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So utterly stupid and needless. There's going to be an awful lot of work undoing all this in the days to come.

It might go some way towards explaining those odd blotches on his fingers.

Very true.

Fish & chips for lunch in the garden
First al fresco meal of the year
A quiet, sunny day

(Might adopt this for a Lenten discipline)

"[There are] 1.3m people aged 150-159, and over 130,000 according to the Social Security databases are over 160... 1,039 aged 220-229; 1 aged 240-249; and one listed at 360 years of age..."
(Trump to Congress)

<thinks: it'd be very unkind to cut off social security for someone born in 1665>

Last week, I directed my office to work with our law enforcement partners to conduct a preliminary inquiry into Andrew and Tristan Tate. Based on a thorough review of the evidence, I've directed the Office of Statewide Prosecution to execute search warrants and issue subpoenas in the now-active criminal investigation into the Tate brothers

Almost nothing "good news-like" going on at the moment... apart from this ... from Florida's Attorney General

They don't normally agree to admit countries already at war because that would immediately plunge the rest of the alliance into a war. In this case it would definitely escalate matters.

Say yes. There might be a cake or something.

I'm guessing this may have been taken somewhere near Balham, Gateway to the South.

Yes. The consensus is this was the source of most of Tutankhamun's problems.

Odd facts you come across: Tutankhamun had scoliosis, a cleft palate, a club foot, a flat foot, degenerative bone disease, sickle cell anaemia & recurrent malaria. He also had a broken leg that never healed properly, so walked with a limp and needed a stick. Frankly, it's a wonder he lived to be 18.

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Pigeon. Nods at everything you say, eats all the food including anything you leave on your plate, bangs into a few things on the way out, and says "Great fun, I'll be back, will bring a friend next time".

Members of his family?